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+name: Release Java
+
+on:
+  workflow_dispatch:
+    inputs:
+      version:
+        description: 'Version to release (e.g. 1.0.0)'
+        required: true
+  push:
+    tags:
+      - "v*"
+
+jobs:
+    release:
+        runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+        defaults:
+            run:
+                working-directory: java
+        steps:
+            - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+            - uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+              with:
+                  java-version: "17"
+                  distribution: "temurin"
+                  server-id: central
+                  server-username: MAVEN_USERNAME
+                  server-password: MAVEN_PASSWORD
+                  gpg-private-key: ${{ secrets.CI_GPG_PRIVATE_KEY }}
+                  gpg-passphrase: ${{ secrets.CI_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
+
+            - name: Extract version
+              id: version
+              env:
+                EVENT_NAME: ${{ github.event_name }}
+                INPUT_VERSION: ${{ inputs.version }}
+              run: |
+                if [ "$EVENT_NAME" = "workflow_dispatch" ]; then
+                  echo "VERSION=$INPUT_VERSION" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                else
+                  echo "VERSION=${GITHUB_REF#refs/tags/v}" >> $GITHUB_OUTPUT
+                fi
+
+            - name: Set version in pom.xml
+              env:
+                VERSION: ${{ steps.version.outputs.VERSION }}
+              run: mvn versions:set -DnewVersion="$VERSION"
+
+            - name: Build and test
+              run: mvn clean verify
+
+            - name: Deploy to Maven Central
+              run: mvn source:jar javadoc:javadoc deploy -P symphony-release -DskipTests
+              env:
+                  MAVEN_USERNAME: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_USERNAME }}
+                  MAVEN_PASSWORD: ${{ secrets.OSSRH_TOKEN }}
+                  GPG_PASSPHRASE: ${{ secrets.CI_GPG_PASSPHRASE }}
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