Add back makefile and github workflow

Author: runningcode

.github/workflows/generate-javadocs.yml

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+name: 'Generate Javadocs'
+on:
+  release:
+    types: [released]
+
+jobs:
+  build-and-deploy-javadocs:
+    name: Build and deploy Javadocs
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout 🛎️
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+        with:
+          submodules: 'recursive'
+
+      - name: set up JDK 17
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '17'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@8379f6a1328ee0e06e2bb424dadb7b159856a326
+
+      - name: Generate Aggregate Javadocs
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew aggregateJavadocs
+      - name: Deploy
+        uses: JamesIves/github-pages-deploy-action@6c2d9db40f9296374acc17b90404b6e8864128c8 # pin@4.7.3
+        with:
+          GITHUB_TOKEN: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}
+          BRANCH: gh-pages
+          FOLDER: build/docs/javadoc
+          CLEAN: true

Makefile

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-.PHONY: all clean compile dryRelease update stop checkFormat format api assembleBenchmarkTestRelease assembleUiTestRelease assembleUiTestCriticalRelease createCoverageReports runUiTestCritical check preMerge publish
+.PHONY: all clean compile javadocs dryRelease update stop checkFormat format api assembleBenchmarkTestRelease assembleUiTestRelease assembleUiTestCriticalRelease createCoverageReports runUiTestCritical check preMerge publish
 
-all: stop clean compile createCoverageReports
+all: stop clean javadocs compile createCoverageReports
 assembleBenchmarks: assembleBenchmarkTestRelease
 assembleUiTests: assembleUiTestRelease
 preMerge: check createCoverageReports
@@ -15,9 +15,12 @@ clean:
 compile:
 	./gradlew build
 
+javadocs:
+    ./gradlew aggregateJavadocs
+
 # do a dry release (like a local deploy)
 dryRelease:
-	./gradlew distZip --no-build-cache --no-configuration-cache
+	./gradlew aggregateJavadocs distZip --no-build-cache --no-configuration-cache
 
 # check for dependencies update
 update: