Update Maven settings and consolidate API improvements

[tcheeric]

Summary

This pull request incorporates updates to the Maven release and repository configuration to enhance consistency and alignment with Sonatype Central standards. Additionally, it introduces refactorings to the API for improved maintainability and usability.

What changed?

• Updated Maven command in CI to reference a custom settings file for better build consistency.
• Adjusted release scripts to support Sonatype Central publishing without overriding default settings.
• Introduced environment variable-based server credentials for secure publication.
• Refactored JsonDeserialize builder references to ensure proper deserialization.
• Simplified event-building methods by removing redundant sender parameter, breaking backward compatibility to favor a streamlined API.
• Updated default sender handling in the event builder for consistent behavior across creation methods.
• Deprecated and removed unused APIs to further clean up the codebase and enforce structured modernization.

BREAKING

⚠️ BREAKING:

• Configuration for publishing now requires CENTRAL_USERNAME and CENTRAL_PASSWORD environment variables for deployments.
• Event-building methods no longer accept a sender parameter. Users must migrate to the instance-configured sender pattern.
• Deprecated APIs have been removed, necessitating updates for clients relying on those.

Review focus

Focus on:

• Potential build edge cases introduced during Maven command refactor.
• API simplifications ensuring no additional burdens for client adoption.
• Alignment of configuration changes with best practices for secure publishing.

Checklist

• Scope ≤ 300 lines (or split/stack)
• Title is verb + object (e.g., “Refactor auth middleware to async”)
• Description links the issue and answers “why now?”
• BREAKING flagged if needed
• Tests/docs updated (if relevant

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Fix malformed Maven SCM developerConnection

The newly added <developerConnection> uses scm:git:ssh://github.com:tcheeric/nostr-java.git, which is not a valid SSH URL because the portion after github.com: is treated as a port rather than the repository path. Maven release plugins and Sonatype Central metadata validation rely on this field and will fail to clone or tag the repo with the current value. Use the canonical form (scm:git:ssh://[email protected]/tcheeric/nostr-java.git or scm:git:[email protected]:tcheeric/nostr-java.git) so publishing workflows can resolve the repository correctly.

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