Merge branch 'dev' into dependabot/gradle/dev/org.apache.logging.log4j-log4j-core-2.17.1

Author: johanneshiry

build.gradle

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ plugins {
 	id 'maven-publish'
 	id 'signing'
 	id 'pmd' // code check, working on source code
-	id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.0.4'//code format
+	id 'com.diffplug.spotless' version '6.1.0'//code format
 	id 'com.github.spotbugs' version '5.0.3' // code check, working on byte code
 	id 'de.undercouch.download' version '4.1.2'
 	id 'kr.motd.sphinx' version '2.10.1' // documentation generation