[core] add IDE agnostic configuration thus run `spotlessApply` on dev environment

[Pankraz76]

Automating Code Formatting with Spotless in Gradle

By binding the spotlessApply goal to local execution, we can automatically fix formatting issues during a single Gradle build when triggered for every push. This approach offers two key benefits:

1. Time savings: Eliminates back-and-forth CI/CD cycles for formatting fixes
2. Resource efficiency: Reduces cloud compute usage

This pattern is already well-established in major projects:

• Maven implements auto-fixing (though not in cloud environments):
  • Maven Parent POM: spotless:apply binding
  • Maven Parent POM: verify phase
• Quarkus follows similar practices
• PMD is implementing this approach: PMD Issue #5651

Current Limitations and Proof of Concept

While the concept is proven in Maven environments, Gradle/Spotless integration currently requires additional configuration:

• Builds don't auto-fix out of the box like Maven/Quarkus
• Related issues and PoC:
  • Spotless Issue #2525
  • Spotless PR #2528 (PoC)

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[Pankraz76]

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