adding custom build action support

Author: ryanjbaxter

.github/workflows/deploy.yml

@@ -11,6 +11,18 @@ on:
         description: 'Custom run command for the Build and Deploy step (overrides default Maven command)'
         required: false
         type: string
+      custom_build_action:
+        description: 'Custom action reference for build/test (e.g., ./.github/actions/build-and-test or org/repo/.github/actions/name@ref)'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      custom_build_action_inputs:
+        description: 'JSON string of inputs to pass to custom build action'
+        required: false
+        type: string
+      custom_deploy_command:
+        description: 'Custom deploy command to run after custom build action when SHOULD_DEPLOY is true'
+        required: false
+        type: string
       runs_on:
         description: 'Runner to use for the build job (defaults to ubuntu-latest)'
         required: false
@@ -126,22 +138,40 @@ jobs:
           echo "SHOULD_DEPLOY=$SHOULD_DEPLOY" >> $GITHUB_ENV
           echo "Build configuration: BUILD_WITH_DOCS=$BUILD_WITH_DOCS, SHOULD_DEPLOY=$SHOULD_DEPLOY"
 
+      - name: Custom build action
+        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action != '' }}
+        uses: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action }}
+        with:
+          java-version: ${{ matrix.java-version }}
+          inputs: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action_inputs }}
+
+      - name: Custom deploy command
+        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action != '' && inputs.custom_deploy_command != '' && env.SHOULD_DEPLOY == 'true' }}
+        env:
+          CUSTOM_DEPLOY_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.custom_deploy_command }}
+        run: |
+          # Execute custom deploy command after custom build action
+          echo "Running custom deploy command"
+          printf '%s\n' "$CUSTOM_DEPLOY_COMMAND" > /tmp/custom-deploy.sh
+          chmod +x /tmp/custom-deploy.sh
+          bash /tmp/custom-deploy.sh
+
       - name: Build
-        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_command == '' && env.SHOULD_DEPLOY == 'false' }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action == '' && inputs.custom_build_command == '' && env.SHOULD_DEPLOY == 'false' }}
         run: |
           # Run Maven install for non-deploying JDK versions (no docs profile needed)
           echo "Building without deployment"
           ./mvnw clean install -Pspring -B -U
 
       - name: Build and deploy
-        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_command == '' && env.SHOULD_DEPLOY == 'true' }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action == '' && inputs.custom_build_command == '' && env.SHOULD_DEPLOY == 'true' }}
         run: |
           # Run Maven deploy for the designated JDK version (always includes docs profile)
           echo "Building with docs profile and deploying artifacts"
           ./mvnw clean deploy -Pdocs,deploy,spring -B -U
 
       - name: Custom build command
-        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_command != '' }}
+        if: ${{ inputs.custom_build_action == '' && inputs.custom_build_command != '' }}
         env:
           CUSTOM_BUILD_COMMAND: ${{ inputs.custom_build_command }}
         run: |