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+#################################################################################
+#  Copyright (c) 2024 Bayerische Motoren Werke Aktiengesellschaft (BMW AG)
+#
+#  See the NOTICE file(s) distributed with this work for additional
+#  information regarding copyright ownership.
+#
+#  This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+#  terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0 which is available at
+#  https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+#  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+#  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT
+#  WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the
+#  License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#  under the License.
+#
+#  SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+#################################################################################
+
+name: "CodeQL"
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/*.txt"
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [ "main" ]
+    paths-ignore:
+      - "**/*.md"
+      - "**/*.txt"
+  schedule:
+    - cron: "0 0 * * 0"
+  workflow_dispatch:
+
+jobs:
+  analyze:
+    name: Analyze
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    timeout-minutes: 360
+    permissions:
+      actions: read
+      contents: read
+      security-events: write
+
+    strategy:
+      fail-fast: false
+      matrix:
+        language: [ "java" ] # Define languages here
+        # CodeQL supports [ 'cpp', 'csharp', 'go', 'java', 'javascript', 'python', 'ruby', 'swift' ]
+        # Use only 'java' to analyze code written in Java, Kotlin or both
+        # Use only 'javascript' to analyze code written in JavaScript, TypeScript or both
+        # Learn more about CodeQL language support at https://aka.ms/codeql-docs/language-support
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout repository
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      # Initializes the CodeQL tools for scanning.
+      - name: Initialize CodeQL
+        uses: github/codeql-action/init@v2
+        with:
+          languages: ${{ matrix.language }}
+          # If you wish to specify custom queries, you can do so here or in a config file
+          # By default, queries listed here will override any specified in a config file
+          # Prefix the list here with "+" to use these queries and those in the config file
+
+          # For more details on CodeQL's query packs, refer to: https://docs.github.com/en/code-security/code-scanning/automatically-scanning-your-code-for-vulnerabilities-and-errors/configuring-code-scanning#using-queries-in-ql-packs
+          # Use +security-extended,security-and-quality for wider security and better code quality
+          queries: +security-extended,security-and-quality
+
+
+      # build only production code, no test sources
+      - name: Build Production Code
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew compileJava --no-daemon
+
+      - name: Perform CodeQL Analysis
+        uses: github/codeql-action/analyze@v3
+        with:
+          category: "/language:${{matrix.language}}"
+          fail-on: error
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