V4 changes to make external usage easier #582

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Build it / fail-fast-build	38s
Build it / ubuntu-latest jdk-23-zulu	36s
Build it / ubuntu-latest jdk-21-zulu	41s
Build it / ubuntu-latest jdk-8-zulu	28s
Build it / windows-latest jdk-23-zulu	1m 7s
Build it / windows-latest jdk-21-zulu	1m 5s
Build it / windows-latest jdk-8-zulu	1m 4s
Build it / macos-latest jdk-23-zulu	53s
Build it / macos-latest jdk-21-zulu	45s
Build it / macos-latest jdk-8-zulu	47s
Deploy / Deploy	0s
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