change CI from CircleCI to GitHub Actions

.github/workflows/build_and_test.yml

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+name: Build and Test
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches:
+      - main
+  pull_request:
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+
+    steps:
+      - name: Checkout code
+        uses: actions/checkout@v4
+
+      - name: Set up JDK 8
+        uses: actions/setup-java@v4
+        with:
+          distribution: 'temurin'
+          java-version: '8'
+
+      - name: Setup Gradle
+        uses: gradle/actions/setup-gradle@v4
+
+      - name: Cache Gradle dependencies
+        uses: actions/cache@v4
+        with:
+          path: |
+            ~/.gradle/caches
+            ~/.gradle/wrapper
+          key: ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-${{ hashFiles('**/*.gradle*', '**/gradle-wrapper.properties') }}
+          restore-keys: |
+            ${{ runner.os }}-gradle-
+
+      - name: Verify dependencies
+        run: ./gradlew dependencies
+
+      - name: Run checks and generate report
+        run: |
+          ./gradlew check
+          ./gradlew clean build jacocoTestReport
+
+      - name: Upload coverage report to Codecov
+        uses: codecov/codecov-action@v4
+        with:
+          fail_ci_if_error: true
+          token: ${{ secrets.CODECOV_TOKEN }}
+          verbose: true