Release 8.1.0

[Deeksha1502]

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Pull request overview

This PR upgrades the groups-service from Play Framework 2.7.2 with Akka 2.5.22 to Play Framework 3.0.5 with Apache Pekko 1.0.3, addressing licensing concerns and modernizing the technology stack.

Key Changes:

• Migrated from Akka (Business Source License) to Apache Pekko 1.0.3 (Apache 2.0 license)
• Upgraded Play Framework from 2.7.2 to 3.0.5
• Upgraded Scala from 2.12.11 to 2.13.12 and associated dependencies (SLF4J, Logback, Jackson, Netty)
• Added new utility classes for Scala/Java collection interoperability
• Updated configuration files to use Pekko namespaces instead of Akka
• Added GitHub Actions workflows for CI/CD with code coverage and SonarQube integration

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 45 out of 46 changed files in this pull request and generated 13 comments.

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File	Description
pom.xml	Updated parent POM with new dependency versions for Pekko, Play 3.0, Scala 2.13, logging, and other core libraries
service/pom.xml	Updated service dependencies, changed Play groupId to org.playframework, added JAXB dependencies, updated repository URLs, and added JVM module access flags for Java 11+
sb-actor/pom.xml	Migrated from Akka to Pekko actor dependencies
group-actors/pom.xml	Updated Pekko testkit dependencies and added JVM module access flags
cassandra-utils/pom.xml	Added JVM module access flags for test execution
sb-utils/pom.xml	Added JVM module access flags for test execution
service/conf/application.conf	Replaced akka configuration blocks with pekko namespaces and updated secret key
service/app/controllers/BaseController.java	Updated imports from akka to pekko and changed FutureConverters.toJava() to asJava()
service/app/controllers/ResponseHandler.java	Enhanced exception handling to support both BaseException and other exception types
service/app/utils/module/*.java	Updated stream and actor imports from akka to pekko
service/test/controllers/*.java	Updated all test imports from akka to pekko
service/app/validators/*.java	Enhanced to handle both Java and Scala collections with new conversion utilities
sb-utils/src/main/java/org/sunbird/util/CollectionConverterUtil.java	New utility class for converting Scala collections to Java collections using reflection
group-actors/src/main/java/org/sunbird/actors/*.java	Updated all imports from akka to pekko
group-actors/src/main/java/org/sunbird/dao/GroupDaoImpl.java	Enhanced updateGroup to use TypeReference and filter null values
group-actors/src/main/java/org/sunbird/util/*.java	Updated to use collection converter utilities and pekko imports
group-actors/src/test/java/org/sunbird/actors/*.java	Updated test imports from akka to pekko and added @ignore to CreateGroupActorTest
group-actors/src/main/resources/activityConfig.json	Emptied the fields array from activity configuration
platform-cache/src/test/scala/org/sunbird/cache/impl/RedisCacheTest.scala	Updated ScalaTest imports for 3.x compatibility
platform-cache/src/main/scala/org/sunbird/cache/util/RedisConnector.scala	Added Platform import
.github/workflows/*.yml	Added CI/CD workflows for PR code coverage and build/deploy automation
.github/*.md	Added documentation for coverage and build processes
UPGRADE_README.md	Added comprehensive upgrade documentation explaining the migration

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