MLE-24717 Bumping to ml-gradle 6.1 snapshot

[rjrudin]

Want to see these tests pass before we release ml-gradle 6.1.0. Also fixed one Sonar issue - there are 71 others that I'll handle in separate PRs.

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Copyright Validation Results
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• .copyrightconfig
• build.gradle
• docker-compose.yml
• test-app/build.gradle

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• src/main/java/com/marklogic/kafka/connect/source/XmlPlanInvoker.java

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Pull Request Overview

This PR updates the project to use ml-gradle 6.1 snapshot version for testing purposes before the official release, while also addressing a Sonar code quality issue.

• Updated Gradle task definitions to use the new tasks.register() syntax instead of the legacy task syntax
• Fixed a Sonar issue by renaming a static logger variable to follow naming conventions
• Updated Docker Compose service name to be more concise

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
test-app/build.gradle	Modernized Gradle task definitions using tasks.register() syntax
src/main/java/com/marklogic/kafka/connect/source/XmlPlanInvoker.java	Fixed Sonar issue by renaming logger variable and consolidating imports
docker-compose.yml	Updated Docker Compose service name

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[Copilot]

Wildcard imports should be avoided as they reduce code readability and can lead to naming conflicts. Consider importing specific classes individually.

Suggested change

	import javax.xml.transform.*;
	import javax.xml.transform.Transformer;
	import javax.xml.transform.TransformerException;
	import javax.xml.transform.TransformerFactory;
	import javax.xml.transform.TransformerConfigurationException;