Adds Zig version validation for publishing task (cedar-policy#306)

Signed-off-by: Mudit Chaudhary <chmudit@amazon.com>

Author: muditchaudhary

CedarJava/CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 # Changelog
 
+## 4.3.0
+### Added
+* Added Zig version validation for publishing artifacts [#306](https://github.com/cedar-policy/cedar-java/pull/306)
+
 ## 4.3.0
 ### Added
 * Introduced new model classes for improved type safety and functionality:

CedarJava/build.gradle

@@ -124,6 +124,26 @@ tasks.register('installCargoZigbuild', Exec) {
     commandLine 'cargo', '+' + RustVersion, 'install', 'cargo-zigbuild@0.19.7'
 }
 
+def ZigVersion = '0.11'
+tasks.register('validateZigVersion') {
+    group = 'Build'
+    description = 'Validates that the correct zig version is installed'
+    
+    doLast {
+        def output = new ByteArrayOutputStream()
+        exec {
+            commandLine 'zig', 'version'
+            standardOutput = output
+        }
+        def version = output.toString().trim()
+        println "Detected Zig version: ${version}"
+        if (!version.startsWith(ZigVersion)) {
+            throw new GradleException("Zig version must be ${ZigVersion} but found: ${version}")        
+        }
+        println "Zig version validation successful"
+    }
+}
+
 tasks.register('compileFFI') {
     dependsOn('installCargoZigbuild')
     group 'Build'
@@ -252,6 +272,7 @@ java {
 /*
  Configures Maven publishing
  */
+publish.dependsOn('validateZigVersion')
 publishing {
     publications {
         mavenJava(MavenPublication) {