Migrate ant based serial library to Gradle

[madhav2348]

Description

Migrated the serial library from Ant-based build.xml to Gradle build.gradle.kts

Resolve Issue

#1099

Changes

Migrate Ant-based build.xml with build.gradle.kts for java/libraries/serial

Checklist

Build succeeds using Gradle
serial no longer relies on Ant

• build.gradle.kts creates build folder in library/serial by default contains serial.jar, even if define source outDir path explicitly
• If I deleted build.xml, the Branch Builds (Legacy) GitHub action failed as build.xml was not found

Although I was able to run the project and only commit the main Gradle file changes

Let me know if further adjustments are needed!

[Stefterv]

Hi @madhav2348 Thank you for your contribution and your effort!

Rather than directly translating the Ant build file to Gradle in a one-to-one translation we are looking to have something more Gradle native. Please take a look at how the other gradle files have been organised, especially with regard to importing the results of other modules.

[madhav2348]

Thankyou for your feedback , I'll make sure to implement those approach