SED-4625 Table services are not secured

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Summary of Changes

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This pull request introduces a substantial refactoring of the plugin lifecycle and dependency management within the controller. The changes aim to streamline how plugins are initialized, shut down, and interact with core services like the VersionManager. By explicitly defining plugin dependencies and execution order, the system gains improved control and predictability, which is crucial for addressing potential security vulnerabilities related to service initialization and access, as suggested by the PR title regarding unsecured table services.

Highlights

• Plugin Lifecycle Refactoring: The plugin lifecycle methods across ControllerSettingPlugin, StepControllerPlugin, AbstractControllerPlugin, and ControllerPlugin have been significantly refactored. This includes renaming serverStart to init, removing several empty lifecycle methods, and introducing default method implementations in the ControllerPlugin interface.
• Plugin Dependency and Execution Order Management: Dependencies and execution order for plugins are now explicitly defined using annotations. ControllerSettingPlugin now depends on StepControllerPlugin, and StepControllerPlugin is configured to run before VersionManagerPlugin.
• Version Manager Access Update: The StepControllerPlugin's recover method now retrieves the VersionManager instance from the GlobalContext using context.require(VersionManager.class) instead of instantiating it directly, indicating a more managed approach to service access.
• Build Version Update: The step-framework.version in pom.xml has been updated to 0.0.0-SED-4625-SNAPSHOT, aligning the build with the changes related to this issue.

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Code Review

This pull request introduces a significant refactoring of the controller plugin lifecycle and initialization process. Key changes include simplifying AbstractControllerPlugin and ControllerPlugin by removing boilerplate code and leveraging Java's default interface methods. Lifecycle methods have been streamlined, for instance, by renaming serverStart to init. Dependency management is improved, as seen with VersionManager now being retrieved via dependency injection instead of direct instantiation. These changes collectively enhance code maintainability and clarity. The modifications appear to be a preparatory step, as they don't directly address the security concern mentioned in the pull request title.