revert and ammend as per PR request

Author: Fred Campos

.gitignore

@@ -61,5 +61,4 @@ gradle-app.setting
 # Quinoa
 .quinoa/
 
-generated/out/
-operator/out/
+**/out/

gradle.properties

@@ -13,6 +13,3 @@ quarkusPlatformGroupId=io.quarkus.platform
 quarkusPlatformArtifactId=quarkus-bom
 quarkusPlatformVersion=3.35.3
 systemProp.quarkus.analytics.disabled=true
-
-# Workaround for Windows: avoid forked process where -D args with {{ }} get mangled by cmd.exe
-systemProp.gradle.quarkus.gradle-worker.no-process=true

operator/src/main/java/it/aboutbits/postgresql/core/FileRef.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+package it.aboutbits.postgresql.core;
+
+import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.Required;
+import io.fabric8.generator.annotation.ValidationRule;
+import lombok.Getter;
+import lombok.Setter;
+import org.jspecify.annotations.NullMarked;
+
+/// A reference to a file inside
+///
+/// This class is used wherever a CRD spec needs to point to a specific file
+/// The [#path] field identifies the file location
+/// inside the secret.
+///
+/// ### Example usage in a CR manifest
+///
+/// ```yaml
+///  spec:
+///     adminSecretFileRef:
+///         path: "/mnt/db-password"
+/// ```
+@Getter
+@Setter
+@NullMarked
+public class FileRef {
+    /// The path to the file.
+    /// Must not be blank.
+    @Required
+    @ValidationRule(
+            value = "self.trim().size() > 0",
+            message = "The path must not be empty."
+    )
+    private String path = "";
+}