MLE-24733 Trying out new test deployer

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Pull Request Overview

This PR introduces a new test deployer approach by restructuring test setup and deployment processes in the Jenkins pipeline. The changes replace Node.js-based setup scripts with Gradle-based deployment commands and add reliability improvements.

Key Changes:

• Added a retry mechanism with a sleep delay for the mlWaitTillReady command to improve test reliability
• Replaced Node.js setup scripts with Gradle deployment tasks in the E2E test workflow
• Reorganized deployment steps to use a new test-complete-app-mlDeploy directory

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The hardcoded sleep duration of 3 seconds is a magic number without explanation. Consider adding a comment explaining why this delay is needed, or better yet, replace the fixed sleep with a configurable retry mechanism with exponential backoff to handle varying server startup times more reliably.

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	./gradlew -i mlWaitTillReady
	sleep 3
	./gradlew -i mlWaitTillReady
	# Retry mlWaitTillReady with exponential backoff up to 5 times
	max_attempts=5
	attempt=1
	delay=2
	until ./gradlew -i mlWaitTillReady; do
	if [ $attempt -ge $max_attempts ]; then
	echo "mlWaitTillReady failed after $max_attempts attempts."
	exit 1
	fi
	echo "mlWaitTillReady not ready, retrying in $delay seconds (attempt $attempt/$max_attempts)..."
	sleep $delay
	attempt=$((attempt+1))
	delay=$((delay*2))
	done

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The -g $PWD flag was removed from the gradlew command. If this flag was previously used to set a custom Gradle user home directory for isolation purposes in CI/CD, removing it may cause unintended side effects such as cache collisions or permission issues. Verify that removing this flag is intentional and does not impact build isolation.