Dynatrace / Dynatrace/openkit-java

Suggestion to add more information on deviceID

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Can I suggest to add a bit more information about how to specify the deviceID?

Because it is not very clear for the customer that the deviceID is used for identifying each user that connects to the application.
And needs to be used with only digits.
![image](https://github.com/Dynatrace/openkit-java/assets/43603718/7c0aa6e1-c538-4baa-83f1-dea264008743)

Based on a conversation on Slack:
_Custom applications have the same behavior then mobile applications: Not every session is tagged, especially when the user did not accept the privacy settings. Therefore the metric is based on the device id._

The official documentation is also not very clear: https://docs.dynatrace.com/docs/shortlink/user-session#user-session-identification
![image](https://github.com/Dynatrace/openkit-java/assets/43603718/6274174c-6120-4367-8412-45fd5b0e392c)

My customer has implemented it by specifying the ID of the application and not the ID of the users so in consequence, only 1 unique user was reported:
![image](https://github.com/Dynatrace/openkit-java/assets/43603718/20c7f7f1-5864-4a3a-bc1d-921fba60241a)

Thank you!

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