diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
index 79174f7..5cca4e3 100644
--- a/.classpath
+++ b/.classpath
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
 		<attributes>
 			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
+			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.nondependency" value=""/>
 		</attributes>
 	</classpathentry>
 	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.7">
diff --git a/.project b/.project
index 03e7ba4..753e8c7 100644
--- a/.project
+++ b/.project
@@ -5,6 +5,11 @@
 	<projects>
 	</projects>
 	<buildSpec>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
 		<buildCommand>
 			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
 			<arguments>
@@ -15,9 +20,17 @@
 			<arguments>
 			</arguments>
 		</buildCommand>
+		<buildCommand>
+			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
+			<arguments>
+			</arguments>
+		</buildCommand>
 	</buildSpec>
 	<natures>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.jem.workbench.JavaEMFNature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.modulecore.ModuleCoreNature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javanature</nature>
 		<nature>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Nature</nature>
+		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.nature</nature>
 	</natures>
 </projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
index ec4300d..443e085 100644
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
 eclipse.preferences.version=1
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.7
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.7
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
+org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
 org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.7
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d6f635c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
+    <wb-module deploy-name="social-util-library">
+        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
+    </wb-module>
+</project-modules>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b22d70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<faceted-project>
+  <installed facet="java" version="1.7"/>
+  <installed facet="jst.utility" version="1.0"/>
+</faceted-project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/Utils.java b/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/Utils.java
index 75a0bb4..b66e05d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/Utils.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/gcube/social_networking/socialutillibrary/Utils.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param preview
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	protected static String convertFileNameAnchorHTML(String url) {
+	public static String convertFileNameAnchorHTML(String url) {
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		sb.append("<span style=\"color:gray; font-size:12px;\">shared </span><a class=\"link\" href=\"").append(url).append("\" target=\"_blank\">").append("a file.").append("</a> ").toString();
 		return sb.toString();
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param postText
 	 * @return the list of hashtags present in the text
 	 */
-	protected static List<String> getHashTags(String postText) {
+	public static List<String> getHashTags(String postText) {
 		List<String> hashtags = new ArrayList<>();		
 		Pattern MY_PATTERN = Pattern.compile("^#\\w+|\\s#\\w+");
 		Matcher matcher = MY_PATTERN.matcher(postText);
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param feedText
 	 * @return the text with the clickable url in it
 	 */
-	protected static String extractURL(String feedText) {
+	public static String extractURL(String feedText) {
 		// separate input by spaces ( URLs have no spaces )
 		feedText = feedText.replaceAll("(\r\n|\n)"," <br/> ");
 		String [] parts = feedText.split("\\s");
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param html the html string to escape
 	 * @return the escaped string
 	 */
-	protected static String escapeHtmlAndTransformUrl(String html) {
+	public static String escapeHtmlAndTransformUrl(String html) {
 		if (html == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param html the html string to escape
 	 * @return the escaped string
 	 */
-	protected static String escapeHtml(String html) {
+	public static String escapeHtml(String html) {
 		return html.replaceAll("&", "&amp;").replaceAll("<", "&lt;")
 				.replaceAll(">", "&gt;");
 	}
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param feedText
 	 * @return the text with the clickable url in it
 	 */
-	protected static String transformUrls(String feedText) {
+	public static String transformUrls(String feedText) {
 		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder();
 		// separate input by spaces ( URLs have no spaces )
 		String [] parts = feedText.split("\\s");
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param item a text token
 	 * @return the actual http link
 	 */
-	private static String getHttpToken(String item) {
+	public static String getHttpToken(String item) {
 		if (item.startsWith("http") || item.startsWith("www") || item.startsWith("(www") || item.startsWith("(http")) {
 			if (item.startsWith("(")) 
 				item = item.substring(1, item.length());
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param taggedPeople
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	protected static String convertMentionPeopleAnchorHTML(String escapedFeedText, ArrayList<ItemBean> taggedPeople, HttpServletRequest request) {
+	public static String convertMentionPeopleAnchorHTML(String escapedFeedText, ArrayList<ItemBean> taggedPeople, HttpServletRequest request) {
 		String userProfilePageURL = "";
 		userProfilePageURL = PortalContext.getConfiguration().getSiteLandingPagePath(request)+GCubePortalConstants.USER_PROFILE_FRIENDLY_URL;
 		for (ItemBean tagged : taggedPeople) {
@@ -244,7 +244,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param hashtags
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	protected static String convertHashtagsAnchorHTML(String escapedFeedText, List<String> hashtags) {
+	public static String convertHashtagsAnchorHTML(String escapedFeedText, List<String> hashtags) {
 		for (String hashtag : hashtags) {
 			String taggedHTML = "<a class=\"link\" style=\"font-size:14px;\" href=\"?"+
 					new String(Base64.encodeBase64(GCubeSocialNetworking.HASHTAG_OID.getBytes()))+"="+
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public class Utils {
 	 * @param link the link to check
 	 * @return the description guessed
 	 */
-	private static String createDescriptionFromContent(String link) {
+	public static String createDescriptionFromContent(String link) {
 		StringBean sb = new StringBean();
 		sb.setURL(link);
 		sb.setLinks(false);