diff --git a/.classpath b/.classpath
deleted file mode 100644
index 3b70160..0000000
--- a/.classpath
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,28 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/classes" path="src/main/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" output="target/test-classes" path="src/test/java">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="optional" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="test" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.jdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER/org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.StandardVMType/JavaSE-1.8">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.m2e.MAVEN2_CLASSPATH_CONTAINER">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="maven.pomderived" value="true"/>
-			<attribute name="org.eclipse.jst.component.dependency" value="/WEB-INF/lib"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path="target/classes"/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index b83d222..47f7d9c 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,174 @@
-/target/
+# 
+ignore_me
+tomcat
+
+target
+.classpath
+.visual
+.project
+.settings
+/**/.DS_Store
+
+# Created by https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/java,macos,linux,visualstudiocode,eclipse
+# Edit at https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore?templates=java,macos,linux,visualstudiocode,eclipse
+
+### Eclipse ###
+.metadata
+bin/
+tmp/
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.swp
+*~.nib
+local.properties
+.settings/
+.loadpath
+.recommenders
+
+# External tool builders
+.externalToolBuilders/
+
+# Locally stored "Eclipse launch configurations"
+*.launch
+
+# PyDev specific (Python IDE for Eclipse)
+*.pydevproject
+
+# CDT-specific (C/C++ Development Tooling)
+.cproject
+
+# CDT- autotools
+.autotools
+
+# Java annotation processor (APT)
+.factorypath
+
+# PDT-specific (PHP Development Tools)
+.buildpath
+
+# sbteclipse plugin
+.target
+
+# Tern plugin
+.tern-project
+
+# TeXlipse plugin
+.texlipse
+
+# STS (Spring Tool Suite)
+.springBeans
+
+# Code Recommenders
+.recommenders/
+
+# Annotation Processing
+.apt_generated/
+.apt_generated_test/
+
+# Scala IDE specific (Scala & Java development for Eclipse)
+.cache-main
+.scala_dependencies
+.worksheet
+
+# Uncomment this line if you wish to ignore the project description file.
+# Typically, this file would be tracked if it contains build/dependency configurations:
+#.project
+
+### Eclipse Patch ###
+# Spring Boot Tooling
+.sts4-cache/
+
+### Java ###
+# Compiled class file
+*.class
+
+# Log file
+*.log
+
+# BlueJ files
+*.ctxt
+
+# Mobile Tools for Java (J2ME)
+.mtj.tmp/
+
+# Package Files #
+*.jar
+*.war
+*.nar
+*.ear
+*.zip
+*.tar.gz
+*.rar
+
+# virtual machine crash logs, see http://www.java.com/en/download/help/error_hotspot.xml
+hs_err_pid*
+replay_pid*
+
+### Linux ###
+*~
+
+# temporary files which can be created if a process still has a handle open of a deleted file
+.fuse_hidden*
+
+# KDE directory preferences
+.directory
+
+# Linux trash folder which might appear on any partition or disk
+.Trash-*
+
+# .nfs files are created when an open file is removed but is still being accessed
+.nfs*
+
+### macOS ###
+# General
+.DS_Store
+.AppleDouble
+.LSOverride
+
+# Icon must end with two \r
+Icon
+
+
+# Thumbnails
+._*
+
+# Files that might appear in the root of a volume
+.DocumentRevisions-V100
+.fseventsd
+.Spotlight-V100
+.TemporaryItems
+.Trashes
+.VolumeIcon.icns
+.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent
+
+# Directories potentially created on remote AFP share
+.AppleDB
+.AppleDesktop
+Network Trash Folder
+Temporary Items
+.apdisk
+
+### macOS Patch ###
+# iCloud generated files
+*.icloud
+
+### VisualStudioCode ###
+.vscode/*
+!.vscode/settings.json
+!.vscode/tasks.json
+!.vscode/launch.json
+!.vscode/extensions.json
+!.vscode/*.code-snippets
+
+# Local History for Visual Studio Code
+.history/
+
+# Built Visual Studio Code Extensions
+*.vsix
+
+### VisualStudioCode Patch ###
+# Ignore all local history of files
+.history
+.ionide
+
+# End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/java,macos,linux,visualstudiocode,eclipse
diff --git a/.project b/.project
deleted file mode 100644
index 2cfe38a..0000000
--- a/.project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,37 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<projectDescription>
-	<name>thematic-gateways-portlet</name>
-	<comment></comment>
-	<projects>
-	</projects>
-	<buildSpec>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.jdt.core.javabuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.builder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.wst.validation.validationbuilder</name>
-			<arguments>
-			</arguments>
-		</buildCommand>
-		<buildCommand>
-			<name>org.eclipse.m2e.core.maven2Builder</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>
-		<nature>org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.core.jsNature</nature>
-	</natures>
-</projectDescription>
diff --git a/.settings/.jsdtscope b/.settings/.jsdtscope
deleted file mode 100644
index f179e11..0000000
--- a/.settings/.jsdtscope
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,13 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<classpath>
-	<classpathentry kind="src" path="src/main/webapp"/>
-	<classpathentry excluding="**/bower_components/*|**/node_modules/*|**/*.min.js" kind="src" path="target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.JRE_CONTAINER"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.WebProject">
-		<attributes>
-			<attribute name="hide" value="true"/>
-		</attributes>
-	</classpathentry>
-	<classpathentry kind="con" path="org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary"/>
-	<classpathentry kind="output" path=""/>
-</classpath>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index abdea9a..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.core.resources.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-encoding//src/main/java=UTF-8
-encoding//src/main/resources=UTF-8
-encoding/<project>=UTF-8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b5c4dc..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,16 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.inlineJsrBytecode=enabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.methodParameters=do not generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.unusedLocal=preserve
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.compliance=1.8
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.lineNumber=generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.localVariable=generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.debug.sourceFile=generate
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.assertIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enablePreviewFeatures=disabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier=error
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.forbiddenReference=warning
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.reportPreviewFeatures=ignore
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.release=disabled
-org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.source=1.8
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 3a5c98d..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.jst.jsp.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-validateFragments=false
-validation.use-project-settings=true
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index f897a7f..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.core.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-activeProfiles=
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-resolveWorkspaceProjects=true
-version=1
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index ef86089..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
-org.eclipse.m2e.wtp.enabledProjectSpecificPrefs=false
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
deleted file mode 100644
index e1a5386..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.component
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><project-modules id="moduleCoreId" project-version="1.5.0">
-        
-    <wb-module deploy-name="thematic-gateways-portlet">
-                
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/target/m2e-wtp/web-resources"/>
-                
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/" source-path="/src/main/webapp" tag="defaultRootSource"/>
-                
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/java"/>
-                
-        <wb-resource deploy-path="/WEB-INF/classes" source-path="/src/main/resources"/>
-                
-        <property name="context-root" value="thematic-gateways-portlet"/>
-                
-        <property name="java-output-path" value="/thematic-gateways-portlet/target/classes"/>
-            
-    </wb-module>
-    
-</project-modules>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index cc81385..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.prefs.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-<root>
-  <facet id="jst.jaxrs">
-    <node name="libprov">
-      <attribute name="provider-id" value="jaxrs-no-op-library-provider"/>
-    </node>
-  </facet>
-</root>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index ee3fb28..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.common.project.facet.core.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<faceted-project>
-  <fixed facet="wst.jsdt.web"/>
-  <installed facet="java" version="1.8"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.web" version="2.4"/>
-  <installed facet="liferay.portlet" version="6.0"/>
-  <installed facet="wst.jsdt.web" version="1.0"/>
-  <installed facet="jst.jaxrs" version="2.0"/>
-</faceted-project>
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
deleted file mode 100644
index 3bd5d0a..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.container
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.launching.baseBrowserLibrary
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
deleted file mode 100644
index 05bd71b..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.jsdt.ui.superType.name
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Window
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs b/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
deleted file mode 100644
index 04cad8c..0000000
--- a/.settings/org.eclipse.wst.validation.prefs
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-disabled=06target
-eclipse.preferences.version=1
diff --git a/.tern-project b/.tern-project
deleted file mode 100644
index d7fbf24..0000000
--- a/.tern-project
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,23 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "plugins": {
-    "guess-types": {
-      
-    },
-    "outline": {
-      
-    },
-    "liferay": {
-      
-    },
-    "yui3": {
-      
-    },
-    "aui2.0.x": {
-      
-    }
-  },
-  "libs": [
-    "ecma5",
-    "browser"
-  ]
-}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c5f3f6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+{
+    "java.configuration.updateBuildConfiguration": "interactive"
+}
\ No newline at end of file