Path manipulation: java.nio.file.Paths

Change loglevel in properties: logging.level.<paketname>=<Loglevel>

Never return null for Collection types, but return an empty Collection! The caller can do whatever he wanted to do with the collection without having to check for null and have any special case handling.

My Checkstyle does not fail during the maven build though it should: add <violationSeverity>warning</violationSeverity>

nice functional framework to extend core Java8 functionalities: http://javaslang.io

Default timeout (both connect and read timeouts) are infinite. Change the system timeouts by using the following keys: