merging to master (#49)

* idea project files sync

* added copyright header to new serialization test class and incorporated into surefire

* Version updates:
- maven compiler plugin updated from v3.5.1 to v3.6.0
- maven dependency plugin updated from v2.10 to v3.0.0
- maven resources plugin updated from v3.0.1 to v3.0.2
- maven war plugin updated from v2.6 to v3.0.0
- logback updated from v1.1.7 to v1.1.8
- slf4j updated from v1.7.21 to v1.7.22
- testng updated from v6.9.10 to v6.10

Author: phillipross