Updated pom.xml and .gitignore for 2020

.gitignore

+# Mac file finder metadata
+.DS_Store
+# Windows file metadata
+._*
+# Thumbnail image caches
+Thumbs.db
+ethumbs.db
+# MS Office temporary file
+~*
+# Emacs backup file
+*~
+
+# Common
+[Bb]in/
+[Bb]uild/
+[Oo]bj/
+[Oo]ut/
+[Tt]mp/
+[Xx]86/
+[Ii][Aa]32/
+[Xx]64/
+[Xx]86_64/
+[Xx]86-64/
+[Aa]rm
+[Aa]32
+[Tt]32
+[Aa]64
+*.tmp
+*.bak
+*.bk
+*.swp
+
+# Java files
+*.class
+javadoc/
+
+# Maven
+target/
+pom.xml.tag
+pom.xml.releaseBackup
+pom.xml.versionsBackup
+pom.xml.next
+release.properties
+dependency-reduced-pom.xml
+buildNumber.properties
+.mvn/timing.properties
+
+# JetBrains (IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm, etc) files
+.idea/
+cmake-build-*/
+*.iml
+*.iws
+*.ipr
+
+# Eclipse files
+.settings/
+.project
+.classpath
+.buildpath
+.loadpath
+.factorypath
+local.properties

rest_connector/pom.xml → pom.xml

@@ -7,25 +7,30 @@
   <version>1.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
   <name>rest_connector</name>
   <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
-  <dependencies>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>junit</groupId>
-      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-      <version>3.8.1</version>
-      <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-  </dependencies>
+
+    <properties>
+        <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+    </properties>
+
     <build>
         <plugins>
             <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>3.6.0</version>
+                <version>3.8.1</version>
                 <configuration>
-          <source>1.8</source>
-          <target>1.8</target>
+                    <source>8</source>
+                    <target>8</target>
                 </configuration>
             </plugin>
         </plugins>
     </build>
+
+    <dependencies>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.13</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
+        </dependency>
+    </dependencies>
 </project>

rest_connector/.gitignore

-/target/