better defensive programming
added Eclipse .metadata directory
Merge branch '2.4-preparation' of https://github.com/Enough-Software/j2mepolish into 2.4-preparation
Merge pull request #23 from ovidiuiliescu/2.4-preparation

Added basic PieGaugeView. Usable via view-type: gauge-pie; Color attribu...
improved smiley-extended text-effect
added serializer helper methods for storing Strings that may contain null
added helper for reading byte arrays
added more convenience methods
fixed removal of commands when a native alert is being shown
Fixed parseRfc3339() to be more robust (GMT timezone is always used, prevented selection of accidental DST timezone that can cause the returned TimePoint to be off by 1 hour).