Merge pull request #770 from FranciscoBorges/master

Fix serialization/equals issues, revert AS7 needed method, ignored ha parameter
add javadoc to BroadcastEndpoint
Merge pull request #772 from gaohoward/master

add javadoc to BroadcastEndpoint
Revert delete of deprecated method as it may used by embedded users.
(despite the non-API package name)
Make utility class final. Specially important as embedded users may use this one.
Stop exposing the server configuration.