Util cleanup and refactoring
Merge pull request #155 from rostafiychuk/utilrefactor

Util cleanup and refactoring
parameterizing paths
inlining method
adding parameter to copyDataToFolders
cleaning up the function
speeding up file upload
adding parameter
name of the resource should begin with /
Merge pull request #153 from raghavgautam/master

clean up of NewRetryTest
post-merge for pull#148. Tagged as distributed on class level