modifications to files becaue of updating to netbeans 8.0
#129: added in GUID property
#129: needs to be tested but I think this is done
#133:this is wrong
miscellaneous dev cleanup
miscellaneous dev cleanup
#129: found an issue with default value
#137: closes
#44
#44
merge with dev
removed unused print statement
spaces
found an issue
#138: closes
#29: passed unit test
#129: simplified the unit test
closes#129
#139: closes
added in UUID property