cleanup parent dependencies (#1828)

* upgrade to spring boot 1.5.2

* add full update to REST API

* modify ratings controller

* upgrade herold

* fix integration test

* fix integration test

* minor fix

* fix integration test

* fix integration test

* minor cleanup

* minor cleanup

* remove log4j properties

* use standard logbook.xml

* remove log4j dependencies

* remove commons-logging

* merge

* fix conflict

* exclude commons-logging dependency

* cleanup

* minor fix

* minor fix

* fix dependency issues

* Revert "fix dependency issues"

This reverts commit 83bf1f9fd2e1a9a55f9cacb085669568b06b49ec.

* fix dependency issues

* minor fix

* minor fix

* minor fix

* cleanup generated files

* fix commons-logging issue

* add parent to pom

* cleanup parent dependencies

testng/pom.xml

@@ -16,19 +16,6 @@
      
     <dependencies>
 
-        <!-- logging -->
-
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-            <artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-            <version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-        <dependency>
-            <groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
-            <artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
-            <version>${logback.version}</version>
-        </dependency>
-
         <!-- test scoped -->
 
         <dependency>
@@ -56,17 +43,6 @@
         </testResources>
 
         <plugins>
-
-            <plugin>
-                <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-                <version>${maven-compiler-plugin.version}</version>
-                <configuration>
-                    <source>1.8</source>
-                    <target>1.8</target>
-                </configuration>
-            </plugin>
-
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
                 <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
@@ -109,18 +85,8 @@
     </build>
 
     <properties>
-
-        <!-- logging -->
-        <org.slf4j.version>1.7.21</org.slf4j.version>
-        <logback.version>1.1.7</logback.version>
-
         <!-- testing -->
         <testng.version>6.10</testng.version>
-
-        <!-- maven plugins -->
-        <maven-compiler-plugin.version>3.6.0</maven-compiler-plugin.version>
-        <maven-surefire-plugin.version>2.19.1</maven-surefire-plugin.version>
-
     </properties>