- added helper methods to copy/update grpc messages: config_rules, constraints, endpoint_ids, service_ids
-  extended Context ConstraintModel to support different types of constraints
- extended EndpointModel with get_endpoint helper method
- extended SliceModel to incorporate config rules

- common.tools.timestamp.Converters

- Arranged commit before merge
- Replaced string-based timestamps by context.Timestamp
- Created helper functions to convert timestamps string from/to float
- Arranged requirements to meet dependencies of converter functions

- Moved imports from *.proto folder to common.proto folder
- Removed webui's genproto.sh script
- Minor code and linting fixing
- Arranged requirements to accelerate Docker image creation
- Updated Dockerfile
- Arranged GitLab CI/CD pipeline
- Corrected usage of ConfigRules to use new custom ConfigRules
- Moved config variables to new config framework
- Removed unneeded Config variables

- Arranged .gitignore & .gitkeep files in common proto folder
- Created specific run_tests_locally script for Context component
- Moved imports from *.proto folder to common.proto folder
- Adapted common.tools.object_factory to new proto definitions for ConfigRule and Constraint
- Extended common.tools.type_checkers to new proto definitions for ConfigRule and Constraint
- Removed context's genproto.sh script
- Adapted Events generated to new timestamp data type
- Minor code and linting fixing

- fixed issue with messages in policy.proto and context-policy.proto
- modified and unified script to generate Python code from proto files
- segregated script to generate UML code
- added/modified apropriate .gitignore files to prevent uploading generated code. It should be generated locally or during creation of Docker containers
- added symbolic link from common/proto to folder containing python generated code

- extended proto file to support retrieval of both services and connections, e.g., services requested + sub-services, and the connections and sub-connections supporting the services and sub-services.
- minor bug fixings in MockServicerImpl_Context and implementation of support for Slices
- implemented and pre-tested unitary tests for PathComp
- implemented in PathComp service the logic to retrieve context data, and the skeleton to retrieve the replies to compute requests.

- initial skeleton (not functional)

- added helper methods to object_factory

- defined unified constants for all micro-services
- defined common settings getter methods
- defined generic gRPC servicer
- defined generic Rest servicer
- defined common MockServicer for Monitoring component
- removed old common/tests MockService class; to be replaced by new generic gRPC servicer
- minor code formatting/styling

- code styling and cleanup

new development of microwave device - implemented the Api to get configurations, create and delete services

Updated gRPC proto files to prevent trouble with KPI sample types in devices, also updated files related to this issue.

- Subscriptions to be implemented

Common:
- Normalized report_coverage_*.sh scripts, and temporarily summarized results in device one for testing purposes.
- Adapted run_tests_locally.sh script for testing purposes
- Improved message synthesis of ServiceException

Context:
- Improved ConfigModel helper functions

Device (intermediate backup):
- Removed DataCache since it reduces readability of the code. Moved database one level up.
- Improved ServicerImpl and moved DataCache functionality over there.
- Added condition to prevent AddDevice request from carrying a configuration.
- Multiple pre-work required for processing configuration differences in DeviceServiceServicerImpl.

- Final version of Context service ready for integration tests
- Integrated REST API read-only methods
- Updated test units for gRPC and REST API interfaces
- Improved flag for pre-populating database with fake testing data
- Combined Redis within Context POD

Common:
- Renamed common.metrics to common.rpc_method_wrapper
- Moved ServiceException to common.rpc_method_wrapper
- Implemented High-Level ORM methods to simplify Database handling

Context:
- Added flag to auto-populate fake data for testing purposes
- Added fake objects for testing purposes
- Minor corrections in ORM Database Models
- Reimplemented gRPC Servicer methods using HighLevel ORM helper methods
- Implemented complete unit testing of gRPC Servicer
- Added Message Broker to enable distribution of database events
- Implemented gRPC GetEvents methods
- Modified default config values to support larger number of persistent connections for events streaming
- Reimplemented Context REST Resource to re-use gRPC Servicer and prevent duplicating code

Automated Tests:
- Reactivated common and context unit tests

Common:
- Implemented Message Brokering framework supporting multiple backends
- Implemented InMemory Message Brokering Backend for testing purposes
- Implemented Redis Backend
- Implemented Message Brokering unit tests
- Minor improvements in ORM Framework
- Added Message Broker framework unit testing into automated local tests

Common:
- added ORM helper function get_related_instances
- minor modifications in ORM framework

Proto:
- field/message/enum renamings in context.proto to normalize notation

Context:
- Expanded service/database/Models.py into separate models to facilitate coding
- Completed implementation of Get/Set/List/Remove methods for Context, Topology, Device, Link, and EndPoint; also completed for relation models between topology and device/link, and ConfigModels
- Implemented test units for Get/Set/List/Remove methods for Context, Topology, Device, Link, and EndPoint
- Implemented skeleton for Get/Set/List/Remove methods for Service.
- Added Tools.py with helper methods to fimplify handling of enums between ORM and gRPC messages.

Common:
- Added missing test units for ORM framework
- Solved few bugs in ORM framework
- Implemented initial skeleton of MessageBroker to implement GetEvents methods for Context.

Context:
- Implemented TopologyModel and related test units
- Solved few bugs in ContextModel

Proto:
- Minor corrections in context.proto

Common:
- Minor corrections in common.orm.backend
- Improved definition of orm.Model class with get_instances and get_references
- Extended ORM unitary tests with get_instances and get_references

Context:
- Implemented missing methods in ContextClient
- Started to implement new Context data models using ORM.
- ContextModel functional using ORM and gRPC.
- Arranged old code file placing

- Added methods to automate metric class generation
- Added decorator for servicer RPC methods to add metering and logging features automatically
- Added unit tests
- Minor imptovements in context unit testing