diff --git a/.devcontainer/Dockerfile b/.devcontainer/Dockerfile
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+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
+# Licensed under the MIT License. See https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=2090316 for license information.
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+FROM openjdk:8-jdk
+
+# This Dockerfile adds a non-root user with sudo access. Use the "remoteUser"
+# property in devcontainer.json to use it. On Linux, the container user's GID/UIDs
+# will be updated to match your local UID/GID (when using the dockerFile property).
+# See https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user for details.
+ARG USERNAME=vscode
+ARG USER_UID=1000
+ARG USER_GID=$USER_UID
+
+#use ustc mirror
+RUN sed -i 's/deb.debian.org/mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/g' /etc/apt/sources.list
+
+# Configure apt
+RUN apt-get update \
+    && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get -y install --no-install-recommends apt-utils dialog 2>&1 \
+    #
+    # Create a non-root user to use if preferred - see https://aka.ms/vscode-remote/containers/non-root-user.
+    && groupadd --gid $USER_GID $USERNAME \
+    && useradd -s /bin/bash --uid $USER_UID --gid $USER_GID -m $USERNAME \
+    # [Optional] Add sudo support for the non-root user
+    && apt-get install -y sudo \
+    && echo $USERNAME ALL=\(root\) NOPASSWD:ALL > /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME\
+    && chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/$USERNAME \
+    #
+    # Verify git, needed tools installed
+    && apt-get -y install git openssh-client less iproute2 procps curl lsb-release
+
+#-------------------Uncomment the following steps to install Maven CLI Tools----------------------------------
+ARG MAVEN_VERSION=3.6.3
+ARG MAVEN_SHA=c35a1803a6e70a126e80b2b3ae33eed961f83ed74d18fcd16909b2d44d7dada3203f1ffe726c17ef8dcca2dcaa9fca676987befeadc9b9f759967a8cb77181c0
+RUN mkdir -p /usr/share/maven /usr/share/maven/ref \
+    && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && curl -fsSL -o /tmp/apache-maven.tar.gz https://archive.apache.org/dist/maven/maven-3/${MAVEN_VERSION}/binaries/apache-maven-${MAVEN_VERSION}-bin.tar.gz \
+    && echo "${MAVEN_SHA} /tmp/apache-maven.tar.gz" | sha512sum -c - \
+    && tar -xzf /tmp/apache-maven.tar.gz -C /usr/share/maven --strip-components=1 \
+    && rm -f /tmp/apache-maven.tar.gz \
+    && ln -s /usr/share/maven/bin/mvn /usr/bin/mvn
+COPY maven-settings.xml /usr/share/maven/ref/
+ENV MAVEN_HOME /usr/share/maven
+ENV MAVEN_CONFIG /root/.m2
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+#-------------------Uncomment the following steps to install Gradle CLI Tools---------------------------------
+# ENV GRADLE_HOME /opt/gradle
+# ENV GRADLE_VERSION 5.4.1
+# ARG GRADLE_DOWNLOAD_SHA256=7bdbad1e4f54f13c8a78abc00c26d44dd8709d4aedb704d913fb1bb78ac025dc
+# RUN curl -sSL --output gradle.zip "https://services.gradle.org/distributions/gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}-bin.zip" \
+#     && export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+#     && echo "${GRADLE_DOWNLOAD_SHA256} *gradle.zip" | sha256sum --check - \
+#     && unzip gradle.zip \
+#     && rm gradle.zip \
+#     && mv "gradle-${GRADLE_VERSION}" "${GRADLE_HOME}/" \
+#     && ln -s "${GRADLE_HOME}/bin/gradle" /usr/bin/gradle
+#-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# Clean up
+RUN export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive \
+    && apt-get autoremove -y \
+    && apt-get clean -y \
+    && rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/*
+
+# Allow for a consistant java home location for settings - image is changing over time
+RUN if [ ! -d "/docker-java-home" ]; then ln -s "${JAVA_HOME}" /docker-java-home; fi
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diff --git a/.devcontainer/maven-settings.xml b/.devcontainer/maven-settings.xml
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+<settings xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/SETTINGS/1.0.0
+                      https://maven.apache.org/xsd/settings-1.0.0.xsd">
+  <mirrors>
+  <mirror>
+    <id>aliyunmaven</id>
+    <mirrorOf>*</mirrorOf>
+    <name>aliyun</name>
+    <url>https://maven.aliyun.com/repository/public</url>
+</mirror>
+    
+  </mirrors>
+  <localRepository>/usr/share/maven/ref/repository</localRepository>
+</settings>
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