refactor(core): move all project libs into sub-project 'modules'

# Conflicts:
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/2.5.0/eidas-parent-2.5.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.0.0/eidas-commons-2.0.0.jar
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#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.1.0/eidas-commons-2.1.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-commons-2.2.1-egiz-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-commons-2.2.1-egiz.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-commons-2.2.1-egiz.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.3.0/eidas-commons-2.3.0-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.3.0/eidas-commons-2.3.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.3.0/eidas-commons-2.3.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.4.0/eidas-commons-2.4.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.4.0/eidas-commons-2.4.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.5.0/eidas-commons-2.5.0-javadoc.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.5.0/eidas-commons-2.5.0-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.5.0/eidas-commons-2.5.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-commons/2.5.0/eidas-commons-2.5.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication/2.3.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication-2.3.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication/2.3.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication-2.3.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication/2.4.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication-2.4.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication/2.4.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication-2.4.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication/2.5.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication-2.5.0-javadoc.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication/2.5.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-specific-communication-2.5.0-sources.jar
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#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite/2.3.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-2.3.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite/2.3.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-2.3.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite/2.4.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-2.4.0.jar
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#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite/2.5.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-2.5.0-javadoc.jar
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#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-jcache-ignite/2.5.0/eidas-jcache-ignite-2.5.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.0.0/eidas-light-commons-2.0.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.1.0/eidas-light-commons-2.1.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.1.0/eidas-light-commons-2.1.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-light-commons-2.2.1-egiz-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-light-commons-2.2.1-egiz.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-light-commons-2.2.1-egiz.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.3.0/eidas-light-commons-2.3.0-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.3.0/eidas-light-commons-2.3.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.3.0/eidas-light-commons-2.3.0.pom
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#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.5.0/eidas-light-commons-2.5.0-javadoc.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.5.0/eidas-light-commons-2.5.0-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-light-commons/2.5.0/eidas-light-commons-2.5.0.jar
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#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-parent/2.1.0/eidas-parent-2.1.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-parent/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-parent-2.2.1-egiz.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-parent/2.3.0/eidas-parent-2.3.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-parent/2.4.0/eidas-parent-2.4.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-parent/2.5.0/eidas-parent-2.5.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.0.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.0.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.1.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.1.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.1.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.1.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.2.1-egiz-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.2.1-egiz.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.2.1-egiz/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.2.1-egiz.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.3.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.3.0-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.3.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.3.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.3.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.3.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.4.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.4.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.4.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.4.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.5.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.5.0-javadoc.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.5.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.5.0-sources.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.5.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.5.0.jar
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/repository/eu/eidas/eidas-specific-communication-definition/2.5.0/eidas-specific-communication-definition-2.5.0.pom
#	modules/authmodule-eIDAS-v2/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/eidas/v2/handler/NlEidProcessor.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/pom.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/IdAustriaAuthConstants.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/IdAustriaAuthenticationSpringResourceProvider.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/IdAustriaEidasProxyAuthenticationModulImpl.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/builder/attributes/EidasConnecorUniqueIdAttributeBuilder.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/config/IdAustriaAuthMessageSource.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/config/IdAustriaAuthMetadataConfiguration.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/config/IdAustriaAuthRequestBuilderConfiguration.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/controller/IdAustriaAuthMetadataController.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/controller/IdAustriaAuthSignalController.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/tasks/ReceiveFromIdAustriaSystemTask.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/tasks/RequestIdAustriaSystemTask.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/utils/IdAustriaAuthCredentialProvider.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/utils/IdAustriaAuthMetadataProvider.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/utils/Utils.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/at.gv.egiz.components.spring.api.SpringResourceProvider
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IAttributeBuilder
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/resources/messages/idaustria_auth_messages.properties
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/resources/process/id_austria.Authentication.process.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/resources/spring/id_austria_auth.beans.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/main/resources/spring/id_austria_task.beans.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/IdAustriaAuthSpringResourceProviderTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/IdAustriaEidasProxyAuthenticationModulImplTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/builder/attributes/EidasConnecorUniqueIdAttributeBuilderTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/config/IdAustriaAuthMessageSourceTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/controller/IdAustriaAuthMetadataControllerFirstTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/controller/IdAustriaAuthSignalControllerTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/task/ReceiveAuthnResponseTaskTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/task/RequestIdAustriaSystemTaskTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/utils/IdAustriaAuthCredentialProviderTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/utils/IdAustriaAuthMetadataProviderFirstTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/utils/IdAustriaAuthMetadataProviderSecondTest.java
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/config/junit.jks
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/config/junit_test.jks
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/config/junit_test_no_trust_certs.jks
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/config/pvp.jks
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/config/pvp.p12
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID_bpk_without_prefix.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID_minimum.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID_with_eid_sector_attr.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID_with_mandate_jur.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID_with_mandate_nat.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_EID_wrong_data.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_with_wrong_destination_endpoint.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_without_sig_classpath_entityid.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_without_sig_with_error.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_without_sig_with_error_empty_subcode.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_without_sig_with_error_userstop.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/Response_without_sig_with_error_without_subcode.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/eidas_node_siging.crt
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/idp_metadata_classpath_entity.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/idp_metadata_no_sig.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/idp_metadata_no_sig2.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/idp_metadata_sig_notvalid.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/idp_metadata_sig_valid_wrong_alg.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/junit_keystore_metadata.crt
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/junit_keystore_signing.crt
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/moa_sig_signing.crt
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/pvp_postbinding_template.html
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/data/sp_metadata_junit.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/spring/SpringTest-context_basic_mapConfig.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/spring/SpringTest-context_basic_test.xml
#	modules/authmodule_id-austria/src/test/resources/spring/SpringTest-context_lazy.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/pom.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/EidasProxyMessageSource.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/MsProxyServiceConstants.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/MsProxyServiceSpringResourceProvider.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/exception/EidasProxyServiceException.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/protocol/EidasProxyServiceController.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/protocol/ProxyServiceAuthenticationAction.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/protocol/ProxyServicePendingRequest.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/msproxyservice/utils/EidasProxyServiceUtils.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/at.gv.egiz.components.spring.api.SpringResourceProvider
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/resources/messages/eidasproxy_messages.properties
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/main/resources/spring/eidas_proxy-service.beans.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/EidasProxyMessageSourceTest.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/MsProxyServiceSpringResourceProviderTest.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/protocol/EidasProxyServiceControllerTest.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/modules/auth/idaustria/test/protocol/ProxyServiceAuthenticationActionTest.java
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/resources/config/additional-attributes.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/resources/config/eidas-attributes.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/resources/spring/SpringTest-context_basic_mapConfig.xml
#	modules/eidas_proxy-sevice/src/test/resources/spring/SpringTest-context_basic_test.xml

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diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml b/modules/core_common_lib/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9700a0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<FindBugsFilter>
+    <Match>
+      <!-- View parameters are hard-coded values -->
+      <Class name="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.gui.SpringMvcGuiFormBuilderImpl" />
+      <Method name="build" />
+      <Bug pattern="SPRING_FILE_DISCLOSURE" />               
+    </Match>
+  <Match>
+    <!-- Builder pattern does not expose date elements -->
+    <OR>
+      <Class name="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.config.ServiceProviderConfiguration" />
+      <Class name="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.connector.gui.StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration"/>
+    </OR>
+    <OR>
+      <Bug pattern="EI_EXPOSE_REP" />
+      <Bug pattern="EI_EXPOSE_REP2" />
+    </OR>
+  </Match>          
+</FindBugsFilter>
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/pom.xml b/modules/core_common_lib/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a27c20e3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<?xml version="1.0"?>
+<project
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd"
+  xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
+  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+  <parent>
+    <groupId>at.asitplus.eidas.ms_specific</groupId>
+    <artifactId>modules</artifactId>
+    <version>1.2.4-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  </parent>
+  <artifactId>core_common_lib</artifactId>
+  <name>ms_specific_common_lib</name>
+  <packaging>jar</packaging>
+
+  <url>http://maven.apache.org</url>
+  <properties>
+    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
+  </properties>
+  <dependencies>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>eaaf-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-webmvc</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+      <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>javax.servlet</groupId>
+      <artifactId>javax.servlet-api</artifactId>
+      <scope>provided</scope>
+    </dependency>
+
+    <!-- jUnit test dependencies -->
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>junit</groupId>
+      <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+      <artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>eaaf_core_utils</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>at.gv.egiz.eaaf</groupId>
+      <artifactId>eaaf-core</artifactId>
+      <scope>test</scope>
+      <type>test-jar</type>
+    </dependency>
+
+  </dependencies>
+
+  <build>
+    <finalName>core_common_lib</finalName>
+
+    <plugins>
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <source>1.8</source>
+          <target>1.8</target>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <!-- enable co-existence of testng and junit -->
+      <plugin>
+        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+        <configuration>
+          <threadCount>1</threadCount>
+        </configuration>
+        <dependencies>
+          <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.apache.maven.surefire</groupId>
+            <artifactId>surefire-junit47</artifactId>
+            <version>${surefire.version}</version>
+          </dependency>
+        </dependencies>
+      </plugin>
+
+      <plugin>
+        <groupId>com.github.spotbugs</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spotbugs-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+        <version>${spotbugs-maven-plugin.version}</version>
+        <configuration>
+          <excludeFilterFile>checks/spotbugs-exclude.xml</excludeFilterFile>
+        </configuration>
+      </plugin>
+
+    </plugins>
+  </build>
+
+</project>
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/MsConnectorEventCodes.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/MsConnectorEventCodes.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d15cf77c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/MsConnectorEventCodes.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+ */
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core;
+
+public class MsConnectorEventCodes {
+
+  public static final int STARTING_COUNTRY_SELECTION = 4100;
+  public static final int COUNTRY_SELECTED = 4101;
+
+  public static final int PROCESS_STOPPED_BY_USER = 4102;
+
+  public static final int EIDAS_NODE_CONNECTED = 6101;
+  public static final int RESPONSE_FROM_EIDAS_NODE = 6102;
+  public static final int RESPONSE_FROM_EIDAS_NODE_VALID = 6103;
+  public static final int RESPONSE_FROM_EIDAS_NODE_NOT_VALID = 6104;
+  public static final int RESPONSE_FROM_EIDAS_MDSDATA = 6105;
+
+  public static final int SZR_IDL_RECEIVED = 6200;
+  public static final int SZR_BPK_RECEIVED = 6201;
+  public static final int SZR_VSZ_RECEIVED = 6202;
+  public static final int SZR_EIDASBIND_RECEIVED = 6203;
+  public static final int TECH_AUCHBLOCK_CREATED = 6204;
+
+  public static final int SZR_ERNB_EIDAS_RAW_ID = 6210;
+  public static final int SZR_ERNB_EIDAS_ERNB_ID = 6211;
+
+  
+  private MsConnectorEventCodes() {
+    // hidden constructor for class with static values only.
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/MsEidasNodeConstants.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/MsEidasNodeConstants.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..8580950f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/MsEidasNodeConstants.java
@@ -0,0 +1,231 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+*/
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.EaafConfigConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.PvpAttributeDefinitions;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.data.Triple;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.auth.builder.AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder;
+
+public class MsEidasNodeConstants {
+  // ************ configuration properties ************
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PREFIX = "eidas.ms.";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX = "context.url.prefix";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_REQUEST_VALIDATION =
+      "context.url.request.validation";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_REVISIONLOG_LOG_IP_ADDRESS_OF_USER =
+      "revisionlog.logIPAddressOfUser";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_REVISIONLOG_WRITE_MDS_INTO_REVISION_LOG =
+      "revisionlog.write.MDS.into.revisionlog";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_TECHNICALLOG_WRITE_MDS_INTO_TECH_LOG =
+      "technicallog.write.MDS.into.techlog";
+
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_STATIC_PATH = "webcontent.static.directory";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_PROPERTIES_PATH = "webcontent.properties";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_TEMPLATES_PATH = "webcontent.templates";
+
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_WEBCONTENT_TEMPLATES_CCSELECTION = "webcontent.templates.countryselection";
+  
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_MONITORING_EIDASNODE_METADATAURL =
+      "monitoring.eIDASNode.metadata.url";
+
+  private static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX = "pvp2.";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_KEYSTORE_TYPE = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "keystore.type";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_KEYSTORE_NAME = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "keystore.name";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_KEYSTORE_PATH = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "keystore.path";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX
+      + "keystore.password";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_KEY_METADATA_ALIAS = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX
+      + "key.metadata.alias";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_KEY_METADATA_PASSWORD = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX
+      + "key.metadata.password";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_KEY_SIGNING_ALIAS = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX
+      + "key.signing.alias";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_KEY_SIGNING_PASSWORD = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX
+      + "key.signing.password";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_METADATA_VALIDITY = PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX
+      + "metadata.validity";
+
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_METADATA_CONTACT_GIVENNAME =
+      PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "metadata.contact.givenname";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_METADATA_CONTACT_SURNAME =
+      PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "metadata.contact.surname";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_METADATA_CONTACT_EMAIL =
+      PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "metadata.contact.email";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_METADATA_ORGANISATION_NAME =
+      PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "metadata.organisation.name";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_METADATA_ORGANISATION_FRIENDLYNAME =
+      PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "metadata.organisation.friendyname";
+  public static final String CONFIG_PROPS_METADATA_ORGANISATION_URL =
+      PROP_CONFIG_PVP2_PREFIX + "metadata.organisation.url";
+  
+  // TODO: is not implemented yet
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_VALIDATION_DISABLED =
+      "configuration.sp.disableRegistrationRequirement";
+
+  public static final String PROP_EIDAS_REQUEST_LOA_MINIMUM_LEVEL =
+      "auth.eIDAS.node_v2.loa.requested.minimum";
+
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_AUTHBLOCK_KEYSTORE_TYPE =
+      "auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.type";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_AUTHBLOCK_KEYSTORE_PATH =
+      "auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.path";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_AUTHBLOCK_KEYSTORE_PASSWORD =
+      "auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.password";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_AUTHBLOCK_KEYSTORE_NAME =
+      "auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.name";  
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_AUTHBLOCK_KEY_ALIAS =
+      "auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.alias";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_AUTHBLOCK_KEY_PASSWORD =
+      "auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.password";
+  
+  
+  
+
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX = "sp";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER = EaafConfigConstants.SERVICE_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER;
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_FRIENDLYNAME = "friendlyName";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_PVP2_METADATA_URL = "pvp2.metadata.url";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_PVP2_METADATA_TRUSTSTORE = "pvp2.metadata.truststore";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_PVP2_METADATA_TRUSTSTORE_PASSWORD =
+      "pvp2.metadata.truststore.password";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_NEW_EID_MODE =
+      "newEidMode";
+
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_POLICY_ALLOWED_TARGETS = "policy.allowed.requested.targets";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_SP_POLICY_BASEIDTRANSFER_RESTRICTION =
+      "policy.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction";
+
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP_SCHEME_VALIDATION = "configuration.pvp.scheme.validation";
+  public static final String PROP_CONFIG_PVP_ENABLE_ENTITYCATEGORIES =
+      "configuration.pvp.enable.entitycategories";
+
+  // ********** default values ***************
+
+  // Default policy for SP-targets requested by MOA-ID to ms-specific eIDAS
+  // Connector
+  public static final String POLICY_DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TARGETS = ".*";
+  // EAAFConstants.URN_PREFIX_CDID.replaceAll("\\.", "\\\\.").replaceAll("\\+",
+  // "\\\\+") + ".*";
+
+  public static final int METADATA_SOCKED_TIMEOUT = 20 * 1000; // 20 seconds metadata socked timeout
+  public static final int DEFAULT_PVP_METADATA_VALIDITY = 24; // 24 hours
+  public static final int DEFAULT_PVP_ASSERTION_VALIDITY = 5; // 5 minutes
+
+  // ************ application end-points *************
+  public static final String ENDPOINT_PVP_METADATA = "/pvp/metadata";
+  public static final String ENDPOINT_PVP_POST = "/pvp/post";
+  public static final String ENDPOINT_PVP_REDIRECT = "/pvp/redirect";
+
+  public static final String ENDPOINT_COUNTRYSELECTION = "/myHomeCountry";
+
+  public static final String ENDPOINT_MONITORING_MONITOR = "/monitoring";
+  public static final String ENDPOINT_MONITORING_VERIFY = "/verify";
+
+  // ************ paths and templates ************
+  public static final String CLASSPATH_TEMPLATE_DIR = "/templates/";
+  public static final String FILESYSTEM_TEMPLATE_DIR = "./templates/";
+
+  public static final String TEMPLATE_HTML_ERROR = "error_message.html";
+  public static final String TEMPLATE_HTML_PVP_POSTBINDING = "pvp2_post_binding.html";
+  public static final String TEMPLATE_HTML_COUNTRYSELECTION = "countrySelection.html";
+
+  // ************ execution context and generic data ************
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_COUNTRY = "selectedCountry";
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_ENVIRONMENT = "selectedEnvironment";
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_STOP_PROCESS = "stopAuthProcess";
+
+  public static final String EXECCONTEXT_PARAM_MSCONNECTOR_STAGING = "msConnectorStaging";
+  
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_ENVIRONMENT_VALUE_PRODUCTION = "prod";
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_ENVIRONMENT_VALUE_QS = "qs";
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_ENVIRONMENT_VALUE_TESTING = "test";
+  public static final String REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_ENVIRONMENT_VALUE_DEVELOPMENT = "dev";
+
+  public static final String DATA_REQUESTERID = "req_requesterId";
+  public static final String DATA_PROVIDERNAME = "req_providerName";
+  public static final String DATA_REQUESTED_LOA_LIST = "req_requestedLoA";
+  public static final String DATA_REQUESTED_LOA_COMPERISON = "req_requestedLoAComperision";
+
+  public static final List<String> COUNTRY_SELECTION_PARAM_WHITELIST =
+      Arrays.asList(REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_COUNTRY, REQ_PARAM_SELECTED_ENVIRONMENT);
+
+  
+  public static final String EID_BINDING_PUBLIC_KEY_NAME = "urn:eidgvat:attributes.binding.pubkey";
+  
+  
+  // ----   Attribute configuration  ------  
+  public static final String ATTR_EIDAS_PERSONAL_IDENTIFIER = 
+      AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder.GENERIC_AUTHDATA_IDENTIFIER + PvpAttributeDefinitions.BPK_NAME;
+  public static final String ATTR_EIDAS_NAT_MANDATOR_PERSONAL_IDENTIFIER = 
+      AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder.GENERIC_AUTHDATA_IDENTIFIER + PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_BPK_NAME;
+  public static final String ATTR_EIDAS_JUR_MANDATOR_PERSONAL_IDENTIFIER = 
+      AbstractAuthenticationDataBuilder.GENERIC_AUTHDATA_IDENTIFIER 
+      + PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_SOURCE_PIN_NAME;
+  
+  public static final String AUTH_DATA_SZR_AUTHBLOCK = "authData_AUTHBLOCK";
+  public static final String AUTH_DATA_EIDAS_BIND = "authData_EIDAS_BIND";
+  
+  
+  public static final List<Triple<String, String, Boolean>> DEFAULT_REQUIRED_MANDATE_NAT_PVP_ATTRIBUTES =
+      Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<Triple<String, String, Boolean>>() {
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+        {
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_BPK_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_BPK_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_GIVEN_NAME_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_GIVEN_NAME_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_FAMILY_NAME_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_FAMILY_NAME_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_BIRTHDATE_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_NAT_PER_BIRTHDATE_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+                    
+        }
+      });
+  
+  public static final List<Triple<String, String, Boolean>> DEFAULT_REQUIRED_MANDATE_JUR_PVP_ATTRIBUTES =
+      Collections.unmodifiableList(new ArrayList<Triple<String, String, Boolean>>() {
+        private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+        {
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_FULL_NAME_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_FULL_NAME_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_SOURCE_PIN_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_SOURCE_PIN_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+          add(Triple.newInstance(PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_SOURCE_PIN_TYPE_NAME,
+              PvpAttributeDefinitions.MANDATE_LEG_PER_SOURCE_PIN_TYPE_FRIENDLY_NAME, false));
+                    
+        }
+      });
+  
+  
+  private MsEidasNodeConstants() {
+    //hidden Constructor for class with static values only.
+  }
+  
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a1bdc9c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/BasicConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,155 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+*/
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Profile;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.conf.AbstractConfigurationImpl;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.KeyValueUtils;
+
+@Service("BasicMSSpecificNodeConfig")
+@Profile("deprecatedConfig")
+public class BasicConfigurationProvider extends AbstractConfigurationImpl {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(BasicConfigurationProvider.class);
+
+  private final Map<String, ISpConfiguration> spConfigCache = new HashMap<>();
+
+  public BasicConfigurationProvider(String configPath) throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    super(configPath);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public ISpConfiguration getServiceProviderConfiguration(String entityId) throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    if (!spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
+      log.debug("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT cached. Starting load operation ...  ");
+      final Map<String, String> allSPs = getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(
+          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX + KeyValueUtils.KEY_DELIMITER);
+      for (Entry<String, String> entry : allSPs.entrySet()) {
+        if (entry.getKey().endsWith(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER) 
+            && entry.getValue().equals(entityId)) {
+          final String listId = KeyValueUtils.getParentKey(entry.getKey());
+          log.trace("Find SP configuration with list-Id: " + listId
+              + ". Extracting configuration elements ... ");
+          final Map<String, String> spConfig = KeyValueUtils.getSubSetWithPrefix(allSPs, listId
+              + KeyValueUtils.KEY_DELIMITER);
+          spConfigCache.put(entityId,
+              new ServiceProviderConfiguration(spConfig, this));
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
+        log.info("SP: " + entityId + " is loaded. Continuing auth. process ... ");
+      } else {
+        log.warn("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT found in configuration. Stopping auth. process ... ");
+        return null;
+
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      log.trace("SP: " + entityId + " is already cached. Use configuration from there ... ");
+    }
+
+    return spConfigCache.get(entityId);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> T getServiceProviderConfiguration(String entityId, Class<T> decorator)
+      throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    final ISpConfiguration spConfig = getServiceProviderConfiguration(entityId);
+    if (spConfig != null && decorator != null) {
+      if (decorator.isInstance(spConfig)) {
+        return (T) spConfig;
+      } else {
+        log.error("SPConfig: " + spConfig.getClass().getName() + " is NOT instance of: " + decorator
+            .getName());
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String validateIdpUrl(URL url) throws EaafException {
+    log.trace("Validate requested URL: " + url);
+    String urlPrefixFromConfig = getBasicConfiguration(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX);
+    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(urlPrefixFromConfig)) {
+      log.warn("Application config containts NO URL prefix");
+      throw new EaafConfigurationException("config.27",
+          new Object[] { "Application config containts NO "
+              + getApplicationSpecificKeyPrefix()
+              + MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX });
+
+    }
+
+    // remove last slash
+    if (urlPrefixFromConfig.endsWith("/")) {
+      urlPrefixFromConfig = urlPrefixFromConfig.substring(0, urlPrefixFromConfig.length() - 1);
+    }
+
+    if (getBasicConfigurationBoolean(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_REQUEST_VALIDATION, false)) {
+      if (url != null && url.toExternalForm().startsWith(urlPrefixFromConfig)) {
+        return urlPrefixFromConfig;
+      }
+
+      log.info("URL: " + url + " does NOT match to allowed application prefix: " + urlPrefixFromConfig);
+      return null;
+
+    } else {
+      return urlPrefixFromConfig;
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getApplicationSpecificKeyPrefix() {
+    return MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PREFIX;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getBackupConfigPath() {
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/ServiceProviderConfiguration.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/ServiceProviderConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..423ca4e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/ServiceProviderConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,160 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+*/
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.regex.Matcher;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.EaafConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.conf.SpConfigurationImpl;
+
+public class ServiceProviderConfiguration extends SpConfigurationImpl {
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ServiceProviderConfiguration.class);
+
+  private List<String> minimumLoA = Arrays.asList(EaafConstants.EIDAS_LOA_HIGH);
+  private String bpkTargetIdentifier;
+  private String loaMachtingMode = EaafConstants.EIDAS_LOA_MATCHING_MINIMUM;
+
+  public ServiceProviderConfiguration(Map<String, String> spConfig, IConfiguration authConfig) {
+    super(spConfig, authConfig);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasBaseIdInternalProcessingRestriction() {
+    return false;
+
+  }
+
+  
+  @Override
+  public boolean hasBaseIdTransferRestriction() {
+    final Boolean spConfigPolicy = isConfigurationValue(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_POLICY_BASEIDTRANSFER_RESTRICTION);
+    if (spConfigPolicy) {
+      return spConfigPolicy;
+
+    } else {
+      log.trace("SP configuration defines no baseID transfer restriction. Enforce default policy ...");
+      for (final String el : getTargetsWithNoBaseIdTransferRestriction()) {
+        if (this.bpkTargetIdentifier != null && this.bpkTargetIdentifier.startsWith(el)) {
+          log.debug("SP-Target: " + this.bpkTargetIdentifier
+              + " has NO baseID transfer restriction in default policy");
+          return false;
+
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    log.debug("Default-policy defines baseID transfer restriction for SP-Target: "
+        + this.bpkTargetIdentifier);
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public List<String> getRequiredLoA() {
+    return minimumLoA;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getLoAMatchingMode() {
+    return loaMachtingMode;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getAreaSpecificTargetIdentifier() {
+    return bpkTargetIdentifier;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getFriendlyName() {
+    return getConfigurationValue(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_FRIENDLYNAME,
+        "NO FRIENDLYNAME SET");
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the minimum level of eIDAS authentication for this SP <br>
+   * <b>Default:</b> http://eidas.europa.eu/LoA/high <br>
+   * <b>Info:</b> In case of MINIMUM matching-mode, only one entry is allowed
+   * 
+   * @param minimumLoA eIDAS LoA URIs
+   */
+
+  public void setRequiredLoA(List<String> minimumLoA) {
+    this.minimumLoA = minimumLoA;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the mode of operation for LoA matching for this SP. <b>Default:
+   * minimum</b> <br>
+   * <b>Info:</b> Currently only 'minimum' and 'exact' are supported
+   * 
+   * @param mode LoA matching mode according to SAML2 core specification
+   */
+  public void setLoAMachtingMode(String mode) {
+    this.loaMachtingMode = mode;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set the bPK Target for this service provider.
+   * 
+   * @param bpkTargetIdentifier Set the bPK sector
+   * @throws EAAFException If the bPKTargetIdentifier is NOT ALLOWED for this
+   *                       service provider
+   */
+  public void setBpkTargetIdentifier(String bpkTargetIdentifier) throws EaafException {
+    final String allowedTargetIdentifierRegExPattern = getConfigurationValue(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_POLICY_ALLOWED_TARGETS,
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.POLICY_DEFAULT_ALLOWED_TARGETS);
+    log.trace("Use bPK-target regex pattern: " + allowedTargetIdentifierRegExPattern);
+
+    final Pattern p = Pattern.compile(allowedTargetIdentifierRegExPattern);
+    final Matcher m = p.matcher(bpkTargetIdentifier);
+    if (m.matches()) {
+      log.debug("Requested bPK-target: " + bpkTargetIdentifier + " matches regex pattern");
+      this.bpkTargetIdentifier = bpkTargetIdentifier;
+
+    } else {
+      log.warn("Requested bPK-target: " + bpkTargetIdentifier + " does NOT match regex pattern.");
+      throw new EaafException("auth.37", new Object[] { bpkTargetIdentifier, getUniqueIdentifier() });
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f5492913
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider.java
@@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.conf.AbstractSpringBootConfigurationImpl;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.KeyValueUtils;
+import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
+
+@Slf4j
+public class SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider extends AbstractSpringBootConfigurationImpl {
+
+  private final Map<String, ISpConfiguration> spConfigCache = new HashMap<>();
+  
+  @Override
+  public ISpConfiguration getServiceProviderConfiguration(String entityId) throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    if (!spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
+      log.debug("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT cached. Starting load operation ...  ");
+      final Map<String, String> allSPs = getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(
+          MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_LIST_PREFIX);
+      for (Entry<String, String> entry : allSPs.entrySet()) {
+        if (entry.getKey().endsWith(MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_SP_UNIQUEIDENTIFIER) 
+            && entry.getValue().equals(entityId)) {
+          final String listId = KeyValueUtils.getParentKey(entry.getKey());
+          log.trace("Find SP configuration with list-Id: " + listId
+              + ". Extracting configuration elements ... ");
+          final Map<String, String> spConfig = KeyValueUtils.getSubSetWithPrefix(allSPs, listId
+              + KeyValueUtils.KEY_DELIMITER);
+          spConfigCache.put(entityId,
+              new ServiceProviderConfiguration(spConfig, this));
+          break;
+        }
+      }
+
+      if (spConfigCache.containsKey(entityId)) {
+        log.info("SP: " + entityId + " is loaded. Continuing auth. process ... ");
+      } else {
+        log.warn("SP: " + entityId + " is NOT found in configuration. Stopping auth. process ... ");
+        return null;
+
+      }
+
+    } else {
+      log.trace("SP: " + entityId + " is already cached. Use configuration from there ... ");
+    }
+
+    return spConfigCache.get(entityId);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public <T> T getServiceProviderConfiguration(String entityId, Class<T> decorator)
+      throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    final ISpConfiguration spConfig = getServiceProviderConfiguration(entityId);
+    if (spConfig != null && decorator != null) {
+      if (decorator.isInstance(spConfig)) {
+        return (T) spConfig;
+      } else {
+        log.error("SPConfig: " + spConfig.getClass().getName() + " is NOT instance of: " + decorator
+            .getName());
+      }
+
+    }
+
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String validateIdpUrl(URL url) throws EaafException {
+    log.trace("Validate requested URL: " + url);
+    String urlPrefixFromConfig = getBasicConfiguration(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX);
+    if (StringUtils.isEmpty(urlPrefixFromConfig)) {
+      log.warn("Application config containts NO URL prefix");
+      throw new EaafConfigurationException("config.27",
+          new Object[] { "Application config containts NO "
+              + getApplicationSpecificKeyPrefix()
+              + MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_PREFIX });
+
+    }
+
+    // remove last slash
+    if (urlPrefixFromConfig.endsWith("/")) {
+      urlPrefixFromConfig = urlPrefixFromConfig.substring(0, urlPrefixFromConfig.length() - 1);
+    }
+
+    if (getBasicConfigurationBoolean(
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PUBLIC_URL_REQUEST_VALIDATION, false)) {
+      if (url != null && url.toExternalForm().startsWith(urlPrefixFromConfig)) {
+        return urlPrefixFromConfig;
+      }
+
+      log.info("URL: " + url + " does NOT match to allowed application prefix: " + urlPrefixFromConfig);
+      return null;
+
+    } else {
+      return urlPrefixFromConfig;
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getApplicationSpecificKeyPrefix() {
+    return MsEidasNodeConstants.PROP_CONFIG_APPLICATION_PREFIX;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected String getBackupConfigPath() {
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..96d58def
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+*/
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.gui;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.GuiBuildException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.gui.AbstractVelocityGuiFormBuilderImpl;
+
+@Service("velocityGUIBuilderImpl")
+public class DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl extends AbstractVelocityGuiFormBuilderImpl {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl.class);
+
+  private static final String CLASSPATH_HTMLTEMPLATES_DIR = "templates/";
+
+  public DefaultVelocityGuiBuilderImpl() throws GuiBuildException {
+    super();
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected InputStream getInternalTemplate(IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration config)
+      throws GuiBuildException {
+    final String viewName = config.getViewName();
+    log.debug("GUI template:" + viewName + " is not found in configuration directory. "
+        + " Load template from project library ... ");
+    final String pathLocation = getInternalClasspathTemplateDir(config, CLASSPATH_HTMLTEMPLATES_DIR)
+        + viewName;
+    try {
+      final InputStream is = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader().getResourceAsStream(pathLocation);
+      return is;
+
+    } catch (final Exception e1) {
+      log.error("GUI template:" + pathLocation + " is NOT loadable  from classpath!", e1);
+      throw new GuiBuildException("GUI template:" + pathLocation + " is NOT loadable from classpath!", e1);
+
+    }
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String evaluateResponseContentType(HttpServletRequest httpReq, IGuiBuilderConfiguration config,
+      String loggerName) throws GuiBuildException {
+    return MediaType.TEXT_HTML_VALUE;
+    
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/GuiBuilderConfigurationFactory.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/GuiBuilderConfigurationFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..62a0005d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/GuiBuilderConfigurationFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+*/
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.gui;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import javax.annotation.Nonnull;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IRequest;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IGuiBuilderConfigurationFactory;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+
+@Service("GUIBuilderConfigurationFactory")
+public class GuiBuilderConfigurationFactory implements IGuiBuilderConfigurationFactory {
+  @Autowired(required = true) private IConfiguration basicConfig;
+  @Autowired(required = true) private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
+
+  @Override
+  public IGuiBuilderConfiguration getDefaultErrorGui(String authUrl) {
+    return new StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration(basicConfig, authUrl, MsEidasNodeConstants.TEMPLATE_HTML_ERROR,
+        null, resourceLoader);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration getSpSpecificSaml2PostConfiguration(IRequest pendingReq,
+      String viewName, URI configRootContextDir)
+      throws MalformedURLException {
+    return new StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration(basicConfig, pendingReq,
+        MsEidasNodeConstants.TEMPLATE_HTML_PVP_POSTBINDING, null, resourceLoader);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public IGuiBuilderConfiguration getDefaultIFrameParentHopGui(IRequest pendingReq, 
+      @Nonnull String endpoint, @Nonnull String errorId) {  
+    //TODO: implement if iFrame to parent hop is needed
+    throw new RuntimeException("Operation not supported yet.");
+    
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0fd85d3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/gui/StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 A-SIT Plus GmbH
+ * AT-specific eIDAS Connector has been developed in a cooperation between EGIZ,
+ * A-SIT Plus GmbH, A-SIT, and Graz University of Technology.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the EUPL, Version 1.2 or - as soon they will be approved by
+ * the European Commission - subsequent versions of the EUPL (the "License");
+ * You may not use this work except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at:
+ * https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/news/understanding-eupl-v12
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" basis,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ *
+ * This product combines work with different licenses. See the "NOTICE" text
+ * file for details on the various modules and licenses.
+ * The "NOTICE" text file is part of the distribution. Any derivative works
+ * that you distribute must include a readable copy of the "NOTICE" text file.
+*/
+
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.gui;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.text.StringEscapeUtils;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.IRequest;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.GroupDefinition;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.gui.ModifyableGuiBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.gui.AbstractGuiFormBuilderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.utils.FileUtils;
+
+public class StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration extends AbstractGuiFormBuilderConfiguration implements
+    IVelocityGuiBuilderConfiguration, ModifyableGuiBuilderConfiguration {
+  private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration.class);
+
+  private IRequest pendingReq = null;
+  private IConfiguration basicConfig = null;
+  private ResourceLoader resourceLoader;
+  
+  /**
+   * Static resource configuration for GUI Builder implementations.
+   * 
+   * @param basicConfig basicConfig
+   * @param authUrl Public URL of the application
+   * @param viewName Name of the template
+   * @param formSubmitEndpoint Form Submit end-point, if template contains a form.
+   * @param resourceLoader Spring ResourceLoader implementation
+   */
+  public StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration(IConfiguration basicConfig, String authUrl, String viewName,
+      String formSubmitEndpoint, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
+    super(authUrl, viewName, formSubmitEndpoint);
+    this.basicConfig = basicConfig;
+    this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
+    
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Static resource configuration for GUI Builder implementations.
+   * 
+   * @param basicConfig Application configuration
+   * @param pendingReq Current pending request
+   * @param viewName Name of the template
+   * @param formSubmitEndpoint Form Submit end-point, if template contains a form.
+   * @param resourceLoader Spring ResourceLoader implementation
+   */
+  public StaticGuiBuilderConfiguration(IConfiguration basicConfig, IRequest pendingReq, String viewName,
+      String formSubmitEndpoint, ResourceLoader resourceLoader) {
+    super(pendingReq.getAuthUrl(), viewName, formSubmitEndpoint);
+    this.pendingReq = pendingReq;
+    this.basicConfig = basicConfig;
+    this.resourceLoader = resourceLoader;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getClasspathTemplateDir() {
+    return MsEidasNodeConstants.CLASSPATH_TEMPLATE_DIR;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public String getDefaultContentType() {
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public InputStream getTemplate(String viewName) {
+    final String templateUrl = MsEidasNodeConstants.FILESYSTEM_TEMPLATE_DIR + viewName;
+    try {
+      final String absUrl = FileUtils.makeAbsoluteUrl(templateUrl, this.basicConfig
+          .getConfigurationRootDirectory());
+      log.debug("Load template URL for view: " + viewName + " from: " + absUrl);
+      Resource resource = resourceLoader.getResource(absUrl);
+      return resource.getInputStream();
+      
+    } catch (IOException e) {
+      log.info("Can can build filesytem path to template: " + templateUrl
+          + " Reason: " + e.getMessage());
+
+    }
+
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void putCustomParameterWithOutEscaption(GroupDefinition group, String key, Object value) {
+    setViewParameter(getFromGroup(), key, value);
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void putCustomParameter(GroupDefinition group, String key, String value) {
+    setViewParameter(getFromGroup(), key, StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4(value));
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected void putSpecificViewParameters() {
+    if (pendingReq != null) {
+      setViewParameter(getFromGroup(), PARAM_PENDINGREQUESTID, StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4(pendingReq
+          .getPendingRequestId()));
+      setViewParameter(getFromGroup(), PARAM_PENDINGREQUESTID_DEPRECATED, StringEscapeUtils.escapeHtml4(
+          pendingReq.getPendingRequestId()));
+
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  protected GroupDefinition getFromGroup() {
+    return null;
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/resources/common_gui.beans.xml b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/resources/common_gui.beans.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..969a40f7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/main/resources/common_gui.beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+  xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+  xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+  xmlns:task="http://www.springframework.org/schema/task"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.1.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd 
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/task http://www.springframework.org/schema/task/spring-task-3.0.xsd">
+
+  <bean id="contentNegotiationManager"
+    class="org.springframework.web.accept.ContentNegotiationManagerFactoryBean"
+    primary="true">
+    <property name="parameterName" value="mediaType" />
+    <property name="defaultContentType" value="application/json" />
+    <property name="useRegisteredExtensionsOnly" value="false" />
+    <property name="mediaTypes">
+      <map>
+        <entry key="json" value="application/json" />
+        <entry key="html" value="text/html" />
+      </map>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean
+    class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.ContentNegotiatingViewResolver">
+    <property name="order" value="1" />
+    <property name="defaultViews">
+      <list>
+        <!-- JSON View -->
+        <bean
+          class="org.springframework.web.servlet.view.json.MappingJackson2JsonView">
+          <property name="contentType" value="application/json" />
+        </bean>
+      </list>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+
+  <bean id="templateEngine"
+    class="org.thymeleaf.spring5.SpringTemplateEngine">
+    <property name="templateResolver" ref="templateResolver" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean class="org.thymeleaf.spring5.view.ThymeleafViewResolver">
+    <property name="order" value="2" />
+    <property name="templateEngine" ref="templateEngine" />
+    <property name="characterEncoding" value="UTF-8" />
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean id="valitatorWithI18nSupport"
+    class="org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean">
+    <property name="validationMessageSource"
+      ref="messageSource" />
+  </bean>
+
+</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/BasicConfigProviderTest.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/BasicConfigProviderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..224618b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/BasicConfigProviderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,156 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.test.config;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext.ClassMode;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config.ServiceProviderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfigurationWithSP;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = {
+    "/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml"})
+@DirtiesContext(classMode = ClassMode.BEFORE_CLASS)
+public class BasicConfigProviderTest {
+
+  @Autowired private IConfigurationWithSP basicConfig;
+  
+  /**
+   * jUnit class initializer.
+   * 
+   */
+  @BeforeClass
+  public static void classInitializer() {
+    final String current = new java.io.File(".").toURI().toString();
+    System.setProperty("eidas.ms.configuration", current + "src/test/resources/config/junit_config_1.properties");
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void configPropInfos() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("size", 2, MsEidasNodeConstants.COUNTRY_SELECTION_PARAM_WHITELIST.size());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpNoExist() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5));
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigBasicMode() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration("jUnitTest1");
+    
+    Assert.assertNotNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals("uniqueId", "jUnitTest1", spConfig.getUniqueIdentifier());
+    Assert.assertEquals("friendlyName", "NO FRIENDLYNAME SET", spConfig.getFriendlyName());
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.truststore", "", spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore"));
+    String test = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.password", "1234pass", 
+        spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore.password", test));
+    Assert.assertEquals("eidMode", true, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("newEidMode"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("notexistflag", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("notexist", false));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("fullConfig", spConfig.getFullConfiguration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("fullConfig", 4, spConfig.getFullConfiguration().size());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigAdvancedMode() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", ServiceProviderConfiguration.class);
+    
+    Assert.assertNotNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals("uniqueId", "jUnitTest2", spConfig.getUniqueIdentifier());
+    Assert.assertEquals("friendlyName", "jUnit tester 2", spConfig.getFriendlyName());
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.truststore", "", spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore"));
+    String test = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.password", test, 
+        spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore.notexist", test));
+    Assert.assertEquals("eidMode", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("newEidMode"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("notexistflag", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("notexist", false));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("fullConfig", spConfig.getFullConfiguration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("fullConfig", 5, spConfig.getFullConfiguration().size());
+    Assert.assertFalse("baseIdInternal", spConfig.hasBaseIdInternalProcessingRestriction());
+    Assert.assertTrue("baseIdTransfer", spConfig.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigAdvancedModeWrongDecorator() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig1 = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", null);    
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig1);
+
+    String spConfig2 = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", String.class);    
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig2);
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigValuesString() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("without default", "ownSpecificConnector", 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("auth.eIDAS.node_v2.entityId"));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("with default", "", 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.prod", 
+            RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5)));
+    
+    String rand1 = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("unknown with default", rand1, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("notexist", rand1));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigValuesBoolean() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("without default", true, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.useTestService"));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("with default", false, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.notexist", 
+            false));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("unknown with default", false, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.vkz", true));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigMap() {
+    Map<String, String> entries = basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix("auth.eIDAS.szrclient");
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong size", 16, entries.size());
+    Assert.assertTrue("missing element", entries.containsKey("endpoint.test"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong entry", "http://localhost:1234/demoszr", entries.get("endpoint.test"));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void validateUrl() throws MalformedURLException, EaafException {
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong URL", "http://localhost/test", 
+        basicConfig.validateIdpUrl(new URL("http://localhost/test/" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5))));
+   
+    Assert.assertNull("wrong URL",
+        basicConfig.validateIdpUrl(new URL("http://localhost/wrong/" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5))));
+    
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/ServiceProviderConfigurationTest.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/ServiceProviderConfigurationTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..99ea2a47
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/ServiceProviderConfigurationTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.test.config;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.junit.runners.BlockJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config.ServiceProviderConfiguration;
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.test.config.dummy.MsConnectorDummyConfigMap;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.data.EaafConstants;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+
+@RunWith(BlockJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class ServiceProviderConfigurationTest {
+
+  
+  
+  @Test
+  public void spConfigLoad() throws EaafException {
+    IConfiguration authConfig = new MsConnectorDummyConfigMap();
+    
+    Map<String, String> map = new HashMap<>();
+    map.put("uniqueID", RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(10));
+    map.put("policy.allowed.requested.targets", "urn:publicid:gv.at:cdid\\+.*");
+
+    ServiceProviderConfiguration spConfig = new ServiceProviderConfiguration(map, authConfig);
+    
+    spConfig.setRequiredLoA(Arrays.asList(EaafConstants.EIDAS_LOA_LOW));
+    Assert.assertEquals("LoA", 1, spConfig.getRequiredLoA().size());
+    Assert.assertEquals("LoA", "http://eidas.europa.eu/LoA/low", spConfig.getRequiredLoA().get(0));
+    
+    spConfig.setLoAMachtingMode("exact");
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong machtingMode", "exact", spConfig.getLoAMatchingMode());
+    
+    String bpkTarget = EaafConstants.URN_PREFIX_CDID + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(2);
+    spConfig.setBpkTargetIdentifier(bpkTarget);
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong bPK", bpkTarget, spConfig.getAreaSpecificTargetIdentifier());
+    
+    
+    try {
+      spConfig.setBpkTargetIdentifier(EaafConstants.URN_PREFIX_WBPK + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(2));
+      
+    } catch (EaafException e) {
+      Assert.assertEquals("ErrorId", "auth.37", e.getErrorId());
+    }
+    
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0dd34494
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.test.config;
+
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.RandomStringUtils;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext;
+import org.springframework.test.annotation.DirtiesContext.ClassMode;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ActiveProfiles;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.TestPropertySource;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.MsEidasNodeConstants;
+import at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config.ServiceProviderConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfigurationWithSP;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.ISpConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafConfigurationException;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.exceptions.EaafException;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = {
+    "/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml"})
+@TestPropertySource(locations = { "/config/junit_config_1.properties" })
+@ActiveProfiles("springBoot")
+@DirtiesContext(classMode = ClassMode.BEFORE_CLASS)
+public class SpringBootBasicConfigurationProviderTest {
+
+ @Autowired private IConfigurationWithSP basicConfig;
+ 
+  @Test
+  public void configPropInfos() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("size", 2, MsEidasNodeConstants.COUNTRY_SELECTION_PARAM_WHITELIST.size());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpNoExist() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5));
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigBasicMode() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration("jUnitTest1");
+    
+    Assert.assertNotNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals("uniqueId", "jUnitTest1", spConfig.getUniqueIdentifier());
+    Assert.assertEquals("friendlyName", "NO FRIENDLYNAME SET", spConfig.getFriendlyName());
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.truststore", "", spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore"));
+    String test = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.password", "1234pass", 
+        spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore.password", test));
+    Assert.assertEquals("eidMode", true, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("newEidMode"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("notexistflag", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("notexist", false));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("fullConfig", spConfig.getFullConfiguration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("fullConfig", 4, spConfig.getFullConfiguration().size());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigAdvancedMode() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", ServiceProviderConfiguration.class);
+    
+    Assert.assertNotNull("spConfig", spConfig);
+    Assert.assertEquals("uniqueId", "jUnitTest2", spConfig.getUniqueIdentifier());
+    Assert.assertEquals("friendlyName", "jUnit tester 2", spConfig.getFriendlyName());
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.truststore", "", spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore"));
+    String test = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("pvp2.password", test, 
+        spConfig.getConfigurationValue("pvp2.metadata.truststore.notexist", test));
+    Assert.assertEquals("eidMode", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("newEidMode"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("notexistflag", false, spConfig.isConfigurationValue("notexist", false));
+    Assert.assertNotNull("fullConfig", spConfig.getFullConfiguration());
+    Assert.assertEquals("fullConfig", 5, spConfig.getFullConfiguration().size());
+    Assert.assertFalse("baseIdInternal", spConfig.hasBaseIdInternalProcessingRestriction());
+    Assert.assertTrue("baseIdTransfer", spConfig.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction());
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadSpConfigAdvancedModeWrongDecorator() throws EaafConfigurationException {
+    ISpConfiguration spConfig1 = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", null);    
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig1);
+
+    String spConfig2 = basicConfig.getServiceProviderConfiguration(
+        "jUnitTest2", String.class);    
+    Assert.assertNull("spConfig", spConfig2);
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigValuesString() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("without default", "ownSpecificConnector", 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("auth.eIDAS.node_v2.entityId"));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("with default", "", 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.prod", 
+            RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5)));
+    
+    String rand1 = RandomStringUtils.randomAlphanumeric(5);
+    Assert.assertEquals("unknown with default", rand1, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfiguration("notexist", rand1));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigValuesBoolean() {
+    Assert.assertEquals("without default", true, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.useTestService"));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("not exist with default", false, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.notexist", 
+            false));
+    
+    Assert.assertEquals("exist but empty with default", true, 
+        basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationBoolean("auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.vkz", true));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void loadConfigMap() {
+    Map<String, String> entries = basicConfig.getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix("auth.eIDAS.szrclient");
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong size", 16, entries.size());
+    Assert.assertTrue("missing element", entries.containsKey("endpoint.test"));
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong entry", "http://localhost:1234/demoszr", entries.get("endpoint.test"));
+    
+  }
+  
+  @Test
+  public void validateUrl() throws MalformedURLException, EaafException {
+    Assert.assertEquals("wrong URL", "http://localhost/test", 
+        basicConfig.validateIdpUrl(new URL("http://localhost/test/" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5))));
+   
+    Assert.assertNull("wrong URL",
+        basicConfig.validateIdpUrl(new URL("http://localhost/wrong/" + RandomStringUtils.randomAlphabetic(5))));
+    
+  }
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/dummy/MsConnectorDummyConfigMap.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/dummy/MsConnectorDummyConfigMap.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b4c532d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/dummy/MsConnectorDummyConfigMap.java
@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.test.config.dummy;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.test.dummy.DummyAuthConfigMap;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+/**
+ * MS-Connector specific dummy basic-config implementation.
+ * 
+ * @author tlenz
+ *
+ */
+public class MsConnectorDummyConfigMap extends DummyAuthConfigMap {
+
+  private static final String CONFIG_PREFIX = "eidas.ms.";
+  
+  @Setter
+  private String configRootDirSufix;
+  
+  /**
+   * Creates an emptry configuration.
+   *
+   */
+  public MsConnectorDummyConfigMap() {
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Dummy Application-configuration.
+   *
+   * @param configIs Property based configuration
+   * @throws IOException In case of an configuration read error
+   */
+  public MsConnectorDummyConfigMap(final InputStream configIs) throws IOException {
+    super(configIs);
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Dummy Application-configuration.
+   *
+   * @param path Path to property based configuration
+   * @throws IOException In case of an configuration read error
+   */
+  public MsConnectorDummyConfigMap(final String path) throws IOException {
+    super(path);
+
+  }
+  
+  
+  @Override
+  public String getBasicConfiguration(final String key) {
+    return super.getBasicConfiguration(addPrefixToKey(key));
+
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  public Map<String, String> getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(final String prefix) {
+    return super.getBasicConfigurationWithPrefix(addPrefixToKey(prefix));
+
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  public void putConfigValue(final String key, final String value) {
+    super.putConfigValue(addPrefixToKey(key), value);
+  }
+
+  @Override
+  public void removeConfigValue(final String key) {
+    super.removeConfigValue(addPrefixToKey(key));
+
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  public URI getConfigurationRootDirectory() {
+    URI basePath = super.getConfigurationRootDirectory();
+    if (StringUtils.isNotEmpty(configRootDirSufix)) {
+     try {
+      return new URI(basePath.toString() + configRootDirSufix);
+            
+    } catch (URISyntaxException e) {
+      throw new RuntimeException("Wrong Dummyconfig", e);
+      
+    } 
+      
+    } else {    
+      return basePath;
+      
+    }
+    
+
+  }
+  
+  private String addPrefixToKey(final String key) {
+    if (key.startsWith(CONFIG_PREFIX)) {
+      return key;
+      
+    }  else {
+      return CONFIG_PREFIX + key;
+      
+    }
+  }
+
+         
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/dummy/MsConnectorDummySpConfiguration.java b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/dummy/MsConnectorDummySpConfiguration.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..922a13b7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/java/at/asitplus/eidas/specific/core/test/config/dummy/MsConnectorDummySpConfiguration.java
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+package at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.test.config.dummy;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.api.idp.IConfiguration;
+import at.gv.egiz.eaaf.core.impl.idp.module.test.DummySpConfiguration;
+import lombok.Setter;
+
+public class MsConnectorDummySpConfiguration extends DummySpConfiguration {
+  
+  private static final long serialVersionUID = -3249018889871026127L;
+
+  @Setter
+  private List<String> loa;
+  
+  public MsConnectorDummySpConfiguration(Map<String, String> spConfig, IConfiguration authConfig) {
+    super(spConfig, authConfig);
+
+  }
+  
+  @Override
+  public List<String> getRequiredLoA() {
+    return loa;
+    
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66abbb39
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/core_common_lib/src/test/resources/SpringTest-context_basic_realConfig.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+  xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+  xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+  xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
+  xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
+  xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop-3.1.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd
+    http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd">
+
+  <context:annotation-config />
+
+  <beans profile="!springBoot">
+  <bean id="BasicMSSpecificNodeConfig"
+    class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config.BasicConfigurationProvider">
+    <constructor-arg value="#{systemProperties['eidas.ms.configuration']}" />
+  </bean>
+  </beans>
+  <beans profile="springBoot">
+    <bean id="springBootMsSpecificNodeConfig"
+          class="at.asitplus.eidas.specific.core.config.SpringBootBasicConfigurationProvider" />
+  </beans>
+
+</beans>
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+## Basic service configuration
+eidas.ms.context.url.prefix=http://localhost/test/
+eidas.ms.context.url.request.validation=true
+eidas.ms.core.configRootDir=file:./src/test/resources/config/
+
+eidas.ms.context.use.clustermode=true
+
+##Monitoring
+eidas.ms.monitoring.eIDASNode.metadata.url=
+
+
+##Specific logger configuration
+eidas.ms.technicallog.write.MDS.into.techlog=true
+eidas.ms.revisionlog.write.MDS.into.revisionlog=true
+eidas.ms.revisionlog.logIPAddressOfUser=true
+
+##Directory for static Web content
+eidas.ms.webcontent.static.directory=webcontent/
+eidas.ms.webcontent.templates=templates/
+eidas.ms.webcontent.properties=properties/messages
+
+## extended validation of pending-request Id's
+eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.maxlifetime=300
+eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.digist.algorithm=HmacSHA256
+eidas.ms.core.pendingrequestid.digist.secret=pendingReqIdSecret
+
+## eIDAS Ref. Implementation connector ###
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.entityId=ownSpecificConnector
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.forward.endpoint=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.forward.method=POST
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.countrycode=AT
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.publicSectorTargets=.*
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.workarounds.addAlwaysProviderName=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.workarounds.useRequestIdAsTransactionIdentifier=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.workarounds.useStaticProviderNameForPublicSPs=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.staticProviderNameForPublicSPs=myNode
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.loa.requested.minimum=http://eidas.europa.eu/LoA/high
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.useTestService=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.prod=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.endpoint.test=http://localhost:1234/demoszr
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.keyStore.path=keys/.....
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.keyStore.password=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.trustStore.path=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.ssl.trustStore.password=
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.timeout.connection=15
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.timeout.response=30
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.vkz=
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.useSZRForbPKCalculation=false
+
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.password=f/+saJBc3a}*/T^s
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.friendlyName=connectorkeypair
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.path=./../keystore/teststore.jks
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.keystore.type=jks
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.alias=connectorkeypair
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.authblock.key.password=f/+saJBc3a}*/T^s
+
+
+#Raw eIDAS Id data storage
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.workarounds.eidmapping.revisionlog.active=true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.setPlaceOfBirthIfAvailable=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.params.setBirthNameIfAvailable=true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.logfullmessages=true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.szrclient.debug.useDummySolution=true
+
+##without mandates
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.0=PersonIdentifier,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.1=FamilyName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.2=FirstName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.onlynatural.3=DateOfBirth,true
+
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.4=PlaceOfBirth,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.5=BirthName,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.6=Gender,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.7=CurrentAddress,false
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.de.onlynatural.8=testtest,false
+
+##with mandates ---- NOT FULLY SUPPORTED AT THE MOMENT -----
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.0=PersonIdentifier,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.1=FamilyName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.2=FirstName,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.3=DateOfBirth,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.4=LegalPerson,true
+eidas.ms.auth.eIDAS.node_v2.attributes.requested.representation.5=LegalName,true
+
+
+## PVP2 S-Profile end-point configuration
+eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.path=keys/.....
+eidas.ms.pvp2.keystore.password=
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.metadata.alias=
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.metadata.password=
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.signing.alias=
+eidas.ms.pvp2.key.signing.password=
+eidas.ms.pvp2.metadata.validity=24
+
+## Service Provider configuration
+eidas.ms.sp.0.uniqueID=jUnitTest1
+eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.truststore=
+eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.truststore.password=1234pass
+eidas.ms.sp.0.newEidMode=true
+
+eidas.ms.sp.1.uniqueID=jUnitTest2
+eidas.ms.sp.1.friendlyName=jUnit tester 2
+eidas.ms.sp.1.pvp2.metadata.truststore=
+eidas.ms.sp.1.pvp2.metadata.truststore.password=
+eidas.ms.sp.1.newEidMode=false
+
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.friendlyName=
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.pvp2.metadata.url=
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.policy.allowed.requested.targets=.*
+#eidas.ms.sp.0.policy.hasBaseIdTransferRestriction=false
+
+
+##only for advanced config
+eidas.ms.configuration.sp.disableRegistrationRequirement=
+eidas.ms.configuration.restrictions.baseID.spTransmission=
+eidas.ms.configuration.auth.default.countrycode=
+eidas.ms.configuration.pvp.scheme.validation=
+eidas.ms.configuration.pvp.enable.entitycategories=
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