Merge changes If1e9a750,Ib530560c,Id01393c3,I2d375382,Id60447ef,I350611fb,I0dbd80db

* changes:
  BUG-1611: make sure runtime components create short comments
  BUG-1611: force maven plugin generating verbose comments
  BUG-1611: make verbose comments optional
  BUG-1611: use CharMatcher to remove characters
  BUG-1611: drop a FIXME for thread-safety
  BUG-1611: do not instantiate splitters needlessly
  BUG-1611: fix SimpleDateFormat