Fix that persistent would override other database options.

Closes: #1546

SAML2INT:  default attrname-format to uri

* Migrate email utils to non-static

* Migrate http utils to non-static

* Migrate net utils to non-static

* Migrate random utils to non-static

* Migrate system utils to non-static

* Migrate time utils to non-static

* Migrate xml utils to non-static

* Upgrade notes

* Update test-framework

* Fix tests

* Migrate array utils to non-static

* Migrate attribute utils to non-static

* Migrate auth utils to non-static

* Migrate config utils to non-static

* Migrate crypto utils to non-static

* Raise coverage

* Fix rebase issue

Convert to our wrapper class for assertions