Created a Spring Data GemFire Starter POM

... as well as a Spring Boot Sample Application with associated tests
for demonstrating how to get started using both Spring Data GemFire
and GemFire.

spring-boot-dependencies/pom.xml

@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@
 		<commons-dbcp.version>1.4</commons-dbcp.version>
 		<commons-pool.version>1.6</commons-pool.version>
 		<crashub.version>1.3.0-beta14</crashub.version>
+		<gemfire.version>7.0.1</gemfire.version>
 		<gradle.version>1.6</gradle.version>
 		<groovy.version>2.3.0-rc-1</groovy.version>
 		<h2.version>1.3.175</h2.version>
@@ -87,6 +88,7 @@
 		<spring-integration.version>3.0.2.RELEASE</spring-integration.version>
 		<spring-batch.version>2.2.6.RELEASE</spring-batch.version>
         <spring-data-couchbase.version>1.0.0.RELEASE</spring-data-couchbase.version>
+		<spring-data-gemfire.version>1.3.3.RELEASE</spring-data-gemfire.version>
 		<spring-data-redis.version>1.1.1.RELEASE</spring-data-redis.version>
 		<spring-data-releasetrain.version>Codd-SR2</spring-data-releasetrain.version>
 		<spring-hateoas.version>0.9.0.RELEASE</spring-hateoas.version>
@@ -311,6 +313,11 @@
 				<artifactId>jetty-annotations</artifactId>
 				<version>${jetty.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>com.gemstone.gemfire</groupId>
+				<artifactId>gemfire</artifactId>
+				<version>${gemfire.version}</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
 				<artifactId>hamcrest-library</artifactId>
@@ -525,7 +532,12 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-batch-core</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-batch.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
-			<dependency>
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+        <artifactId>spring-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+        <version>${spring-data-gemfire.version}</version>
+      </dependency>
+      <dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-data-releasetrain</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-data-releasetrain.version}</version>

spring-boot-parent/pom.xml

@@ -217,7 +217,7 @@
 				<enabled>false</enabled>
 			</snapshots>
 		</repository>
-	</repositories>
+  </repositories>
 	<build>
 		<pluginManagement>
 			<plugins>

spring-boot-samples/pom.xml

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
 		<module>spring-boot-sample-amqp</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-sample-aop</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-sample-batch</module>
+		<module>spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-sample-data-jpa</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-sample-data-mongodb</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-sample-data-redis</module>

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<!-- Your own application should inherit from spring-boot-starter-parent -->
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-samples</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-test</artifactId>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/main/java/sample/data/gemfire/SampleDataGemFireApplication.java

@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sample.data.gemfire;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.config.EnableGemfireRepositories;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement;
+
+/**
+ * The GemstoneAppConfiguration class for allowing Spring Boot to pickup additional application Spring configuration
+ * meta-data for GemFire, which must be specified in Spring Data GemFire's XML namespace.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.EnableAutoConfiguration
+ * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan
+ * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration
+ * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportResource
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.config.EnableGemfireRepositories
+ * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.EnableTransactionManagement
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Configuration
+@ImportResource("/spring-data-gemfire-cache.xml")
+@ComponentScan
+@EnableAutoConfiguration
+@EnableGemfireRepositories
+@EnableTransactionManagement
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class SampleDataGemFireApplication {
+
+	public static void main(final String[] args) {
+		SpringApplication.run(SampleDataGemFireApplication.class, args);
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/main/java/sample/data/gemfire/domain/Gemstone.java

@@ -0,0 +1,99 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sample.data.gemfire.domain;
+
+import java.io.Serializable;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.Region;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+
+/**
+ * The Gemstone class is an abstract data type modeling a Gemstone, such as a diamond or a ruby.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see java.io.Serializable
+ * @see org.springframework.data.annotation.Id
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.Region
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Region("Gemstones")
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class Gemstone implements Serializable {
+
+	@Id
+	private Long id;
+
+	private String name;
+
+	public Gemstone() {
+	}
+
+	public Gemstone(final Long id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public Gemstone(final Long id, final String name) {
+		this.id = id;
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	public Long getId() {
+		return id;
+	}
+
+	public void setId(final Long id) {
+		this.id = id;
+	}
+
+	public String getName() {
+		return name;
+	}
+
+	public void setName(final String name) {
+		this.name = name;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(final Object obj) {
+		if (obj == this) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (!(obj instanceof Gemstone)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		Gemstone that = (Gemstone) obj;
+
+		return ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.getName(), that.getName());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		int hashValue = 17;
+		hashValue = 37 * hashValue + ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(getName());
+		return hashValue;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return String.format("{ @type = %1$s, id = %2$d, name = %3$s }",
+			getClass().getName(), getId(), getName());
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/main/java/sample/data/gemfire/service/GemstoneRepository.java

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sample.data.gemfire.service;
+
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.GemfireRepository;
+
+import sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone;
+
+/**
+ * The GemstoneRepository interface is an extension of the GemfireRepository abstraction for encapsulating data access
+ * and persistence operations (CRUD) on Gemstone domain objects.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.GemfireRepository
+ * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+public interface GemstoneRepository extends GemfireRepository<Gemstone, Long> {
+
+	/**
+	 * Finds a particular Gemstone in the GemFire Cache by name.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param <T> the Class type of the Gemstone domain object to find.
+	 * @param name a String value indicating the name of the Gemstone to find.
+	 * @return a Gemstone by name.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	<T extends Gemstone> T findByName(String name);
+
+}

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/main/java/sample/data/gemfire/service/GemstoneService.java

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sample.data.gemfire.service;
+
+import sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone;
+
+/**
+ * The GemstoneService interface is a Service interface object contract defining business operations for processing
+ * Gemstone domain objects.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public interface GemstoneService {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a count of the number of Gemstones in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @return a long value indicating the number of Gemstones in the GemFire Cache.
+	 */
+	long count();
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a Gemstone by ID.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param id a long value indicating the identifier of the Gemstone.
+	 * @return a Gemstone with ID, or null if no Gemstone exists with ID.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	Gemstone get(Long id);
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a Gemstone by name.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param name a String value indicating the name of the Gemstone.
+	 * @return a Gemstone with name, or null if no Gemstone exists with name.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	Gemstone get(String name);
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a listing of Gemstones currently stored in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @return a Iterable object to iterate over the list of Gemstones currently stored in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * @see java.lang.Iterable
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	Iterable<Gemstone> list();
+
+	/**
+	 * Saves the specified Gemstone to the GemFire Cache.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param gemstone the Gemstone to save in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * @return the saved Gemstone.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	Gemstone save(Gemstone gemstone);
+
+}

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/main/java/sample/data/gemfire/service/GemstoneServiceImpl.java

@@ -0,0 +1,162 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sample.data.gemfire.service;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.annotation.PostConstruct;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone;
+
+/**
+ * The GemstoneServiceImpl class is a Service object implementing the GemstoneService interface containing
+ * business logic and rules in addition to data services for processing Gemstones.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.stereotype.Service
+ * @see org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
+ * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+ * @see sample.data.gemfire.service.GemstoneRepository
+ * @see sample.data.gemfire.service.GemstoneService
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Service("gemstoneService")
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class GemstoneServiceImpl implements GemstoneService {
+
+	protected static final List<String> APPROVED_GEMS = new ArrayList<String>(Arrays.asList(
+		"ALEXANDRITE", "AQUAMARINE", "DIAMOND", "OPAL", "PEARL", "RUBY", "SAPPHIRE", "SPINEL", "TOPAZ"));
+
+	@Autowired
+	private GemstoneRepository gemstoneRepo;
+
+	@PostConstruct
+	public void init() {
+		Assert.notNull(gemstoneRepo, "A reference to the 'GemstoneRepository' was not properly configured!");
+		System.out.printf("%1$s initialized!%n", getClass().getSimpleName());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a count of the number of Gemstones in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @return a long value indicating the number of Gemstones in the GemFire Cache.
+	 */
+	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
+	public long count() {
+		return gemstoneRepo.count();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a Gemstone by ID.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param id a long value indicating the identifier of the Gemstone.
+	 * @return a Gemstone with ID, or null if no Gemstone exists with ID.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
+	public Gemstone get(final Long id) {
+		return gemstoneRepo.findOne(id);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Gets a Gemstone by name.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param name a String value indicating the name of the Gemstone.
+	 * @return a Gemstone with name, or null if no Gemstone exists with name.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
+	public Gemstone get(final String name) {
+		return gemstoneRepo.findByName(name);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return a listing of Gemstones currently stored in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @return a Iterable object to iterate over the list of Gemstones currently stored in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * @see java.lang.Iterable
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	@Transactional(readOnly = true)
+	public Iterable<Gemstone> list() {
+		return gemstoneRepo.findAll();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Saves the specified Gemstone to the GemFire Cache.
+	 * <p/>
+	 *
+	 * @param gemstone the Gemstone to save in the GemFire Cache.
+	 * @return the saved Gemstone.
+	 * @see sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone
+	 */
+	@Transactional
+	public Gemstone save(final Gemstone gemstone) {
+		Assert.notNull(gemstone, "The Gemstone to save must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(gemstone.getName(), "The name of the Gemstone must be specified!");
+
+		// NOTE deliberately (naively) validate the Gemstone after mutating data access in GemFire rather than before
+		// to demonstrate transactions in GemFire.
+		Gemstone savedGemstone = validate(gemstoneRepo.save(gemstone));
+
+		Assert.state(savedGemstone.equals(get(gemstone.getId())),
+			String.format("Failed to find Gemstone (%1$s) in GemFire's Cache Region 'Gemstones'!", gemstone));
+
+		System.out.printf("Saved Gemstone (%1$s)%n", savedGemstone.getName());
+
+		return gemstone;
+	}
+
+	private Gemstone validate(final Gemstone gemstone) {
+		if (!APPROVED_GEMS.contains(gemstone.getName().toUpperCase())) {
+			// NOTE if the Gemstone is not valid, blow chunks (should cause transaction to rollback in GemFire)!
+			System.err.printf("Illegal Gemstone (%1$s)!%n", gemstone.getName());
+			throw new IllegalGemstoneException(String.format("'%1$s' is not a valid Gemstone!", gemstone.getName()));
+		}
+
+		return gemstone;
+	}
+
+	public static final class IllegalGemstoneException extends IllegalArgumentException {
+
+		public IllegalGemstoneException() {
+		}
+
+		public IllegalGemstoneException(final String message) {
+			super(message);
+		}
+
+		public IllegalGemstoneException(final Throwable cause) {
+			super(cause);
+		}
+
+		public IllegalGemstoneException(final String message, final Throwable cause) {
+			super(message, cause);
+		}
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/main/resources/spring-data-gemfire-cache.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:gfe="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire"
+	   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="
+	      http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+	      http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd
+	      http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
+">
+
+	<util:properties id="gemfireCacheConfigurationSettings">
+		<prop key="name">GemstonesSpringGemFireApp</prop>
+		<prop key="log-level">config</prop>
+		<prop key="mcast-port">0</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
+	<gfe:cache properties-ref="gemfireCacheConfigurationSettings"/>
+
+	<gfe:replicated-region id="Gemstones" ignore-jta="true" persistent="false"
+						   key-constraint="java.lang.Long" value-constraint="sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone"/>
+
+	<gfe:transaction-manager id="transactionManager" copy-on-read="true"/>
+
+</beans>

spring-boot-samples/spring-boot-sample-data-gemfire/src/test/java/sample/data/gemfire/SampleDataGemFireApplicationTest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,131 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
+
+package sample.data.gemfire;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import sample.data.gemfire.domain.Gemstone;
+import sample.data.gemfire.service.GemstoneService;
+import sample.data.gemfire.service.GemstoneServiceImpl.IllegalGemstoneException;
+
+/**
+ * The SampleDataGemFireApplicationTest class is a test suite with test cases testing the SampleDataGemFireApplication
+ * in Spring Boot.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.junit.Test
+ * @see org.junit.runner.RunWith
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.test.SpringApplicationConfiguration
+ * @see org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner
+ * @see sample.data.gemfire.SampleDataGemFireApplication
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SpringApplicationConfiguration(classes = SampleDataGemFireApplication.class)
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class SampleDataGemFireApplicationTest {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private GemstoneService gemstoneService;
+
+	private final AtomicLong ID_GENERATOR = new AtomicLong(0l);
+
+	protected List<Gemstone> asList(final Iterable<Gemstone> gemstones) {
+		List<Gemstone> gemstoneList = new ArrayList<Gemstone>();
+
+		if (gemstones != null) {
+			for (Gemstone gemstone : gemstones) {
+				gemstoneList.add(gemstone);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return gemstoneList;
+	}
+
+	protected Gemstone createGemstone(final String name) {
+		return createGemstone(ID_GENERATOR.incrementAndGet(), name);
+	}
+
+	protected Gemstone createGemstone(final Long id, final String name) {
+		return new Gemstone(id, name);
+	}
+
+	protected List<Gemstone> getGemstones(final String... names) {
+		List<Gemstone> gemstones = new ArrayList<Gemstone>(names.length);
+
+		for (String name : names) {
+			gemstones.add(createGemstone(null, name));
+		}
+
+		return gemstones;
+	}
+
+	@Before
+	public void setup() {
+		assertNotNull("A reference to the GemstoneService was not properly configured!", gemstoneService);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testGemstonesApp() {
+		assertEquals(0, gemstoneService.count());
+		assertTrue(asList(gemstoneService.list()).isEmpty());
+
+		gemstoneService.save(createGemstone("Diamond"));
+		gemstoneService.save(createGemstone("Ruby"));
+
+		assertEquals(2, gemstoneService.count());
+		assertTrue(asList(gemstoneService.list()).containsAll(getGemstones("Diamond", "Ruby")));
+
+		try {
+			gemstoneService.save(createGemstone("Coal"));
+		}
+		catch (IllegalGemstoneException expected) {
+		}
+
+		assertEquals(2, gemstoneService.count());
+		assertTrue(asList(gemstoneService.list()).containsAll(getGemstones("Diamond", "Ruby")));
+
+		gemstoneService.save(createGemstone("Pearl"));
+		gemstoneService.save(createGemstone("Sapphire"));
+
+		assertEquals(4, gemstoneService.count());
+		assertTrue(asList(gemstoneService.list()).containsAll(getGemstones("Diamond", "Ruby", "Pearl", "Sapphire")));
+
+		try {
+			gemstoneService.save(createGemstone("Quartz"));
+		}
+		catch (IllegalGemstoneException expected) {
+		}
+
+		assertEquals(4, gemstoneService.count());
+		assertTrue(asList(gemstoneService.list()).containsAll(getGemstones("Diamond", "Ruby", "Pearl", "Sapphire")));
+		assertEquals(createGemstone("Diamond"), gemstoneService.get("Diamond"));
+		assertEquals(createGemstone("Pearl"), gemstoneService.get("Pearl"));
+	}
+
+}

spring-boot-starters/pom.xml

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-aop</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-batch</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-couchbase</module>
+		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-data-mongodb</module>
 		<module>spring-boot-starter-integration</module>

spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire/pom.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		 xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-boot-starters</artifactId>
+		<version>1.0.1.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	</parent>
+	<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+	<packaging>jar</packaging>
+	<properties>
+		<main.basedir>${basedir}/../..</main.basedir>
+	</properties>
+	<dependencies>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
+			<version>${project.version}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>com.gemstone.gemfire</groupId>
+			<artifactId>gemfire</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-plugins</id>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/plugins-release</url>
+			<releases>
+				<enabled>true</enabled>
+			</releases>
+			<snapshots>
+				<enabled>false</enabled>
+			</snapshots>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+</project>

spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.provides

@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+provides: gemfire,spring-data-gemfire

spring-boot-starters/spring-boot-starter-parent/pom.xml

@@ -76,6 +76,11 @@
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-batch</artifactId>
 				<version>${spring-boot.version}</version>
 			</dependency>
+			<dependency>
+				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-gemfire</artifactId>
+				<version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+			</dependency>
 			<dependency>
 				<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
 				<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-data-jpa</artifactId>