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+/*
+ * Copyright 2020 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
+ *
+ *     https://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 org.springframework.geode.docs.example.app.client;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
+import org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache;
+
+import org.apache.shiro.util.Assert;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner;
+import org.springframework.boot.WebApplicationType;
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication;
+import org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
+import org.springframework.core.env.Environment;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.ArrayUtils;
+import org.springframework.geode.config.annotation.UseMemberName;
+
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+/**
+ * {@link SpringBootApplication Spring Boot application} that configures and bootstraps an Apache Geode
+ * {@link ClientCache} instance by default in a JVM process.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.apache.geode.cache.client.ClientCache
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.ApplicationRunner
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.SpringApplication
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.SpringBootApplication
+ * @see org.springframework.boot.builder.SpringApplicationBuilder
+ * @see org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext
+ * @see org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean
+ * @since 1.3.0
+ */
+// tag::class[]
+@SpringBootApplication
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class SpringBootApacheGeodeClientCacheApplication {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		new SpringApplicationBuilder(SpringBootApacheGeodeClientCacheApplication.class)
+			.web(WebApplicationType.NONE)
+			.build()
+			.run(args);
+	}
+
+	@UseMemberName("SpringBootApacheGeodeClientCacheApplication")
+	static class GeodeConfiguration { }
+
+	private final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());
+
+	@Bean
+	ApplicationRunner applicationAssertionRunner(ConfigurableApplicationContext applicationContext) {
+
+		return args -> {
+
+			Assert.notNull(applicationContext, "ApplicationContext is required");
+
+			Environment environment = applicationContext.getEnvironment();
+
+			Assert.notNull(environment, "Environment is required");
+			Assert.isTrue(ArrayUtils.isEmpty(ArrayUtils.nullSafeArray(environment.getActiveProfiles(), String.class)),
+				"Expected Active Profiles to be empty");
+			Assert.isTrue(Arrays.asList(ArrayUtils.nullSafeArray(environment.getDefaultProfiles(), String.class))
+					.contains("default"), "Expected Default Profiles to contain 'default'");
+
+			ClientCache clientCache = applicationContext.getBean(ClientCache.class);
+
+			Assert.notNull(clientCache, "ClientCache is expected");
+			Assert.isTrue(SpringBootApacheGeodeClientCacheApplication.class.getSimpleName().equals(clientCache.getName()),
+				"ClientCache.name is not correct");
+
+			this.logger.info("Application assertions successful!");
+		};
+	}
+}
+// end::class[]