diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/NonBeanType.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/NonBeanType.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link NonBeanType} class is a non-Spring bean, placeholder reference type for classpath component scanning.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+public class NonBeanType {
+
+}
diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/model/Author.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/model/Author.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app.model;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.annotation.Region;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+
+/**
+ * The Author class...
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Data
+@Region("Authors")
+@RequiredArgsConstructor(staticName = "newAuthor")
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class Author {
+
+	@Id
+	private Long id;
+
+	@NonNull
+	private String name;
+
+	public boolean isNew() {
+		return getId() == null;
+	}
+
+	public Author identifiedBy(Long id) {
+		setId(id);
+		return this;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/model/Book.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/model/Book.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app.model;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.annotation.Region;
+
+import lombok.Data;
+import lombok.NonNull;
+import lombok.RequiredArgsConstructor;
+import sun.util.resources.LocaleData;
+
+/**
+ * The Book class...
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Region("Books")
+@Data
+@RequiredArgsConstructor(staticName = "newBook")
+public class Book {
+
+	private Author author;
+
+	@Id
+	private ISBN isbn;
+
+	private LocaleData publishedDate;
+
+	@NonNull
+	private String title;
+
+	public boolean isNew() {
+		return getIsbn() == null;
+	}
+
+	public Book identifiedBy(ISBN isbn) {
+		setIsbn(isbn);
+		return this;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/model/ISBN.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/model/ISBN.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app.model;
+
+import java.util.UUID;
+
+import org.apache.shiro.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link ISBN} class is a Abstract Data Type (ADT) modeling either a {@link Book} ISBN-10 or ISBN-13 number.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see java.lang.Comparable
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class ISBN implements Comparable<ISBN> {
+
+	public static ISBN autoGenerated() {
+		return of(UUID.randomUUID().toString());
+	}
+
+	public static ISBN of(String number) {
+
+		Assert.hasText(number, String.format("Number [%s] is required", number));
+
+		return new ISBN(number);
+	}
+
+	private String number;
+
+	private ISBN(String number) {
+		this.number = number;
+	}
+
+	public String getNumber() {
+		return number;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings("all")
+	public int compareTo(ISBN other) {
+		return this.getNumber().compareTo(other.getNumber());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+
+		if (this == obj) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (!(obj instanceof ISBN)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		ISBN that = (ISBN) obj;
+
+		return this.getNumber().equals(that.getNumber());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+
+		int hashValue = 17;
+
+		hashValue = 37 * hashValue + getNumber().hashCode();
+
+		return hashValue;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return getNumber();
+	}
+}
diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/repo/BookRepository.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/repo/BookRepository.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app.repo;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+
+import example.app.model.Author;
+import example.app.model.Book;
+import example.app.model.ISBN;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link BookRepository} interface is a Spring Data {@link CrudRepository} defining basic CRUD
+ * and simple query data access operations on {@link Book} objects to the backing data store.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see example.app.model.Book
+ * @see example.app.model.ISBN
+ * @see org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public interface BookRepository extends CrudRepository<Book, ISBN> {
+
+	List<Book> findByAuthorOrderByAuthorNameAscTitleAsc(Author author);
+
+	Book findByIsbn(ISBN isbn);
+
+	Book findByTitle(String title);
+
+}
diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/service/BookService.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/service/BookService.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app.service;
+
+import static org.springframework.data.gemfire.util.RuntimeExceptionFactory.newIllegalStateException;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Optional;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import example.app.model.Author;
+import example.app.model.Book;
+import example.app.model.ISBN;
+import example.app.repo.BookRepository;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link BookService} class is an application {@link Service service} class for managing {@link Book Books}.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see example.app.model.Author
+ * @see example.app.model.Book
+ * @see example.app.model.ISBN
+ * @see example.app.repo.BookRepository
+ * @see org.springframework.stereotype.Service
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Service
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class BookService {
+
+	private final BookRepository bookRepository;
+
+	public BookService(@Autowired(required = false) BookRepository bookRepository) {
+		this.bookRepository = bookRepository;
+	}
+
+	protected BookRepository getBookRepository() {
+
+		return Optional.ofNullable(this.bookRepository)
+			.orElseThrow(() -> newIllegalStateException("BookRepository was not properly configured"));
+	}
+
+	public List<Book> findByAuthor(Author author) {
+		return getBookRepository().findByAuthorOrderByAuthorNameAscTitleAsc(author);
+	}
+
+	public Book findByIsbn(ISBN isbn) {
+		return getBookRepository().findByIsbn(isbn);
+	}
+
+	public Book findByTitle(String title) {
+		return getBookRepository().findByTitle(title);
+	}
+
+	public Book stock(Book book) {
+
+		if (book.isNew()) {
+			book.identifiedBy(ISBN.autoGenerated());
+		}
+
+		return getBookRepository().save(book);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/service/support/CachingBookService.java b/geode-spring-boot-starter/src/test/java/example/app/service/support/CachingBookService.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2018 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 example.app.service.support;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicBoolean;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable;
+import org.springframework.stereotype.Service;
+
+import example.app.model.Book;
+import example.app.model.ISBN;
+import example.app.repo.BookRepository;
+import example.app.service.BookService;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link CachingBookService} class is an implementation and extension of {@link BookService}
+ * with caching capabilities.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see example.app.model.Book
+ * @see example.app.service.BookService
+ * @see org.springframework.cache.annotation.Cacheable
+ * @see org.springframework.stereotype.Service
+ * @since 1.0.0
+ */
+@Service
+public class CachingBookService extends BookService {
+
+	private final AtomicBoolean cacheMiss = new AtomicBoolean(false);
+
+	public CachingBookService(@Autowired(required = false) BookRepository bookRepository) {
+		super(bookRepository);
+	}
+
+	public boolean isCacheMiss() {
+		return this.cacheMiss.getAndSet(false);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	@Cacheable(value = "CachedBooks")
+	public Book findByTitle(String title) {
+		this.cacheMiss.set(true);
+		return Book.newBook(title).identifiedBy(ISBN.autoGenerated());
+	}
+}