Add TypelessAnnotationConfigSupport class extending SDG's o.s.d.g.config.annotation.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport class, which is not based on any configuration-based annotation, but provides a means to utilize the helper methods.

spring-geode/src/main/java/org/springframework/geode/config/annotation/support/TypelessAnnotationConfigSupport.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2019 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.config.annotation.support;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+
+import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport;
+
+/**
+ * The {@link TypelessAnnotationConfigSupport} class is an extension of SDG's {@link AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport}
+ * based class for resolving {@link AnnotatedTypeMetadata}, however, is not based on any specific {@link Annotation}.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see java.lang.annotation.Annotation
+ * @see org.springframework.core.type.AnnotatedTypeMetadata
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.config.annotation.support.AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport
+ * @since 1.2.0
+ */
+public class TypelessAnnotationConfigSupport extends AbstractAnnotationConfigSupport {
+
+	@Override
+	protected Class<? extends Annotation> getAnnotationType() {
+		return null;
+	}
+}