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

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+/*
+ * 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());
+	}
+
+}