diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java
index 2b00661322..c1a47b609e 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/groovy/template/GroovyTemplateProperties.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.groovy.template;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.template.AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties;
 import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
 
 /**
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
  * @since 1.1.0
  */
 @ConfigurationProperties(prefix = "spring.groovy.template", ignoreUnknownFields = false)
-public class GroovyTemplateProperties {
+public class GroovyTemplateProperties extends AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties {
 
 	public static final String DEFAULT_PREFIX = "classpath:/templates/";
 
@@ -38,60 +39,8 @@ public class GroovyTemplateProperties {
 
 	private String suffix = DEFAULT_SUFFIX;
 
-	private boolean cache;
-
-	private String contentType = "text/html";
-
-	private String charSet = "UTF-8";
-
-	private String[] viewNames;
-
-	private boolean checkTemplateLocation = false;
-
 	private Map<String, Object> configuration = new HashMap<String, Object>();
 
-	public void setCheckTemplateLocation(boolean checkTemplateLocation) {
-		this.checkTemplateLocation = checkTemplateLocation;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isCheckTemplateLocation() {
-		return this.checkTemplateLocation;
-	}
-
-	public String[] getViewNames() {
-		return this.viewNames;
-	}
-
-	public void setViewNames(String[] viewNames) {
-		this.viewNames = viewNames;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isCache() {
-		return this.cache;
-	}
-
-	public void setCache(boolean cache) {
-		this.cache = cache;
-	}
-
-	public String getContentType() {
-		return this.contentType
-				+ (this.contentType.contains(";charset=") ? "" : ";charset="
-						+ this.charSet);
-	}
-
-	public void setContentType(String contentType) {
-		this.contentType = contentType;
-	}
-
-	public String getCharSet() {
-		return this.charSet;
-	}
-
-	public void setCharSet(String charSet) {
-		this.charSet = charSet;
-	}
-
 	public String getPrefix() {
 		return this.prefix;
 	}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3e9134a31
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties.java
@@ -0,0 +1,97 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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 org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.template;
+
+import org.springframework.boot.context.properties.ConfigurationProperties;
+
+/**
+ * Basic base {@link ConfigurationProperties} class for view resolvers.
+ *
+ * @author Stephane Nicoll
+ * @since 1.2.0
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties {
+
+	private boolean cache;
+
+	private String contentType = "text/html";
+
+	private String charset = "UTF-8";
+
+	private String[] viewNames;
+
+	private boolean checkTemplateLocation = true;
+
+	public void setCheckTemplateLocation(boolean checkTemplateLocation) {
+		this.checkTemplateLocation = checkTemplateLocation;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isCheckTemplateLocation() {
+		return this.checkTemplateLocation;
+	}
+
+	public String[] getViewNames() {
+		return this.viewNames;
+	}
+
+	public void setViewNames(String[] viewNames) {
+		this.viewNames = viewNames;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isCache() {
+		return this.cache;
+	}
+
+	public void setCache(boolean cache) {
+		this.cache = cache;
+	}
+
+	public String getContentType() {
+		return this.contentType
+				+ (this.contentType.contains(";charset=") ? "" : ";charset="
+				+ this.charset);
+	}
+
+	public void setContentType(String contentType) {
+		this.contentType = contentType;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated since 1.2.0 in favor of {@link #getCharset()}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public String getCharSet() {
+		return getCharset();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @deprecated since 1.2.0 in favor of {@link #setCharset(String)}
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public void setCharSet(String charSet) {
+		setCharset(charSet);
+	}
+
+	public String getCharset() {
+		return this.charset;
+	}
+
+	public void setCharset(String charset) {
+		this.charset = charset;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties.java b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties.java
index 7426051d81..b8eb376975 100644
--- a/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties.java
+++ b/spring-boot-autoconfigure/src/main/java/org/springframework/boot/autoconfigure/template/AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties.java
@@ -28,22 +28,12 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.view.AbstractTemplateViewResolver;
  * @author Andy Wilkinson
  * @since 1.1.0
  */
-public abstract class AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties {
+public abstract class AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties extends AbstractBasicTemplateViewResolverProperties {
 
 	private String prefix;
 
 	private String suffix;
 
-	private boolean cache;
-
-	private String contentType = "text/html";
-
-	private String charset = "UTF-8";
-
-	private String[] viewNames;
-
-	private boolean checkTemplateLocation = true;
-
 	private String requestContextAttribute;
 
 	private boolean exposeRequestAttributes = false;
@@ -60,64 +50,6 @@ public abstract class AbstractTemplateViewResolverProperties {
 		this.suffix = defaultSuffix;
 	}
 
-	public void setCheckTemplateLocation(boolean checkTemplateLocation) {
-		this.checkTemplateLocation = checkTemplateLocation;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isCheckTemplateLocation() {
-		return this.checkTemplateLocation;
-	}
-
-	public String[] getViewNames() {
-		return this.viewNames;
-	}
-
-	public void setViewNames(String[] viewNames) {
-		this.viewNames = viewNames;
-	}
-
-	public boolean isCache() {
-		return this.cache;
-	}
-
-	public void setCache(boolean cache) {
-		this.cache = cache;
-	}
-
-	public String getContentType() {
-		return this.contentType
-				+ (this.contentType.contains(";charset=") ? "" : ";charset="
-						+ this.charset);
-	}
-
-	public void setContentType(String contentType) {
-		this.contentType = contentType;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated since 1.2.0 in favor of {@link #getCharset()}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public String getCharSet() {
-		return getCharset();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @deprecated since 1.2.0 in favor of {@link #setCharset(String)}
-	 */
-	@Deprecated
-	public void setCharSet(String charSet) {
-		setCharset(charSet);
-	}
-
-	public String getCharset() {
-		return this.charset;
-	}
-
-	public void setCharset(String charset) {
-		this.charset = charset;
-	}
-
 	public String getPrefix() {
 		return this.prefix;
 	}