SGF-10

SGF-15
+ made pool-name attribute mandatory
+ added strategy for pool retrieval

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/client/ClientRegionFactoryBean.java

@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package org.springframework.data.gemfire.client;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
@@ -29,10 +32,11 @@ import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.client.Pool;
  * 
  * @author Costin Leau
  */
-public class ClientRegionFactoryBean<K, V> extends RegionFactoryBean<K, V> {
+public class ClientRegionFactoryBean<K, V> extends RegionFactoryBean<K, V> implements BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	private Interest<K>[] interests;
 	private String poolName;
+	private BeanFactory beanFactory;
 
 	@Override
 	protected void postProcess(Region<K, V> region) {
@@ -51,6 +55,14 @@ public class ClientRegionFactoryBean<K, V> extends RegionFactoryBean<K, V> {
 
 	@Override
 	protected void postProcess(AttributesFactory<K, V> attrFactory) {
+		// try to eagerly initialize the pool name, if defined as a bean
+		if (beanFactory.isTypeMatch(poolName, Pool.class)) {
+			if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				log.debug("Found bean definition for pool '" + poolName + "'. Eagerly initializing it...");
+			}
+			beanFactory.getBean(poolName, Pool.class);
+		}
+
 		attrFactory.setPoolName(poolName);
 	}
 
@@ -77,7 +89,11 @@ public class ClientRegionFactoryBean<K, V> extends RegionFactoryBean<K, V> {
 		super.destroy();
 	}
 
+	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+	}
 
+	
 	/**
 	 * Set the interests for this client region. Both key and regex interest are supported.
 	 * 

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/client/PoolFactoryBean.java

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ public class PoolFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Pool>, InitializingBean, Dis
 	private boolean threadLocalConnections = PoolFactory.DEFAULT_THREAD_LOCAL_CONNECTIONS;
 
 	public Class<?> getObjectType() {
-		return Pool.class;
+		return (pool != null ? pool.getClass() : Pool.class);
 	}
 
 	public boolean isSingleton() {

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/ClientRegionParser.java

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ class ClientRegionParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
 
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "data-policy", "dataPolicy");
 		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "name", "name");
+		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "pool-name", "poolName");
 
 		String attr = element.getAttribute("cache-ref");
 		// add cache reference (fallback to default if nothing is specified)

src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/config/spring-gemfire-1.0.xsd

@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ cache to differ from other caches.
 							</xsd:restriction>
 						</xsd:simpleType>
 					</xsd:attribute>
-					<xsd:attribute name="pool-name" use="optional" type="xsd:string">
+					<xsd:attribute name="pool-name" use="required" type="xsd:string">
 						<xsd:annotation>
 							<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
 The name of the pool used by this client. 
@@ -452,6 +452,8 @@ The port number of the connection (between 1 and 65535 inclusive).
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.gemfire.client.PoolFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
 Defines a pool for connections from a client to a set of GemFire Cache Servers.
+
+Note that in order to instantiate a pool, a GemFire cache needs to be already started.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation>