SGF-410 - Enable the definition and creation of a generic, GemFire Cache Region with out-the-box defaults.

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/GenericRegionFactoryBean.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
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+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire;
+
+/**
+ * The GenericRegionFactoryBean class is an extension of the abstract, base RegionFactoryBean class enabling developers
+ * to define a GemFire Cache Region with defaults.
+ *
+ * The defaults for DataPolicy is NORMAL and Scope is DISTRIBUTED_NO_ACK, effectively creating a "non-replicate",
+ * Distributed Region.
+ *
+ * This class enables developers to create various non-strongly-typed Regions (e.g. PARTITION, REPLICATE) based on
+ * various combinations of the DataPolicy, Scope and Subscription settings as defined in the Region Types section
+ * of the GemFire User Guide (see link below).  How GemFire Regions receive and distribute entry updates
+ * is defined in the Storage and Distribution Options section.
+ *
+ * Note, it is generally better to define strong-typed Regions (e.g. PARTITION with PartitionedRegionFactoryBean)
+ * in your applications.  However, different forms of distribution patterns and updates are desired
+ * in certain use cases.
+ *
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.RegionFactoryBean
+ * @link http://gemfire.docs.pivotal.io/latest/userguide/index.html#developing/region_options/region_types.html
+ * @link http://gemfire.docs.pivotal.io/latest/userguide/index.html#developing/region_options/storage_distribution_options.html
+ * @since 1.7.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class GenericRegionFactoryBean<K, V> extends RegionFactoryBean<K, V> {
+
+}