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+/*
+ * Copyright 2010 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.data.gemfire;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
+
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.AttributesFactory;
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionAttributes;
+
+/**
+ * Spring-friendly bean for creating {@link RegionAttributes}. 
+ * 
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class RegionAttributesFactory extends AttributesFactory implements FactoryBean<RegionAttributes> {
+
+	public RegionAttributes getObject() throws Exception {
+		return create();
+	}
+
+	public Class<?> getObjectType() {
+		return RegionAttributes.class;
+	}
+
+	public boolean isSingleton() {
+		return false;
+	}
+}