Added specific Spring Converter implementations for GemFire RegionShortcut and ClientRegionShortcut enumerated value classes.

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/ClientRegionShortcutConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * 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 org.springframework.data.gemfire;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.client.ClientRegionShortcut;
+
+/**
+ * The ClientRegionShortcutConverter class is a Spring Converter implementation converting String value Client Region
+ * Shortcut representations into actual GemFire ClientRegionShortcut enumerated values.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter
+ * @see com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.client.ClientRegionShortcut
+ * @since 1.3.4
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class ClientRegionShortcutConverter implements Converter<String, ClientRegionShortcut> {
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the String value to upper case, trimming all whitespace.  This method guards against null values
+	 * and returns the "null" String if value is null.
+	 * <p/>
+	 * @param value the String to convert to a trimmed, upper case value.
+	 * @return a trimmed, upper case value of the specified String, or "null" if the String value reference is null.
+	 * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
+	 * @see java.lang.String#trim()
+	 * @see java.lang.String#valueOf(Object)
+	 */
+	protected static String toUpperCase(final String value) {
+		return (value != null ? value.toUpperCase().trim() : String.valueOf(value));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the source String representation of a Client Region Shortcut into a ClientRegionShortcut enumerated
+	 * value.
+	 * <p/>
+	 * @param source the String representation of the Client Region Shortcut to convert.
+	 * @return a ClientRegionShortcut enumerated value for the String representation.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the String source is not a valid ClientRegionShortcut enumerated value.
+	 * @see com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.client.ClientRegionShortcut#valueOf(String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public ClientRegionShortcut convert(final String source) {
+		return ClientRegionShortcut.valueOf(toUpperCase(source));
+	}
+
+}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionFactoryBean.java

@@ -101,6 +101,10 @@ public class RegionFactoryBean<K, V> extends RegionLookupFactoryBean<K, V> imple
 		RegionFactory<K, V> regionFactory;
 
 		if (attributes != null) {
+			// TODO refactor... AttributesFactory extended by the SDG RegionAttributesFactoryBean and used by all
+			// RegionFactoryBeans subclasses calls AttributesFactory.validateAttributes(..) before the RegionAttributes
+			// are created in the AttributesFactory.create() method, which is called by
+			// RegionAttributesFactoryBean.afterPropertiesSet() method.
 			AttributesFactory.validateAttributes(attributes);
 			regionFactory = cache.createRegionFactory(attributes);
 		}

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/RegionShortcutConverter.java

@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+/*
+ * 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 org.springframework.data.gemfire;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionShortcut;
+
+/**
+ * The RegionShortcutConverter class is a Spring Converter implementation converting String value Region Shortcut
+ * representations into actual GemFire RegionShortcut enumerated values.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter
+ * @see com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionShortcut
+ * @since 1.3.4
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class RegionShortcutConverter implements Converter<String, RegionShortcut> {
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the String value to upper case, trimming all whitespace.  This method guards against null values
+	 * and returns the "null" String if value is null.
+	 * <p/>
+	 * @param value the String to convert to a trimmed, upper case value.
+	 * @return a trimmed, upper case value of the specified String, or "null" if the String value reference is null.
+	 * @see java.lang.String#toUpperCase()
+	 * @see java.lang.String#trim()
+	 * @see java.lang.String#valueOf(Object)
+	 */
+	protected static String toUpperCase(final String value) {
+		return (value != null ? value.toUpperCase().trim() : String.valueOf(value));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the source String representation of a Region Shortcut into a RegionShortcut enumerated value.
+	 * <p/>
+	 * @param source the String representation of the Region Shortcut to convert.
+	 * @return a RegionShortcut enumerated value for the String representation.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if the String source is not a valid RegionShortcut enumerated value.
+	 * @see com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.RegionShortcut#valueOf(String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public RegionShortcut convert(final String source) {
+		return RegionShortcut.valueOf(toUpperCase(source));
+	}
+
+}