diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/Algorithm.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/Algorithm.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
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.sample;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.Region;
+
+/**
+ * The Algorithm interface define abstract data type modeling a computer algorithm.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.data.annotation.Id
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.mapping.Region
+ * @since 1.4.0
+ */
+@Region("Algorithms")
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public interface Algorithm {
+
+	@Id String getName();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/AlgorithmRepository.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/AlgorithmRepository.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
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.sample;
+
+import org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.GemfireRepository;
+
+/**
+ * The AlgorithmRepository class is a Data Access Object (DAO) for accessing and persistent data/state about Algorithms
+ * to a GemFire Cache/Region.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.GemfireRepository
+ * @since 1.4.0
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public interface AlgorithmRepository extends GemfireRepository<Algorithm, String> {
+
+	<T extends Algorithm> T findByName(String name);
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/AlgorithmRepositoryTest.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/AlgorithmRepositoryTest.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
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.sample;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import javax.annotation.Resource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.Region;
+
+/**
+ * The AlgorithmRepositoryTest class is a test suite of test cases testing the contract and functionality of GemFire's
+ * Repository extension when using a plain old Java interface for defining the application domain object/entity type,
+ * rather than a Java class, that is the subject of the persistence operations.
+ * <p/>
+ * @author John Blum
+ * @see org.junit.Test
+ * @see org.junit.runner.RunWith
+ * @see org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
+ * @see org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner
+ * @since 1.4.0
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+public class AlgorithmRepositoryTest {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private AlgorithmRepository algorithmRepo;
+
+	@Resource(name = "Algorithms")
+	private Region algorithmsRegion;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAlgorithmsRepo() {
+		assertNotNull("A reference to the AlgorithmRepository was not properly configured!", algorithmRepo);
+		assertNotNull("A reference to the 'Algorithms' GemFire Cache Region was not properly configured!",
+			algorithmsRegion);
+		assertEquals("Algorithms", algorithmsRegion.getName());
+		assertEquals("/Algorithms", algorithmsRegion.getFullPath());
+		assertTrue(algorithmsRegion.isEmpty());
+
+		algorithmRepo.save(new BinarySearch());
+		algorithmRepo.save(new HeapSort());
+
+		assertFalse(algorithmsRegion.isEmpty());
+		assertEquals(2, algorithmsRegion.size());
+
+		assertTrue(algorithmsRegion.get(BinarySearch.class.getSimpleName()) instanceof BinarySearch);
+		assertTrue(algorithmsRegion.get(HeapSort.class.getSimpleName()) instanceof HeapSort);
+
+		HeapSort heapSort = algorithmRepo.findByName(HeapSort.class.getSimpleName());
+
+		assertNotNull(heapSort);
+		assertEquals(HeapSort.class.getSimpleName(), heapSort.getName());
+
+		BinarySearch binarySearch = algorithmRepo.findByName(BinarySearch.class.getSimpleName());
+
+		assertNotNull(binarySearch);
+		assertEquals(BinarySearch.class.getSimpleName(), binarySearch.getName());
+	}
+
+	protected static abstract class AbstractAlgorithm implements Algorithm {
+
+		@Override
+		public String getName() {
+			return getClass().getSimpleName();
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected static final class BinarySearch extends AbstractAlgorithm {
+	}
+
+	protected static final class HeapSort extends AbstractAlgorithm {
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/AlgorithmRepositoryTest-context.xml b/src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/repository/sample/AlgorithmRepositoryTest-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	   xmlns:gfe="http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire"
+	   xmlns:gfe-data="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/gemfire"
+	   xmlns:repo="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/repository"
+	   xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
+	   xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	   xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/gemfire/spring-gemfire.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/gemfire http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/gemfire/spring-data-gemfire.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/repository http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/repository/spring-repository.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util.xsd
+">
+
+	<util:properties id="peerCacheConfigurationSettings">
+		<prop key="name">springGemFireAlgorithmRepositoryTest</prop>
+		<prop key="log-level">config</prop>
+		<prop key="mcast-port">0</prop>
+	</util:properties>
+
+	<gfe:cache properties-ref="peerCacheConfigurationSettings"/>
+
+	<gfe:replicated-region id="Algorithms" persistent="false" key-constraint="java.lang.String"
+						   value-constraint="org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.sample.Algorithm"/>
+
+	<gfe-data:repositories base-package="org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.sample">
+		<repo:include-filter type="assignable" expression="org.springframework.data.gemfire.repository.sample.AlgorithmRepository"/>
+	</gfe-data:repositories>
+
+</beans>