diff --git a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
index 2f683aefe..c0fe69d97 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-redis/pom.xml
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
     <spring.range>"[3.0.0, 4.0.0)"</spring.range>
     <jredis.ver>03122010</jredis.ver>
     <jedis.ver>1.5.2</jedis.ver>
+    <rjc.ver>0.6.2</rjc.ver>
     <jedis.range>"[1.0.0,2.0.0)"</jedis.range>
     <jackson.range>"[1.6, 2.0.0)"</jackson.range>
+    <rjc.range>"[0.6.2, 0.6.2]"</rjc.range>
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -135,27 +137,18 @@
 	      <scope>compile</scope>
 	    </dependency>
 
-    <!--
-	    <dependency>
-	      <groupId>org.jredis</groupId>
-	      <artifactId>jredis-core-api</artifactId>
-	      <version>${jredis.ver}</version>
-	      <scope>compile</scope>
-	    </dependency>
-
-	    <dependency>
-	      <groupId>org.jredis</groupId>
-	      <artifactId>jredis-core-ri</artifactId>
-	      <version>${jredis.ver}</version>
-	      <scope>compile</scope>
-	    </dependency>
-	    -->
 	   	<dependency>
 	      <groupId>org.jredis</groupId>
 	      <artifactId>jredis-anthonylauzon</artifactId>
 	      <version>${jredis.ver}</version>
 	      <scope>compile</scope>
 	    </dependency> 
+      <dependency>
+          <groupId>org.idevlab</groupId>
+          <artifactId>rjc</artifactId>
+          <version>${rjc.ver}</version>
+          <scope>compile</scope>
+      </dependency>
 	</dependencies>
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java
index 099067bbd..51f326a39 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jedis/JedisConnectionFactory.java
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import redis.clients.jedis.JedisShardInfo;
 import redis.clients.jedis.Protocol;
 
 /**
- * Connection factory using creating <a href="http://github.com/xetorthio/jedis">Jedis</a> based connections.
+ * Connection factory creating <a href="http://github.com/xetorthio/jedis">Jedis</a> based connections.
  * 
  * @author Costin Leau
  */
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
index dca7e829d..6357ff522 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/jredis/JredisConnection.java
@@ -81,7 +81,11 @@ public class JredisConnection implements RedisConnection {
 		// don't actually close the connection
 		// if a pool is used
 		if (!isPool) {
-			jredis.quit();
+			try {
+				jredis.quit();
+			} catch (Exception ex) {
+				throw convertJredisAccessException(ex);
+			}
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcConnection.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1983555d5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,709 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.keyvalue.redis.connection.rjc;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Properties;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import org.idevlab.rjc.RedisException;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.Session;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.SessionFactoryImpl;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.UncategorizedKeyvalueStoreException;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.DataType;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.MessageListener;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.RedisConnection;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.SortParameters;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.Subscription;
+
+/**
+ * {@code RedisConnection} implementation on top of <a href="http://github.com/e-mzungu/rjc">rjc</a> library.
+ * 
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class RjcConnection implements RedisConnection {
+
+	private final int dbIndex;
+	private final Session session;
+	private boolean isClosed = false;
+
+	public RjcConnection(org.idevlab.rjc.ds.RedisConnection connection, int dbIndex) {
+		session = new SessionFactoryImpl(new SingleDataSource(connection)).create();
+		this.dbIndex = dbIndex;
+
+		// select the db
+		if (dbIndex > 0) {
+			select(dbIndex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	protected DataAccessException convertRjcAccessException(Exception ex) {
+		if (ex instanceof RedisException) {
+			return RjcUtils.convertRjcAccessException((RedisException) ex);
+		}
+		return new UncategorizedKeyvalueStoreException("Unknown rjc exception", ex);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void close() throws DataAccessException {
+		isClosed = true;
+		try {
+			session.close();
+		} catch (Exception ex) {
+			throw convertRjcAccessException(ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isClosed() {
+		return isClosed;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Session getNativeConnection() {
+		return session;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> closePipeline() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isPipelined() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isQueueing() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void openPipeline() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long del(byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] echo(byte[] message) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean exists(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean expire(byte[] key, long seconds) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean expireAt(byte[] key, long unixTime) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> keys(byte[] pattern) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean persist(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String ping() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] randomKey() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void rename(byte[] oldName, byte[] newName) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean renameNX(byte[] oldName, byte[] newName) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void select(int dbIndex) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> sort(byte[] key, SortParameters params) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long sort(byte[] key, SortParameters params, byte[] storeKey) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long ttl(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DataType type(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void discard() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<Object> exec() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void multi() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void unwatch() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void watch(byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long append(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long decr(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long decrBy(byte[] key, long value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] get(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean getBit(byte[] key, long offset) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] getRange(byte[] key, int begin, int end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] getSet(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long incr(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long incrBy(byte[] key, long value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> mGet(byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void mSet(Map<byte[], byte[]> tuple) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void mSetNX(Map<byte[], byte[]> tuple) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void set(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setBit(byte[] key, long offset, boolean value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setEx(byte[] key, long seconds, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean setNX(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setRange(byte[] key, int begin, int end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long strLen(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> bLPop(int timeout, byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> bRPop(int timeout, byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] bRPopLPush(int timeout, byte[] srcKey, byte[] dstKey) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] lIndex(byte[] key, long index) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long lInsert(byte[] key, Position where, byte[] pivot, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long lLen(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] lPop(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long lPush(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long lPushX(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> lRange(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long lRem(byte[] key, long count, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void lSet(byte[] key, long index, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void lTrim(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] rPop(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] rPopLPush(byte[] srcKey, byte[] dstKey) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long rPush(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long rPushX(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean sAdd(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long sCard(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> sDiff(byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void sDiffStore(byte[] destKey, byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> sInter(byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void sInterStore(byte[] destKey, byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean sIsMember(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> sMembers(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean sMove(byte[] srcKey, byte[] destKey, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] sPop(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] sRandMember(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean sRem(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> sUnion(byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void sUnionStore(byte[] destKey, byte[]... keys) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean zAdd(byte[] key, double score, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zCard(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zCount(byte[] key, double min, double max) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Double zIncrBy(byte[] key, double increment, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zInterStore(byte[] destKey, byte[]... sets) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zInterStore(byte[] destKey, Aggregate aggregate, int[] weights, byte[]... sets) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> zRange(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> zRangeByScore(byte[] key, double min, double max) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> zRangeByScore(byte[] key, double min, double max, long offset, long count) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<Tuple> zRangeByScoreWithScore(byte[] key, double min, double max) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<Tuple> zRangeByScoreWithScore(byte[] key, double min, double max, long offset, long count) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<Tuple> zRangeWithScore(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zRank(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean zRem(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zRemRange(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zRemRangeByScore(byte[] key, double min, double max) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> zRevRange(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<Tuple> zRevRangeWithScore(byte[] key, long begin, long end) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zRevRank(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Double zScore(byte[] key, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zUnionStore(byte[] destKey, byte[]... sets) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long zUnionStore(byte[] destKey, Aggregate aggregate, int[] weights, byte[]... sets) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean hDel(byte[] key, byte[] field) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean hExists(byte[] key, byte[] field) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public byte[] hGet(byte[] key, byte[] field) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Map<byte[], byte[]> hGetAll(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long hIncrBy(byte[] key, byte[] field, long delta) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Set<byte[]> hKeys(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long hLen(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> hMGet(byte[] key, byte[]... fields) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void hMSet(byte[] key, Map<byte[], byte[]> hashes) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean hSet(byte[] key, byte[] field, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Boolean hSetNX(byte[] key, byte[] field, byte[] value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<byte[]> hVals(byte[] key) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void bgSave() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void bgWriteAof() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long dbSize() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void flushAll() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void flushDb() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<String> getConfig(String pattern) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Properties info() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long lastSave() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void resetConfigStats() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void save() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setConfig(String param, String value) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void shutdown() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Subscription getSubscription() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isSubscribed() {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void pSubscribe(MessageListener listener, byte[]... patterns) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Long publish(byte[] channel, byte[] message) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void subscribe(MessageListener listener, byte[]... channels) {
+		throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcConnectionFactory.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcConnectionFactory.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..97f1c65cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcConnectionFactory.java
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.keyvalue.redis.connection.rjc;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.ds.DataSource;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.ds.PoolableDataSource;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.ds.SimpleDataSource;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.protocol.Protocol;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.RedisConnection;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.RedisConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.jedis.JedisConnectionFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Connection factory creating <a href="http://github.com/e-mzungu/rjc/">rjc</a> based connections.
+ * 
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class RjcConnectionFactory implements InitializingBean, DisposableBean, RedisConnectionFactory {
+
+	private final static Log log = LogFactory.getLog(JedisConnectionFactory.class);
+
+	private String hostName = "localhost";
+	private int port = Protocol.DEFAULT_PORT;
+	private int timeout = Protocol.DEFAULT_TIMEOUT;
+	private String password;
+
+	private boolean usePool = true;
+	private int dbIndex = 0;
+	private DataSource dataSource;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new <code>RjcConnectionFactory</code> instance
+	 * with default settings (default connection pooling, no shard information).
+	 */
+	public RjcConnectionFactory() {
+	}
+
+
+	public void afterPropertiesSet() {
+		if (usePool) {
+			PoolableDataSource pool = new PoolableDataSource();
+			pool.setHost(hostName);
+			pool.setPort(port);
+			pool.setPassword(password);
+			pool.setTimeout(timeout);
+
+			pool.init();
+
+			dataSource = pool;
+
+		}
+		else {
+			dataSource = new SimpleDataSource(hostName, port, timeout, password);
+		}
+	}
+
+	public void destroy() {
+		if (usePool && dataSource != null) {
+			try {
+				((PoolableDataSource) dataSource).close();
+			} catch (Exception ex) {
+				log.warn("Cannot properly close Rjc pool", ex);
+			}
+			dataSource = null;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public RedisConnection getConnection() {
+		return postProcessConnection(new RjcConnection(dataSource.getConnection(), usePool, dbIndex));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Post process a newly retrieved connection. Useful for decorating or executing
+	 * initialization commands on a new connection.
+	 * This implementation simply returns the connection.
+	 * 
+	 * @param connection
+	 * @return processed connection
+	 */
+	protected RjcConnection postProcessConnection(RjcConnection connection) {
+		return connection;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public DataAccessException translateExceptionIfPossible(RuntimeException ex) {
+		return RjcUtils.convertRjcAccessException(ex);
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the Redis hostName.
+	 *
+	 * @return Returns the hostName
+	 */
+	public String getHostName() {
+		return hostName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the Redis hostName.
+	 * 
+	 * @param hostName The hostName to set.
+	 */
+	public void setHostName(String hostName) {
+		this.hostName = hostName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the password used for authenticating with the Redis server.
+	 * 
+	 * @return password for authentication
+	 */
+	public String getPassword() {
+		return password;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the password used for authenticating with the Redis server.
+	 * 
+	 * @param password the password to set
+	 */
+	public void setPassword(String password) {
+		this.password = password;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the port used to connect to the Redis instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @return Redis port.
+	 */
+	public int getPort() {
+		return port;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the port used to connect to the Redis instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @param port Redis port
+	 */
+	public void setPort(int port) {
+		this.port = port;
+	}
+	/**
+	 * Returns the timeout.
+	 *
+	 * @return Returns the timeout
+	 */
+	public int getTimeout() {
+		return timeout;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param timeout The timeout to set.
+	 */
+	public void setTimeout(int timeout) {
+		this.timeout = timeout;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Indicates the use of a connection pool.
+	 *
+	 * @return Returns the use of connection pooling.
+	 */
+	public boolean getUsePool() {
+		return usePool;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Turns on or off the use of connection pooling.
+	 * 
+	 * @param usePool The usePool to set.
+	 */
+	public void setUsePool(boolean usePool) {
+		this.usePool = usePool;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Sets the index of the database used by this connection factory.
+	 * Can be between 0 (default) and 15.
+	 * 
+	 * @param index database index
+	 */
+	public void setDatabase(int index) {
+		Assert.isTrue(index >= 0, "invalid DB index (a positive index required)");
+		this.dbIndex = index;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcUtils.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcUtils.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9c0370bb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/RjcUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.keyvalue.redis.connection.rjc;
+
+import org.idevlab.rjc.RedisException;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.UncategorizedRedisException;
+
+/**
+ * Helper class featuring methods for RJC connection handling, providing support for exception translation.
+ * 
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public abstract class RjcUtils {
+
+	public static DataAccessException convertRjcAccessException(RuntimeException ex) {
+		if (ex instanceof RedisException) {
+			return convertRjcAccessException((RedisException) ex);
+		}
+
+		return new UncategorizedRedisException("Unknown exception", ex);
+	}
+
+	public static DataAccessException convertRjcAccessException(RedisException ex) {
+		return new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/SingleDataSource.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/SingleDataSource.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..db152b72c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/connection/rjc/SingleDataSource.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 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.keyvalue.redis.connection.rjc;
+
+import org.idevlab.rjc.ds.DataSource;
+import org.idevlab.rjc.ds.RedisConnection;
+
+/**
+ * Basic data source that always returns the same connection.
+ * 
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+class SingleDataSource implements DataSource {
+
+	private final RedisConnection connection;
+
+	SingleDataSource(RedisConnection connection) {
+		this.connection = connection;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public RedisConnection getConnection() {
+		return connection;
+	}
+}