diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 8f9de8fe..4ada1017 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -67,6 +67,11 @@
             <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
         </dependency>
 
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
+        </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
@@ -84,9 +89,12 @@
             <version>2.2.8</version>
             <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
+
         <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-            <artifactId>spring-jdbc</artifactId>
+            <groupId>org.assertj</groupId>
+            <artifactId>assertj-core</artifactId>
+            <version>3.6.2</version>
+            <scope>test</scope>
         </dependency>
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentEntity.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentEntity.java
index 7e91a166..217d8d70 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentEntity.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentEntity.java
@@ -19,11 +19,35 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BasicPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 
 /**
+ * meta data a repository might need for implementing persistence operations for instances of type {@code T}
  * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 public class JdbcPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntity<T, JdbcPersistentProperty> {
 
+	private String tableName;
+	private String idColumn;
+
 	public JdbcPersistentEntity(TypeInformation<T> information) {
 		super(information);
 	}
+
+	public String getTableName() {
+
+		if (tableName == null)
+			tableName = getType().getSimpleName();
+
+		return tableName;
+	}
+
+	public String getIdColumn() {
+
+		if (idColumn == null)
+			idColumn = getIdProperty().getName();
+
+		return idColumn;
+	}
+
+	public Object getIdValue(T instance) {
+		return getPropertyAccessor(instance).getProperty(getIdProperty());
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentProperty.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentProperty.java
index 1bcc1be8..841d64c6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/mapping/model/JdbcPersistentProperty.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
 
 /**
+ * meta data about a property to be used by repository implementations.
+ *
  * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 public class JdbcPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty<JdbcPersistentProperty> {
@@ -43,4 +45,8 @@ public class JdbcPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty<Jd
 	protected Association<JdbcPersistentProperty> createAssociation() {
 		return null;
 	}
+
+	public String getColumnName() {
+		return getName();
+	}
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/EntityRowMapper.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/EntityRowMapper.java
index 70450670..4bde019f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/EntityRowMapper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/EntityRowMapper.java
@@ -15,49 +15,62 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.sql.ResultSet;
 import java.sql.SQLException;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.ClassGeneratingEntityInstantiator;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityInstantiator;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PreferredConstructor;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.ParameterValueProvider;
 
 /**
+ * maps a ResultSet to an entity of type {@code T}
+ *
  * @author Jens Schauder
  */
 class EntityRowMapper<T> implements org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper<T> {
 
-	private final PersistentEntity<T, ?> entity;
+	private final JdbcPersistentEntity<T> entity;
 
-	EntityRowMapper(PersistentEntity<T, ?> entity) {
+	private final EntityInstantiator instantiator = new ClassGeneratingEntityInstantiator();
+
+	EntityRowMapper(JdbcPersistentEntity<T> entity) {
 		this.entity = entity;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public T mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws SQLException {
 
-		try {
+		T t = createInstance(rs);
 
-			T t = createInstance();
+		entity.doWithProperties((PropertyHandler) property -> {
+			setProperty(rs, t, property);
+		});
 
-			entity.doWithProperties((PropertyHandler) property -> {
-				setProperty(rs, t, property);
-			});
-
-			return t;
-		} catch (Exception e) {
-			throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Could not instantiate %s", entity.getType()));
-		}
+		return t;
 	}
 
-	private T createInstance() throws InstantiationException, IllegalAccessException, InvocationTargetException {
-		return (T) entity.getPersistenceConstructor().getConstructor().newInstance();
+	private T createInstance(ResultSet rs) {
+		return instantiator.createInstance(entity, new ParameterValueProvider<JdbcPersistentProperty>() {
+			@Override
+			public <T> T getParameterValue(PreferredConstructor.Parameter<T, JdbcPersistentProperty> parameter) {
+				try {
+					return (T) rs.getObject(parameter.getName());
+				} catch (SQLException e) {
+					throw new MappingException(String.format("Couldn't read column %s from ResultSet.", parameter.getName()));
+				}
+			}
+		});
 	}
 
 	private void setProperty(ResultSet rs, T t, PersistentProperty property) {
 
 		try {
-			property.getSetter().invoke(t, rs.getObject(property.getName()));
+			entity.getPropertyAccessor(t).setProperty(property, rs.getObject(property.getName()));
 		} catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Couldn't set property %s.", property.getName()), e);
 		}
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepository.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepository.java
index 8ae8d4b7..556e2a1e 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepository.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SimpleJdbcRepository.java
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@
 package org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
-import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import java.util.stream.StreamSupport;
 import javax.sql.DataSource;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcPersistentEntity;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
 import org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.MapSqlParameterSource;
@@ -37,117 +36,116 @@ public class SimpleJdbcRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> implements CrudRep
 
 	private final JdbcPersistentEntity<T> entity;
 	private final NamedParameterJdbcOperations template;
+	private final SqlGenerator sql;
 
-	private final String findOneSql;
-	private final String insertSql;
+	private final EntityRowMapper<T> entityRowMapper;
 
 	public SimpleJdbcRepository(JdbcPersistentEntity<T> entity, DataSource dataSource) {
 
 		this.entity = entity;
 		this.template = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
 
-		findOneSql = createFindOneSelectSql();
-		insertSql = createInsertSql();
+		entityRowMapper = new EntityRowMapper<T>(entity);
+		sql = new SqlGenerator(entity);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public <S extends T> S save(S entity) {
 
-		template.update(insertSql, getPropertyMap(entity));
+		template.update(sql.getInsert(), getPropertyMap(entity));
 
 		return entity;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public <S extends T> Iterable<S> save(Iterable<S> entities) {
-		return null;
+
+		Map<String, ?>[] batchValues = StreamSupport
+				.stream(entities.spliterator(), false)
+				.map(i -> getPropertyMap(i))
+				.toArray(size -> new Map[size]);
+
+		template.batchUpdate(sql.getInsert(), batchValues);
+
+		return entities;
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public T findOne(ID id) {
 
 		return template.queryForObject(
-				findOneSql,
+				sql.getFindOne(),
 				new MapSqlParameterSource("id", id),
-				new EntityRowMapper<T>(entity)
+				entityRowMapper
 		);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean exists(ID id) {
-		return false;
+
+		return template.queryForObject(
+				sql.getExists(),
+				new MapSqlParameterSource("id", id),
+				Boolean.class
+		);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Iterable<T> findAll() {
-		return null;
+		return template.query(sql.getFindAll(), entityRowMapper);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public Iterable<T> findAll(Iterable<ID> ids) {
-		return null;
+		return template.query(sql.getFindAllInList(), new MapSqlParameterSource("ids", ids), entityRowMapper);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public long count() {
-		return 0;
+		return template.getJdbcOperations().queryForObject(sql.getCount(), Long.class);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete(ID id) {
-
+		template.update(sql.getDeleteById(), new MapSqlParameterSource("id", id));
 	}
 
 	@Override
-	public void delete(T entity) {
+	public void delete(T instance) {
 
+		template.update(
+				sql.getDeleteById(),
+				new MapSqlParameterSource("id",
+						entity.getIdValue(instance)));
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void delete(Iterable<? extends T> entities) {
 
+		template.update(
+				sql.getDeleteByList(),
+				new MapSqlParameterSource("ids",
+						StreamSupport
+								.stream(entities.spliterator(), false)
+								.map(entity::getIdValue)
+								.collect(Collectors.toList())
+				)
+		);
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public void deleteAll() {
-
+		template.getJdbcOperations().update(sql.getDeleteAll());
 	}
 
-	private String createFindOneSelectSql() {
-
-		String tableName = entity.getType().getSimpleName();
-		String idColumn = entity.getIdProperty().getName();
-
-		return String.format("select * from %s where %s = :id", tableName, idColumn);
-	}
-
-	private String createInsertSql() {
-
-		List<String> propertyNames = new ArrayList<>();
-		entity.doWithProperties((PropertyHandler) persistentProperty -> propertyNames.add(persistentProperty.getName()));
-
-		String insertTemplate = "insert into %s (%s) values (%s)";
-
-		String tableName = entity.getType().getSimpleName();
-
-		String tableColumns = propertyNames.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
-		String parameterNames = propertyNames.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(", :", ":", ""));
-
-		return String.format(insertTemplate, tableName, tableColumns, parameterNames);
-	}
-
-	private <S extends T> Map<String, Object> getPropertyMap(final S entity) {
+	private <S extends T> Map<String, Object> getPropertyMap(final S instance) {
 
 		Map<String, Object> parameters = new HashMap<>();
 
-		this.entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler() {
+		this.entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<JdbcPersistentProperty>() {
 			@Override
-			public void doWithPersistentProperty(PersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
-				try {
-					parameters.put(persistentProperty.getName(), persistentProperty.getGetter().invoke(entity));
-				} catch (Exception e) {
-					throw new RuntimeException(String.format("Couldn't get value of property %s", persistentProperty.getName()));
-				}
+			public void doWithPersistentProperty(JdbcPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+				parameters.put(persistentProperty.getColumnName(), entity.getPropertyAccessor(instance).getProperty(persistentProperty));
 			}
 		});
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SqlGenerator.java b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SqlGenerator.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b561029b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/SqlGenerator.java
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2017 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.jdbc.repository;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+import org.springframework.data.jdbc.mapping.model.JdbcPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jens Schauder
+ */
+class SqlGenerator {
+
+	private final String findOneSql;
+	private final String findAllSql;
+	private final String findAllInListSql;
+
+	private final String existsSql;
+	private final String countSql;
+
+	private final String insertSql;
+	private final String deleteByIdSql;
+	private final String deleteAllSql;
+	private final String deleteByListSql;
+
+	<T> SqlGenerator(JdbcPersistentEntity<T> entity) {
+
+		findOneSql = createFindOneSelectSql(entity);
+		findAllSql = createFindAllSql(entity);
+		findAllInListSql = createFindAllInListSql(entity);
+
+		existsSql = createExistsSql(entity);
+		countSql = createCountSql(entity);
+
+		insertSql = createInsertSql(entity);
+
+		deleteByIdSql = createDeleteSql(entity);
+		deleteAllSql = createDeleteAllSql(entity);
+		deleteByListSql = createDeleteByListSql(entity);
+	}
+
+	String getFindAllInList() {
+		return findAllInListSql;
+	}
+
+	String getFindAll() {
+		return findAllSql;
+	}
+
+	String getExists() {
+		return existsSql;
+	}
+
+	String getFindOne() {
+		return findOneSql;
+	}
+
+	String getInsert() {
+		return insertSql;
+	}
+
+	String getCount() {
+		return countSql;
+	}
+
+	String getDeleteById() {
+		return deleteByIdSql;
+	}
+
+	String getDeleteAll() {
+		return deleteAllSql;
+	}
+
+	String getDeleteByList() {
+		return deleteByListSql;
+	}
+	private String createFindOneSelectSql(JdbcPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+		return String.format("select * from %s where %s = :id", entity.getTableName(), entity.getIdColumn());
+	}
+
+	private String createFindAllSql(JdbcPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+		return String.format("select * from %s", entity.getTableName());
+	}
+
+	private String createFindAllInListSql(JdbcPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+		return String.format(String.format("select * from %s where %s in (:ids)", entity.getTableName(), entity.getIdColumn()), entity.getTableName());
+	}
+
+	private String createExistsSql(JdbcPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+		return String.format("select count(*) from %s where %s = :id", entity.getTableName(), entity.getIdColumn());
+	}
+
+	private <T> String createCountSql(JdbcPersistentEntity<T> entity) {
+		return String.format("select count(*) from %s", entity.getTableName(), entity.getIdColumn());
+	}
+
+	private String createInsertSql(JdbcPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+
+		List<String> propertyNames = new ArrayList<>();
+		entity.doWithProperties((PropertyHandler) persistentProperty -> propertyNames.add(persistentProperty.getName()));
+
+		String insertTemplate = "insert into %s (%s) values (%s)";
+
+		String tableName = entity.getType().getSimpleName();
+
+		String tableColumns = propertyNames.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(", "));
+		String parameterNames = propertyNames.stream().collect(Collectors.joining(", :", ":", ""));
+
+		return String.format(insertTemplate, tableName, tableColumns, parameterNames);
+	}
+
+	private String createDeleteSql(JdbcPersistentEntity entity) {
+		return String.format("delete from %s where %s = :id", entity.getTableName(), entity.getIdColumn());
+	}
+
+	private String createDeleteAllSql(JdbcPersistentEntity entity) {
+		return String.format("delete from %s", entity.getTableName());
+	}
+
+	private String createDeleteByListSql(JdbcPersistentEntity entity) {
+		return String.format("delete from %s where id in (:ids)", entity.getTableName());
+	}
+}
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests.java b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
index b1fd9045..8af0faf1 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/jdbc/repository/JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests.java
@@ -15,10 +15,13 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository;
 
+import static java.util.Arrays.*;
+import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import java.sql.SQLException;
 import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.jdbc.repository.support.JdbcRepositoryFactory;
@@ -50,7 +53,7 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 
 	private final DummyEntityRepository repository = createRepository(db);
 
-	private DummyEntity entity = createDummyEntity();
+	private DummyEntity entity = createDummyEntity(23L);
 
 	@After
 	public void after() {
@@ -59,7 +62,7 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 
 
 	@Test
-	public void canSaveAnEntity() throws SQLException {
+	public void canSaveAnEntity() {
 
 		entity = repository.save(entity);
 
@@ -74,7 +77,7 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 	}
 
 	@Test
-	public void canSaveAndLoadAnEntity() throws SQLException {
+	public void canSaveAndLoadAnEntity() {
 
 		entity = repository.save(entity);
 
@@ -88,14 +91,120 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 				reloadedEntity.getName());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void saveMany() {
+
+		DummyEntity other = createDummyEntity(24L);
+
+		repository.save(asList(entity, other));
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).extracting(DummyEntity::getId).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(23L, 24L);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void existsReturnsTrueIffEntityExists() {
+
+		entity = repository.save(entity);
+
+		assertTrue(repository.exists(entity.getId()));
+		assertFalse(repository.exists(entity.getId() + 1));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findAllFindsAllEntities() {
+
+		DummyEntity other = createDummyEntity(24L);
+
+		other = repository.save(other);
+		entity = repository.save(entity);
+
+		Iterable<DummyEntity> all = repository.findAll();
+
+		assertThat(all).extracting("id").containsExactlyInAnyOrder(entity.getId(), other.getId());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void findAllFindsAllSpecifiedEntities() {
+
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(24L));
+		DummyEntity other = repository.save(createDummyEntity(25L));
+		entity = repository.save(entity);
+
+		Iterable<DummyEntity> all = repository.findAll(asList(entity.getId(), other.getId()));
+
+		assertThat(all).extracting("id").containsExactlyInAnyOrder(entity.getId(), other.getId());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void count() {
+
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(24L));
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(25L));
+		repository.save(entity);
+
+		assertThat(repository.count()).isEqualTo(3L);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void deleteById() {
+
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(24L));
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(25L));
+		repository.save(entity);
+
+		repository.delete(24L);
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).extracting(DummyEntity::getId).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(23L, 25L);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void deleteByEntity() {
+
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(24L));
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(25L));
+		repository.save(entity);
+
+		repository.delete(entity);
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).extracting(DummyEntity::getId).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(24L, 25L);
+	}
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void deleteByList() {
+
+		repository.save(entity);
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(24L));
+		DummyEntity other = repository.save(createDummyEntity(25L));
+
+		repository.delete(asList(entity, other));
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).extracting(DummyEntity::getId).containsExactlyInAnyOrder(24L);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void deleteAll() {
+
+		repository.save(entity);
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(24L));
+		repository.save(createDummyEntity(25L));
+
+		repository.deleteAll();
+
+		assertThat(repository.findAll()).isEmpty();
+	}
+
+
+
 	private static DummyEntityRepository createRepository(EmbeddedDatabase db) {
 		return new JdbcRepositoryFactory(db).getRepository(DummyEntityRepository.class);
 	}
 
 
-	private static DummyEntity createDummyEntity() {
+	private static DummyEntity createDummyEntity(long id) {
+
 		DummyEntity entity = new DummyEntity();
-		entity.setId(23L);
+		entity.setId(id);
 		entity.setName("Entity Name");
 		return entity;
 	}
@@ -104,8 +213,9 @@ public class JdbcRepositoryIntegrationTests {
 
 	}
 
+	// needs to be public in order for the Hamcrest property matcher to work.
 	@Data
-	private static class DummyEntity {
+	public static class DummyEntity {
 
 		@Id
 		Long id;