diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaEntityMetadata.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaEntityMetadata.java
index 0fe82f32b..05e0f31da 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaEntityMetadata.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaEntityMetadata.java
@@ -127,18 +127,26 @@ public class JpaEntityMetadata {
   }
 
   public Object get(String name, Object target) {
-    try {
-      return fields.get(name).get(target);
-    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+    if (fields.containsKey(name)) {
+      try {
+        return fields.get(name).get(target);
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw new NoSuchFieldError(name);
     }
   }
 
   public void set(String name, Object arg, Object target) {
-    try {
-      fields.get(name).set(target, arg);
-    } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-      throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+    if (fields.containsKey(name)) {
+      try {
+        fields.get(name).set(target, arg);
+      } catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
+        throw new IllegalStateException(e);
+      }
+    } else {
+      throw new NoSuchFieldError(name);
     }
   }
 
diff --git a/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaRepositoryMetadata.java b/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaRepositoryMetadata.java
index 4d797ffb5..07568bb22 100644
--- a/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaRepositoryMetadata.java
+++ b/repository/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/JpaRepositoryMetadata.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package org.springframework.data.rest.repository;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -39,7 +40,8 @@ public class JpaRepositoryMetadata implements InitializingBean, ApplicationConte
     this.metamodel = entityManager.getMetamodel();
   }
 
-  public CrudRepository repositoryFor(String name) {
+  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+  public <T> CrudRepository<T, ? extends Serializable> repositoryFor(String name) {
     if (null != name) {
       for (Map.Entry<Class<?>, RepositoryCacheEntry> entry : repositories.entrySet()) {
         if (name.equals(repositoryNameFor(entry.getValue().repository))) {
@@ -50,7 +52,8 @@ public class JpaRepositoryMetadata implements InitializingBean, ApplicationConte
     return null;
   }
 
-  public CrudRepository repositoryFor(Class<?> domainClass) {
+  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+  public <T> CrudRepository<T, ? extends Serializable> repositoryFor(Class<T> domainClass) {
     RepositoryCacheEntry entry = repositories.get(domainClass);
     if (null != entry) {
       return entry.repository;
@@ -58,7 +61,8 @@ public class JpaRepositoryMetadata implements InitializingBean, ApplicationConte
     return null;
   }
 
-  public EntityInformation entityInfoFor(Class<?> domainClass) {
+  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+  public <T> EntityInformation<T, ? extends Serializable> entityInfoFor(Class<T> domainClass) {
     RepositoryCacheEntry entry = repositories.get(domainClass);
     if (null != entry) {
       return entry.entityInfo;
@@ -70,7 +74,8 @@ public class JpaRepositoryMetadata implements InitializingBean, ApplicationConte
     return metamodel.entity(domainClass);
   }
 
-  public EntityInformation entityInfoFor(CrudRepository repository) {
+  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
+  public <T> EntityInformation<T, ? extends Serializable> entityInfoFor(CrudRepository<T, ? extends Serializable> repository) {
     for (Map.Entry<Class<?>, RepositoryCacheEntry> entry : repositories.entrySet()) {
       if (entry.getValue().repository == repository) {
         return entry.getValue().entityInfo;
@@ -116,7 +121,7 @@ public class JpaRepositoryMetadata implements InitializingBean, ApplicationConte
     return names;
   }
 
-  public void setRepositories(Collection<CrudRepository> repositories) {
+  public void setRepositories(Collection<? extends CrudRepository> repositories) {
     for (CrudRepository repository : repositories) {
       Class<?> repoClass = AopUtils.getTargetClass(repository);
       Field infoField = ReflectionUtils.findField(repoClass, "entityInformation");
diff --git a/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy b/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy
index 7a09905ab..c2e4d4d86 100644
--- a/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy
+++ b/repository/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/spec/JpaMetadataSpec.groovy
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 package org.springframework.data.rest.repository.spec
 
-import javax.persistence.Entity
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager
-import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue
-import javax.persistence.Id
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext
 import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository
 import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.JpaRepositoryMetadata
+import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test.Family
+import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test.FamilyRepository
+import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test.Person
+import org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test.PersonRepository
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
 import spock.lang.Specification
 
@@ -24,41 +25,50 @@ class JpaMetadataSpec extends Specification {
   EntityManager entityManager
   @Autowired
   Collection<CrudRepository> repositories
+  @Autowired
   JpaRepositoryMetadata repoMeta
 
-  def setup() {
-    repoMeta = new JpaRepositoryMetadata(
-        repositories: repositories,
-        applicationContext: applicationContext,
-        entityManager: entityManager
-    )
-    repoMeta.afterPropertiesSet()
-  }
-
   def "finds repositories in ApplicationContext"() {
 
-    when:
-    def repo = repoMeta.repositoryFor("simple")
+    when: "find repo by String identifier"
+    def repo = repoMeta.repositoryFor("person")
 
     then:
     null != repo
-    repo instanceof SimpleRepository
+    repo instanceof PersonRepository
 
-    when:
-    repo = repoMeta.repositoryFor(Simple)
+    when: "find repo by domain Class<?>"
+    repo = repoMeta.repositoryFor(Family)
 
     then:
     null != repo
-    repo instanceof SimpleRepository
+    repo instanceof FamilyRepository
+
+  }
+
+  def "provides entity metadata"() {
+
+    given:
+    def personRepo = repoMeta.repositoryFor(Person)
+    def familyRepo = repoMeta.repositoryFor(Family)
+    def johnDoe = personRepo.save(new Person("John Doe"))
+    def janeDoe = personRepo.save(new Person("Jane Doe"))
+    def doeFamily = familyRepo.save(new Family(
+        surname: "Doe",
+        members: [johnDoe, janeDoe]
+    ))
+
+    when:
+    def personMeta = repoMeta.entityMetadataFor(Person)
+    def familyMeta = repoMeta.entityMetadataFor(Family)
+
+    then:
+    personMeta.get("name", johnDoe) == "John Doe"
+    familyMeta.get("surname", doeFamily) == "Doe"
+    familyMeta.get("members", doeFamily).size() == 2
+    personMeta.embeddedAttributes().size() == 1
+    familyMeta.linkedAttributes().size() == 1
 
   }
 
 }
-
-@Entity
-class Simple {
-  @Id @GeneratedValue Long id
-  String name
-}
-
-interface SimpleRepository extends CrudRepository<Simple, Long> {}
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/Family.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/Family.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d160d1c8e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/Family.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test;
+
+import java.util.List;
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+import javax.persistence.OneToMany;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin <jon@jbrisbin.com>
+ */
+@Entity
+public class Family {
+
+  @Id
+  @GeneratedValue
+  private Long id;
+  private String surname;
+  @OneToMany
+  private List<Person> members;
+
+  public Family() {
+  }
+
+  public Family(String surname) {
+    this.surname = surname;
+  }
+
+  public Long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public String getSurname() {
+    return surname;
+  }
+
+  public void setSurname(String surname) {
+    this.surname = surname;
+  }
+
+  public List<Person> getMembers() {
+    return members;
+  }
+
+  public void setMembers(List<Person> members) {
+    this.members = members;
+  }
+
+  @Override public String toString() {
+    return "Family{" +
+        "id=" + id +
+        ", surname='" + surname + '\'' +
+        ", members=" + members +
+        '}';
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/FamilyRepository.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/FamilyRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e25b5bddd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/FamilyRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test;
+
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin <jon@jbrisbin.com>
+ */
+public interface FamilyRepository extends CrudRepository<Family, Long> {
+}
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/Person.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/Person.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e0928543e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/Person.java
@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test;
+
+import javax.persistence.Entity;
+import javax.persistence.GeneratedValue;
+import javax.persistence.Id;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin <jon@jbrisbin.com>
+ */
+@Entity
+public class Person {
+
+  @Id
+  @GeneratedValue
+  private Long id;
+  private String name;
+
+  public Person() {
+  }
+
+  public Person(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  public Long getId() {
+    return id;
+  }
+
+  public String getName() {
+    return name;
+  }
+
+  public void setName(String name) {
+    this.name = name;
+  }
+
+  @Override public String toString() {
+    return "Person{" +
+        "id=" + id +
+        ", name='" + name + '\'' +
+        '}';
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/PersonRepository.java b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/PersonRepository.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..7678d816e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/repository/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/rest/repository/test/PersonRepository.java
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test;
+
+import org.springframework.data.repository.CrudRepository;
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin <jon@jbrisbin.com>
+ */
+public interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long> {
+}
diff --git a/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml
index abaac1ce0..56846a7f4 100644
--- a/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml
+++ b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" version="2.0">
   <persistence-unit name="jpa.sample">
-    <class>org.springframework.data.rest.repository.spec.Simple</class>
+    <class>org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test.Person</class>
+    <class>org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test.Family</class>
     <properties>
       <property name="hibernate.dialect" value="org.hibernate.dialect.HSQLDialect"/>
       <property name="hibernate.connection.url" value="jdbc:hsqldb:mem:spring"/>
diff --git a/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml
index 988ff37af..ecc285c52 100644
--- a/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml
+++ b/repository/src/test/resources/JpaMetadataSpec-test.xml
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa-1.0.xsd">
 
+  <jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL"/>
+
   <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
     <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSource"/>
     <property name="jpaVendorAdapter">
@@ -18,9 +20,14 @@
     <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="jpa.sample"/>
     <property name="persistenceXmlLocation" value="/JpaMetadataSpec-persistence.xml"/>
   </bean>
+  <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
+    <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
+  </bean>
 
-  <jdbc:embedded-database id="dataSource" type="HSQL"/>
+  <jpa:repositories base-package="org.springframework.data.rest.repository.test"/>
 
-  <jpa:repositories base-package="org.springframework.data.rest.repository.spec"/>
+  <bean class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.support.PersistenceAnnotationBeanPostProcessor"/>
+
+  <bean id="jpaRepositoryMetadata" class="org.springframework.data.rest.repository.JpaRepositoryMetadata"/>
 
 </beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/repositories.xml b/rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/repositories.xml
deleted file mode 100644
index efac5558f..000000000
--- a/rest/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/repositories.xml
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,8 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
-       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">
-
-  <import resource="classpath:META-INF/spring-data-rest/**/*-export.xml"/>
-
-</beans>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/rest/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/spec/RepositoryRestControllerSpec.groovy b/rest/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/spec/RepositoryRestControllerSpec.groovy
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..1d7c0aa5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/rest/src/test/groovy/org/springframework/data/rest/mvc/spec/RepositoryRestControllerSpec.groovy
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+package org.springframework.data.rest.mvc.spec
+
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ObjectMapper
+import org.codehaus.jackson.map.ser.CustomSerializerFactory
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.SimpleLink
+import org.springframework.data.rest.core.util.FluentBeanSerializer
+import org.springframework.data.rest.mvc.RepositoryRestConfiguration
+import org.springframework.data.rest.mvc.RepositoryRestController
+import org.springframework.data.rest.mvc.RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus
+import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration
+import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional
+import org.springframework.ui.ExtendedModelMap
+import spock.lang.Shared
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+/**
+ * @author Jon Brisbin <jon@jbrisbin.com>
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration(classes = [RepositoryRestConfiguration, RepositoryRestMvcConfiguration])
+class RepositoryRestControllerSpec extends Specification {
+
+  @Shared
+  ObjectMapper mapper = new ObjectMapper()
+  @Autowired
+  URI baseUri
+  @Autowired
+  RepositoryRestController controller
+
+  ServletServerHttpRequest createRequest(String method, String path) {
+    return new ServletServerHttpRequest(new MockHttpServletRequest(
+        serverPort: 8080,
+        requestURI: "/data/$path",
+        method: method
+    ))
+  }
+
+  Map GET(String path) {
+    def request = createRequest("GET", path)
+    def model = new ExtendedModelMap()
+    controller.get(request, model)
+    return model
+  }
+
+  def setupSpec() {
+    def customSerializerFactory = new CustomSerializerFactory()
+    customSerializerFactory.addSpecificMapping(SimpleLink, new FluentBeanSerializer(SimpleLink))
+    mapper.setSerializerFactory(customSerializerFactory)
+  }
+
+  @Transactional
+  def "responds to GET"() {
+
+    when:
+    def repos = GET("")
+    def reposLinks = repos.resource?._links
+
+    then:
+    repos.status == HttpStatus.OK
+    reposLinks?.size() == 3
+
+    when:
+    def persons = GET("person")
+    def personsLinks = persons.resource?._links
+
+    then:
+    persons.status == HttpStatus.OK
+    personsLinks[0].href().toString() == "http://localhost:8080/data/person/1"
+
+    when:
+    def person = GET("person/1")
+
+    then:
+    person?.resource.name == "John Doe"
+
+    when:
+    def profiles = GET("person/1/profiles")
+    def profilesLinks = profiles?.resource.profiles
+
+    then:
+    profilesLinks.size() == 2
+
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/rest/src/test/resouces/logback.xml b/rest/src/test/resouces/logback.xml
index 77311749e..1f37e36a0 100644
--- a/rest/src/test/resouces/logback.xml
+++ b/rest/src/test/resouces/logback.xml
@@ -9,8 +9,7 @@
   </appender>
 
   <logger name="org.springframework.data.rest" level="DEBUG"/>
-  <logger name="org.springframework.data" level="DEBUG"/>
-  <logger name="org.springframework" level="INFO"/>
+  <logger name="org.springframework.data" level="INFO"/>
 
   <root level="INFO">
     <appender-ref ref="stdout"/>