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:spring-docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/ :sbdg-docs: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot-data-geode-build/current/reference/html5/ :sbdg-javadoc: https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot-data-geode-build/current/api/ :sbdg-version: 2.0.0-M5 :spring-boot-version: 3.0.0-M5 :geode-javadoc: https://geode.apache.org/releases/latest/javadoc :geode-name: Apache Geode :gemfire-name: VMware Tanzu GemFire

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[[about]] == Spring Boot for {geode-name}

Spring Boot for {geode-name} (SBDG) extends https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/[_Spring Boot_] to also include auto-configuration and other convention & configuration features to simplify the development of Spring applications using https://geode.apache.org/[{geode-name}].

This project builds on https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot[Spring Boot] along with https://spring.io/projects/spring-data-geode[_Spring Data for {geode-name}] (SDG), https://spring.io/projects/spring-session-data-geode[_Spring Session for {geode-name}] (SSDG) and https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-test-data-geode[_Spring Test for {geode-name}_] (STDG).

[[notice]] == NOTICE

[[notice-2023-january]] 2023-January-17:

At the end of 2022, VMware https://tanzu.vmware.com/content/blog/spring-for-vmware-gemfire-is-now-available[announced] the general availability of the Spring for VMware GemFire portfolio of projects.

While these Spring based projects for VMware GemFire are open source and a succession to the Spring for Apache Geode projects, they are not a replacement. VMware GemFire forked from the Apache Geode project and is not open source. Additionally, newer Apache Geode and VMware GemFire clients are not backwards compatible with older Apache Geode and VMware GemFire servers. You can begin the transition by starting https://docs.vmware.com/en/Spring-Boot-for-VMware-GemFire/index.html[here].

Alternatively, the Spring portfolio provides first-class https://docs.spring.io/spring-boot/docs/current/reference/html/io.html#io.caching.provider[integration] with other comparable caching providers. Also, see https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/integration.html#cache-store-configuration[here] and https://docs.spring.io/spring-framework/docs/current/reference/html/integration.html#cache-plug[here].

Finally, keep in mind, the Spring for Apache Geode projects will still be maintained until OSS and commercial support ends. Maintenance will only include CVE and critical fixes. No new features or major enhancements will be made. The Spring Boot for Apache Geode support timelines can be viewed https://spring.io/projects/spring-boot#support[here]. Also see the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot-data-geode/wiki/Spring-Boot-for-Apache-Geode-and-VMware-Tanzu-GemFire-Version-Compatibility-Matrix[Version Compatibility Matrix] for up-to-date dependency and version details.

[[notice-2022-october]] 2022-October-24:

See the October 24th https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-geode#notice[NOTICE] on the Spring Data for Apache Geode GitHub project page for complete details.

[[project-features]] === Project Features

SBDG adds dedicated Spring Boot auto-configuration and actuator support for https://geode.apache.org/[{geode-name}] and integrates with other Spring projects in addition to 3rd-party Java libraries.

Among other things, this project builds on https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/[_Spring Boot_] and https://projects.spring.io/spring-data-geode/[_Spring Data for {geode-name}_] (SDG) to offer:

Auto-configures an {geode-name} {geode-javadoc}/org/apache/geode/cache/client/ClientCache.html[ClientCache] instance automatically when Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) is on the application's CLASSPATH.
Auto-configures {geode-name} as a caching provider in {spring-docs}integration.html#cache[Spring's Cache Abstraction] when Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) is on the application's CLASSPATH to solve caching uses cases.
Auto-configures Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) {sbdg-docs}#geode-repositories[Repositories] when Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) is on the application's CLASSPATH and Spring Boot detects SDG Repositories in your Spring Boot application to solve persistent use cases.
Auto-configures {geode-name} {sbdg-docs}#geode-functions[Functions] when Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) is on the application's CLASSPATH and Spring Boot auto-detects SDG Function implementations or executions to solve distributed compute problems.
Auto-configures {geode-name} {sbdg-docs}#geode-continuous-query[CQ] when Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) is on the application's CLASSPATH and Spring Boot auto-detects SDG CQ query declarations on application components to solve (near) realtime event stream processing use cases.
Auto-configures {geode-name} as a {sbdg-docs}#geode-session[HTTP Session state management provider] when Spring Session for {geode-name} (SSDG) is on the application's CLASSPATH.
Auto-configures {geode-name} {sbdg-docs}#geode-security[Security] including {sbdg-docs}#geode-security-auth[Authentication & Authorization (Auth)] as well as {sbdg-docs}#geode-security-ssl[Transport Layer Security (TLS) using SSL].
Provides additional support for Spring Boot and Spring Data for {geode-name} applications deployed to {sbdg-docs}#cloudfoundry[VMware Tanzu Application Service (TAS)] using {gemfire-name} for VMs.
Provides first-class support for Unit & Integration Testing in your Spring Boot applications using {geode-name} with Spring Test for {geode-name} (STDG).

This, along with many other benefits, are provided by this project.

[[learn]] === Learn

The following SBDG versions are currently maintained and developed.

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The following SBDG versions have reached their End-of-Life (EOL).

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See Spring Boot's https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Supported-Versions#releases[Releases] in the https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot/wiki/Supported-Versions[Support Versions] Wiki page for more details.

[[get-started]] === Get Started!

To start using SBDG immediately, simply add the following dependency to your Spring Boot application Maven POM or Gradle build file:

.SBDG Maven POM dependency
[subs="verbatim,attributes"]
[source,xml]

.SBDG Gradle build dependency
[subs="verbatim,attributes"]
[source,groovy]

dependencies {
compile "org.springframework.geode:spring-geode-starter:{sbdg-version}"
}

If you are using a SNAPSHOT or MILESTONE version of SBDG, perhaps to pick up a bug fix, improvement or new feature, be sure to declare the appropriate Spring Repository. For example, the when using a MILESTONE (e.g. M1), declare the Spring Milestone Repository.

.Spring Milestone Repository declared in Maven POM
[source,xml]

.Spring Milestone Repository declare in `build.gradle`
[source,groovy]

repositories {
maven { url "https://repo.spring.io/milestone" }
}

NOTE: To use a SNAPSHOT, simply change the URL from https://repo.spring.io/milestone to https://repo.spring.io/snapshot.

NOTE: Spring SNAPSHOT and MILESTONE artifacts are not published to Maven Central. Only GA release bits are published to Maven Central. When using GA bits, you do not need to declare a Repository for Maven Central when using Maven. You do need to declare mavenCentral() when using Gradle.

[[get-started-spring-initializer]] ==== Getting Started with Spring Initializer

To make the task of creating a project even easier, the Spring Team recommends that you start at https://start.spring.io[start.spring.io].

Use this https://start.spring.io/#!platformVersion={spring-boot-version}&dependencies=geode[link] to create a Spring Boot project using {geode-name}.

In addition to declaring the SBDG dependency, org.springframework.geode:spring-geode-starter, the Maven POM or Gradle build file generated with Spring Initializer at start.spring.io includes the SBDG BOM, conveniently declared in a dependency management block in both Maven and Gradle projects. This is convenient when you anticipate that you will need to use more than 1 SBDG module.

For example, if you will also be using the org.springframework.geode:spring-geode-starter-session module for your (HTTP) Session management needs, or perhaps the org.springframework.geode:spring-geode-starter-test module to write Unit & Integration Tests for your Spring Boot, {geode-name} applications, then you can simply add the dependency and let the BOM manage the version for you. This also makes it easier to switch versions without having to change all the dependencies; simply change the version of the BOM.

[[get-started-application]] ==== Simple Spring Boot, {geode-name} application

In this section, we build a really simple Spring Boot application using {geode-name} showing you how to get started quickly, easily and reliably.

For our example, we will create and persist a User to {geode-name}, then lookup the User by name.

We start by defining our User application domain model class.

.User class
[source,java]

@Getter @ToString @EqualsAndHashCode @RequiredArgsConstructor @Region("Users") class User {

@lombok.NonNull @Id
private final String name;

}

We use https://projectlombok.org/[Project Lombok] to simplify the implementation of our User class. Otherwise, the only requirement to store Users in {geode-name} is to declare the User to data store mapping. We do this by annotating the User class with the SDG @Region mapping annotation along with declaring the User.name property to be the ID of User instances.

By declaring the @Region mapping annotation we are stating that instances of User will be stored in an {geode-name} cache Region named "Users". The Spring Data @Id annotation serves to declare the identifier for a User object stored in {geode-name}. This is not unlike JPA's @javax.persistence.Table and @javax.persistence.Id mapping annotations.

NOTE: An {geode-name} Region is equivalent to a database table and the cache is equivalent to a database schema. A database schema is a namespace for a collection of tables whereas an {geode-name} cache is a namespace for a group of Regions that hold the data. Each data store has its own data structure to organize and manage data. An RDBMS uses a tabular data structure. Graph databases use a graph. Well, {geode-name} uses a Region, which is simply a key/value data structure, or a map. In fact, an {geode-name} Region implements java.util.Map (indirectly) and is essentially a distributed, horizontally scalable, highly concurrent, low-latency (among other things) Map implementation.

Next, let's define a Spring Data CrudRepository to persist and access Users stored in {geode-name}.

.UserRepository
[source,java]

interface UserRepository extends CrudRepository<User, String> { }

Finally, let's create a Spring Boot application to tie everything together.

.Spring Boot, {geode-name} application
[source,java]

@Slf4j @SpringBootApplication @EnableClusterAware @EnableEntityDefinedRegions(basePackageClasses = User.class) public class UserApplication {

public static void main(String[] args) {
	SpringApplication.run(UserApplication.class, args);
}

@Bean
@SuppressWarnings("unused")
ApplicationRunner runner(UserRepository userRepository) {

	return args -> {

		long count = userRepository.count();

		assertThat(count).isZero();

		log.info("Number of Users [{}]", count);

		User jonDoe = new User("jonDoe");

		log.info("Created User [{}]", jonDoe);

		userRepository.save(jonDoe);

		log.info("Saved User [{}]", jonDoe);

		count = userRepository.count();

		assertThat(count).isOne();

		log.info("Number of Users [{}]", count);

		User jonDoeFoundById = userRepository.findById(jonDoe.getName()).orElse(null);

		assertThat(jonDoeFoundById).isEqualTo(jonDoe);

		log.info("Found User by ID (name) [{}]", jonDoeFoundById);
	};
}

}

@Getter @ToString @EqualsAndHashCode @RequiredArgsConstructor @Region("Users") class User {

@lombok.NonNull @Id
private final String name;

}

interface UserRepository extends CrudRepository<User, String> { }

The UserApplication class is annotated with @SpringBootApplication making it a proper Spring Boot application. With SBDG on the classpath, this effectively makes our application an {geode-name} application as well. SBDG will auto-configure an {geode-name} ClientCache instance by default when SBDG is on the application classpath.

With the SDG @Region mapping annotation, we declared that instances of User will be stored in the "Users" Region. However, we have not yet created a "Users" Region. This is where the @EnableEntityDefinedRegions annotation comes in handy. Like JPA/Hibernate's ability to create database tables from our @Entity declared classes, SDG's @EnableEntityDefinedRegions annotation scans the classpath for application entity classes (e.g. User) and detects any classes annotated with @Region in order to create the named Region required by the application to persist data. The basePackageClasses attribute is a type-safe way to limit the scope of the scan.

While useful and convenient during development, @EnableEntityDefinedRegions was not made into an auto-configuration feature by default since there are many ways to define and configure a Region, which varies from data type to data type (e.g. transactional data vs. reference data), and varies greatly by use case and requirements.

We make use of 1 more powerful annotation, SBDG's @EnableClusterAware, which allows you to switch between local-only, embedded development to a client/server topology with no code or configuration changes.

TIP: You can learn more about the @EnableClusterAware annotation in SBDG's reference documentation (see {sbdg-docs}#geode-configuration-declarative-annotations-productivity-enableclusteraware[here] and in the {sbdg-docs}guides/getting-started.html[Getting Started] Sample).

Our Java main method uses Spring Boot's SpringApplication class to bootstrap the the {geode-name} ClientCache application.

Finally, we declare an ApplicationRunner bean to persist a User and then lookup the stored User by ID (or "name"). Along the way, we log the operations to see the application in action.

.Example application log output (formatted to fit this screen)
[source,text]

...
2021-01-26 20:46:34.842 INFO 33218 --- [main] example.app.user.UserApplication : Started UserApplication in 4.561 seconds (JVM running for 5.152)
2021-01-26 20:46:34.996 INFO 33218 --- [main] example.app.user.UserApplication : Number of Users [0]
2021-01-26 20:46:34.996 INFO 33218 --- [main] example.app.user.UserApplication : Created User [User(name=jonDoe)]
2021-01-26 20:46:35.025 INFO 33218 --- [main] example.app.user.UserApplication : Saved User [User(name=jonDoe)]
2021-01-26 20:46:35.027 INFO 33218 --- [main] example.app.user.UserApplication : Number of Users [1]
2021-01-26 20:46:35.029 INFO 33218 --- [main] example.app.user.UserApplication : Found User by ID (name) [User(name=jonDoe)]
...

That's it! That's all!

We have just created a simple Spring Boot application using {geode-name} to persist and access data.

[[get-started-next]] ===== Where To Next

To continue your journey of learning, see the {sbdg-docs}[Reference Documentation] and jump into the <> below.

[[examples]] === Examples

The single, most relevant "source of truth" on how to get started quickly, easily and reliably, using Spring Boot for {geode-name} (SBDG) to solve problems, is to start with the {sbdg-docs}#geode-samples[Samples]. There, you will find different examples with documentation and code showing you how to use SBDG to effectively handle specific application concerns, like Caching.

Additionally, there are examples that walk you through the evolution of SBDG to really showcase what SBDG affords you. The examples start by building a simple Spring Boot application using {geode-name}'s API only. Then, the app is rebuilt using Spring Data for {geode-name} (SDG) to show the simplifications that SDG brings to the table. Finally, the app is rebuilt once more using SBDG to demonstrate the full power of {geode-name} when combined with Spring Boot. The examples can be found in the https://github.com/kohlmu-pivotal/PCCDemo[PCCDemo] GitHub repository. Each app can be deployed to Pivotal CloudFoundry (PCF) and bound to a Pivotal Cloud Cache (PCC) service instance. By using SBDG, little to no code or configuration changes are required to run the app locally and then later deploy the same app to a managed environment like PCF. It just works!

Then, there is the https://github.com/jxblum/temperature-service/tree/using-spring-boot[Temperature Service] example app showcasing an Internet of Things (IoT) and Event Stream Processing (ESP) Use Case to manage Temperature Sensors and Monitors, powered by {geode-name} with the help of SBDG to make the application configuration and implementation as simple as can be.

[[spring-boot-project-site]] == Spring Boot Project Site

You can find documentation, issue management, support, samples, and guides for using Spring Boot at https://projects.spring.io/spring-boot/

[[code-of-conduct]] == Code of Conduct

Please see our https://github.com/spring-projects/.github/blob/master/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.md[code of conduct]

[[report-security-vulnerability]] == Reporting Security Vulnerabilities

Please see our https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-boot-data-geode/security/policy[Security policy].

[[license]] == License

Spring Boot and Spring Boot for {geode-name} is Open Source Software released under the https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html[Apache 2.0 license].

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