The following chapters explain the core functionality offered by Spring Data GemFire.

Chapter 5, Bootstrapping GemFire through the Spring Container describes the configuration support provided for bootstrapping, configuring, initializing and accessing GemFire Caches, Cache Servers, Regions, and related Distributed System components.

Chapter 6, Working with the GemFire APIs explains the integration between the GemFire APIs and the various data access features available in Spring, such as transaction management and exception translation.

Chapter 7, Working with GemFire Serialization describes the enhancements for GemFire (de)serialization and management of associated objects.

Chapter 8, POJO mapping describes persistence mapping for POJOs stored in GemFire using Spring Data.

Chapter 9, GemFire Repositories describes how to create and use GemFire Repositories using Spring Data.

Chapter 10, Annotation Support for Function Execution describes how to create and use GemFire Functions using annotations.

Chapter 11, Bootstrapping a Spring ApplicationContext in GemFire describes how to bootstrap a Spring ApplicationContext running in a GemFire Server using Gfsh.

Chapter 12, Sample Applications describes the samples provided with the distribution to illustrate the various features available in Spring Data GemFire.