DATAMONGO-873 - Prepare next development iteration.

DATAMONGO-873 - Release version 1.3.5.RELEASE.
DATAMONGO-873 - Prepare release 1.3.5.RELEASE.
2014-03-10 06:10:39 -07:00 · 2014-03-10 06:10:36 -07:00 · 2014-03-10 13:56:32 +01:00 · 2014-03-10 13:13:40 +01:00 · 2014-03-06 13:55:14 +01:00 · 2014-03-05 10:23:11 +01:00
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--- a/CONTRIBUTING.MD
+++ b/CONTRIBUTING.MD
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+You find the contribution guidelines for Spring Data projects [here](https://github.com/spring-projects/spring-data-build/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md).
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,149 +1,141 @@
-Spring Data - Document
-======================
+# Spring Data MongoDB

 The primary goal of the [Spring Data](http://www.springsource.org/spring-data) project is to make it easier to build Spring-powered applications that use new data access technologies such as non-relational databases, map-reduce frameworks, and cloud based data services.
-As the name implies, the **Document** modules provides integration with document databases such as [MongoDB](http://www.mongodb.org/) and [CouchDB](http://couchdb.apache.org/).

-Getting Help
------------
+The Spring Data MongoDB project aims to provide a familiar and consistent Spring-based programming model for new datastores while retaining store-specific features and capabilities. The Spring Data MongoDB project provides integration with the MongoDB document database. Key functional areas of Spring Data MongoDB are a POJO centric model for interacting with a MongoDB DBCollection and easily writing a repository style data access layer.

-At this point your best bet is to look at the Look at the [JavaDocs](http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-document/docs/1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/spring-data-mongodb/apidocs/) for MongoDB integration and corresponding and source code. For more detailed questions, use the [forum](http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=80). If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Data, look for information about [Spring projects](http://www.springsource.org/projects). 
+## Getting Help

-The [User Guide](http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-document/docs/1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT/reference/html/) (A work in progress). 
+For a comprehensive treatment of all the Spring Data MongoDB features, please refer to:
+
+* the [User Guide](http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-mongodb/docs/current/reference/html/) 
+* the [JavaDocs](http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-mongodb/docs/current/api/) have extensive comments in them as well.
+* the home page of [Spring Data MongoDB](http://www.springsource.org/spring-data/mongodb) contains links to articles and other resources.
+* for more detailed questions, use the [forum](http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=80). 
+
+If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Data, look for information about [Spring projects](http://www.springsource.org/projects). 


+## Quick Start

-Quick Start
-----------
+### Maven configuration

-## MongoDB
+Add the Maven dependency:

-For those in a hurry:
+```xml
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+  <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+  <version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
+</dependency>
+```

+If you'd rather like the latest snapshots of the upcoming major version, use our Maven snapshot repository and declare the appropriate dependency version.

-* Download the jar through Maven:
+```xml
+<dependency>
+  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+  <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+  <version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+</dependency>

-      <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-        <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
-      </dependency> 
-
-
-      <repository>
-        <id>spring-maven-snapshot</id>
-        <snapshots><enabled>true</enabled></snapshots>
-        <name>Springframework Maven SNAPSHOT Repository</name>
-        <url>http://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-      </repository> 
+<repository>
+  <id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
+  <name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
+  <url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-snapshot</url>
+</repository>
+```

 ### MongoTemplate
-MongoTemplate is the central support class for Mongo database operations.  It provides
+
+MongoTemplate is the central support class for Mongo database operations. It provides:

 * Basic POJO mapping support to and from BSON
-* Connection Affinity callback
+* Convenience methods to interact with the store (insert object, update objects) and MongoDB specific ones (geo-spatial operations, upserts, map-reduce etc.)
+* Connection affinity callback
 * Exception translation into Spring's [technology agnostic DAO exception hierarchy](http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/dao.html#dao-exceptions).

-Future plans are to support optional logging and/or exception throwing based on WriteResult return value, common map-reduce operations, GridFS operations.  A simple API for partial document updates is also planned.
+### Spring Data repositories

-### Easy Data Repository generation
+To simplify the creation of data repositories Spring Data MongoDB provides a generic repository programming model. It will automatically create a repository proxy for you that adds implementations of finder methods you specify on an interface.  

-To simplify the creation of Data Repositories a generic Repository interface and default implementation is provided.  Furthermore, Spring will automatically create a Repository implementation for you that adds implementations of finder methods you specify on an interface.  
+For example, given a `Person` class with first and last name properties, a `PersonRepository` interface that can query for `Person` by last name and when the first name matches a like expression is shown below:

-The Repository interface is
+```java
+public interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long> {

-        public interface Repository<T, ID extends Serializable> { 
+  List<Person> findByLastname(String lastname);

-          T save(T entity);
+  List<Person> findByFirstnameLike(String firstname);
+}
+```

-          List<T> save(Iterable<? extends T> entities);
+The queries issued on execution will be derived from the method name. Extending `CrudRepository` causes CRUD methods being pulled into the interface so that you can easily save and find single entities and collections of them.

-          T findById(ID id);
+You can have Spring automatically create a proxy for the interface by using the following JavaConfig:

-          boolean exists(ID id);
+```java
+@Configuration
+@EnableMongoRepositories
+class ApplicationConfig extends AbstractMongoConfiguration {

-          List<T> findAll();
+  @Override
+  public Mongo mongo() throws Exception {
+    return new Mongo();
+  }

-          Long count();
+  @Override
+  protected String getDatabaseName() {
+    return "springdata";
+  }
+}
+```

-          void delete(T entity);
+This sets up a connection to a local MongoDB instance and enables the detection of Spring Data repositories (through `@EnableMongoRepositories`). The same configuration would look like this in XML:

-          void delete(Iterable<? extends T> entities);
+```xml
+<bean id="template" class="org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.MongoTemplate">
+  <constructor-arg>
+    <bean class="com.mongodb.Mongo">
+       <constructor-arg value="localhost" />
+       <constructor-arg value="27017" />
+    </bean>
+  </constructor-arg>
+  <constructor-arg value="database" />
+</bean>

-          void deleteAll();
-        }
+<mongo:repositories base-package="com.acme.repository" />
+```

+This will find the repository interface and register a proxy object in the container. You can use it as shown below:

-The MongoRepository extends Repository and will in future add more Mongo specific methods.
+```java
+@Service
+public class MyService {

-    public interface MongoRepository<T, ID extends Serializable> extends
-        Repository<T, ID> {
-    }
+  private final PersonRepository repository;

-SimpleMongoRepository is the out of the box implementation of the MongoRepository you can use for basid CRUD operations.  
+  @Autowired
+  public MyService(PersonRepository repository) {
+    this.repository = repository;
+  }

-To go beyond basic CRUD, extend the MongoRepository interface and supply your own finder methods that follow simple naming conventions such that they can be easily converted into queries.  
+  public void doWork() {

-For example, given a Person class with first and last name properties, a PersonRepository interface that can query for Person by last name and when the first name matches a regular expression is shown below
+     repository.deleteAll();

-    public interface PersonRepository extends MongoRepository<Person, Long> {
+     Person person = new Person();
+     person.setFirstname("Oliver");
+     person.setLastname("Gierke");
+     person = repository.save(person);

-      List<Person> findByLastname(String lastname);
+     List<Person> lastNameResults = repository.findByLastname("Gierke");
+     List<Person> firstNameResults = repository.findByFirstnameLike("Oli*");
+ }
+}
+```

-      List<Person> findByFirstnameLike(String firstname);
-    }
-
-You can have Spring automatically generate the implemention as shown below
-
-        <bean id="template" class="org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.MongoTemplate">
-                <constructor-arg>
-                        <bean class="com.mongodb.Mongo">
-                                <constructor-arg value="localhost" />
-                                <constructor-arg value="27017" />
-                        </bean>
-                </constructor-arg>
-                <constructor-arg value="database" />
-                <property name="defaultCollectionName" value="springdata" />
-        </bean>
-
-        <bean class="org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.repository.MongoRepositoryFactoryBean">
-                <property name="template" ref="template" />
-                <property name="repositoryInterface" value="org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.repository.PersonRepository" />
-        </bean>
-
-This will register an object in the container named PersonRepository.  You can use it as shown below
-
-     @Service
-     public class MyService {
-
-        @Autowired
-        PersonRepository repository;
-
-
-        public void doWork() {
-
-           repository.deleteAll();
-
-           Person person = new Person();
-           person.setFirstname("Oliver");
-           person.setLastname("Gierke");
-           person = repository.save(person);
-
-           List<Person> lastNameResults = repository.findByLastname("Gierke");
-
-           List<Person> firstNameResults = repository.findByFirstnameLike("Oli*");
-
-       }
-    }
-
-
-## CouchDB
-
-TBD
-
-
-Contributing to Spring Data
---------------------------
+## Contributing to Spring Data

 Here are some ways for you to get involved in the community:

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@@ -1,291 +1,128 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-  <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-dist</artifactId>
-  <name>Spring Data MongoDB Distribution</name>
-  <version>1.1.0.M1</version>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <modules>
-    <module>spring-data-mongodb</module>
-    <module>spring-data-mongodb-cross-store</module>
-    <module>spring-data-mongodb-log4j</module>
-    <module>spring-data-mongodb-parent</module>
-  </modules>
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-  <developers>
-    <developer>
-      <id>trisberg</id>
-      <name>Thomas Risberg</name>
-      <email>trisberg at vmware.com</email>
-      <organization>SpringSource</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.SpringSource.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Project Admin</role>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>mpollack</id>
-      <name>Mark Pollack</name>
-      <email>mpollack at vmware.com</email>
-      <organization>SpringSource</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.SpringSource.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Project Admin</role>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-5</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>ogierke</id>
-      <name>Oliver Gierke</name>
-      <email>ogierke at vmware.com</email>
-      <organization>SpringSource</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.springsource.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>+1</timezone>
-    </developer>
-    <developer>
-      <id>jbrisbin</id>
-      <name>Jon Brisbin</name>
-      <email>jbrisbin at vmware.com</email>
-      <organization>SpringSource</organization>
-      <organizationUrl>http://www.springsource.com</organizationUrl>
-      <roles>
-        <role>Developer</role>
-      </roles>
-      <timezone>-6</timezone>
-    </developer>
-  </developers>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
+	<version>1.3.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>

-  <licenses>
-    <license>
-      <name>Apache License, Version 2.0</name>
-      <url>http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0</url>
-      <comments>
-        Copyright 2010 the original author or authors.
+	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
+	<description>MongoDB support for Spring Data</description>
+	<url>http://projects.spring.io/spring-data-mongodb</url>

-        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
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.2.2.RELEASE</version>
+		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+	
+	<modules>
+		<module>spring-data-mongodb</module>
+		<module>spring-data-mongodb-cross-store</module>
+		<module>spring-data-mongodb-log4j</module>
+		<module>spring-data-mongodb-distribution</module>
+	</modules>

-        http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+	<properties>
+		<project.type>multi</project.type>
+		<dist.id>spring-data-mongodb</dist.id>
+		<springdata.commons>1.6.5.RELEASE</springdata.commons>
+		<mongo>2.10.1</mongo>
+	</properties>
+	
+	<developers>
+		<developer>
+			<id>ogierke</id>
+			<name>Oliver Gierke</name>
+			<email>ogierke at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>Project Lean</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>+1</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>trisberg</id>
+			<name>Thomas Risberg</name>
+			<email>trisberg at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>Developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-5</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>mpollack</id>
+			<name>Mark Pollack</name>
+			<email>mpollack at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>Developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-5</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>jbrisbin</id>
+			<name>Jon Brisbin</name>
+			<email>jbrisbin at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>Developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>-6</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>tdarimont</id>
+			<name>Thomas Darimont</name>
+			<email>tdarimont at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>Developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>+1</timezone>
+		</developer>
+		<developer>
+			<id>cstrobl</id>
+			<name>Christoph Strobl</name>
+			<email>cstrobl at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
+			<roles>
+				<role>Developer</role>
+			</roles>
+			<timezone>+1</timezone>
+		</developer>
+	</developers>

-        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.
-      </comments>
-    </license>
-  </licenses>
-
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <!-- dist.* properties are used by the antrun tasks below -->
-    <dist.id>spring-data-mongo</dist.id>
-    <dist.name>Spring Data Mongo</dist.name>
-    <dist.key>SDMONGO</dist.key>
-    <dist.version>${project.version}</dist.version>
-    <dist.releaseType>snapshot</dist.releaseType>
-    <dist.finalName>${dist.id}-${dist.version}</dist.finalName>
-    <dist.fileName>${dist.finalName}.zip</dist.fileName>
-    <dist.filePath>target/${dist.fileName}</dist.filePath>
-    <dist.bucketName>dist.springframework.org</dist.bucketName>
-    <!-- these properties should be in ~/.m2/settings.xml
-      <dist.accessKey>s3 access key</dist.accessKey>
-      <dist.secretKey>s3 secret key</dist.secretKey>
-      -->
-  </properties>
-
-  <build>
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-        <groupId>org.springframework.build.aws</groupId>
-        <artifactId>org.springframework.build.aws.maven</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
-
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.agilejava.docbkx</groupId>
-        <artifactId>docbkx-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-	<!-- yes it really needs to be this (2.0.7) otherwise pdf generation from a clean build doesn't work -->
-        <version>2.0.7</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>generate-html</goal>
-              <goal>generate-pdf</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>pre-site</phase>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.docbook</groupId>
-            <artifactId>docbook-xml</artifactId>
-            <version>4.4</version>
-            <scope>runtime</scope>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-        <configuration>
-          <includes>index.xml</includes>
-          <xincludeSupported>true</xincludeSupported>
-          <foCustomization>${project.basedir}/src/docbkx/resources/xsl/fopdf.xsl</foCustomization>
-          <htmlStylesheet>css/html.css</htmlStylesheet>
-          <chunkedOutput>false</chunkedOutput>
-          <htmlCustomization>${project.basedir}/src/docbkx/resources/xsl/html.xsl</htmlCustomization>
-          <useExtensions>1</useExtensions>
-          <highlightSource>1</highlightSource>
-          <highlightDefaultLanguage />
-          <!-- callouts -->
-          <entities>
-            <entity>
-              <name>version</name>
-              <value>${project.version}</value>
-            </entity>
-          </entities>
-          <postProcess>
-            <copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference">
-              <fileset dir="${project.basedir}/target/docbkx">
-                <include name="**/*.html" />
-                <include name="**/*.pdf" />
-              </fileset>
-            </copy>
-            <copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/html">
-              <fileset dir="${project.basedir}/src/docbkx/resources">
-                <include name="**/*.css" />
-                <include name="**/*.png" />
-                <include name="**/*.gif" />
-                <include name="**/*.jpg" />
-              </fileset>
-            </copy>
-            <copy todir="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/html">
-              <fileset dir="${project.basedir}/src/docbkx/resources/images">
-                <include name="*.png" />
-              </fileset>
-            </copy>
-            <move file="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/index.pdf" tofile="${project.basedir}/target/site/reference/pdf/spring-data-mongo-reference.pdf" failonerror="false" />
-          </postProcess>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-javadoc-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.5</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <aggregate>true</aggregate>
-          <breakiterator>true</breakiterator>
-          <header>Spring Data Document</header>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <quiet>true</quiet>
-          <javadocDirectory>${project.basedir}/src/main/javadoc</javadocDirectory>
-          <overview>${project.basedir}/src/main/javadoc/overview.html</overview>
-          <stylesheetfile>${project.basedir}/src/main/javadoc/spring-javadoc.css</stylesheetfile>
-          <!-- copies doc-files subdirectory which contains image resources -->
-          <docfilessubdirs>true</docfilessubdirs>
-          <links>
-            <link>http://static.springframework.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/javadoc-api</link>
-            <link>http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.5.0/docs/api</link>
-            <link>http://api.mongodb.org/java/2.3</link>
-          </links>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin><!--
-				run `mvn package assembly:assembly` to trigger assembly creation.
-				see http://www.sonatype.com/books/mvnref-book/reference/assemblies-set-dist-assemblies.html -->
-        <artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.2-beta-5</version>
-        <inherited>false</inherited>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>distribution</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>single</goal>
-            </goals>
-            <phase>package</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <descriptors>
-                <descriptor>${project.basedir}/src/assembly/distribution.xml</descriptor>
-              </descriptors>
-              <appendAssemblyId>false</appendAssemblyId>
-            </configuration>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-antrun-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.4</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>upload-dist</id>
-            <phase>deploy</phase>
-            <configuration>
-              <tasks>
-                <ant antfile="${basedir}/src/ant/upload-dist.xml">
-                  <target name="upload-dist" />
-                </ant>
-              </tasks>
-            </configuration>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>run</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.springframework.build</groupId>
-            <artifactId>org.springframework.build.aws.ant</artifactId>
-            <version>3.0.5.RELEASE</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>net.java.dev.jets3t</groupId>
-            <artifactId>jets3t</artifactId>
-            <version>0.7.2</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-    <!-- the name of this project is 'spring-data-mongo-dist';
-         make sure the zip file is just 'spring-data-mongo'. -->
-    <finalName>${dist.finalName}</finalName>
-  </build>
-
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <!-- Necessary for the build extension -->
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>spring-plugins-release</id>
-      <url>http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!-- see 'staging' profile for dry-run deployment settings -->
-    <downloadUrl>http://www.springsource.com/spring-data</downloadUrl>
-    <site>
-      <id>static.springframework.org</id>
-      <url>
-        scp://static.springframework.org/var/www/domains/springframework.org/static/htdocs/spring-data/data-mongodb/snapshot-site
-      </url>
-    </site>
-    <repository>
-      <id>spring-milestone</id>
-      <name>Spring Milestone Repository</name>
-      <url>s3://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>spring-snapshot</id>
-      <name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-      <url>s3://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
+	<dependencies>
+		<!-- MongoDB -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
+			<version>${mongo}</version>
+		</dependency>
+	</dependencies>
+	
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>spring-lib-snapshot</id>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+	
+	<pluginRepositories>
+ 		<pluginRepository>
+ 			<id>spring-plugins-release</id>
+ 			<url>http://repo.spring.io/plugins-release</url>
+ 		</pluginRepository>
+ 	</pluginRepositories>

 </project>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml
@@ -1,139 +1,145 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0.M1</version>
-    <relativePath>../spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-  </parent>
-  <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-cross-store</artifactId>
-  <name>Spring Data MongoDB Cross-store Persistence Support</name>
-  <dependencies>

-    <!--  Spring -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-      <version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-      <version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-      <version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
-      <version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
-    </dependency>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+	
+	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-cross-store</artifactId>
+	<name>Spring Data MongoDB - Cross-Store Persistence Support</name>
+	
+	<properties>
+		<jpa>1.0.0.Final</jpa>
+		<hibernate>3.6.10.Final</hibernate>
+	</properties>
+	
+	<dependencies>

-    <!--  Spring Data -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
-      <version>${data.commons.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-      <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-      <version>1.1.0.M1</version>
-    </dependency>
+		<!-- Spring -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
+			<exclusions>
+				<exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
+			</exclusions>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
+		</dependency>

-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-      <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-      <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>cglib</groupId>
-      <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-      <version>2.2</version>
-    </dependency>
+		<!-- Spring Data -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+			<version>1.3.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		</dependency>

-    <!-- JPA -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
-      <artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
-      <version>1.0.0.Final</version>
-    </dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+			<version>${aspectj}</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
+			<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
+			<version>2.2</version>
+		</dependency>

-  <!-- For Tests -->
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
-        <version>3.5.5-Final</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
-        <version>1.8.0.10</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
-        <artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-        <version>1.0.0.GA</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
-    <dependency>
-        <groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
-        <artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
-        <version>4.0.2.GA</version>
-        <scope>test</scope>
-    </dependency>
+		<!-- JPA -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
+			<version>${jpa}</version>
+		</dependency>

-  </dependencies>
+		<!-- For Tests -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-entitymanager</artifactId>
+			<version>${hibernate}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>hsqldb</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hsqldb</artifactId>
+			<version>1.8.0.10</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
+			<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
+			<version>1.0.0.GA</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.hibernate</groupId>
+			<artifactId>hibernate-validator</artifactId>
+			<version>4.0.2.GA</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>

-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
-        <artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>1.2</version>
-        <dependencies>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
-            <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-          <dependency>
-            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
-            <artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
-            <version>${aspectj.version}</version>
-          </dependency>
-        </dependencies>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>compile</goal>
-              <goal>test-compile</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-        <configuration>
-          <outxml>true</outxml>
-          <aspectLibraries>
-            <aspectLibrary>
-              <groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-              <artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
-            </aspectLibrary>
-            <!-- <aspectLibrary>
-              <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-              <artifactId>spring-data-commons-aspects</artifactId>
-            </aspectLibrary> -->
-          </aspectLibraries>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.4</version>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+						<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
+						<version>${aspectj}</version>
+					</dependency>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
+						<artifactId>aspectjtools</artifactId>
+						<version>${aspectj}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
+				<executions>
+					<execution>
+						<goals>
+							<goal>compile</goal>
+							<goal>test-compile</goal>
+						</goals>
+					</execution>
+				</executions>
+				<configuration>
+					<outxml>true</outxml>
+					<aspectLibraries>
+						<aspectLibrary>
+							<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
+							<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
+						</aspectLibrary>
+					</aspectLibraries>
+					<source>${source.level}</source>
+					<target>${source.level}</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>

 </project>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/MongoChangeSetPersister.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/MongoChangeSetPersister.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -17,8 +17,8 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore;

 import javax.persistence.EntityManagerFactory;

-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
@@ -34,6 +34,10 @@ import com.mongodb.DBCollection;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 import com.mongodb.MongoException;

+/**
+ * @author Thomas Risberg
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
 public class MongoChangeSetPersister implements ChangeSetPersister<Object> {

 	private static final String ENTITY_CLASS = "_entity_class";
@@ -44,7 +48,7 @@ public class MongoChangeSetPersister implements ChangeSetPersister<Object> {

 	private static final String ENTITY_FIELD_CLASS = "_entity_field_class";

-	protected final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	protected final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(getClass());

 	private MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;

@@ -58,6 +62,10 @@ public class MongoChangeSetPersister implements ChangeSetPersister<Object> {
 		this.entityManagerFactory = entityManagerFactory;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSetPersister#getPersistentState(java.lang.Class, java.lang.Object, org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSet)
+	 */
 	public void getPersistentState(Class<? extends ChangeSetBacked> entityClass, Object id, final ChangeSet changeSet)
 			throws DataAccessException, NotFoundException {

@@ -100,6 +108,10 @@ public class MongoChangeSetPersister implements ChangeSetPersister<Object> {
 		});
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSetPersister#getPersistentId(org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSetBacked, org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSet)
+	 */
 	public Object getPersistentId(ChangeSetBacked entity, ChangeSet cs) throws DataAccessException {
 		log.debug("getPersistentId called on " + entity);
 		if (entityManagerFactory == null) {
@@ -109,6 +121,10 @@ public class MongoChangeSetPersister implements ChangeSetPersister<Object> {
 		return o;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSetPersister#persistState(org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSetBacked, org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSet)
+	 */
 	public Object persistState(ChangeSetBacked entity, ChangeSet cs) throws DataAccessException {
 		if (cs == null) {
 			log.debug("Flush: changeset was null, nothing to flush.");
@@ -169,8 +185,13 @@ public class MongoChangeSetPersister implements ChangeSetPersister<Object> {
 		return 0L;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Returns the collection the given entity type shall be persisted to.
+	 * 
+	 * @param entityClass must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	private String getCollectionNameForEntity(Class<? extends ChangeSetBacked> entityClass) {
-		return ClassUtils.getQualifiedName(entityClass);
+		return mongoTemplate.getCollectionName(entityClass);
 	}
-
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/MongoDocumentBacking.aj
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/MongoDocumentBacking.aj
@@ -21,13 +21,12 @@ import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.Transient;
 import javax.persistence.Entity;

-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.aspectj.lang.JoinPoint;
 import org.aspectj.lang.reflect.FieldSignature;

+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
-
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.RelatedDocument;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.DocumentBacked;
 import org.springframework.data.crossstore.ChangeSetBackedTransactionSynchronization;
@@ -44,7 +43,7 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager
 */
 public aspect MongoDocumentBacking {

-	private static final Log LOGGER = LogFactory.getLog(MongoDocumentBacking.class);
+	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MongoDocumentBacking.class);

 	// Aspect shared config
 	private ChangeSetPersister<Object> changeSetPersister;
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/package-info.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Infrastructure for Spring Data's MongoDB cross store support.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore;
+
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/CrossStoreMongoTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/crossstore/CrossStoreMongoTests.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -18,7 +18,9 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore;
 import javax.persistence.EntityManager;
 import javax.persistence.PersistenceContext;

+import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.test.Address;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.test.Person;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.test.Resume;
-import org.springframework.test.annotation.Rollback;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 import org.springframework.transaction.PlatformTransactionManager;
@@ -35,55 +36,76 @@ import org.springframework.transaction.annotation.Transactional;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionCallback;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionTemplate;

-import com.mongodb.DBCollection;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;

+/**
+ * Integration tests for MongoDB cross-store persistence (mainly {@link MongoChangeSetPersister}).
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Risberg
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
-@ContextConfiguration(locations = "classpath:/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml")
+@ContextConfiguration("classpath:/META-INF/spring/applicationContext.xml")
 public class CrossStoreMongoTests {

 	@Autowired
-	private MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;
-
-	private EntityManager entityManager;
-
-	@Autowired
-	private PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager;
+	MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;

 	@PersistenceContext
-	public void setEntityManager(EntityManager entityManager) {
-		this.entityManager = entityManager;
+	EntityManager entityManager;
+
+	@Autowired
+	PlatformTransactionManager transactionManager;
+	TransactionTemplate txTemplate;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() {
+
+		txTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(transactionManager);
+
+		clearData(Person.class);
+
+		Address address = new Address(12, "MAin St.", "Boston", "MA", "02101");
+
+		Resume resume = new Resume();
+		resume.addEducation("Skanstulls High School, 1975");
+		resume.addEducation("Univ. of Stockholm, 1980");
+		resume.addJob("DiMark, DBA, 1990-2000");
+		resume.addJob("VMware, Developer, 2007-");
+
+		final Person person = new Person("Thomas", 20);
+		person.setAddress(address);
+		person.setResume(resume);
+		person.setId(1L);
+
+		txTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Void>() {
+			public Void doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
+				entityManager.persist(person);
+				return null;
+			}
+		});
 	}

-	private void clearData(String collectionName) {
-		DBCollection col = this.mongoTemplate.getCollection(collectionName);
-		if (col != null) {
-			this.mongoTemplate.dropCollection(collectionName);
-		}
+	@After
+	public void tearDown() {
+		txTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Void>() {
+			public Void doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
+				entityManager.remove(entityManager.find(Person.class, 1L));
+				return null;
+			}
+		});
+	}
+
+	private void clearData(Class<?> domainType) {
+
+		String collectionName = mongoTemplate.getCollectionName(domainType);
+		mongoTemplate.dropCollection(collectionName);
 	}

 	@Test
 	@Transactional
-	@Rollback(false)
-	public void testCreateJpaToMongoEntityRelationship() {
-		clearData(Person.class.getName());
-		Person p = new Person("Thomas", 20);
-		Address a = new Address(12, "MAin St.", "Boston", "MA", "02101");
-		p.setAddress(a);
-		Resume r = new Resume();
-		r.addEducation("Skanstulls High School, 1975");
-		r.addEducation("Univ. of Stockholm, 1980");
-		r.addJob("DiMark, DBA, 1990-2000");
-		r.addJob("VMware, Developer, 2007-");
-		p.setResume(r);
-		p.setId(1L);
-		entityManager.persist(p);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	@Transactional
-	@Rollback(false)
 	public void testReadJpaToMongoEntityRelationship() {
+
 		Person found = entityManager.find(Person.class, 1L);
 		Assert.assertNotNull(found);
 		Assert.assertEquals(Long.valueOf(1), found.getId());
@@ -91,15 +113,18 @@ public class CrossStoreMongoTests {
 		Assert.assertEquals(Long.valueOf(1), found.getId());
 		Assert.assertNotNull(found.getResume());
 		Assert.assertEquals("DiMark, DBA, 1990-2000" + "; " + "VMware, Developer, 2007-", found.getResume().getJobs());
-		found.getResume().addJob("SpringDeveloper.com, Consultant, 2005-2006");
-		found.setAge(44);
 	}

 	@Test
 	@Transactional
-	@Rollback(false)
 	public void testUpdatedJpaToMongoEntityRelationship() {
+
 		Person found = entityManager.find(Person.class, 1L);
+		found.setAge(44);
+		found.getResume().addJob("SpringDeveloper.com, Consultant, 2005-2006");
+
+		entityManager.merge(found);
+
 		Assert.assertNotNull(found);
 		Assert.assertEquals(Long.valueOf(1), found.getId());
 		Assert.assertNotNull(found);
@@ -111,14 +136,19 @@ public class CrossStoreMongoTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testMergeJpaEntityWithMongoDocument() {
-		TransactionTemplate txTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(transactionManager);
+
 		final Person detached = entityManager.find(Person.class, 1L);
+		entityManager.detach(detached);
 		detached.getResume().addJob("TargetRx, Developer, 2000-2005");
+
 		Person merged = txTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Person>() {
 			public Person doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
-				return entityManager.merge(detached);
+				Person result = entityManager.merge(detached);
+				entityManager.flush();
+				return result;
 			}
 		});
+
 		Assert.assertTrue(detached.getResume().getJobs().contains("TargetRx, Developer, 2000-2005"));
 		Assert.assertTrue(merged.getResume().getJobs().contains("TargetRx, Developer, 2000-2005"));
 		final Person updated = entityManager.find(Person.class, 1L);
@@ -127,7 +157,7 @@ public class CrossStoreMongoTests {

 	@Test
 	public void testRemoveJpaEntityWithMongoDocument() {
-		TransactionTemplate txTemplate = new TransactionTemplate(transactionManager);
+
 		txTemplate.execute(new TransactionCallback<Person>() {
 			public Person doInTransaction(TransactionStatus status) {
 				Person p2 = new Person("Thomas", 20);
@@ -154,8 +184,10 @@ public class CrossStoreMongoTests {
 				return null;
 			}
 		});
+
 		boolean weFound3 = false;
-		for (DBObject dbo : this.mongoTemplate.getCollection(Person.class.getName()).find()) {
+
+		for (DBObject dbo : this.mongoTemplate.getCollection(mongoTemplate.getCollectionName(Person.class)).find()) {
 			Assert.assertTrue(!dbo.get("_entity_id").equals(2L));
 			if (dbo.get("_entity_id").equals(3L)) {
 				weFound3 = true;
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -1,12 +0,0 @@
-log4j.rootCategory=INFO, stdout
-
-log4j.appender.stdout=org.apache.log4j.ConsoleAppender
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout=org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout
-log4j.appender.stdout.layout.ConversionPattern=%d{ABSOLUTE} %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n
-
-log4j.category.org.springframework=INFO
-log4j.category.org.springframework.data=TRACE
-
-log4j.category.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
-# for debugging datasource initialization
-# log4j.category.test.jdbc=DEBUG
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/test/resources/logback.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/src/test/resources/logback.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<configuration>
+
+	<appender name="console" class="ch.qos.logback.core.ConsoleAppender">
+		<encoder>
+			<pattern>%d %5p %40.40c:%4L - %m%n</pattern>
+		</encoder>
+	</appender>
+
+	<!-- 
+	<logger name="org.springframework" level="debug" />
+	 -->
+
+	<root level="error">
+		<appender-ref ref="console" />
+	</root>
+
+</configuration>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/template.mf
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/template.mf
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+Bundle-SymbolicName: org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore
+Bundle-Name: Spring Data MongoDB Cross Store Support
+Bundle-Vendor: SpringSource
+Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
+Import-Package: 
+ sun.reflect;version="0";resolution:=optional
+Export-Template:
+ org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.*;version="${project.version}"
+Import-Template: 
+ com.mongodb.*;version="0",
+ javax.persistence.*;version="${jpa:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ org.aspectj.*;version="${aspectj:[1.0.0, 2.0.0)}",
+ org.bson.*;version="0",
+ org.slf4j.*;version="${slf4j:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ org.springframework.*;version="${spring30:[=.=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ org.springframework.data.*;version="${springdata.commons:[=.=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ org.springframework.data.mongodb.*;version="${project.version:[=.=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ org.w3c.dom.*;version="0"
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-distribution</artifactId>
+
+	<packaging>pom</packaging>
+
+	<name>Spring Data MongoDB - Distribution</name>
+	<description>Distribution build for Spring Data MongoDB</description>
+
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+	</parent>
+	
+	<properties>
+		<project.root>${basedir}/..</project.root>
+		<dist.key>SDMONGO</dist.key>
+	</properties>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
+				<artifactId>wagon-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+
+</project>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/README.md
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/README.md
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ An example log entry might look like:
    {
      "_id" : ObjectId("4d89341a8ef397e06940d5cd"),
      "applicationId" : "my.application",
-      "name" : "org.springframework.data.mongodb.log4j.AppenderTest",
+      "name" : "org.springframework.data.mongodb.log4j.MongoLog4jAppenderIntegrationTests",
      "level" : "DEBUG",
      "timestamp" : ISODate("2011-03-23T16:53:46.778Z"),
      "properties" : {
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml
@@ -1,44 +1,30 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
 <project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <parent>
-    <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-    <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-    <version>1.1.0.M1</version>
-    <relativePath>../spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
-  </parent>
-  <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-log4j</artifactId>
-  <name>Spring Data MongoDB Log4J Appender</name>
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<parent>
+		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
+		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
+		<version>1.3.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
+	</parent>

-  <properties>
-    <mongo.version>2.3</mongo.version>
-  </properties>
+	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-log4j</artifactId>
+	<name>Spring Data MongoDB - Log4J Appender</name>

-  <dependencies>
+	<properties>
+		<log4j>1.2.16</log4j>
+	</properties>

-    <!-- MongoDB -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
-      <artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
-      <version>${mongo.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
+	<dependencies>

-    <!-- Logging -->
-    <dependency>
-      <groupId>log4j</groupId>
-      <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-      <version>${log4j.version}</version>
-    </dependency>
+		<!-- Logging -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${log4j}</version>
+		</dependency>

-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>com.springsource.bundlor</groupId>
-        <artifactId>com.springsource.bundlor.maven</artifactId>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </build>
+	</dependencies>

 </project>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppender.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppender.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.log4j;

 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
@@ -21,188 +20,207 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Calendar;
 import java.util.Map;

-import com.mongodb.BasicDBList;
-import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
-import com.mongodb.DB;
-import com.mongodb.Mongo;
-import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;
 import org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton;
 import org.apache.log4j.Level;
 import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
 import org.apache.log4j.PatternLayout;
 import org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent;

+import com.mongodb.BasicDBList;
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DB;
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
+import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;
+
 /**
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * Log4j appender writing log entries into a MongoDB instance.
+ * 
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public class MongoLog4jAppender extends AppenderSkeleton {

-  public static final String LEVEL = "level";
-  public static final String NAME = "name";
-  public static final String APP_ID = "applicationId";
-  public static final String TIMESTAMP = "timestamp";
-  public static final String PROPERTIES = "properties";
-  public static final String TRACEBACK = "traceback";
-  public static final String MESSAGE = "message";
-  public static final String YEAR = "year";
-  public static final String MONTH = "month";
-  public static final String DAY = "day";
-  public static final String HOUR = "hour";
+	public static final String LEVEL = "level";
+	public static final String NAME = "name";
+	public static final String APP_ID = "applicationId";
+	public static final String TIMESTAMP = "timestamp";
+	public static final String PROPERTIES = "properties";
+	public static final String TRACEBACK = "traceback";
+	public static final String MESSAGE = "message";
+	public static final String YEAR = "year";
+	public static final String MONTH = "month";
+	public static final String DAY = "day";
+	public static final String HOUR = "hour";

-  protected String host = "localhost";
-  protected int port = 27017;
-  protected String database = "logs";
-  protected String collectionPattern = "%c";
-  protected PatternLayout collectionLayout = new PatternLayout(collectionPattern);
-  protected String applicationId = System.getProperty("APPLICATION_ID", null);
-  protected WriteConcern warnOrHigherWriteConcern = WriteConcern.SAFE;
-  protected WriteConcern infoOrLowerWriteConcern = WriteConcern.NORMAL;
-  protected Mongo mongo;
-  protected DB db;
+	protected String host = "localhost";
+	protected int port = 27017;
+	protected String database = "logs";
+	protected String collectionPattern = "%c";
+	protected PatternLayout collectionLayout = new PatternLayout(collectionPattern);
+	protected String applicationId = System.getProperty("APPLICATION_ID", null);
+	protected WriteConcern warnOrHigherWriteConcern = WriteConcern.SAFE;
+	protected WriteConcern infoOrLowerWriteConcern = WriteConcern.NORMAL;
+	protected Mongo mongo;
+	protected DB db;

-  public MongoLog4jAppender() {
-  }
+	public MongoLog4jAppender() {
+	}

-  public MongoLog4jAppender(boolean isActive) {
-    super(isActive);
-  }
+	public MongoLog4jAppender(boolean isActive) {
+		super(isActive);
+	}

-  public String getHost() {
-    return host;
-  }
+	public String getHost() {
+		return host;
+	}

-  public void setHost(String host) {
-    this.host = host;
-  }
+	public void setHost(String host) {
+		this.host = host;
+	}

-  public int getPort() {
-    return port;
-  }
+	public int getPort() {
+		return port;
+	}

-  public void setPort(int port) {
-    this.port = port;
-  }
+	public void setPort(int port) {
+		this.port = port;
+	}

-  public String getDatabase() {
-    return database;
-  }
+	public String getDatabase() {
+		return database;
+	}

-  public void setDatabase(String database) {
-    this.database = database;
-  }
+	public void setDatabase(String database) {
+		this.database = database;
+	}

-  public String getCollectionPattern() {
-    return collectionPattern;
-  }
+	public String getCollectionPattern() {
+		return collectionPattern;
+	}

-  public void setCollectionPattern(String collectionPattern) {
-    this.collectionPattern = collectionPattern;
-    this.collectionLayout = new PatternLayout(collectionPattern);
-  }
+	public void setCollectionPattern(String collectionPattern) {
+		this.collectionPattern = collectionPattern;
+		this.collectionLayout = new PatternLayout(collectionPattern);
+	}

-  public String getApplicationId() {
-    return applicationId;
-  }
+	public String getApplicationId() {
+		return applicationId;
+	}

-  public void setApplicationId(String applicationId) {
-    this.applicationId = applicationId;
-  }
+	public void setApplicationId(String applicationId) {
+		this.applicationId = applicationId;
+	}

-  public void setWarnOrHigherWriteConcern(String wc) {
-    this.warnOrHigherWriteConcern = WriteConcern.valueOf(wc);
-  }
+	public void setWarnOrHigherWriteConcern(String wc) {
+		this.warnOrHigherWriteConcern = WriteConcern.valueOf(wc);
+	}

-  public String getWarnOrHigherWriteConcern() {
-    return warnOrHigherWriteConcern.toString();
-  }
+	public String getWarnOrHigherWriteConcern() {
+		return warnOrHigherWriteConcern.toString();
+	}

-  public String getInfoOrLowerWriteConcern() {
-    return infoOrLowerWriteConcern.toString();
-  }
+	public String getInfoOrLowerWriteConcern() {
+		return infoOrLowerWriteConcern.toString();
+	}

-  public void setInfoOrLowerWriteConcern(String wc) {
-    this.infoOrLowerWriteConcern = WriteConcern.valueOf(wc);
-  }
+	public void setInfoOrLowerWriteConcern(String wc) {
+		this.infoOrLowerWriteConcern = WriteConcern.valueOf(wc);
+	}

-  protected void connectToMongo() throws UnknownHostException {
-    this.mongo = new Mongo(host, port);
-    this.db = mongo.getDB(database);
-  }
+	protected void connectToMongo() throws UnknownHostException {
+		this.mongo = new Mongo(host, port);
+		this.db = mongo.getDB(database);
+	}

-  @SuppressWarnings({"unchecked"})
-  @Override
-  protected void append(final LoggingEvent event) {
-    if (null == db) {
-      try {
-        connectToMongo();
-      } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-        throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
-      }
-    }
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton#append(org.apache.log4j.spi.LoggingEvent)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked" })
+	protected void append(final LoggingEvent event) {
+		if (null == db) {
+			try {
+				connectToMongo();
+			} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
+			}
+		}

-    BasicDBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
-    if (null != applicationId) {
-      dbo.put(APP_ID, applicationId);
-      MDC.put(APP_ID, applicationId);
-    }
-    dbo.put(NAME, event.getLogger().getName());
-    dbo.put(LEVEL, event.getLevel().toString());
-    Calendar tstamp = Calendar.getInstance();
-    tstamp.setTimeInMillis(event.getTimeStamp());
-    dbo.put(TIMESTAMP, tstamp.getTime());
+		BasicDBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
+		if (null != applicationId) {
+			dbo.put(APP_ID, applicationId);
+			MDC.put(APP_ID, applicationId);
+		}
+		dbo.put(NAME, event.getLogger().getName());
+		dbo.put(LEVEL, event.getLevel().toString());
+		Calendar tstamp = Calendar.getInstance();
+		tstamp.setTimeInMillis(event.getTimeStamp());
+		dbo.put(TIMESTAMP, tstamp.getTime());

-    // Copy properties into document
-    Map<Object, Object> props = event.getProperties();
-    if (null != props && props.size() > 0) {
-      BasicDBObject propsDbo = new BasicDBObject();
-      for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : props.entrySet()) {
-        propsDbo.put(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue().toString());
-      }
-      dbo.put(PROPERTIES, propsDbo);
-    }
+		// Copy properties into document
+		Map<Object, Object> props = event.getProperties();
+		if (null != props && props.size() > 0) {
+			BasicDBObject propsDbo = new BasicDBObject();
+			for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : props.entrySet()) {
+				propsDbo.put(entry.getKey().toString(), entry.getValue().toString());
+			}
+			dbo.put(PROPERTIES, propsDbo);
+		}

-    // Copy traceback info (if there is any) into the document
-    String[] traceback = event.getThrowableStrRep();
-    if (null != traceback && traceback.length > 0) {
-      BasicDBList tbDbo = new BasicDBList();
-      tbDbo.addAll(Arrays.asList(traceback));
-      dbo.put(TRACEBACK, tbDbo);
-    }
+		// Copy traceback info (if there is any) into the document
+		String[] traceback = event.getThrowableStrRep();
+		if (null != traceback && traceback.length > 0) {
+			BasicDBList tbDbo = new BasicDBList();
+			tbDbo.addAll(Arrays.asList(traceback));
+			dbo.put(TRACEBACK, tbDbo);
+		}

-    // Put the rendered message into the document
-    dbo.put(MESSAGE, event.getRenderedMessage());
+		// Put the rendered message into the document
+		dbo.put(MESSAGE, event.getRenderedMessage());

-    // Insert the document
-    Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
-    MDC.put(YEAR, now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
-    MDC.put(MONTH, String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1));
-    MDC.put(DAY, String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)));
-    MDC.put(HOUR, String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)));
+		// Insert the document
+		Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
+		MDC.put(YEAR, now.get(Calendar.YEAR));
+		MDC.put(MONTH, String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1));
+		MDC.put(DAY, String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.DAY_OF_MONTH)));
+		MDC.put(HOUR, String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY)));

-    String coll = collectionLayout.format(event);
+		String coll = collectionLayout.format(event);

-    MDC.remove(YEAR);
-    MDC.remove(MONTH);
-    MDC.remove(DAY);
-    MDC.remove(HOUR);
-    if (null != applicationId) {
-      MDC.remove(APP_ID);
-    }
+		MDC.remove(YEAR);
+		MDC.remove(MONTH);
+		MDC.remove(DAY);
+		MDC.remove(HOUR);
+		if (null != applicationId) {
+			MDC.remove(APP_ID);
+		}

-    WriteConcern wc;
-    if (event.getLevel().isGreaterOrEqual(Level.WARN)) {
-      wc = warnOrHigherWriteConcern;
-    } else {
-      wc = infoOrLowerWriteConcern;
-    }
-    db.getCollection(coll).insert(dbo, wc);
-  }
+		WriteConcern wc;
+		if (event.getLevel().isGreaterOrEqual(Level.WARN)) {
+			wc = warnOrHigherWriteConcern;
+		} else {
+			wc = infoOrLowerWriteConcern;
+		}
+		db.getCollection(coll).insert(dbo, wc);
+	}

-  public void close() {
-    mongo.close();
-  }
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton#close()
+	 */
+	public void close() {

-  public boolean requiresLayout() {
-    return true;
-  }
+		if (mongo != null) {
+			mongo.close();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.apache.log4j.AppenderSkeleton#requiresLayout()
+	 */
+	public boolean requiresLayout() {
+		return true;
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/package-info.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Infrastructure for to use MongoDB as a logging sink.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.log4j;
+
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/AppenderTest.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/AppenderTest.java
@@ -1,75 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
- *
- * 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.mongodb.log4j;
-
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-
-import java.net.UnknownHostException;
-import java.util.Calendar;
-
-import com.mongodb.DB;
-import com.mongodb.DBCursor;
-import com.mongodb.Mongo;
-import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
-import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Test;
-
-/**
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
- */
-public class AppenderTest {
-
-  private static final String NAME = AppenderTest.class.getName();
-  private Logger log = Logger.getLogger(NAME);
-  private Mongo mongo;
-  private DB db;
-  private String collection;
-
-  @Before
-  public void setup() {
-    try {
-      mongo = new Mongo("localhost", 27017);
-      db = mongo.getDB("logs");
-      Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
-      collection = String.valueOf(now.get(Calendar.YEAR)) + String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
-      db.getCollection(collection).drop();
-    } catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-      throw new RuntimeException(e.getMessage(), e);
-    }
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testLogging() {
-    log.debug("DEBUG message");
-    log.info("INFO message");
-    log.warn("WARN message");
-    log.error("ERROR message");
-
-    DBCursor msgs = db.getCollection(collection).find();
-    assertThat(msgs.count(), is(4));
-
-  }
-
-  @Test
-  public void testProperties() {
-    MDC.put("property", "one");
-    log.debug("DEBUG message");
-  }
-
-}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppenderIntegrationTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppenderIntegrationTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.mongodb.log4j;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.apache.log4j.MDC;
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import com.mongodb.DB;
+import com.mongodb.DBCursor;
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
+
+/**
+ * Integration tests for {@link MongoLog4jAppender}.
+ * 
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class MongoLog4jAppenderIntegrationTests {
+
+	static final String NAME = MongoLog4jAppenderIntegrationTests.class.getName();
+
+	Logger log = Logger.getLogger(NAME);
+	Mongo mongo;
+	DB db;
+	String collection;
+
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+
+		mongo = new Mongo("localhost", 27017);
+		db = mongo.getDB("logs");
+
+		Calendar now = Calendar.getInstance();
+		collection = String.valueOf(now.get(Calendar.YEAR)) + String.format("%1$02d", now.get(Calendar.MONTH) + 1);
+		db.getCollection(collection).drop();
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLogging() {
+
+		log.debug("DEBUG message");
+		log.info("INFO message");
+		log.warn("WARN message");
+		log.error("ERROR message");
+
+		DBCursor msgs = db.getCollection(collection).find();
+
+		assertThat(msgs.count(), is(4));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testProperties() {
+
+		MDC.put("property", "one");
+		log.debug("DEBUG message");
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppenderUnitTests.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppenderUnitTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.log4j;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link MongoLog4jAppender}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class MongoLog4jAppenderUnitTests {
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-641
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void closesWithoutMongoInstancePresent() {
+		new MongoLog4jAppender().close();
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/resources/log4j.properties
@@ -10,11 +10,4 @@ log4j.appender.stdout.collectionPattern = %X{year}%X{month}
 log4j.appender.stdout.applicationId = my.application
 log4j.appender.stdout.warnOrHigherWriteConcern = FSYNC_SAFE

-log4j.category.org.apache.activemq=ERROR
-log4j.category.org.springframework.batch=DEBUG
-log4j.category.org.springframework.data.document.mongodb=DEBUG
-log4j.category.org.springframework.transaction=INFO
-
-log4j.category.org.hibernate.SQL=DEBUG
-# for debugging datasource initialization
-# log4j.category.test.jdbc=DEBUG
+log4j.category.org.springframework.data.mongodb=DEBUG
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/template.mf
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-log4j/template.mf
@@ -5,6 +5,5 @@ Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Import-Package:
 sun.reflect;version="0";resolution:=optional
 Import-Template:
- com.mongodb.*;version="${mongo.version:[=.=,+1.0.0)}",
- org.apache.log4j.*;version="[1.2.15, 2.0.0)",
- org.apache.log4j.spi.*;version="[1.2.15, 2.0.0)"
+ com.mongodb.*;version="${mongo:[=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ org.apache.log4j.*;version="${log4j:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}"
--- a/spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml
@@ -1,271 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
-  <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
-  <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-  <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-  <name>Spring Data MongoDB Parent</name>
-  <url>http://www.springsource.org/spring-data/mongodb</url>
-  <version>1.1.0.M1</version>
-  <packaging>pom</packaging>
-  <properties>
-    <project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
-    <!-- versions for commonly-used dependencies -->
-    <junit.version>4.8.1</junit.version>
-    <log4j.version>1.2.16</log4j.version>
-    <org.mockito.version>1.8.4</org.mockito.version>
-    <org.slf4j.version>1.6.1</org.slf4j.version>
-    <org.codehaus.jackson.version>1.6.1</org.codehaus.jackson.version>
-    <org.springframework.version.30>3.0.7.RELEASE</org.springframework.version.30>
-    <org.springframework.version.40>4.0.0.RELEASE</org.springframework.version.40>
-    <org.springframework.version.range>[${org.springframework.version.30}, ${org.springframework.version.40})</org.springframework.version.range>
-    <data.commons.version>1.3.0.RC2</data.commons.version>
-    <aspectj.version>1.6.11.RELEASE</aspectj.version>
-  </properties>
- 
-  <distributionManagement>
-    <!-- see 'staging' profile for dry-run deployment settings -->
-    <downloadUrl>http://www.springsource.com/download/community
-    </downloadUrl>
-    <site>
-      <id>static.springframework.org</id>
-      <url>
-        scp://static.springframework.org/var/www/domains/springframework.org/static/htdocs/spring-data/data-mongodb/snapshot-site
-      </url>
-    </site>
-    <repository>
-      <id>spring-milestone</id>
-      <name>Spring Milestone Repository</name>
-      <url>s3://maven.springframework.org/milestone</url>
-    </repository>
-    <snapshotRepository>
-      <id>spring-snapshot</id>
-      <name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-      <url>s3://maven.springframework.org/snapshot</url>
-    </snapshotRepository>
-  </distributionManagement>
-  
-  <dependencies>
-
-<!-- Test dependencies -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.mockito</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mockito-all</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.mockito.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
-			<artifactId>hamcrest-all</artifactId>
-			<version>1.1</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>junit</groupId>
-			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
-			<version>${junit.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
-			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
-			<version>1.6</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>jcl-over-slf4j</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>slf4j-log4j12</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.slf4j.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>log4j</groupId>
-			<artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
-			<version>${log4j.version}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-test</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
-			<scope>test</scope>
-		</dependency>
-
-  </dependencies>
-
-  <build>
-    <extensions>
-      <extension>
-        <!--
-              available only in the springframework maven repository. see
-              <repositories> section below
-            -->
-        <groupId>org.springframework.build.aws</groupId>
-        <artifactId>org.springframework.build.aws.maven</artifactId>
-        <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
-      </extension>
-    </extensions>
-    <resources>
-      <resource>
-        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/java</directory>
-        <includes>
-          <include>**/*</include>
-        </includes>
-        <excludes>
-          <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
-        </excludes>
-      </resource>
-      <resource>
-        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/main/resources</directory>
-        <includes>
-          <include>**/*</include>
-        </includes>
-      </resource>
-    </resources>
-    <testResources>
-      <testResource>
-        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/java</directory>
-        <includes>
-          <include>**/*</include>
-        </includes>
-        <excludes>
-          <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
-        </excludes>
-      </testResource>
-      <testResource>
-        <directory>${project.basedir}/src/test/resources</directory>
-        <includes>
-          <include>**/*</include>
-        </includes>
-        <excludes>
-          <exclude>**/*.java</exclude>
-        </excludes>
-      </testResource>
-    </testResources>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.2</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <source>1.5</source>
-          <target>1.5</target>
-          <compilerArgument>-Xlint:-path</compilerArgument>
-          <showWarnings>true</showWarnings>
-          <showDeprecation>false</showDeprecation>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.3.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-           <useDefaultManifestFile>true</useDefaultManifestFile>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.8</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <useFile>false</useFile>
-          <includes>
-            <include>**/*Tests.java</include>
-          </includes>
-          <excludes>
-          	<exclude>**/PerformanceTests.java</exclude>
-          </excludes>
-          <junitArtifactName>junit:junit</junitArtifactName>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-      <plugin>
-        <artifactId>maven-source-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1.2</version>
-        <executions>
-          <execution>
-            <id>attach-sources</id>
-            <goals>
-              <goal>jar</goal>
-            </goals>
-          </execution>
-        </executions>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-    <pluginManagement>
-      <plugins>
-        <plugin>
-          <!--
-                 configures the springsource bundlor plugin, which generates
-                 OSGI-compatible MANIFEST.MF files during the 'compile' phase of
-                 the maven build. this plugin is declared within the
-                 pluginManagement section because not every module that inherits
-                 from this pom needs bundlor's services, e.g.:
-                 spring-integration-samples and all its children. for this reason,
-                 all modules that wish to use bundlor must declare it explicitly.
-                 it is not necessary to specify the <version> or <configuration>
-                 sections, but groupId and artifactId are required. see
-                 http://static.springsource.org/s2-bundlor/1.0.x/user-guide/html/ch04s03.html
-                 for more info
-               -->
-          <groupId>com.springsource.bundlor</groupId>
-          <artifactId>com.springsource.bundlor.maven</artifactId>
-          <version>1.0.0.RELEASE</version>
-          <configuration>
-            <failOnWarnings>true</failOnWarnings>
-          </configuration>
-          <executions>
-            <execution>
-              <id>bundlor</id>
-              <goals>
-                <goal>bundlor</goal>
-              </goals>
-            </execution>
-          </executions>
-        </plugin>
-      </plugins>
-    </pluginManagement>
-  </build>
-  <pluginRepositories>
-    <pluginRepository>
-      <id>spring-plugins-release</id>
-      <url>http://repo.springsource.org/plugins-release</url>
-    </pluginRepository>
-  </pluginRepositories>
-  <repositories>
-    <repository>
-      <id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-      <url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-snapshot</url>
-    </repository>
-  </repositories>
-  <reporting>
-    <plugins>
-      <plugin>
-        <!--
-              significantly speeds up the 'Dependencies' report during site
-              creation see
-              http://old.nabble.com/Skipping-dependency-report-during-Maven2-site-generation-td20116761.html
-            -->
-        <groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-        <artifactId>maven-project-info-reports-plugin</artifactId>
-        <version>2.1</version>
-        <configuration>
-          <dependencyLocationsEnabled>false</dependencyLocationsEnabled>
-        </configuration>
-      </plugin>
-    </plugins>
-  </reporting>
-</project>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/Spring
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/Spring
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>
-<context version="7.0.3.1152">
+<context version="7.1.7.187">
    <scope name="spring-data-mongodb" type="Project">
        <element name="Filter" type="TypeFilterReferenceOverridden">
            <element name="org.springframework.data.mongodb.**" type="IncludeTypePattern"/>
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
                    <element name="**.config.**" type="WeakTypePattern"/>
                </element>
                <dependency type="AllowedDependency" toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core"/>
+                <dependency type="AllowedDependency" toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|GridFS"/>
                <dependency type="AllowedDependency" toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Monitoring"/>
                <dependency type="AllowedDependency" toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Repositories"/>
            </element>
@@ -93,6 +94,12 @@
                    <dependency type="AllowedDependency" toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Query"/>
                </element>
            </element>
+            <element name="API" type="Subsystem">
+                <element name="Assignment" type="TypeFilter">
+                    <element name="org.springframework.data.mongodb.*" type="IncludeTypePattern"/>
+                </element>
+                <stereotype name="Public"/>
+            </element>
        </architecture>
        <workspace>
            <element name="src/main/java" type="JavaRootDirectory">
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml
@@ -1,95 +1,77 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/maven-v4_0_0.xsd">
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+
 	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	
+	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
+
+	<name>Spring Data MongoDB - Core</name>
+	<description>MongoDB support for Spring Data</description>
+
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.M1</version>
-		<relativePath>../spring-data-mongodb-parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
+		<version>1.3.6.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
-	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>

 	<properties>
-		<mongo.version>2.7.1</mongo.version>
-		<querydsl.version>2.5.0</querydsl.version>
-		<cdi.version>1.0</cdi.version>
-		<validation.version>1.0.0.GA</validation.version>
-		<webbeans.version>1.1.3</webbeans.version>
+		<validation>1.0.0.GA</validation>
 	</properties>

 	<dependencies>
-
+		
 		<!--  Spring -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-context</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
 			<exclusions>
 				<exclusion>
-          			<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
-          			<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
-        		</exclusion>
+					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
+					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
+				</exclusion>
 			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-expression</artifactId>
-			<version>${org.springframework.version.range}</version>
+			<version>${spring}</version>
 		</dependency>

 		<!--  Spring Data -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
-			<artifactId>spring-data-commons-core</artifactId>
-			<version>${data.commons.version}</version>
-		</dependency>
-
-		<!-- MongoDB -->
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>org.mongodb</groupId>
-			<artifactId>mongo-java-driver</artifactId>
-			<version>${mongo.version}</version>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>javax.persistence</groupId>
-					<artifactId>persistence-api</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
+			<dependency>
+			<groupId>${project.groupId}</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-data-commons</artifactId>
+			<version>${springdata.commons}</version>
 		</dependency>

 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>
 			<artifactId>querydsl-mongodb</artifactId>
-			<version>${querydsl.version}</version>
+			<version>${querydsl}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
-			<exclusions>
-				<exclusion>
-					<groupId>com.google.code.morphia</groupId>
-					<artifactId>morphia</artifactId>
-				</exclusion>
-			</exclusions>
 		</dependency>

 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>
 			<artifactId>querydsl-apt</artifactId>
-			<version>${querydsl.version}</version>
+			<version>${querydsl}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 		</dependency>

@@ -104,7 +86,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.enterprise</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cdi-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${cdi.version}</version>
+			<version>${cdi}</version>
 			<scope>provided</scope>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
@@ -112,14 +94,14 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.el</groupId>
 			<artifactId>el-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${cdi.version}</version>
+			<version>${cdi}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.apache.openwebbeans.test</groupId>
 			<artifactId>cditest-owb</artifactId>
-			<version>${webbeans.version}</version>
+			<version>${webbeans}</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
@@ -134,7 +116,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>javax.validation</groupId>
 			<artifactId>validation-api</artifactId>
-			<version>${validation.version}</version>
+			<version>${validation}</version>
 			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>

@@ -144,43 +126,37 @@
 			<version>4.2.0.Final</version>
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
-
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>joda-time</groupId>
+			<artifactId>joda-time</artifactId>
+			<version>${jodatime}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		
 	</dependencies>
 	
-	<profiles>
-		<profile>
-			<id>performance-tests</id>
-			<build>
-				<plugins>
-					<plugin>
-						<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
-						<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
-						<version>2.8</version>
-						<configuration>
-							<includes>
-								<include>**/PerformanceTests.java</include>
-							</includes>
-							<excludes>
-								<exclude>none</exclude>
-							</excludes>
-						</configuration>
-					</plugin>
-				</plugins>
-			</build>
-		</profile>
-	</profiles>
-	
 	<build>
 		<plugins>
-			<plugin>
-				<groupId>com.springsource.bundlor</groupId>
-				<artifactId>com.springsource.bundlor.maven</artifactId>
-			</plugin>

 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.mysema.maven</groupId>
-				<artifactId>maven-apt-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.2</version>
+				<artifactId>apt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>1.0.8</version>
+				<dependencies>
+					<dependency>
+						<groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>
+						<artifactId>querydsl-apt</artifactId>
+						<version>${querydsl}</version>
+					</dependency>
+				</dependencies>
 				<executions>
 					<execution>
 						<phase>generate-test-sources</phase>
@@ -194,7 +170,25 @@
 					</execution>
 				</executions>
 			</plugin>
+
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-surefire-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>2.12</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<useFile>false</useFile>
+					<includes>
+						<include>**/*Tests.java</include>
+					</includes>
+					<excludes>
+						<exclude>**/PerformanceTests.java</exclude>
+					</excludes>
+					<systemPropertyVariables>
+						<java.util.logging.config.file>src/test/resources/logging.properties</java.util.logging.config.file>
+					</systemPropertyVariables>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-	
+
 </project>
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/AbstractMongoConfiguration.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/AbstractMongoConfiguration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -27,19 +27,23 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AnnotationTypeFilter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
 import org.springframework.data.authentication.UserCredentials;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.SimpleMongoDbFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.support.CachingIsNewStrategyFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.support.IsNewStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 import com.mongodb.Mongo;

 /**
- * Base class for Spring Data Mongo configuration using JavaConfig.
+ * Base class for Spring Data MongoDB configuration using JavaConfig.
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Oliver Gierke
@@ -55,12 +59,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 	protected abstract String getDatabaseName();

 	/**
-	 * Return the {@link Mongo} instance to connect to.
+	 * Return the {@link Mongo} instance to connect to. Annotate with {@link Bean} in case you want to expose a
+	 * {@link Mongo} instance to the {@link org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext}.
 	 * 
 	 * @return
 	 * @throws Exception
 	 */
-	@Bean
 	public abstract Mongo mongo() throws Exception;

 	/**
@@ -86,22 +90,28 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 	@Bean
 	public SimpleMongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory() throws Exception {

-		UserCredentials creadentials = getUserCredentials();
+		UserCredentials credentials = getUserCredentials();

-		if (creadentials == null) {
+		if (credentials == null) {
 			return new SimpleMongoDbFactory(mongo(), getDatabaseName());
 		} else {
-			return new SimpleMongoDbFactory(mongo(), getDatabaseName(), creadentials);
+			return new SimpleMongoDbFactory(mongo(), getDatabaseName(), credentials);
 		}
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Return the base package to scan for mapped {@link Document}s.
+	 * Return the base package to scan for mapped {@link Document}s. Will return the package name of the configuration
+	 * class' (the concrete class, not this one here) by default. So if you have a {@code com.acme.AppConfig} extending
+	 * {@link AbstractMongoConfiguration} the base package will be considered {@code com.acme} unless the method is
+	 * overriden to implement alternate behaviour.
 	 * 
-	 * @return
+	 * @return the base package to scan for mapped {@link Document} classes or {@literal null} to not enable scanning for
+	 *         entities.
 	 */
 	protected String getMappingBasePackage() {
-		return null;
+
+		Package mappingBasePackage = getClass().getPackage();
+		return mappingBasePackage == null ? null : mappingBasePackage.getName();
 	}

 	/**
@@ -127,11 +137,25 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 		MongoMappingContext mappingContext = new MongoMappingContext();
 		mappingContext.setInitialEntitySet(getInitialEntitySet());
 		mappingContext.setSimpleTypeHolder(customConversions().getSimpleTypeHolder());
-		mappingContext.afterPropertiesSet();
+
+		if (abbreviateFieldNames()) {
+			mappingContext.setFieldNamingStrategy(new CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy());
+		}

 		return mappingContext;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory} wrapped into a {@link CachingIsNewStrategyFactory}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws ClassNotFoundException
+	 */
+	@Bean
+	public IsNewStrategyFactory isNewStrategyFactory() throws ClassNotFoundException {
+		return new CachingIsNewStrategyFactory(new MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory(mongoMappingContext()));
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Register custom {@link Converter}s in a {@link CustomConversions} object if required. These
 	 * {@link CustomConversions} will be registered with the {@link #mappingMongoConverter()} and
@@ -187,4 +211,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {

 		return initialEntitySet;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures whether to abbreviate field names for domain objects by configuring a
+	 * {@link CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy} on the {@link MongoMappingContext} instance created. For advanced
+	 * customization needs, consider overriding {@link #mappingMongoConverter()}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected boolean abbreviateFieldNames() {
+		return false;
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/BeanNames.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/BeanNames.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,11 +13,14 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;

 /**
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * Constants to declare bean names used by the namespace configuration.
+ * 
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Martin Baumgartner
 */
 public abstract class BeanNames {

@@ -26,4 +29,8 @@ public abstract class BeanNames {
 	static final String MONGO = "mongo";
 	static final String DB_FACTORY = "mongoDbFactory";
 	static final String VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER = "validatingMongoEventListener";
+	static final String IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY = "isNewStrategyFactory";
+	static final String DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME = "mappingConverter";
+	static final String MONGO_TEMPLATE = "mongoTemplate";
+	static final String GRID_FS_TEMPLATE = "gridFsTemplate";
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/GridFsTemplateParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/GridFsTemplateParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,78 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.config;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.data.config.BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.gridfs.GridFsTemplate;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} to parse {@code gridFsTemplate} elements into {@link BeanDefinition}s.
+ * 
+ * @author Martin Baumgartner
+ */
+class GridFsTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#resolveId(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected String resolveId(Element element, AbstractBeanDefinition definition, ParserContext parserContext)
+			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
+
+		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
+		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.GRID_FS_TEMPLATE;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#parseInternal(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+
+		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder helper = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element, parserContext);
+
+		String converterRef = element.getAttribute("converter-ref");
+		String dbFactoryRef = element.getAttribute("db-factory-ref");
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder gridFsTemplateBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(GridFsTemplate.class);
+
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(dbFactoryRef)) {
+			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
+		} else {
+			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DB_FACTORY);
+		}
+
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(converterRef)) {
+			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(converterRef);
+		} else {
+			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME);
+		}
+
+		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(gridFsTemplateBuilder, BeanNames.GRID_FS_TEMPLATE)
+				.getBeanDefinition();
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -24,12 +24,12 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeanMetadataElement;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedList;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedSet;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ClassPathScanningCandidateComponentProvider;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
@@ -48,9 +49,12 @@ import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AnnotationTypeFilter;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.AssignableTypeFilter;
 import org.springframework.core.type.filter.TypeFilter;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Persistent;
+import org.springframework.data.config.BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.CustomConversions;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.ValidatingMongoEventListener;
@@ -66,26 +70,30 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 * @author Jon Brisbin
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @author Maciej Walkowiak
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
-public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
+public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {

 	private static final String BASE_PACKAGE = "base-package";
 	private static final boolean jsr303Present = ClassUtils.isPresent("javax.validation.Validator",
 			MappingMongoConverterParser.class.getClassLoader());

-	@Override
-	protected String resolveId(Element element, AbstractBeanDefinition definition, ParserContext parserContext)
-			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
-		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
-		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : "mappingConverter";
-	}
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser#parse(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
+	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {

-	@Override
-	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();

+		String id = element.getAttribute(AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.ID_ATTRIBUTE);
+		id = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : "mappingConverter";
+
+		parserContext.pushContainingComponent(new CompositeComponentDefinition("Mapping Mongo Converter", element));
+
 		BeanDefinition conversionsDefinition = getCustomConversions(element, parserContext);
-		String ctxRef = potentiallyCreateMappingContext(element, parserContext, conversionsDefinition);
+		String ctxRef = potentiallyCreateMappingContext(element, parserContext, conversionsDefinition, id);
+
+		createIsNewStrategyFactoryBeanDefinition(ctxRef, parserContext, element);

 		// Need a reference to a Mongo instance
 		String dbFactoryRef = element.getAttribute("db-factory-ref");
@@ -98,6 +106,11 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		converterBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
 		converterBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ctxRef);

+		String typeMapperRef = element.getAttribute("type-mapper-ref");
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(typeMapperRef)) {
+			converterBuilder.addPropertyReference("typeMapper", typeMapperRef);
+		}
+
 		if (conversionsDefinition != null) {
 			converterBuilder.addPropertyValue("customConversions", conversionsDefinition);
 		}
@@ -110,18 +123,24 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			}
 			BeanDefinitionBuilder indexHelperBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
 					.genericBeanDefinition(MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.class);
-			indexHelperBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(new RuntimeBeanReference(ctxRef));
-			indexHelperBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(new RuntimeBeanReference(dbFactoryRef));
-			registry.registerBeanDefinition(INDEX_HELPER, indexHelperBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
+			indexHelperBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ctxRef);
+			indexHelperBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
+			indexHelperBuilder.addDependsOn(ctxRef);
+
+			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(indexHelperBuilder.getBeanDefinition(),
+					INDEX_HELPER));
 		}

 		BeanDefinition validatingMongoEventListener = potentiallyCreateValidatingMongoEventListener(element, parserContext);

 		if (validatingMongoEventListener != null) {
-			registry.registerBeanDefinition(VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER, validatingMongoEventListener);
+			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(validatingMongoEventListener,
+					VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER));
 		}

-		return converterBuilder.getBeanDefinition();
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(converterBuilder.getBeanDefinition(), id));
+		parserContext.popAndRegisterContainingComponent();
+		return null;
 	}

 	private BeanDefinition potentiallyCreateValidatingMongoEventListener(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
@@ -135,7 +154,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			RuntimeBeanReference validator = getValidator(builder, parserContext);

 			if (validator != null) {
-
 				builder.getRawBeanDefinition().setBeanClass(ValidatingMongoEventListener.class);
 				builder.addConstructorArgValue(validator);

@@ -157,36 +175,48 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		validatorDef.setSource(source);
 		validatorDef.setRole(BeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
 		String validatorName = parserContext.getReaderContext().registerWithGeneratedName(validatorDef);
-		parserContext.registerComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(validatorDef, validatorName));
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(validatorDef, validatorName));

 		return new RuntimeBeanReference(validatorName);
 	}

-	private String potentiallyCreateMappingContext(Element element, ParserContext parserContext,
-			BeanDefinition conversionsDefinition) {
+	static String potentiallyCreateMappingContext(Element element, ParserContext parserContext,
+			BeanDefinition conversionsDefinition, String converterId) {

 		String ctxRef = element.getAttribute("mapping-context-ref");
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(ctxRef)) {
-			BeanDefinitionBuilder mappingContextBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-					.genericBeanDefinition(MongoMappingContext.class);

-			Set<String> classesToAdd = getInititalEntityClasses(element, mappingContextBuilder);
-			if (classesToAdd != null) {
-				mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("initialEntitySet", classesToAdd);
-			}
-
-			if (conversionsDefinition != null) {
-				AbstractBeanDefinition simpleTypesDefinition = new GenericBeanDefinition();
-				simpleTypesDefinition.setFactoryBeanName("customConversions");
-				simpleTypesDefinition.setFactoryMethodName("getSimpleTypeHolder");
-
-				mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("simpleTypeHolder", simpleTypesDefinition);
-			}
-
-			parserContext.getRegistry().registerBeanDefinition(MAPPING_CONTEXT, mappingContextBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
-			ctxRef = MAPPING_CONTEXT;
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(ctxRef)) {
+			return ctxRef;
 		}

+		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder componentDefinitionBuilder = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element,
+				parserContext);
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder mappingContextBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+				.genericBeanDefinition(MongoMappingContext.class);
+
+		Set<String> classesToAdd = getInititalEntityClasses(element, mappingContextBuilder);
+		if (classesToAdd != null) {
+			mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("initialEntitySet", classesToAdd);
+		}
+
+		if (conversionsDefinition != null) {
+			AbstractBeanDefinition simpleTypesDefinition = new GenericBeanDefinition();
+			simpleTypesDefinition.setFactoryBeanName("customConversions");
+			simpleTypesDefinition.setFactoryMethodName("getSimpleTypeHolder");
+
+			mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("simpleTypeHolder", simpleTypesDefinition);
+		}
+
+		String abbreviateFieldNames = element.getAttribute("abbreviate-field-names");
+		if ("true".equals(abbreviateFieldNames)) {
+			mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("fieldNamingStrategy", new RootBeanDefinition(
+					CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy.class));
+		}
+
+		ctxRef = converterId + "." + MAPPING_CONTEXT;
+
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(componentDefinitionBuilder.getComponent(mappingContextBuilder, ctxRef));
 		return ctxRef;
 	}

@@ -224,7 +254,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			AbstractBeanDefinition conversionsBean = conversionsBuilder.getBeanDefinition();
 			conversionsBean.setSource(parserContext.extractSource(element));

-			parserContext.getRegistry().registerBeanDefinition("customConversions", conversionsBean);
+			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(conversionsBean, "customConversions"));

 			return conversionsBean;
 		}
@@ -232,7 +262,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		return null;
 	}

-	public Set<String> getInititalEntityClasses(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+	private static Set<String> getInititalEntityClasses(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {

 		String basePackage = element.getAttribute(BASE_PACKAGE);

@@ -271,6 +301,19 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		return null;
 	}

+	public static String createIsNewStrategyFactoryBeanDefinition(String mappingContextRef, ParserContext context,
+			Element element) {
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder mappingContextStrategyFactoryBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+				.rootBeanDefinition(MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory.class);
+		mappingContextStrategyFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(mappingContextRef);
+
+		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder builder = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element, context);
+		context.registerBeanComponent(builder.getComponent(mappingContextStrategyFactoryBuilder, IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY));
+
+		return IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * {@link TypeFilter} that returns {@literal false} in case any of the given delegates matches.
 	 * 
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoAuditingBeanDefinitionParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoAuditingBeanDefinitionParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 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.mongodb.config;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.data.config.IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AuditingEventListener;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} to register a {@link AuditingEventListener} to transparently set auditing information on
+ * an entity.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class MongoAuditingBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser#getBeanClass(org.w3c.dom.Element)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected Class<?> getBeanClass(Element element) {
+		return AuditingEventListener.class;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#shouldGenerateId()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean shouldGenerateId() {
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser#doParse(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext, org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+
+		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
+
+		if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY)) {
+
+			String mappingContextName = BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT;
+
+			if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT)) {
+				mappingContextName = MappingMongoConverterParser.potentiallyCreateMappingContext(element, parserContext, null,
+						BeanNames.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME);
+			}
+
+			MappingMongoConverterParser.createIsNewStrategyFactoryBeanDefinition(mappingContextName, parserContext, element);
+		}
+
+		BeanDefinitionParser parser = new IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser(BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY);
+		BeanDefinition handlerBeanDefinition = parser.parse(element, parserContext);
+
+		builder.addConstructorArgValue(handlerBeanDefinition);
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoDbFactoryParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoDbFactoryParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 by the original author(s).
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,19 +15,19 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;

-import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.BeanNames.*;
-import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.ParsingUtils.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.MongoParsingUtils.*;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.data.authentication.UserCredentials;
+import org.springframework.data.config.BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.SimpleMongoDbFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
@@ -44,19 +44,29 @@ import com.mongodb.MongoURI;
 */
 public class MongoDbFactoryParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {

+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#resolveId(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
 	@Override
 	protected String resolveId(Element element, AbstractBeanDefinition definition, ParserContext parserContext)
 			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
-		String id = element.getAttribute("id");
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(id)) {
-			id = DB_FACTORY;
-		}
-		return id;
+
+		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
+		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.DB_FACTORY;
 	}

+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#parseInternal(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
 	@Override
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {

+		Object source = parserContext.extractSource(element);
+
+		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder helper = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element, parserContext);
+
 		String uri = element.getAttribute("uri");
 		String mongoRef = element.getAttribute("mongo-ref");
 		String dbname = element.getAttribute("dbname");
@@ -64,12 +74,11 @@ public class MongoDbFactoryParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {

 		// Common setup
 		BeanDefinitionBuilder dbFactoryBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(SimpleMongoDbFactory.class);
-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, dbFactoryBuilder, "write-concern", "writeConcern");
+		setPropertyValue(dbFactoryBuilder, element, "write-concern", "writeConcern");

 		if (StringUtils.hasText(uri)) {
 			if (StringUtils.hasText(mongoRef) || StringUtils.hasText(dbname) || userCredentials != null) {
-				parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Configure either Mongo URI or details individually!",
-						parserContext.extractSource(element));
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Configure either Mongo URI or details individually!", source);
 			}

 			dbFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(getMongoUri(uri));
@@ -77,19 +86,26 @@ public class MongoDbFactoryParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		}

 		// Defaulting
-		mongoRef = StringUtils.hasText(mongoRef) ? mongoRef : registerMongoBeanDefinition(element, parserContext);
-		dbname = StringUtils.hasText(dbname) ? dbname : "db";
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(mongoRef)) {
+			dbFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(mongoRef);
+		} else {
+			dbFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(registerMongoBeanDefinition(element, parserContext));
+		}

-		dbFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(new RuntimeBeanReference(mongoRef));
+		dbname = StringUtils.hasText(dbname) ? dbname : "db";
 		dbFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(dbname);

 		if (userCredentials != null) {
 			dbFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(userCredentials);
 		}

-		ParsingUtils.registerWriteConcernPropertyEditor(parserContext.getRegistry());
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder writeConcernPropertyEditorBuilder = getWriteConcernPropertyEditorBuilder();

-		return getSourceBeanDefinition(dbFactoryBuilder, parserContext, element);
+		BeanComponentDefinition component = helper.getComponent(writeConcernPropertyEditorBuilder);
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(component);
+
+		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(dbFactoryBuilder, BeanNames.DB_FACTORY)
+				.getBeanDefinition();
 	}

 	/**
@@ -100,14 +116,13 @@ public class MongoDbFactoryParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 	 * @param parserContext must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private String registerMongoBeanDefinition(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+	private BeanDefinition registerMongoBeanDefinition(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {

 		BeanDefinitionBuilder mongoBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(MongoFactoryBean.class);
-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, mongoBuilder, "host");
-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, mongoBuilder, "port");
+		setPropertyValue(mongoBuilder, element, "host");
+		setPropertyValue(mongoBuilder, element, "port");

-		return BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerWithGeneratedName(mongoBuilder.getBeanDefinition(),
-				parserContext.getRegistry());
+		return getSourceBeanDefinition(mongoBuilder, parserContext, element);
 	}

 	/**
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoNamespaceHandler.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -16,26 +16,34 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.MongoRepositoryConfigParser;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension;

 /**
- * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler} for Mongo DB based repositories.
+ * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler} for Mongo DB configuration.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Martin Baumgartner
 */
 public class MongoNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {

 	/*
-	* (non-Javadoc)
-	*
-	* @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler#init()
-	*/
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler#init()
+	 */
 	public void init() {

-		registerBeanDefinitionParser("repositories", new MongoRepositoryConfigParser());
+		RepositoryConfigurationExtension extension = new MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension();
+		RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser repositoryBeanDefinitionParser = new RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser(extension);
+
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("repositories", repositoryBeanDefinitionParser);
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("mapping-converter", new MappingMongoConverterParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("mongo", new MongoParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("db-factory", new MongoDbFactoryParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("jmx", new MongoJmxParser());
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("auditing", new MongoAuditingBeanDefinitionParser());
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("template", new MongoTemplateParser());
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("gridFsTemplate", new GridFsTemplateParser());
 	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.
@@ -13,20 +13,20 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;

 import java.util.Map;

-import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedMap;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.data.config.BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -35,54 +35,59 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 * Parser for &lt;mongo;gt; definitions.
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
-public class MongoParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser {
+public class MongoParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {

-	@Override
-	protected Class<?> getBeanClass(Element element) {
-		return MongoFactoryBean.class;
-	}
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser#parse(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
+	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {

-	@Override
-	protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+		Object source = parserContext.extractSource(element);
+		String id = element.getAttribute("id");

-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "port", "port");
-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "host", "host");
-		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(element, builder, "write-concern", "writeConcern");
+		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder helper = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element, parserContext);

-		ParsingUtils.parseMongoOptions(element, builder);
-		ParsingUtils.parseReplicaSet(element, builder);
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(MongoFactoryBean.class);
+		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(builder, element, "port", "port");
+		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(builder, element, "host", "host");
+		ParsingUtils.setPropertyValue(builder, element, "write-concern", "writeConcern");

-		registerServerAddressPropertyEditor(parserContext.getRegistry());
-		ParsingUtils.registerWriteConcernPropertyEditor(parserContext.getRegistry());
+		MongoParsingUtils.parseMongoOptions(element, builder);
+		MongoParsingUtils.parseReplicaSet(element, builder);

+		String defaultedId = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.MONGO;
+
+		parserContext.pushContainingComponent(new CompositeComponentDefinition("Mongo", source));
+
+		BeanComponentDefinition mongoComponent = helper.getComponent(builder, defaultedId);
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(mongoComponent);
+		BeanComponentDefinition serverAddressPropertyEditor = helper.getComponent(registerServerAddressPropertyEditor());
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(serverAddressPropertyEditor);
+		BeanComponentDefinition writeConcernPropertyEditor = helper.getComponent(MongoParsingUtils
+				.getWriteConcernPropertyEditorBuilder());
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(writeConcernPropertyEditor);
+
+		parserContext.popAndRegisterContainingComponent();
+
+		return mongoComponent.getBeanDefinition();
 	}

 	/**
 	 * One should only register one bean definition but want to have the convenience of using
 	 * AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser but have the side effect of registering a 'default' property editor with the
 	 * container.
-	 * 
-	 * @param parserContext the ParserContext to
 	 */
-	private void registerServerAddressPropertyEditor(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
+	private BeanDefinitionBuilder registerServerAddressPropertyEditor() {

-		BeanDefinitionBuilder customEditorConfigurer = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-				.genericBeanDefinition(CustomEditorConfigurer.class);
 		Map<String, String> customEditors = new ManagedMap<String, String>();
 		customEditors.put("com.mongodb.ServerAddress[]",
 				"org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.ServerAddressPropertyEditor");
-		customEditorConfigurer.addPropertyValue("customEditors", customEditors);
-		BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerWithGeneratedName(customEditorConfigurer.getBeanDefinition(), registry);
-	}

-	@Override
-	protected String resolveId(Element element, AbstractBeanDefinition definition, ParserContext parserContext)
-			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
-		String name = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
-			name = "mongo";
-		}
-		return name;
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(CustomEditorConfigurer.class);
+		builder.addPropertyValue("customEditors", customEditors);
+		return builder;
 	}
-}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoParsingUtils.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoParsingUtils.java
@@ -0,0 +1,103 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.mongodb.config;
+
+import static org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils.*;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedMap;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOptionsFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * Utility methods for {@link BeanDefinitionParser} implementations for MongoDB.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Pollack
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+abstract class MongoParsingUtils {
+
+	private MongoParsingUtils() {
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the mongo replica-set element.
+	 * 
+	 * @param parserContext the parser context
+	 * @param element the mongo element
+	 * @param mongoBuilder the bean definition builder to populate
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	static void parseReplicaSet(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder mongoBuilder) {
+		setPropertyValue(mongoBuilder, element, "replica-set", "replicaSetSeeds");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the mongo:options sub-element. Populates the given attribute factory with the proper attributes.
+	 * 
+	 * @return true if parsing actually occured, false otherwise
+	 */
+	static boolean parseMongoOptions(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder mongoBuilder) {
+		Element optionsElement = DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(element, "options");
+		if (optionsElement == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder optionsDefBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+				.genericBeanDefinition(MongoOptionsFactoryBean.class);
+
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "connections-per-host", "connectionsPerHost");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "threads-allowed-to-block-for-connection-multiplier",
+				"threadsAllowedToBlockForConnectionMultiplier");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "max-wait-time", "maxWaitTime");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "connect-timeout", "connectTimeout");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "socket-timeout", "socketTimeout");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "socket-keep-alive", "socketKeepAlive");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "auto-connect-retry", "autoConnectRetry");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "max-auto-connect-retry-time", "maxAutoConnectRetryTime");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "write-number", "writeNumber");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "write-timeout", "writeTimeout");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "write-fsync", "writeFsync");
+		setPropertyValue(optionsDefBuilder, optionsElement, "slave-ok", "slaveOk");
+
+		mongoBuilder.addPropertyValue("mongoOptions", optionsDefBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
+		return true;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link BeanDefinitionBuilder} to build a {@link BeanDefinition} for a
+	 * {@link WriteConcernPropertyEditor}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	static BeanDefinitionBuilder getWriteConcernPropertyEditorBuilder() {
+
+		Map<String, Class<?>> customEditors = new ManagedMap<String, Class<?>>();
+		customEditors.put("com.mongodb.WriteConcern", WriteConcernPropertyEditor.class);
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(CustomEditorConfigurer.class);
+		builder.addPropertyValue("customEditors", customEditors);
+
+		return builder;
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoTemplateParser.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoTemplateParser.java
@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.mongodb.config;
+
+import static org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.MongoParsingUtils.*;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.data.config.BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} to parse {@code template} elements into {@link BeanDefinition}s.
+ * 
+ * @author Martin Baumgartner
+ */
+class MongoTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#resolveId(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected String resolveId(Element element, AbstractBeanDefinition definition, ParserContext parserContext)
+			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
+
+		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
+		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.MONGO_TEMPLATE;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractBeanDefinitionParser#parseInternal(org.w3c.dom.Element, org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected AbstractBeanDefinition parseInternal(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+
+		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder helper = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element, parserContext);
+
+		String converterRef = element.getAttribute("converter-ref");
+		String dbFactoryRef = element.getAttribute("db-factory-ref");
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder mongoTemplateBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(MongoTemplate.class);
+		setPropertyValue(mongoTemplateBuilder, element, "write-concern", "writeConcern");
+
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(dbFactoryRef)) {
+			mongoTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
+		} else {
+			mongoTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DB_FACTORY);
+		}
+
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(converterRef)) {
+			mongoTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(converterRef);
+		}
+
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder writeConcernPropertyEditorBuilder = getWriteConcernPropertyEditorBuilder();
+
+		BeanComponentDefinition component = helper.getComponent(writeConcernPropertyEditorBuilder);
+		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(component);
+
+		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(mongoTemplateBuilder, BeanNames.MONGO_TEMPLATE)
+				.getBeanDefinition();
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/ParsingUtils.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/ParsingUtils.java
@@ -1,141 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
- *
- * 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.mongodb.config;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.CustomEditorConfigurer;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionReaderUtils;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedMap;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOptionsFactoryBean;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
-abstract class ParsingUtils {
-
-	/**
-	 * Parses the mongo replica-set element.
-	 * 
-	 * @param parserContext the parser context
-	 * @param element the mongo element
-	 * @param mongoBuilder the bean definition builder to populate
-	 * @return true if parsing actually occured, false otherwise
-	 */
-	static boolean parseReplicaSet(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder mongoBuilder) {
-
-		String replicaSetString = element.getAttribute("replica-set");
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(replicaSetString)) {
-			mongoBuilder.addPropertyValue("replicaSetSeeds", replicaSetString);
-		}
-		return true;
-
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Parses the mongo:options sub-element. Populates the given attribute factory with the proper attributes.
-	 * 
-	 * @return true if parsing actually occured, false otherwise
-	 */
-	static boolean parseMongoOptions(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder mongoBuilder) {
-		Element optionsElement = DomUtils.getChildElementByTagName(element, "options");
-		if (optionsElement == null) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		BeanDefinitionBuilder optionsDefBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-				.genericBeanDefinition(MongoOptionsFactoryBean.class);
-
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "connections-per-host", "connectionsPerHost");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "threads-allowed-to-block-for-connection-multiplier",
-				"threadsAllowedToBlockForConnectionMultiplier");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "max-wait-time", "maxWaitTime");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "connect-timeout", "connectTimeout");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "socket-timeout", "socketTimeout");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "socket-keep-alive", "socketKeepAlive");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "auto-connect-retry", "autoConnectRetry");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "max-auto-connect-retry-time", "maxAutoConnectRetryTime");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "write-number", "writeNumber");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "write-timeout", "writeTimeout");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "write-fsync", "writeFsync");
-		setPropertyValue(optionsElement, optionsDefBuilder, "slave-ok", "slaveOk");
-
-		mongoBuilder.addPropertyValue("mongoOptions", optionsDefBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	static void setPropertyValue(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, String attrName, String propertyName) {
-		String attr = element.getAttribute(attrName);
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(attr)) {
-			builder.addPropertyValue(propertyName, attr);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Sets the property with the given attribute name on the given {@link BeanDefinitionBuilder} to the value of the
-	 * attribute with the given name.
-	 * 
-	 * @param element must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param builder must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param attrName must not be {@literal null} or empty.
-	 */
-	static void setPropertyValue(Element element, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, String attrName) {
-		String attr = element.getAttribute(attrName);
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(attr)) {
-			builder.addPropertyValue(attrName, attr);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the {@link BeanDefinition} built by the given {@link BeanDefinitionBuilder} enriched with source
-	 * information derived from the given {@link Element}.
-	 * 
-	 * @param builder must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param context must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param element must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	static AbstractBeanDefinition getSourceBeanDefinition(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, ParserContext context,
-			Element element) {
-		AbstractBeanDefinition definition = builder.getBeanDefinition();
-		definition.setSource(context.extractSource(element));
-		return definition;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Registers a {@link WriteConcernPropertyEditor} in the given {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry}.
-	 * 
-	 * @param registry must not be {@literal null}.
-	 */
-	static void registerWriteConcernPropertyEditor(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(registry);
-
-		BeanDefinitionBuilder customEditorConfigurer = BeanDefinitionBuilder
-				.genericBeanDefinition(CustomEditorConfigurer.class);
-		Map<String, Class<?>> customEditors = new ManagedMap<String, Class<?>>();
-		customEditors.put("com.mongodb.WriteConcern", WriteConcernPropertyEditor.class);
-		customEditorConfigurer.addPropertyValue("customEditors", customEditors);
-		BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerWithGeneratedName(customEditorConfigurer.getBeanDefinition(), registry);
-	}
-}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/ServerAddressPropertyEditor.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/ServerAddressPropertyEditor.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -16,8 +16,14 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;

 import java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport;
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Set;

+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
@@ -27,9 +33,17 @@ import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class ServerAddressPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {

+	/**
+	 * A port is a number without a leading 0 at the end of the address that is proceeded by just a single :.
+	 */
+	private static final String HOST_PORT_SPLIT_PATTERN = "(?<!:):(?=[123456789]\\d*$)";
+	private static final String COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE = "Could not parse address {} '{}'. Check your replica set configuration!";
+	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(ServerAddressPropertyEditor.class);
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see java.beans.PropertyEditorSupport#setAsText(java.lang.String)
@@ -37,22 +51,86 @@ public class ServerAddressPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 	@Override
 	public void setAsText(String replicaSetString) {

+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(replicaSetString)) {
+			setValue(null);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		String[] replicaSetStringArray = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(replicaSetString);
-		ServerAddress[] serverAddresses = new ServerAddress[replicaSetStringArray.length];
+		Set<ServerAddress> serverAddresses = new HashSet<ServerAddress>(replicaSetStringArray.length);

-		for (int i = 0; i < replicaSetStringArray.length; i++) {
+		for (String element : replicaSetStringArray) {

-			String[] hostAndPort = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(replicaSetStringArray[i], ":");
+			ServerAddress address = parseServerAddress(element);

-			try {
-				serverAddresses[i] = new ServerAddress(hostAndPort[0], Integer.parseInt(hostAndPort[1]));
-			} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not parse port " + hostAndPort[1], e);
-			} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException("Could not parse host " + hostAndPort[0], e);
+			if (address != null) {
+				serverAddresses.add(address);
 			}
 		}

-		setValue(serverAddresses);
+		if (serverAddresses.isEmpty()) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"Could not resolve at least one server of the replica set configuration! Validate your config!");
+		}
+
+		setValue(serverAddresses.toArray(new ServerAddress[serverAddresses.size()]));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Parses the given source into a {@link ServerAddress}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param source
+	 * @return the
+	 */
+	private ServerAddress parseServerAddress(String source) {
+
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(source)) {
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "source", source);
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		String[] hostAndPort = extractHostAddressAndPort(source.trim());
+
+		if (hostAndPort.length > 2) {
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "source", source);
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		try {
+			InetAddress hostAddress = InetAddress.getByName(hostAndPort[0]);
+			Integer port = hostAndPort.length == 1 ? null : Integer.parseInt(hostAndPort[1]);
+
+			return port == null ? new ServerAddress(hostAddress) : new ServerAddress(hostAddress, port);
+		} catch (UnknownHostException e) {
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "host", hostAndPort[0]);
+		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "port", hostAndPort[1]);
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extract the host and port from the given {@link String}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param addressAndPortSource must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private String[] extractHostAddressAndPort(String addressAndPortSource) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(addressAndPortSource, "Address and port source must not be null!");
+
+		String[] hostAndPort = addressAndPortSource.split(HOST_PORT_SPLIT_PATTERN);
+		String hostAddress = hostAndPort[0];
+
+		if (isHostAddressInIPv6BracketNotation(hostAddress)) {
+			hostAndPort[0] = hostAddress.substring(1, hostAddress.length() - 1);
+		}
+
+		return hostAndPort;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isHostAddressInIPv6BracketNotation(String hostAddress) {
+		return hostAddress.startsWith("[") && hostAddress.endsWith("]");
 	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/DefaultIndexOperations.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/DefaultIndexOperations.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;

+import static org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction.*;
+
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;

@@ -22,7 +24,6 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexDefinition;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexField;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexInfo;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Order;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 import com.mongodb.DBCollection;
@@ -34,9 +35,13 @@ import com.mongodb.MongoException;
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Komi Innocent
 */
 public class DefaultIndexOperations implements IndexOperations {

+	private static final Double ONE = Double.valueOf(1);
+	private static final Double MINUS_ONE = Double.valueOf(-1);
+
 	private final MongoOperations mongoOperations;
 	private final String collectionName;

@@ -135,12 +140,17 @@ public class DefaultIndexOperations implements IndexOperations {

 						Object value = keyDbObject.get(key);

-						if (Integer.valueOf(1).equals(value)) {
-							indexFields.add(IndexField.create(key, Order.ASCENDING));
-						} else if (Integer.valueOf(-1).equals(value)) {
-							indexFields.add(IndexField.create(key, Order.DESCENDING));
-						} else if ("2d".equals(value)) {
+						if ("2d".equals(value)) {
 							indexFields.add(IndexField.geo(key));
+						} else {
+
+							Double keyValue = new Double(value.toString());
+
+							if (ONE.equals(keyValue)) {
+								indexFields.add(IndexField.create(key, ASC));
+							} else if (MINUS_ONE.equals(keyValue)) {
+								indexFields.add(IndexField.create(key, DESC));
+							}
 						}
 					}

--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoAction.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoAction.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.
@@ -13,59 +13,53 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;

+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;

 /**
 * Represents an action taken against the collection. Used by {@link WriteConcernResolver} to determine a custom
- * WriteConcern based on this information.
- * 
- * Properties that will always be not-null are collectionName and defaultWriteConcern. The EntityClass is null only for
- * the MongoActionOperaton.INSERT_LIST.
- * 
+ * {@link WriteConcern} based on this information.
 * <ul>
 * <li>INSERT, SAVE have null query</li>
 * <li>REMOVE has null document</li>
- * <li>INSERT_LIST has null entityClass, document, and query</li>
+ * <li>INSERT_LIST has null entityType, document, and query</li>
 * </ul>
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
- * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public class MongoAction {

-	private String collectionName;
-
-	private WriteConcern defaultWriteConcern;
-
-	private Class<?> entityClass;
-
-	private MongoActionOperation mongoActionOperation;
-
-	private DBObject query;
-
-	private DBObject document;
+	private final String collectionName;
+	private final WriteConcern defaultWriteConcern;
+	private final Class<?> entityType;
+	private final MongoActionOperation mongoActionOperation;
+	private final DBObject query;
+	private final DBObject document;

 	/**
-	 * Create an instance of a MongoAction
+	 * Create an instance of a {@link MongoAction}.
 	 * 
-	 * @param defaultWriteConcern the default write concern
+	 * @param defaultWriteConcern the default write concern.
 	 * @param mongoActionOperation action being taken against the collection
-	 * @param collectionName the collection name
-	 * @param entityClass the POJO that is being operated against
+	 * @param collectionName the collection name, must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @param entityType the POJO that is being operated against
 	 * @param document the converted DBObject from the POJO or Spring Update object
 	 * @param query the converted DBOjbect from the Spring Query object
 	 */
 	public MongoAction(WriteConcern defaultWriteConcern, MongoActionOperation mongoActionOperation,
-			String collectionName, Class<?> entityClass, DBObject document, DBObject query) {
-		super();
+			String collectionName, Class<?> entityType, DBObject document, DBObject query) {
+
+		Assert.hasText(collectionName, "Collection name must not be null or empty!");
+
 		this.defaultWriteConcern = defaultWriteConcern;
 		this.mongoActionOperation = mongoActionOperation;
 		this.collectionName = collectionName;
-		this.entityClass = entityClass;
+		this.entityType = entityType;
 		this.query = query;
 		this.document = document;
 	}
@@ -78,8 +72,16 @@ public class MongoAction {
 		return defaultWriteConcern;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #getEntityType()} instead.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Class<?> getEntityClass() {
-		return entityClass;
+		return entityType;
+	}
+
+	public Class<?> getEntityType() {
+		return entityType;
 	}

 	public MongoActionOperation getMongoActionOperation() {
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoActionOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoActionOperation.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;
 * for a given mutating operation
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @see MongoAction
- * 
 */
 public enum MongoActionOperation {

--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoDataIntegrityViolationException.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoDataIntegrityViolationException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core;
+
+import org.springframework.dao.DataIntegrityViolationException;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.WriteResult;
+
+/**
+ * Mongo-specific {@link DataIntegrityViolationException}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class MongoDataIntegrityViolationException extends DataIntegrityViolationException {
+
+	private static final long serialVersionUID = -186980521176764046L;
+
+	private final WriteResult writeResult;
+	private final MongoActionOperation actionOperation;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link MongoDataIntegrityViolationException} using the given message and {@link WriteResult}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param message the exception message
+	 * @param writeResult the {@link WriteResult} that causes the exception, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param actionOperation the {@link MongoActionOperation} that caused the exception, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public MongoDataIntegrityViolationException(String message, WriteResult writeResult,
+			MongoActionOperation actionOperation) {
+
+		super(message);
+
+		Assert.notNull(writeResult, "WriteResult must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(actionOperation, "MongoActionOperation must not be null!");
+
+		this.writeResult = writeResult;
+		this.actionOperation = actionOperation;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link WriteResult} that caused the exception.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the writeResult
+	 */
+	public WriteResult getWriteResult() {
+		return writeResult;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link MongoActionOperation} in which the current exception occured.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the actionOperation
+	 */
+	public MongoActionOperation getActionOperation() {
+		return actionOperation;
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoDbUtils.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoDbUtils.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -26,14 +26,13 @@ import com.mongodb.DB;
 import com.mongodb.Mongo;

 /**
- * Helper class featuring helper methods for internal MongoDb classes.
- * <p/>
- * <p>
- * Mainly intended for internal use within the framework.
+ * Helper class featuring helper methods for internal MongoDb classes. Mainly intended for internal use within the
+ * framework.
 * 
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Randy Watler
 * @since 1.0
 */
 public abstract class MongoDbUtils {
@@ -78,51 +77,65 @@ public abstract class MongoDbUtils {
 	private static DB doGetDB(Mongo mongo, String databaseName, UserCredentials credentials, boolean allowCreate) {

 		DbHolder dbHolder = (DbHolder) TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResource(mongo);
-		if (dbHolder != null && !dbHolder.isEmpty()) {
-			// pre-bound Mongo DB
-			DB db = null;
-			if (TransactionSynchronizationManager.isSynchronizationActive() && dbHolder.doesNotHoldNonDefaultDB()) {
-				// Spring transaction management is active ->
-				db = dbHolder.getDB();
-				if (db != null && !dbHolder.isSynchronizedWithTransaction()) {
-					LOGGER.debug("Registering Spring transaction synchronization for existing Mongo DB");
-					TransactionSynchronizationManager.registerSynchronization(new MongoSynchronization(dbHolder, mongo));
-					dbHolder.setSynchronizedWithTransaction(true);
-				}
+
+		// Do we have a populated holder and TX sync active?
+		if (dbHolder != null && !dbHolder.isEmpty() && TransactionSynchronizationManager.isSynchronizationActive()) {
+
+			DB db = dbHolder.getDB(databaseName);
+
+			// DB found but not yet synchronized
+			if (db != null && !dbHolder.isSynchronizedWithTransaction()) {
+
+				LOGGER.debug("Registering Spring transaction synchronization for existing MongoDB {}.", databaseName);
+
+				TransactionSynchronizationManager.registerSynchronization(new MongoSynchronization(dbHolder, mongo));
+				dbHolder.setSynchronizedWithTransaction(true);
 			}
+
 			if (db != null) {
 				return db;
 			}
 		}

-		LOGGER.trace("Getting Mongo Database name=[" + databaseName + "]");
+		// Lookup fresh database instance
+		LOGGER.debug("Getting Mongo Database name=[{}]", databaseName);
+
 		DB db = mongo.getDB(databaseName);
-
 		boolean credentialsGiven = credentials.hasUsername() && credentials.hasPassword();
-		if (credentialsGiven && !db.isAuthenticated()) {
-			// Note, can only authenticate once against the same com.mongodb.DB object.
-			String username = credentials.getUsername();
-			String password = credentials.hasPassword() ? credentials.getPassword() : null;

-			if (!db.authenticate(username, password == null ? null : password.toCharArray())) {
-				throw new CannotGetMongoDbConnectionException("Failed to authenticate to database [" + databaseName
-						+ "], username = [" + username + "], password = [" + password + "]", databaseName, credentials);
+		synchronized (db) {
+
+			if (credentialsGiven && !db.isAuthenticated()) {
+
+				String username = credentials.getUsername();
+				String password = credentials.hasPassword() ? credentials.getPassword() : null;
+
+				if (!db.authenticate(username, password == null ? null : password.toCharArray())) {
+					throw new CannotGetMongoDbConnectionException("Failed to authenticate to database [" + databaseName + "], "
+							+ credentials.toString(), databaseName, credentials);
+				}
 			}
 		}

-		// Use same Session for further Mongo actions within the transaction.
-		// Thread object will get removed by synchronization at transaction completion.
+		// TX sync active, bind new database to thread
 		if (TransactionSynchronizationManager.isSynchronizationActive()) {
-			// We're within a Spring-managed transaction, possibly from JtaTransactionManager.
-			LOGGER.debug("Registering Spring transaction synchronization for new Hibernate Session");
+
+			LOGGER.debug("Registering Spring transaction synchronization for MongoDB instance {}.", databaseName);
+
 			DbHolder holderToUse = dbHolder;
+
 			if (holderToUse == null) {
-				holderToUse = new DbHolder(db);
+				holderToUse = new DbHolder(databaseName, db);
 			} else {
-				holderToUse.addDB(db);
+				holderToUse.addDB(databaseName, db);
 			}
-			TransactionSynchronizationManager.registerSynchronization(new MongoSynchronization(holderToUse, mongo));
-			holderToUse.setSynchronizedWithTransaction(true);
+
+			// synchronize holder only if not yet synchronized
+			if (!holderToUse.isSynchronizedWithTransaction()) {
+				TransactionSynchronizationManager.registerSynchronization(new MongoSynchronization(holderToUse, mongo));
+				holderToUse.setSynchronizedWithTransaction(true);
+			}
+
 			if (holderToUse != dbHolder) {
 				TransactionSynchronizationManager.bindResource(mongo, holderToUse);
 			}
@@ -146,11 +159,12 @@ public abstract class MongoDbUtils {
 	 * @return whether the DB is transactional
 	 */
 	public static boolean isDBTransactional(DB db, Mongo mongo) {
+
 		if (mongo == null) {
 			return false;
 		}
 		DbHolder dbHolder = (DbHolder) TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResource(mongo);
-		return (dbHolder != null && dbHolder.containsDB(db));
+		return dbHolder != null && dbHolder.containsDB(db);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -159,6 +173,7 @@ public abstract class MongoDbUtils {
 	 * @param db the DB to close (may be <code>null</code>)
 	 */
 	public static void closeDB(DB db) {
+
 		if (db != null) {
 			LOGGER.debug("Closing Mongo DB object");
 			try {
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoExceptionTranslator.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoExceptionTranslator.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -15,12 +15,6 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;

-import com.mongodb.MongoException;
-import com.mongodb.MongoException.CursorNotFound;
-import com.mongodb.MongoException.DuplicateKey;
-import com.mongodb.MongoException.Network;
-import com.mongodb.MongoInternalException;
-
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
 import org.springframework.dao.DuplicateKeyException;
@@ -29,21 +23,26 @@ import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException;
 import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.UncategorizedMongoDbException;

+import com.mongodb.MongoException;
+import com.mongodb.MongoException.CursorNotFound;
+import com.mongodb.MongoException.DuplicateKey;
+import com.mongodb.MongoException.Network;
+import com.mongodb.MongoInternalException;
+
 /**
 * Simple {@link PersistenceExceptionTranslator} for Mongo. Convert the given runtime exception to an appropriate
 * exception from the {@code org.springframework.dao} hierarchy. Return {@literal null} if no translation is
 * appropriate: any other exception may have resulted from user code, and should not be translated.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Michal Vich
 */
 public class MongoExceptionTranslator implements PersistenceExceptionTranslator {

 	/*
-	  * (non-Javadoc)
-	  *
-	  * @see org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator#
-	  * translateExceptionIfPossible(java.lang.RuntimeException)
-	  */
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator#translateExceptionIfPossible(java.lang.RuntimeException)
+	 */
 	public DataAccessException translateExceptionIfPossible(RuntimeException ex) {

 		// Check for well-known MongoException subclasses.
@@ -52,14 +51,23 @@ public class MongoExceptionTranslator implements PersistenceExceptionTranslator
 		if (ex instanceof DuplicateKey) {
 			return new DuplicateKeyException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
+
 		if (ex instanceof Network) {
 			return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
+
 		if (ex instanceof CursorNotFound) {
 			return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
+
+		if (ex instanceof MongoInternalException) {
+			return new InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+		}
+
 		if (ex instanceof MongoException) {
+
 			int code = ((MongoException) ex).getCode();
+
 			if (code == 11000 || code == 11001) {
 				throw new DuplicateKeyException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 			} else if (code == 12000 || code == 13440) {
@@ -69,9 +77,6 @@ public class MongoExceptionTranslator implements PersistenceExceptionTranslator
 			}
 			return new UncategorizedMongoDbException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
-		if (ex instanceof MongoInternalException) {
-			return new InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
-		}

 		// If we get here, we have an exception that resulted from user code,
 		// rather than the persistence provider, so we return null to indicate
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoFactoryBean.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoFactoryBean.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -15,7 +15,9 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;

-import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.List;

 import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
@@ -24,6 +26,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.CannotGetMongoDbConnectionException;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 import com.mongodb.Mongo;
 import com.mongodb.MongoOptions;
@@ -36,6 +39,7 @@ import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * @author Graeme Rocher
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 * @since 1.0
 */
 public class MongoFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Mongo>, InitializingBean, DisposableBean,
@@ -57,11 +61,38 @@ public class MongoFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Mongo>, InitializingBean, D
 	}

 	public void setReplicaSetSeeds(ServerAddress[] replicaSetSeeds) {
-		this.replicaSetSeeds = Arrays.asList(replicaSetSeeds);
+		this.replicaSetSeeds = filterNonNullElementsAsList(replicaSetSeeds);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #setReplicaSetSeeds(ServerAddress[])} instead
+	 * 
+	 * @param replicaPair
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public void setReplicaPair(ServerAddress[] replicaPair) {
-		this.replicaPair = Arrays.asList(replicaPair);
+		this.replicaPair = filterNonNullElementsAsList(replicaPair);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param elements the elements to filter <T>
+	 * @return a new unmodifiable {@link List#} from the given elements without nulls
+	 */
+	private <T> List<T> filterNonNullElementsAsList(T[] elements) {
+
+		if (elements == null) {
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+
+		List<T> candidateElements = new ArrayList<T>();
+
+		for (T element : elements) {
+			if (element != null) {
+				candidateElements.add(element);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return Collections.unmodifiableList(candidateElements);
 	}

 	public void setHost(String host) {
@@ -117,6 +148,7 @@ public class MongoFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Mongo>, InitializingBean, D
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean#afterPropertiesSet()
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public void afterPropertiesSet() throws Exception {

 		Mongo mongo;
@@ -126,15 +158,15 @@ public class MongoFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Mongo>, InitializingBean, D
 			mongoOptions = new MongoOptions();
 		}

-		if (replicaPair != null) {
+		if (!isNullOrEmpty(replicaPair)) {
 			if (replicaPair.size() < 2) {
 				throw new CannotGetMongoDbConnectionException("A replica pair must have two server entries");
 			}
 			mongo = new Mongo(replicaPair.get(0), replicaPair.get(1), mongoOptions);
-		} else if (replicaSetSeeds != null) {
+		} else if (!isNullOrEmpty(replicaSetSeeds)) {
 			mongo = new Mongo(replicaSetSeeds, mongoOptions);
 		} else {
-			String mongoHost = host != null ? host : defaultOptions.getHost();
+			String mongoHost = StringUtils.hasText(host) ? host : defaultOptions.getHost();
 			mongo = port != null ? new Mongo(new ServerAddress(mongoHost, port), mongoOptions) : new Mongo(mongoHost,
 					mongoOptions);
 		}
@@ -146,6 +178,10 @@ public class MongoFactoryBean implements FactoryBean<Mongo>, InitializingBean, D
 		this.mongo = mongo;
 	}

+	private boolean isNullOrEmpty(Collection<?> elements) {
+		return elements == null || elements.isEmpty();
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean#destroy()
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;

+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Aggregation;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationResults;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.TypedAggregation;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResult;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResults;
@@ -45,6 +48,8 @@ import com.mongodb.WriteResult;
 * @author Thomas Risberg
 * @author Mark Pollack
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Tobias Trelle
+ * @author Chuong Ngo
 */
 public interface MongoOperations {

@@ -247,7 +252,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * Query for a list of objects of type T from the collection used by the entity class.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * If your collection does not contain a homogeneous collection of types, this operation will not be an efficient way
 	 * to map objects since the test for class type is done in the client and not on the server.
@@ -261,7 +266,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * Query for a list of objects of type T from the specified collection.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * If your collection does not contain a homogeneous collection of types, this operation will not be an efficient way
 	 * to map objects since the test for class type is done in the client and not on the server.
@@ -301,6 +306,57 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 */
 	<T> GroupByResults<T> group(Criteria criteria, String inputCollectionName, GroupBy groupBy, Class<T> entityClass);

+	/**
+	 * Execute an aggregation operation. The raw results will be mapped to the given entity class. The name of the
+	 * inputCollection is derived from the inputType of the aggregation.
+	 * 
+	 * @param aggregation The {@link TypedAggregation} specification holding the aggregation operations, must not be
+	 *          {@literal null}.
+	 * @param collectionName The name of the input collection to use for the aggreation.
+	 * @param outputType The parameterized type of the returned list, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return The results of the aggregation operation.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	<O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(TypedAggregation<?> aggregation, String collectionName, Class<O> outputType);
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute an aggregation operation. The raw results will be mapped to the given entity class. The name of the
+	 * inputCollection is derived from the inputType of the aggregation.
+	 * 
+	 * @param aggregation The {@link TypedAggregation} specification holding the aggregation operations, must not be
+	 *          {@literal null}.
+	 * @param outputType The parameterized type of the returned list, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return The results of the aggregation operation.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	<O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(TypedAggregation<?> aggregation, Class<O> outputType);
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute an aggregation operation. The raw results will be mapped to the given entity class.
+	 * 
+	 * @param aggregation The {@link Aggregation} specification holding the aggregation operations, must not be
+	 *          {@literal null}.
+	 * @param inputType the inputType where the aggregation operation will read from, must not be {@literal null} or
+	 *          empty.
+	 * @param outputType The parameterized type of the returned list, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return The results of the aggregation operation.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	<O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(Aggregation aggregation, Class<?> inputType, Class<O> outputType);
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute an aggregation operation. The raw results will be mapped to the given entity class.
+	 * 
+	 * @param aggregation The {@link Aggregation} specification holding the aggregation operations, must not be
+	 *          {@literal null}.
+	 * @param collectionName the collection where the aggregation operation will read from, must not be {@literal null} or
+	 *          empty.
+	 * @param outputType The parameterized type of the returned list, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return The results of the aggregation operation.
+	 * @since 1.3
+	 */
+	<O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(Aggregation aggregation, String collectionName, Class<O> outputType);
+
 	/**
 	 * Execute a map-reduce operation. The map-reduce operation will be formed with an output type of INLINE
 	 * 
@@ -382,7 +438,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * specified type.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
 	 * feature rich {@link Query}.
@@ -399,7 +455,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * type.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
 	 * feature rich {@link Query}.
@@ -408,16 +464,21 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 *          specification
 	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
 	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-	 * 
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 */
 	<T> T findOne(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);

+	boolean exists(Query query, String collectionName);
+
+	boolean exists(Query query, Class<?> entityClass);
+
+	boolean exists(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
+
 	/**
 	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the collection for the entity class to a List of the specified type.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
 	 * feature rich {@link Query}.
@@ -433,7 +494,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the specified collection to a List of the specified type.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
 	 * feature rich {@link Query}.
@@ -442,7 +503,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 *          specification
 	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
 	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-	 * 
 	 * @return the List of converted objects
 	 */
 	<T> List<T> find(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);
@@ -464,7 +524,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * @param id the id of the document to return
 	 * @param entityClass the type to convert the document to
 	 * @param collectionName the collection to query for the document
-	 * 
 	 * @param <T>
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -501,7 +560,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * type. The first document that matches the query is returned and also removed from the collection in the database.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The query is specified as a {@link Query} which can be created either using the {@link BasicQuery} or the more
 	 * feature rich {@link Query}.
@@ -510,7 +569,6 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 *          specification
 	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
 	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-	 * 
 	 * @return the converted object
 	 */
 	<T> T findAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);
@@ -555,7 +613,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * Insert the object into the specified collection.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted to the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * Insert is used to initially store the object into the database. To update an existing object use the save method.
 	 * 
@@ -593,7 +651,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * object is not already present, that is an 'upsert'.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted to the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * If you object has an "Id' property, it will be set with the generated Id from MongoDB. If your Id property is a
 	 * String then MongoDB ObjectId will be used to populate that string. Otherwise, the conversion from ObjectId to your
@@ -610,7 +668,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * is an 'upsert'.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * The object is converted to the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. Unless
-	 * configured otherwise, an instance of SimpleMongoConverter will be used.
+	 * configured otherwise, an instance of MappingMongoConverter will be used.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * If you object has an "Id' property, it will be set with the generated Id from MongoDB. If your Id property is a
 	 * String then MongoDB ObjectId will be used to populate that string. Otherwise, the conversion from ObjectId to your
@@ -646,6 +704,18 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 */
 	WriteResult upsert(Query query, Update update, String collectionName);

+	/**
+	 * Performs an upsert. If no document is found that matches the query, a new document is created and inserted by
+	 * combining the query document and the update document.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to select a record to be upserted
+	 * @param update the update document that contains the updated object or $ operators to manipulate the existing object
+	 * @param entityClass class of the pojo to be operated on
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to update the object in
+	 * @return the WriteResult which lets you access the results of the previous write.
+	 */
+	WriteResult upsert(Query query, Update update, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
+
 	/**
 	 * Updates the first object that is found in the collection of the entity class that matches the query document with
 	 * the provided update document.
@@ -670,6 +740,19 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 */
 	WriteResult updateFirst(Query query, Update update, String collectionName);

+	/**
+	 * Updates the first object that is found in the specified collection that matches the query document criteria with
+	 * the provided updated document.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to select a record to be updated
+	 * @param update the update document that contains the updated object or $ operators to manipulate the existing
+	 *          object.
+	 * @param entityClass class of the pojo to be operated on
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to update the object in
+	 * @return the WriteResult which lets you access the results of the previous write.
+	 */
+	WriteResult updateFirst(Query query, Update update, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
+
 	/**
 	 * Updates all objects that are found in the collection for the entity class that matches the query document criteria
 	 * with the provided updated document.
@@ -694,6 +777,19 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 */
 	WriteResult updateMulti(Query query, Update update, String collectionName);

+	/**
+	 * Updates all objects that are found in the collection for the entity class that matches the query document criteria
+	 * with the provided updated document.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to select a record to be updated
+	 * @param update the update document that contains the updated object or $ operators to manipulate the existing
+	 *          object.
+	 * @param entityClass class of the pojo to be operated on
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to update the object in
+	 * @return the WriteResult which lets you access the results of the previous write.
+	 */
+	WriteResult updateMulti(final Query query, final Update update, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
+
 	/**
 	 * Remove the given object from the collection by id.
 	 * 
@@ -713,11 +809,12 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * Remove all documents that match the provided query document criteria from the the collection used to store the
 	 * entityClass. The Class parameter is also used to help convert the Id of the object if it is present in the query.
 	 * 
-	 * @param <T>
 	 * @param query
 	 * @param entityClass
 	 */
-	<T> void remove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass);
+	void remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass);
+
+	void remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);

 	/**
 	 * Remove all documents from the specified collection that match the provided query document criteria. There is no
@@ -734,4 +831,4 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	MongoConverter getConverter();
-}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/SimpleMongoDbFactory.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/SimpleMongoDbFactory.java
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ public class SimpleMongoDbFactory implements DisposableBean, MongoDbFactory {
 	 * Create an instance of {@link SimpleMongoDbFactory} given the {@link Mongo} instance and database name.
 	 * 
 	 * @param mongo Mongo instance, must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param databaseName database name, not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param databaseName database name, not be {@literal null} or empty.
 	 */
 	public SimpleMongoDbFactory(Mongo mongo, String databaseName) {
 		this(mongo, databaseName, UserCredentials.NO_CREDENTIALS, false);
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class SimpleMongoDbFactory implements DisposableBean, MongoDbFactory {
 	 * Create an instance of SimpleMongoDbFactory given the Mongo instance, database name, and username/password
 	 * 
 	 * @param mongo Mongo instance, must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param databaseName Database name, must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param databaseName Database name, must not be {@literal null} or empty.
 	 * @param credentials username and password.
 	 */
 	public SimpleMongoDbFactory(Mongo mongo, String databaseName, UserCredentials credentials) {
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/WriteConcernResolver.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/WriteConcernResolver.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.
@@ -13,27 +13,25 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;

 import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;

 /**
- * A strategy interface to determine the WriteConcern to use for a given MongoDbAction.
- * 
- * Return the passed in default WriteConcern (a property on MongoAction) if no determination can be made.
+ * A strategy interface to determine the {@link WriteConcern} to use for a given {@link MongoAction}. Return the passed
+ * in default {@link WriteConcern} (a property on {@link MongoAction}) if no determination can be made.
 * 
 * @author Mark Pollack
- * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public interface WriteConcernResolver {

 	/**
-	 * Resolve the WriteConcern given the MongoAction
+	 * Resolve the {@link WriteConcern} given the {@link MongoAction}.
 	 * 
-	 * @param action describes the context of the Mongo action. Contains a default WriteConcern to use if one should not
-	 *          be resolved.
-	 * @return a WriteConcern based on the passed in MongoAction value, maybe null
+	 * @param action describes the context of the Mongo action. Contains a default {@link WriteConcern} to use if one
+	 *          should not be resolved.
+	 * @return a {@link WriteConcern} based on the passed in {@link MongoAction} value, maybe {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	WriteConcern resolve(MongoAction action);
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/WriteResultChecking.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/WriteResultChecking.java
@@ -1,5 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 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.mongodb.core;

+/**
+ * Enum to represent how strict the check of {@link com.mongodb.WriteResult} shall be. It can either be skipped entirely
+ * (use {@link #NONE}), or errors can be logged ({@link #LOG}) or cause an exception to be thrown {@link #EXCEPTION}.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Risberg
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
 public enum WriteResultChecking {
+
 	NONE, LOG, EXCEPTION
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Aggregation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Aggregation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,305 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Fields.*;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.FieldReference;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Fields.AggregationField;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.SerializationUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * An {@code Aggregation} is a representation of a list of aggregation steps to be performed by the MongoDB Aggregation
+ * Framework.
+ * 
+ * @author Tobias Trelle
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class Aggregation {
+
+	public static final AggregationOperationContext DEFAULT_CONTEXT = new NoOpAggregationOperationContext();
+
+	private final List<AggregationOperation> operations;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Aggregation} from the given {@link AggregationOperation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param operations must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	public static Aggregation newAggregation(List<? extends AggregationOperation> operations) {
+		return newAggregation(operations.toArray(new AggregationOperation[operations.size()]));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Aggregation} from the given {@link AggregationOperation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param operations must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	public static Aggregation newAggregation(AggregationOperation... operations) {
+		return new Aggregation(operations);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link TypedAggregation} for the given type and {@link AggregationOperation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param operations must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	public static <T> TypedAggregation<T> newAggregation(Class<T> type, List<? extends AggregationOperation> operations) {
+		return newAggregation(type, operations.toArray(new AggregationOperation[operations.size()]));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link TypedAggregation} for the given type and {@link AggregationOperation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param operations must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	public static <T> TypedAggregation<T> newAggregation(Class<T> type, AggregationOperation... operations) {
+		return new TypedAggregation<T>(type, operations);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Aggregation} from the given {@link AggregationOperation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param aggregationOperations must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	protected Aggregation(AggregationOperation... aggregationOperations) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(aggregationOperations, "AggregationOperations must not be null!");
+		Assert.isTrue(aggregationOperations.length > 0, "At least one AggregationOperation has to be provided");
+
+		this.operations = Arrays.asList(aggregationOperations);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A pointer to the previous {@link AggregationOperation}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static String previousOperation() {
+		return "_id";
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperation} including the given fields.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ProjectionOperation project(String... fields) {
+		return project(fields(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperation} includeing the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ProjectionOperation project(Fields fields) {
+		return new ProjectionOperation(fields);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Factory method to create a new {@link UnwindOperation} for the field with the given name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fieldName must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static UnwindOperation unwind(String field) {
+		return new UnwindOperation(field(field));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperation} for the given fields.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static GroupOperation group(String... fields) {
+		return group(fields(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperation} for the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static GroupOperation group(Fields fields) {
+		return new GroupOperation(fields);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Factory method to create a new {@link SortOperation} for the given {@link Sort}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param sort must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static SortOperation sort(Sort sort) {
+		return new SortOperation(sort);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Factory method to create a new {@link SortOperation} for the given sort {@link Direction} and {@code fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param direction must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static SortOperation sort(Direction direction, String... fields) {
+		return new SortOperation(new Sort(direction, fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link SkipOperation} skipping the given number of elements.
+	 * 
+	 * @param elementsToSkip must not be less than zero.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static SkipOperation skip(int elementsToSkip) {
+		return new SkipOperation(elementsToSkip);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link LimitOperation} limiting the result to the given number of elements.
+	 * 
+	 * @param maxElements must not be less than zero.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static LimitOperation limit(long maxElements) {
+		return new LimitOperation(maxElements);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link MatchOperation} using the given {@link Criteria}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param criteria must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static MatchOperation match(Criteria criteria) {
+		return new MatchOperation(criteria);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Fields} instance for the given field names.
+	 * 
+	 * @see Fields#fields(String...)
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Fields fields(String... fields) {
+		return Fields.fields(fields);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Fields} instance from the given field name and target reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @param target must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Fields bind(String name, String target) {
+		return Fields.from(field(name, target));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts this {@link Aggregation} specification to a {@link DBObject}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param inputCollectionName the name of the input collection
+	 * @return the {@code DBObject} representing this aggregation
+	 */
+	public DBObject toDbObject(String inputCollectionName, AggregationOperationContext rootContext) {
+
+		AggregationOperationContext context = rootContext;
+		List<DBObject> operationDocuments = new ArrayList<DBObject>(operations.size());
+
+		for (AggregationOperation operation : operations) {
+
+			operationDocuments.add(operation.toDBObject(context));
+
+			if (operation instanceof FieldsExposingAggregationOperation) {
+				FieldsExposingAggregationOperation exposedFieldsOperation = (FieldsExposingAggregationOperation) operation;
+				context = new ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext(exposedFieldsOperation.getFields());
+			}
+		}
+
+		DBObject command = new BasicDBObject("aggregate", inputCollectionName);
+		command.put("pipeline", operationDocuments);
+
+		return command;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return SerializationUtils
+				.serializeToJsonSafely(toDbObject("__collection__", new NoOpAggregationOperationContext()));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Simple {@link AggregationOperationContext} that just returns {@link FieldReference}s as is.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	private static class NoOpAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationContext {
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getMappedObject(com.mongodb.DBObject)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject dbObject) {
+			return dbObject;
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getReference(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.AvailableField)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public FieldReference getReference(Field field) {
+			return new FieldReference(new ExposedField(field, true));
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getReference(java.lang.String)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public FieldReference getReference(String name) {
+			return new FieldReference(new ExposedField(new AggregationField(name), true));
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Represents one single operation in an aggregation pipeline.
+ * 
+ * @author Sebastian Herold
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public interface AggregationOperation {
+
+	/**
+	 * Turns the {@link AggregationOperation} into a {@link DBObject} by using the given
+	 * {@link AggregationOperationContext}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the DBObject
+	 */
+	DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context);
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationOperationContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationOperationContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.FieldReference;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * The context for an {@link AggregationOperation}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public interface AggregationOperationContext {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the mapped {@link DBObject}, potentially converting the source considering mapping metadata etc.
+	 * 
+	 * @param dbObject will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject dbObject);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link FieldReference} for the given field or {@literal null} if the context does not expose the given
+	 * field.
+	 * 
+	 * @param field must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	FieldReference getReference(Field field);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link FieldReference} for the field with the given name or {@literal null} if the context does not
+	 * expose a field with the given name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	FieldReference getReference(String name);
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationResults.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationResults.java
@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Collects the results of executing an aggregation operation.
+ * 
+ * @author Tobias Trelle
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @param <T> The class in which the results are mapped onto.
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class AggregationResults<T> implements Iterable<T> {
+
+	private final List<T> mappedResults;
+	private final DBObject rawResults;
+	private final String serverUsed;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link AggregationResults} instance from the given mapped and raw results.
+	 * 
+	 * @param mappedResults must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param rawResults must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public AggregationResults(List<T> mappedResults, DBObject rawResults) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(mappedResults);
+		Assert.notNull(rawResults);
+
+		this.mappedResults = Collections.unmodifiableList(mappedResults);
+		this.rawResults = rawResults;
+		this.serverUsed = parseServerUsed();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the aggregation results.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public List<T> getMappedResults() {
+		return mappedResults;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the unique mapped result. Assumes no result or exactly one.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException in case more than one result is available.
+	 */
+	public T getUniqueMappedResult() {
+		Assert.isTrue(mappedResults.size() < 2, "Expected unique result or null, but got more than one!");
+		return mappedResults.size() == 1 ? mappedResults.get(0) : null;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Iterable#iterator()
+	 */
+	public Iterator<T> iterator() {
+		return mappedResults.iterator();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the server that has been used to perform the aggregation.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public String getServerUsed() {
+		return serverUsed;
+	}
+
+	private String parseServerUsed() {
+
+		Object object = rawResults.get("serverUsed");
+		return object instanceof String ? (String) object : null;
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ExposedFields.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ExposedFields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,404 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.CompositeIterator;
+
+/**
+ * Value object to capture the fields exposed by an {@link AggregationOperation}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class ExposedFields implements Iterable<ExposedField> {
+
+	private static final List<ExposedField> NO_FIELDS = Collections.emptyList();
+	private static final ExposedFields EMPTY = new ExposedFields(NO_FIELDS, NO_FIELDS);
+
+	private final List<ExposedField> originalFields;
+	private final List<ExposedField> syntheticFields;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFields} instance from the given {@link ExposedField}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ExposedFields from(ExposedField... fields) {
+		return from(Arrays.asList(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFields} instance from the given {@link ExposedField}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static ExposedFields from(List<ExposedField> fields) {
+
+		ExposedFields result = EMPTY;
+
+		for (ExposedField field : fields) {
+			result = result.and(field);
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates synthetic {@link ExposedFields} from the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ExposedFields synthetic(Fields fields) {
+		return createFields(fields, true);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates non-synthetic {@link ExposedFields} from the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static ExposedFields nonSynthetic(Fields fields) {
+		return createFields(fields, false);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFields} instance for the given fields in either sythetic or non-synthetic way.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param synthetic
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static ExposedFields createFields(Fields fields, boolean synthetic) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(fields, "Fields must not be null!");
+		List<ExposedField> result = new ArrayList<ExposedField>();
+
+		for (Field field : fields) {
+			result.add(new ExposedField(field, synthetic));
+		}
+
+		return ExposedFields.from(result);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFields} with the given orignals and synthetics.
+	 * 
+	 * @param originals must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param synthetic must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	private ExposedFields(List<ExposedField> originals, List<ExposedField> synthetic) {
+
+		this.originalFields = originals;
+		this.syntheticFields = synthetic;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFields} adding the given {@link ExposedField}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param field must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public ExposedFields and(ExposedField field) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(field, "Exposed field must not be null!");
+
+		ArrayList<ExposedField> result = new ArrayList<ExposedField>();
+		result.addAll(field.synthetic ? syntheticFields : originalFields);
+		result.add(field);
+
+		return new ExposedFields(field.synthetic ? originalFields : result, field.synthetic ? result : syntheticFields);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the field with the given name or {@literal null} if no field with the given name is available.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public ExposedField getField(String name) {
+
+		for (ExposedField field : this) {
+			if (field.canBeReferredToBy(name)) {
+				return field;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the {@link ExposedFields} exposes no non-synthetic fields at all.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean exposesNoNonSyntheticFields() {
+		return originalFields.isEmpty();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the {@link ExposedFields} exposes a single non-synthetic field only.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean exposesSingleNonSyntheticFieldOnly() {
+		return originalFields.size() == 1;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the {@link ExposedFields} exposes no fields at all.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean exposesNoFields() {
+		return exposedFieldsCount() == 0;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the {@link ExposedFields} exposes a single field only.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean exposesSingleFieldOnly() {
+		return exposedFieldsCount() == 1;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private int exposedFieldsCount() {
+		return originalFields.size() + syntheticFields.size();
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Iterable#iterator()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<ExposedField> iterator() {
+
+		CompositeIterator<ExposedField> iterator = new CompositeIterator<ExposedField>();
+		iterator.add(syntheticFields.iterator());
+		iterator.add(originalFields.iterator());
+
+		return iterator;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A single exposed field.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	static class ExposedField implements Field {
+
+		private final boolean synthetic;
+		private final Field field;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link ExposedField} with the given key.
+		 * 
+		 * @param key must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 * @param synthetic whether the exposed field is synthetic.
+		 */
+		public ExposedField(String key, boolean synthetic) {
+			this(Fields.field(key), synthetic);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link ExposedField} for the given {@link Field}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param delegate must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param synthetic whether the exposed field is synthetic.
+		 */
+		public ExposedField(Field delegate, boolean synthetic) {
+
+			this.field = delegate;
+			this.synthetic = synthetic;
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field#getKey()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String getName() {
+			return field.getName();
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field#getTarget()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String getTarget() {
+			return field.getTarget();
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field#isAliased()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean isAliased() {
+			return field.isAliased();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns whether the field can be referred to using the given name.
+		 * 
+		 * @param input
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public boolean canBeReferredToBy(String input) {
+			return getTarget().equals(input);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return String.format("AggregationField: %s, synthetic: %s", field, synthetic);
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+
+			if (this == obj) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			if (!(obj instanceof ExposedField)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			ExposedField that = (ExposedField) obj;
+
+			return this.field.equals(that.field) && this.synthetic == that.synthetic;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+
+			int result = 17;
+
+			result += 31 * field.hashCode();
+			result += 31 * (synthetic ? 0 : 1);
+
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * A reference to an {@link ExposedField}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	static class FieldReference {
+
+		private final ExposedField field;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link FieldReference} for the given {@link ExposedField}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param field must not be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public FieldReference(ExposedField field) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(field, "ExposedField must not be null!");
+			this.field = field;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the raw, unqualified reference, i.e. the field reference without a {@literal $} prefix.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public String getRaw() {
+			String target = field.getTarget();
+			return field.synthetic ? target : String.format("%s.%s", Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID, target);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the referenve value for the given field reference. Will return 1 for a synthetic, unaliased field or the
+		 * raw rendering of the reference otherwise.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public Object getReferenceValue() {
+			return field.synthetic && !field.isAliased() ? 1 : toString();
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return String.format("$%s", getRaw());
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+
+			if (this == obj) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			if (!(obj instanceof FieldReference)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			FieldReference that = (FieldReference) obj;
+
+			return this.field.equals(that.field);
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+			return field.hashCode();
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.FieldReference;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * {@link AggregationOperationContext} that combines the available field references from a given
+ * {@code AggregationOperationContext} and an {@link FieldsExposingAggregationOperation}.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.4
+ */
+class ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationContext {
+
+	private final ExposedFields exposedFields;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext} from the given {@link ExposedFields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param exposedFields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext(ExposedFields exposedFields) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(exposedFields, "ExposedFields must not be null!");
+		this.exposedFields = exposedFields;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getMappedObject(com.mongodb.DBObject)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject dbObject) {
+		return dbObject;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getReference(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.AvailableField)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public FieldReference getReference(Field field) {
+		return getReference(field.getTarget());
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getReference(java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public FieldReference getReference(String name) {
+
+		ExposedField field = exposedFields.getField(name);
+
+		if (field != null) {
+			return new FieldReference(field);
+		}
+
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Invalid reference '%s'!", name));
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Field.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Field.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+/**
+ * Abstraction for a field.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public interface Field {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the name of the field.
+	 * 
+	 * @return must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	String getName();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the target of the field. In case no explicit target is available {@link #getName()} should be returned.
+	 * 
+	 * @return must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	String getTarget();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the Field is aliased, which means it has a name set different from the target.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean isAliased();
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Fields.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Fields.java
@@ -0,0 +1,280 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Value object to capture a list of {@link Field} instances.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class Fields implements Iterable<Field> {
+
+	private static final String AMBIGUOUS_EXCEPTION = "Found two fields both using '%s' as name: %s and %s! Please "
+			+ "customize your field definitions to get to unique field names!";
+
+	public static String UNDERSCORE_ID = "_id";
+	public static String UNDERSCORE_ID_REF = "$_id";
+
+	private final List<Field> fields;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Fields} instance from the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Fields from(Field... fields) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(fields, "Fields must not be null!");
+		return new Fields(Arrays.asList(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Fields} instance for {@link Field}s with the given names.
+	 * 
+	 * @param names must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Fields fields(String... names) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(names, "Field names must not be null!");
+
+		List<Field> fields = new ArrayList<Field>();
+
+		for (String name : names) {
+			fields.add(field(name));
+		}
+
+		return new Fields(fields);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a {@link Field} with the given name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public static Field field(String name) {
+		return new AggregationField(name);
+	}
+
+	public static Field field(String name, String target) {
+		Assert.hasText(target, "Target must not be null or empty!");
+		return new AggregationField(name, target);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Fields} instance using the given {@link Field}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	private Fields(List<Field> fields) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(fields, "Fields must not be null!");
+
+		this.fields = verify(fields);
+	}
+
+	private static final List<Field> verify(List<Field> fields) {
+
+		Map<String, Field> reference = new HashMap<String, Field>();
+
+		for (Field field : fields) {
+
+			String name = field.getName();
+			Field found = reference.get(name);
+
+			if (found != null) {
+				throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(AMBIGUOUS_EXCEPTION, name, found, field));
+			}
+
+			reference.put(name, field);
+		}
+
+		return fields;
+	}
+
+	private Fields(Fields existing, Field tail) {
+
+		this.fields = new ArrayList<Field>(existing.fields.size() + 1);
+		this.fields.addAll(existing.fields);
+		this.fields.add(tail);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Fields} instance with a new {@link Field} of the given name added.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Fields and(String name) {
+		return and(new AggregationField(name));
+	}
+
+	public Fields and(String name, String target) {
+		return and(new AggregationField(name, target));
+	}
+
+	public Fields and(Field field) {
+		return new Fields(this, field);
+	}
+
+	public Fields and(Fields fields) {
+
+		Fields result = this;
+
+		for (Field field : fields) {
+			result = result.and(field);
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	public Field getField(String name) {
+
+		for (Field field : fields) {
+			if (field.getName().equals(name)) {
+				return field;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Iterable#iterator()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Iterator<Field> iterator() {
+		return fields.iterator();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Value object to encapsulate a field in an aggregation operation.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	static class AggregationField implements Field {
+
+		private final String name;
+		private final String target;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates an aggregation fieldwith the given name. As no target is set explicitly, the name will be used as target
+		 * as well.
+		 * 
+		 * @param key
+		 */
+		public AggregationField(String key) {
+			this(key, null);
+		}
+
+		public AggregationField(String name, String target) {
+
+			Assert.hasText(name, "AggregationField name must not be null or empty!");
+
+			if (target == null && name.contains(".")) {
+				this.name = name.substring(name.indexOf(".") + 1);
+				this.target = name;
+			} else {
+				this.name = name;
+				this.target = target;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field#getKey()
+		 */
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field#getAlias()
+		 */
+		public String getTarget() {
+			return StringUtils.hasText(this.target) ? this.target : this.name;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field#isAliased()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean isAliased() {
+			return !getName().equals(getTarget());
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return String.format("AggregationField - name: %s, target: %s", name, target);
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+
+			if (this == obj) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			if (!(obj instanceof AggregationField)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			AggregationField that = (AggregationField) obj;
+
+			return this.name.equals(that.name) && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.target, that.target);
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+
+			int result = 17;
+
+			result += 31 * name.hashCode();
+			result += 31 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(target);
+
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/FieldsExposingAggregationOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/FieldsExposingAggregationOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+/**
+ * {@link AggregationOperation} that exposes new {@link ExposedFields} that can be used for later aggregation pipeline
+ * {@code AggregationOperation}s.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ */
+public interface FieldsExposingAggregationOperation extends AggregationOperation {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the fields exposed by the {@link AggregationOperation}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	ExposedFields getFields();
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/GeoNearOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/GeoNearOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.NearQuery;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class GeoNearOperation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+	private final NearQuery nearQuery;
+
+	public GeoNearOperation(NearQuery nearQuery) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(nearQuery);
+		this.nearQuery = nearQuery;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+		return new BasicDBObject("$geoNear", context.getMappedObject(nearQuery.toDBObject()));
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/GroupOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/GroupOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,375 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.FieldReference;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the aggregation framework {@code $group}-operation.
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/group/#stage._S_group
+ * @author Sebastian Herold
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class GroupOperation implements FieldsExposingAggregationOperation {
+
+	/**
+	 * Holds the non-synthetic fields which are the fields of the group-id structure.
+	 */
+	private final ExposedFields idFields;
+
+	private final List<Operation> operations;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperation} including the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public GroupOperation(Fields fields) {
+
+		this.idFields = ExposedFields.nonSynthetic(fields);
+		this.operations = new ArrayList<Operation>();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperation} from the given {@link GroupOperation}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param groupOperation must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	protected GroupOperation(GroupOperation groupOperation) {
+		this(groupOperation, Collections.<Operation> emptyList());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperation} from the given {@link GroupOperation} and the given {@link Operation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param groupOperation
+	 * @param nextOperations
+	 */
+	private GroupOperation(GroupOperation groupOperation, List<Operation> nextOperations) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(groupOperation, "GroupOperation must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(nextOperations, "NextOperations must not be null!");
+
+		this.idFields = groupOperation.idFields;
+		this.operations = new ArrayList<Operation>(nextOperations.size() + 1);
+		this.operations.addAll(groupOperation.operations);
+		this.operations.addAll(nextOperations);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperation} from the current one adding the given {@link Operation}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param operation must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected GroupOperation and(Operation operation) {
+		return new GroupOperation(this, Arrays.asList(operation));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Builder for {@link GroupOperation}s on a field.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 */
+	public class GroupOperationBuilder {
+
+		private final GroupOperation groupOperation;
+		private final Operation operation;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link GroupOperationBuilder} from the given {@link GroupOperation} and {@link Operation}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param groupOperation
+		 * @param operation
+		 */
+		private GroupOperationBuilder(GroupOperation groupOperation, Operation operation) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(groupOperation, "GroupOperation must not be null!");
+			Assert.notNull(operation, "Operation must not be null!");
+
+			this.groupOperation = groupOperation;
+			this.operation = operation;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Allows to specify an alias for the new-operation operation.
+		 * 
+		 * @param alias
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public GroupOperation as(String alias) {
+			return this.groupOperation.and(operation.withAlias(alias));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for a {@code $sum}-expression.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Count expressions are emulated via {@code $sum: 1}.
+	 * <p>
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder count() {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.SUM, null, 1);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for a {@code $sum}-expression for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder sum(String reference) {
+		return sum(reference, null);
+	}
+
+	private GroupOperationBuilder sum(String reference, Object value) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.SUM, reference, value);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $add_to_set}-expression for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder addToSet(String reference) {
+		return addToSet(reference, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $add_to_set}-expression for the given value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder addToSet(Object value) {
+		return addToSet(null, value);
+	}
+
+	private GroupOperationBuilder addToSet(String reference, Object value) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.ADD_TO_SET, reference, value);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $last}-expression for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder last(String reference) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.LAST, reference, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for a {@code $first}-expression for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder first(String reference) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.FIRST, reference, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $avg}-expression for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder avg(String reference) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.AVG, reference, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $push}-expression for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder push(String reference) {
+		return push(reference, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $push}-expression for the given value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder push(Object value) {
+		return push(null, value);
+	}
+
+	private GroupOperationBuilder push(String reference, Object value) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.PUSH, reference, value);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $min}-expression that for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder min(String reference) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.MIN, reference, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates an {@link GroupOperationBuilder} for an {@code $max}-expression that for the given field-reference.
+	 * 
+	 * @param reference
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public GroupOperationBuilder max(String reference) {
+		return newBuilder(GroupOps.MAX, reference, null);
+	}
+
+	private GroupOperationBuilder newBuilder(Keyword keyword, String reference, Object value) {
+		return new GroupOperationBuilder(this, new Operation(keyword, null, reference, value));
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getFields()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public ExposedFields getFields() {
+
+		ExposedFields fields = this.idFields.and(new ExposedField(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID, true));
+
+		for (Operation operation : operations) {
+			fields = fields.and(operation.asField());
+		}
+
+		return fields;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public com.mongodb.DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+		BasicDBObject operationObject = new BasicDBObject();
+
+		if (idFields.exposesNoNonSyntheticFields()) {
+
+			operationObject.put(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID, null);
+
+		} else if (idFields.exposesSingleNonSyntheticFieldOnly()) {
+
+			FieldReference reference = context.getReference(idFields.iterator().next());
+			operationObject.put(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID, reference.toString());
+
+		} else {
+
+			BasicDBObject inner = new BasicDBObject();
+
+			for (ExposedField field : idFields) {
+				FieldReference reference = context.getReference(field);
+				inner.put(field.getName(), reference.toString());
+			}
+
+			operationObject.put(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID, inner);
+		}
+
+		for (Operation operation : operations) {
+			operationObject.putAll(operation.toDBObject(context));
+		}
+
+		return new BasicDBObject("$group", operationObject);
+	}
+
+	interface Keyword {
+
+		String toString();
+	}
+
+	private static enum GroupOps implements Keyword {
+
+		SUM, LAST, FIRST, PUSH, AVG, MIN, MAX, ADD_TO_SET, COUNT;
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+
+			String[] parts = name().split("_");
+
+			StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+
+			for (String part : parts) {
+				String lowerCase = part.toLowerCase(Locale.US);
+				builder.append(builder.length() == 0 ? lowerCase : StringUtils.capitalize(lowerCase));
+			}
+
+			return "$" + builder.toString();
+		}
+	}
+
+	static class Operation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+		private final Keyword op;
+		private final String key;
+		private final String reference;
+		private final Object value;
+
+		public Operation(Keyword op, String key, String reference, Object value) {
+
+			this.op = op;
+			this.key = key;
+			this.reference = reference;
+			this.value = value;
+		}
+
+		public Operation withAlias(String key) {
+			return new Operation(op, key, reference, value);
+		}
+
+		public ExposedField asField() {
+			return new ExposedField(key, true);
+		}
+
+		public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+			return new BasicDBObject(key, new BasicDBObject(op.toString(), getValue(context)));
+		}
+
+		public Object getValue(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+			return reference == null ? value : context.getReference(reference).toString();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "Operation [op=" + op + ", key=" + key + ", reference=" + reference + ", value=" + value + "]";
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/LimitOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/LimitOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the {@code $limit}-operation
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/limit/
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+class LimitOperation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+	private final long maxElements;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param maxElements Number of documents to consider.
+	 */
+	public LimitOperation(long maxElements) {
+
+		Assert.isTrue(maxElements >= 0, "Maximum number of elements must be greater or equal to zero!");
+		this.maxElements = maxElements;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+		return new BasicDBObject("$limit", maxElements);
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/MatchOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/MatchOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the {@code $match}-operation
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/match/
+ * @author Sebastian Herold
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class MatchOperation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+	private final Criteria criteria;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link MatchOperation} for the given {@link Criteria}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param criteria must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public MatchOperation(Criteria criteria) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(criteria, "Criteria must not be null!");
+		this.criteria = criteria;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+		return new BasicDBObject("$match", context.getMappedObject(criteria.getCriteriaObject()));
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,652 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ProjectionOperation.ProjectionOperationBuilder.FieldProjection;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBList;
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the aggregation framework {@code $project}-operation. Projection of field to be used in an
+ * {@link Aggregation}. A projection is similar to a {@link Field} inclusion/exclusion but more powerful. It can
+ * generate new fields, change values of given field etc.
+ * <p>
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/project/
+ * @author Tobias Trelle
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class ProjectionOperation implements FieldsExposingAggregationOperation {
+
+	private static final List<Projection> NONE = Collections.emptyList();
+	private static final String EXCLUSION_ERROR = "Exclusion of field %s not allowed. Projections by the mongodb "
+			+ "aggregation framework only support the exclusion of the %s field!";
+
+	private final List<Projection> projections;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new empty {@link ProjectionOperation}.
+	 */
+	public ProjectionOperation() {
+		this(NONE, NONE);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperation} including the given {@link Fields}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public ProjectionOperation(Fields fields) {
+		this(NONE, ProjectionOperationBuilder.FieldProjection.from(fields));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Copy constructor to allow building up {@link ProjectionOperation} instances from already existing
+	 * {@link Projection}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param current must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param projections must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	private ProjectionOperation(List<? extends Projection> current, List<? extends Projection> projections) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(current, "Current projections must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(projections, "Projections must not be null!");
+
+		this.projections = new ArrayList<ProjectionOperation.Projection>(current.size() + projections.size());
+		this.projections.addAll(current);
+		this.projections.addAll(projections);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperation} with the current {@link Projection}s and the given one.
+	 * 
+	 * @param projection must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private ProjectionOperation and(Projection projection) {
+		return new ProjectionOperation(this.projections, Arrays.asList(projection));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperation} with the current {@link Projection}s replacing the last current one with
+	 * the given one.
+	 * 
+	 * @param projection must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private ProjectionOperation andReplaceLastOneWith(Projection projection) {
+
+		List<Projection> projections = this.projections.isEmpty() ? Collections.<Projection> emptyList() : this.projections
+				.subList(0, this.projections.size() - 1);
+		return new ProjectionOperation(projections, Arrays.asList(projection));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperationBuilder} to define a projection for the field with the given name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public ProjectionOperationBuilder and(String name) {
+		return new ProjectionOperationBuilder(name, this, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Excludes the given fields from the projection.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fieldNames must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public ProjectionOperation andExclude(String... fieldNames) {
+
+		for (String fieldName : fieldNames) {
+			Assert.isTrue(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID.equals(fieldName),
+					String.format(EXCLUSION_ERROR, fieldName, Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID));
+		}
+
+		List<FieldProjection> excludeProjections = FieldProjection.from(Fields.fields(fieldNames), false);
+		return new ProjectionOperation(this.projections, excludeProjections);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Includes the given fields into the projection.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fieldNames must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public ProjectionOperation andInclude(String... fieldNames) {
+
+		List<FieldProjection> projections = FieldProjection.from(Fields.fields(fieldNames), true);
+		return new ProjectionOperation(this.projections, projections);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Includes the given fields into the projection.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public ProjectionOperation andInclude(Fields fields) {
+		return new ProjectionOperation(this.projections, FieldProjection.from(fields, true));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.FieldsExposingAggregationOperation#getFields()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public ExposedFields getFields() {
+
+		ExposedFields fields = null;
+
+		for (Projection projection : projections) {
+			ExposedField field = projection.getExposedField();
+			fields = fields == null ? ExposedFields.from(field) : fields.and(field);
+		}
+
+		return fields;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+		BasicDBObject fieldObject = new BasicDBObject();
+
+		for (Projection projection : projections) {
+			fieldObject.putAll(projection.toDBObject(context));
+		}
+
+		return new BasicDBObject("$project", fieldObject);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Builder for {@link ProjectionOperation}s on a field.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 */
+	public static class ProjectionOperationBuilder implements AggregationOperation {
+
+		private final String name;
+		private final ProjectionOperation operation;
+		private final OperationProjection previousProjection;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link ProjectionOperationBuilder} for the field with the given name on top of the given
+		 * {@link ProjectionOperation}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 * @param operation must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param previousProjection the previous operation projection, may be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder(String name, ProjectionOperation operation, OperationProjection previousProjection) {
+
+			Assert.hasText(name, "Field name must not be null or empty!");
+			Assert.notNull(operation, "ProjectionOperation must not be null!");
+
+			this.name = name;
+			this.operation = operation;
+			this.previousProjection = previousProjection;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Projects the result of the previous operation onto the current field. Will automatically add an exclusion for
+		 * {@code _id} as what would be held in it by default will now go into the field just projected into.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperation previousOperation() {
+
+			return this.operation.andExclude(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID) //
+					.and(new PreviousOperationProjection(name));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Defines a nested field binding for the current field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param fields must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperation nested(Fields fields) {
+			return this.operation.and(new NestedFieldProjection(name, fields));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Allows to specify an alias for the previous projection operation.
+		 * 
+		 * @param string
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperation as(String alias) {
+
+			if (previousProjection != null) {
+				return this.operation.andReplaceLastOneWith(previousProjection.withAlias(alias));
+			} else {
+				return this.operation.and(new FieldProjection(Fields.field(alias, name), null));
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $add} expression that adds the given number to the previously mentioned field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param number
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder plus(Number number) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(number, "Number must not be null!");
+			return project("add", number);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $add} expression that adds the value of the given field to the previously mentioned field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param fieldReference
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder plus(String fieldReference) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(fieldReference, "Field reference must not be null!");
+			return project("add", Fields.field(fieldReference));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $subtract} expression that subtracts the given number to the previously mentioned field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param number
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder minus(Number number) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(number, "Number must not be null!");
+			return project("subtract", number);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $subtract} expression that subtracts the value of the given field to the previously mentioned
+		 * field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param fieldReference
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder minus(String fieldReference) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(fieldReference, "Field reference must not be null!");
+			return project("subtract", Fields.field(fieldReference));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $multiply} expression that multiplies the given number with the previously mentioned field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param number
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder multiply(Number number) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(number, "Number must not be null!");
+			return project("multiply", number);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $multiply} expression that multiplies the value of the given field with the previously
+		 * mentioned field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param fieldReference
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder multiply(String fieldReference) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(fieldReference, "Field reference must not be null!");
+			return project("multiply", Fields.field(fieldReference));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $divide} expression that divides the previously mentioned field by the given number.
+		 * 
+		 * @param number
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder divide(Number number) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(number, "Number must not be null!");
+			Assert.isTrue(Math.abs(number.intValue()) != 0, "Number must not be zero!");
+			return project("divide", number);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $divide} expression that divides the value of the given field by the previously mentioned
+		 * field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param fieldReference
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder divide(String fieldReference) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(fieldReference, "Field reference must not be null!");
+			return project("divide", Fields.field(fieldReference));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $mod} expression that divides the previously mentioned field by the given number and returns
+		 * the remainder.
+		 * 
+		 * @param number
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder mod(Number number) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(number, "Number must not be null!");
+			Assert.isTrue(Math.abs(number.intValue()) != 0, "Number must not be zero!");
+			return project("mod", number);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Generates an {@code $mod} expression that divides the value of the given field by the previously mentioned field
+		 * and returns the remainder.
+		 * 
+		 * @param fieldReference
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder mod(String fieldReference) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(fieldReference, "Field reference must not be null!");
+			return project("mod", Fields.field(fieldReference));
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+			return this.operation.toDBObject(context);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Adds a generic projection for the current field.
+		 * 
+		 * @param operation the operation key, e.g. {@code $add}.
+		 * @param values the values to be set for the projection operation.
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public ProjectionOperationBuilder project(String operation, Object... values) {
+			OperationProjection projectionOperation = new OperationProjection(Fields.field(name), operation, values);
+			return new ProjectionOperationBuilder(name, this.operation.and(projectionOperation), projectionOperation);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * A {@link Projection} to pull in the result of the previous operation.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Oliver Gierke
+		 */
+		static class PreviousOperationProjection extends Projection {
+
+			private final String name;
+
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new {@link PreviousOperationProjection} for the field with the given name.
+			 * 
+			 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+			 */
+			public PreviousOperationProjection(String name) {
+				super(Fields.field(name));
+				this.name = name;
+			}
+
+			/* 
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ProjectionOperation.Projection#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+				return new BasicDBObject(name, Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID_REF);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * A {@link FieldProjection} to map a result of a previous {@link AggregationOperation} to a new field.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Oliver Gierke
+		 * @author Thomas Darimont
+		 */
+		static class FieldProjection extends Projection {
+
+			private final Field field;
+			private final Object value;
+
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new {@link FieldProjection} for the field of the given name, assigning the given value.
+			 * 
+			 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+			 * @param value
+			 */
+			public FieldProjection(String name, Object value) {
+				this(Fields.field(name), value);
+			}
+
+			private FieldProjection(Field field, Object value) {
+
+				super(field);
+
+				this.field = field;
+				this.value = value;
+			}
+
+			/**
+			 * Factory method to easily create {@link FieldProjection}s for the given {@link Fields}. Fields are projected as
+			 * references with their given name. A field {@code foo} will be projected as: {@code foo : 1 } .
+			 * 
+			 * @param fields the {@link Fields} to in- or exclude, must not be {@literal null}.
+			 * @return
+			 */
+			public static List<? extends Projection> from(Fields fields) {
+				return from(fields, null);
+			}
+
+			/**
+			 * Factory method to easily create {@link FieldProjection}s for the given {@link Fields}.
+			 * 
+			 * @param fields the {@link Fields} to in- or exclude, must not be {@literal null}.
+			 * @param value to use for the given field.
+			 * @return
+			 */
+			public static List<FieldProjection> from(Fields fields, Object value) {
+
+				Assert.notNull(fields, "Fields must not be null!");
+				List<FieldProjection> projections = new ArrayList<FieldProjection>();
+
+				for (Field field : fields) {
+					projections.add(new FieldProjection(field, value));
+				}
+
+				return projections;
+			}
+
+			/* 
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ProjectionOperation.Projection#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+				return new BasicDBObject(field.getName(), renderFieldValue(context));
+			}
+
+			private Object renderFieldValue(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+				// implicit reference or explicit include?
+				if (value == null || Boolean.TRUE.equals(value)) {
+
+					// check whether referenced field exists in the context
+					return context.getReference(field).getReferenceValue();
+
+				} else if (Boolean.FALSE.equals(value)) {
+
+					// render field as excluded
+					return 0;
+				}
+
+				return value;
+			}
+		}
+
+		static class OperationProjection extends Projection {
+
+			private final Field field;
+			private final String operation;
+			private final List<Object> values;
+
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new {@link OperationProjection} for the given field.
+			 * 
+			 * @param name the name of the field to add the operation projection for, must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+			 * @param operation the actual operation key, must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+			 * @param values the values to pass into the operation, must not be {@literal null}.
+			 */
+			public OperationProjection(Field field, String operation, Object[] values) {
+
+				super(field);
+
+				Assert.hasText(operation, "Operation must not be null or empty!");
+				Assert.notNull(values, "Values must not be null!");
+
+				this.field = field;
+				this.operation = operation;
+				this.values = Arrays.asList(values);
+			}
+
+			/* 
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ProjectionOperation.Projection#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+				BasicDBList values = new BasicDBList();
+				values.addAll(buildReferences(context));
+
+				DBObject inner = new BasicDBObject("$" + operation, values);
+
+				return new BasicDBObject(this.field.getName(), inner);
+			}
+
+			private List<Object> buildReferences(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+				List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>(values.size());
+				result.add(context.getReference(field.getTarget()).toString());
+
+				for (Object element : values) {
+					result.add(element instanceof Field ? context.getReference((Field) element).toString() : element);
+				}
+
+				return result;
+			}
+
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new instance of this {@link OperationProjection} with the given alias.
+			 * 
+			 * @param alias the alias to set
+			 * @return
+			 */
+			public OperationProjection withAlias(String alias) {
+				return new OperationProjection(Fields.field(alias, this.field.getName()), operation, values.toArray());
+			}
+		}
+
+		static class NestedFieldProjection extends Projection {
+
+			private final String name;
+			private final Fields fields;
+
+			public NestedFieldProjection(String name, Fields fields) {
+
+				super(Fields.field(name));
+				this.name = name;
+				this.fields = fields;
+			}
+
+			/* 
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ProjectionOperation.Projection#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+				DBObject nestedObject = new BasicDBObject();
+
+				for (Field field : fields) {
+					nestedObject.put(field.getName(), context.getReference(field.getTarget()).toString());
+				}
+
+				return new BasicDBObject(name, nestedObject);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Base class for {@link Projection} implementations.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	private static abstract class Projection {
+
+		private final ExposedField field;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates new {@link Projection} for the given {@link Field}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param field must not be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public Projection(Field field) {
+
+			Assert.notNull(field, "Field must not be null!");
+			this.field = new ExposedField(field, true);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the field exposed by the {@link Projection}.
+		 * 
+		 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public ExposedField getExposedField() {
+			return field;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Renders the current {@link Projection} into a {@link DBObject} based on the given
+		 * {@link AggregationOperationContext}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param context will never be {@literal null}.
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public abstract DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context);
+	}
+
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/SkipOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/SkipOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the aggregation framework {@code $skip}-operation.
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/skip/
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class SkipOperation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+	private final long skipCount;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link SkipOperation} skipping the given number of elements.
+	 * 
+	 * @param skipCount number of documents to skip.
+	 */
+	public SkipOperation(long skipCount) {
+
+		Assert.isTrue(skipCount >= 0, "Skip count must not be negative!");
+		this.skipCount = skipCount;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+		return new BasicDBObject("$skip", skipCount);
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/SortOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/SortOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Order;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.FieldReference;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the aggregation framework {@code $sort}-operation.
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/sort/#pipe._S_sort
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class SortOperation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+	private final Sort sort;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link SortOperation} for the given {@link Sort} instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @param sort must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public SortOperation(Sort sort) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(sort, "Sort must not be null!");
+		this.sort = sort;
+	}
+
+	public SortOperation and(Direction direction, String... fields) {
+		return and(new Sort(direction, fields));
+	}
+
+	public SortOperation and(Sort sort) {
+		return new SortOperation(this.sort.and(sort));
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+		BasicDBObject object = new BasicDBObject();
+
+		for (Order order : sort) {
+
+			// Check reference
+			FieldReference reference = context.getReference(order.getProperty());
+			object.put(reference.getRaw(), order.isAscending() ? 1 : -1);
+		}
+
+		return new BasicDBObject("$sort", object);
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext.java
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Fields.*;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyPath;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentPropertyPath;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.FieldReference;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * {@link AggregationOperationContext} aware of a particular type and a {@link MappingContext} to potentially translate
+ * property references into document field names.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationContext {
+
+	private final Class<?> type;
+	private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
+	private final QueryMapper mapper;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext} for the given type, {@link MappingContext} and
+	 * {@link QueryMapper}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param mapper must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext(Class<?> type,
+			MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext, QueryMapper mapper) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(type, "Type must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(mappingContext, "MappingContext must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(mapper, "QueryMapper must not be null!");
+
+		this.type = type;
+		this.mappingContext = mappingContext;
+		this.mapper = mapper;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getMappedObject(com.mongodb.DBObject)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject dbObject) {
+		return mapper.getMappedObject(dbObject, mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(type));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getReference(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Field)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public FieldReference getReference(Field field) {
+
+		PropertyPath.from(field.getTarget(), type);
+		return getReferenceFor(field);
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext#getReference(java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public FieldReference getReference(String name) {
+		return getReferenceFor(field(name));
+	}
+
+	private FieldReference getReferenceFor(Field field) {
+
+		PropertyPath path = PropertyPath.from(field.getTarget(), type);
+
+		PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> propertyPath = mappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(path);
+		Field mappedField = field(propertyPath.getLeafProperty().getName(),
+				propertyPath.toDotPath(MongoPersistentProperty.PropertyToFieldNameConverter.INSTANCE));
+
+		return new FieldReference(new ExposedField(mappedField, true));
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypedAggregation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/TypedAggregation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A {@code TypedAggregation} is a special {@link Aggregation} that holds information of the input aggregation type.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class TypedAggregation<I> extends Aggregation {
+
+	private final Class<I> inputType;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link TypedAggregation} from the given {@link AggregationOperation}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @param operations must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 */
+	public TypedAggregation(Class<I> inputType, AggregationOperation... operations) {
+
+		super(operations);
+
+		Assert.notNull(inputType, "Input type must not be null!");
+		this.inputType = inputType;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the input type for the {@link Aggregation}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the inputType will never be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public Class<I> getInputType() {
+		return inputType;
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/UnwindOperation.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/UnwindOperation.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.aggregation;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.ExposedFields.ExposedField;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Encapsulates the aggregation framework {@code $unwind}-operation.
+ * 
+ * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/aggregation/unwind/#pipe._S_unwind
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+public class UnwindOperation implements AggregationOperation {
+
+	private final ExposedField field;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link UnwindOperation} for the given {@link Field}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param field must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public UnwindOperation(Field field) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(field);
+		this.field = new ExposedField(field, true);
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperation#toDBObject(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject toDBObject(AggregationOperationContext context) {
+		return new BasicDBObject("$unwind", context.getReference(field).toString());
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/package-info.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support for the MongoDB aggregation framework.
+ * @since 1.3
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation;
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/AbstractMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/AbstractMongoConverter.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

 import java.math.BigInteger;
@@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToObj
 * Base class for {@link MongoConverter} implementations. Sets up a {@link GenericConversionService} and populates basic
 * converters. Allows registering {@link CustomConversions}.
 * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
- * @author Oliver Gierke ogierke@vmware.com
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public abstract class AbstractMongoConverter implements MongoConverter, InitializingBean {

@@ -94,6 +93,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConverter implements MongoConverter, Initiali
 		conversions.registerConvertersIn(conversionService);
 	}

+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoWriter#convertToMongoType(java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	public Object convertToMongoType(Object obj) {
+		return convertToMongoType(obj, null);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.convert.MongoConverter#getConversionService()
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 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
+ *      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,
@@ -18,9 +18,12 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;

 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -31,13 +34,17 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.ConverterFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter.ConvertiblePair;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.GenericConversionService;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.JodaTimeConverters;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.ReadingConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.WritingConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.BigDecimalToStringConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.BigIntegerToStringConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.DBObjectToStringConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToBigDecimalConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToBigIntegerConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.StringToURLConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverters.URLToStringConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoSimpleTypes;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

@@ -49,6 +56,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 * .
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class CustomConversions {

@@ -60,6 +68,7 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 	private final Set<ConvertiblePair> writingPairs;
 	private final Set<Class<?>> customSimpleTypes;
 	private final SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder;
+	private final ConcurrentMap<ConvertiblePair, CacheValue> customReadTargetTypes;

 	private final List<Object> converters;

@@ -79,17 +88,22 @@ public class CustomConversions {

 		Assert.notNull(converters);

-		this.readingPairs = new HashSet<ConvertiblePair>();
-		this.writingPairs = new HashSet<ConvertiblePair>();
+		this.readingPairs = new LinkedHashSet<ConvertiblePair>();
+		this.writingPairs = new LinkedHashSet<ConvertiblePair>();
 		this.customSimpleTypes = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
+		this.customReadTargetTypes = new ConcurrentHashMap<GenericConverter.ConvertiblePair, CacheValue>();

 		this.converters = new ArrayList<Object>();
+		this.converters.addAll(converters);
 		this.converters.add(CustomToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.add(BigDecimalToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.add(StringToBigDecimalConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.add(BigIntegerToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.add(StringToBigIntegerConverter.INSTANCE);
-		this.converters.addAll(converters);
+		this.converters.add(URLToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		this.converters.add(StringToURLConverter.INSTANCE);
+		this.converters.add(DBObjectToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		this.converters.addAll(JodaTimeConverters.getConvertersToRegister());

 		for (Object c : this.converters) {
 			registerConversion(c);
@@ -182,25 +196,25 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 	 * 
 	 * @param pair
 	 */
-	private void register(ConverterRegistration context) {
+	private void register(ConverterRegistration converterRegistration) {

-		ConvertiblePair pair = context.getConvertiblePair();
+		ConvertiblePair pair = converterRegistration.getConvertiblePair();

-		if (context.isReading()) {
+		if (converterRegistration.isReading()) {

 			readingPairs.add(pair);

-			if (LOG.isWarnEnabled() && !context.isSimpleSourceType()) {
+			if (LOG.isWarnEnabled() && !converterRegistration.isSimpleSourceType()) {
 				LOG.warn(String.format(READ_CONVERTER_NOT_SIMPLE, pair.getSourceType(), pair.getTargetType()));
 			}
 		}

-		if (context.isWriting()) {
+		if (converterRegistration.isWriting()) {

 			writingPairs.add(pair);
 			customSimpleTypes.add(pair.getSourceType());

-			if (LOG.isWarnEnabled() && !context.isSimpleTargetType()) {
+			if (LOG.isWarnEnabled() && !converterRegistration.isSimpleTargetType()) {
 				LOG.warn(String.format(WRITE_CONVERTER_NOT_SIMPLE, pair.getSourceType(), pair.getTargetType()));
 			}
 		}
@@ -210,81 +224,90 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 	 * Returns the target type to convert to in case we have a custom conversion registered to convert the given source
 	 * type into a Mongo native one.
 	 * 
-	 * @param source must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public Class<?> getCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> source) {
-		return getCustomWriteTarget(source, null);
+	public Class<?> getCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> sourceType) {
+		return getCustomWriteTarget(sourceType, null);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Returns the target type we can write an onject of the given source type to. The returned type might be a subclass
-	 * oth the given expected type though. If {@code expexctedTargetType} is {@literal null} we will simply return the
+	 * oth the given expected type though. If {@code expectedTargetType} is {@literal null} we will simply return the
 	 * first target type matching or {@literal null} if no conversion can be found.
 	 * 
-	 * @param source must not be {@literal null}
-	 * @param expectedTargetType
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param requestedTargetType
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public Class<?> getCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> source, Class<?> expectedTargetType) {
-		Assert.notNull(source);
-		return getCustomTarget(source, expectedTargetType, writingPairs);
+	public Class<?> getCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
+
+		return getCustomTarget(sourceType, requestedTargetType, writingPairs);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Returns whether we have a custom conversion registered to write into a Mongo native type. The returned type might
-	 * be a subclass oth the given expected type though.
+	 * be a subclass of the given expected type though.
 	 * 
-	 * @param source must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public boolean hasCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> source) {
-		return hasCustomWriteTarget(source, null);
+	public boolean hasCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> sourceType) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
+		return hasCustomWriteTarget(sourceType, null);
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Returns whether we have a custom conversion registered to write an object of the given source type into an object
 	 * of the given Mongo native target type.
 	 * 
-	 * @param source must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @param expectedTargetType
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param requestedTargetType
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public boolean hasCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> source, Class<?> expectedTargetType) {
-		return getCustomWriteTarget(source, expectedTargetType) != null;
+	public boolean hasCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
+		return getCustomWriteTarget(sourceType, requestedTargetType) != null;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Returns whether we have a custom conversion registered to read the given source into the given target type.
 	 * 
-	 * @param source must not be {@literal null}
-	 * @param expectedTargetType must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param requestedTargetType must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public boolean hasCustomReadTarget(Class<?> source, Class<?> expectedTargetType) {
-		Assert.notNull(source);
-		Assert.notNull(expectedTargetType);
-		return getCustomTarget(source, expectedTargetType, readingPairs) != null;
+	public boolean hasCustomReadTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
+		Assert.notNull(requestedTargetType);
+
+		return getCustomReadTarget(sourceType, requestedTargetType) != null;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Inspects the given {@link ConvertiblePair} for ones that have a source compatible type as source. Additionally
-	 * checks assignabilty of the target type if one is given.
+	 * checks assignability of the target type if one is given.
 	 * 
-	 * @param source must not be {@literal null}
-	 * @param expectedTargetType
-	 * @param pairs must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param requestedTargetType can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param pairs must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private static Class<?> getCustomTarget(Class<?> source, Class<?> expectedTargetType, Iterable<ConvertiblePair> pairs) {
+	private static Class<?> getCustomTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType,
+			Iterable<ConvertiblePair> pairs) {

-		Assert.notNull(source);
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
 		Assert.notNull(pairs);

 		for (ConvertiblePair typePair : pairs) {
-			if (typePair.getSourceType().isAssignableFrom(source)) {
+			if (typePair.getSourceType().isAssignableFrom(sourceType)) {
 				Class<?> targetType = typePair.getTargetType();
-				if (expectedTargetType == null || targetType.isAssignableFrom(expectedTargetType)) {
+				if (requestedTargetType == null || targetType.isAssignableFrom(requestedTargetType)) {
 					return targetType;
 				}
 			}
@@ -293,13 +316,45 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 		return null;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Returns the actual target type for the given {@code sourceType} and {@code requestedTargetType}. Note that the
+	 * returned {@link Class} could be an assignable type to the given {@code requestedTargetType}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param sourceType must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param requestedTargetType can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private Class<?> getCustomReadTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
+
+		if (requestedTargetType == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		ConvertiblePair lookupKey = new ConvertiblePair(sourceType, requestedTargetType);
+		CacheValue readTargetTypeValue = customReadTargetTypes.get(lookupKey);
+
+		if (readTargetTypeValue != null) {
+			return readTargetTypeValue.getType();
+		}
+
+		readTargetTypeValue = CacheValue.of(getCustomTarget(sourceType, requestedTargetType, readingPairs));
+		CacheValue cacheValue = customReadTargetTypes.putIfAbsent(lookupKey, readTargetTypeValue);
+
+		return cacheValue != null ? cacheValue.getType() : readTargetTypeValue.getType();
+	}
+
 	@WritingConverter
 	private enum CustomToStringConverter implements GenericConverter {
+
 		INSTANCE;

 		public Set<ConvertiblePair> getConvertibleTypes() {
+
 			ConvertiblePair localeToString = new ConvertiblePair(Locale.class, String.class);
 			ConvertiblePair booleanToString = new ConvertiblePair(Character.class, String.class);
+
 			return new HashSet<ConvertiblePair>(Arrays.asList(localeToString, booleanToString));
 		}

@@ -307,4 +362,30 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 			return source.toString();
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Wrapper to safely store {@literal null} values in the type cache.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Patryk Wasik
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 */
+	private static class CacheValue {
+
+		private static final CacheValue ABSENT = new CacheValue(null);
+
+		private final Class<?> type;
+
+		public CacheValue(Class<?> type) {
+			this.type = type;
+		}
+
+		public Class<?> getType() {
+			return type;
+		}
+
+		static CacheValue of(Class<?> type) {
+			return type == null ? ABSENT : new CacheValue(type);
+		}
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultMongoTypeMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/DefaultMongoTypeMapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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.
@@ -18,16 +18,19 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;

-import org.springframework.data.convert.SimpleTypeInformationMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.DefaultTypeMapper;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.SimpleTypeInformationMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeAliasAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeInformationMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
+
 import com.mongodb.BasicDBList;
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;

 /**
@@ -37,33 +40,43 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 * respectively.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class DefaultMongoTypeMapper extends DefaultTypeMapper<DBObject> implements MongoTypeMapper {

 	public static final String DEFAULT_TYPE_KEY = "_class";
-	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")//
 	private static final TypeInformation<List> LIST_TYPE_INFO = ClassTypeInformation.from(List.class);
-	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")
+	@SuppressWarnings("rawtypes")//
 	private static final TypeInformation<Map> MAP_TYPE_INFO = ClassTypeInformation.from(Map.class);
-	private String typeKey = DEFAULT_TYPE_KEY;
+
+	private final TypeAliasAccessor<DBObject> accessor;
+	private final String typeKey;

 	public DefaultMongoTypeMapper() {
-		this(DEFAULT_TYPE_KEY, Arrays.asList(SimpleTypeInformationMapper.INSTANCE));
+		this(DEFAULT_TYPE_KEY);
 	}

 	public DefaultMongoTypeMapper(String typeKey) {
-		super(new DBObjectTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey));
-		this.typeKey = typeKey;
+		this(typeKey, Arrays.asList(SimpleTypeInformationMapper.INSTANCE));
 	}

 	public DefaultMongoTypeMapper(String typeKey, MappingContext<? extends PersistentEntity<?, ?>, ?> mappingContext) {
-		super(new DBObjectTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey), mappingContext, Arrays.asList(SimpleTypeInformationMapper.INSTANCE));
-		this.typeKey = typeKey;
+		this(typeKey, new DBObjectTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey), mappingContext, Arrays
+				.asList(SimpleTypeInformationMapper.INSTANCE));
 	}

 	public DefaultMongoTypeMapper(String typeKey, List<? extends TypeInformationMapper> mappers) {
-		super(new DBObjectTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey), mappers);
+		this(typeKey, new DBObjectTypeAliasAccessor(typeKey), null, mappers);
+	}
+
+	private DefaultMongoTypeMapper(String typeKey, TypeAliasAccessor<DBObject> accessor,
+			MappingContext<? extends PersistentEntity<?, ?>, ?> mappingContext, List<? extends TypeInformationMapper> mappers) {
+
+		super(accessor, mappingContext, mappers);
+
 		this.typeKey = typeKey;
+		this.accessor = accessor;
 	}

 	/*
@@ -74,6 +87,31 @@ public class DefaultMongoTypeMapper extends DefaultTypeMapper<DBObject> implemen
 		return typeKey == null ? false : typeKey.equals(key);
 	}

+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoTypeMapper#writeTypeRestrictions(java.util.Set)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void writeTypeRestrictions(DBObject result, Set<Class<?>> restrictedTypes) {
+
+		if (restrictedTypes == null || restrictedTypes.isEmpty()) {
+			return;
+		}
+
+		BasicDBList restrictedMappedTypes = new BasicDBList();
+
+		for (Class<?> restrictedType : restrictedTypes) {
+
+			Object typeAlias = getAliasFor(ClassTypeInformation.from(restrictedType));
+
+			if (typeAlias != null) {
+				restrictedMappedTypes.add(typeAlias);
+			}
+		}
+
+		accessor.writeTypeTo(result, new BasicDBObject("$in", restrictedMappedTypes));
+	}
+
 	/* (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.convert.DefaultTypeMapper#getFallbackTypeFor(java.lang.Object)
 	 */
@@ -83,6 +121,7 @@ public class DefaultMongoTypeMapper extends DefaultTypeMapper<DBObject> implemen
 	}

 	/**
+	 * {@link TypeAliasAccessor} to store aliases in a {@link DBObject}.
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 by the original author(s).
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,11 +15,11 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

-import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Map.Entry;
@@ -31,11 +31,13 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionServiceFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityInstantiator;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.AssociationHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PreferredConstructor.Parameter;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BeanWrapper;
@@ -46,6 +48,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.PersistentEntityParameterValueProv
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.PropertyValueProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SpELContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SpELExpressionEvaluator;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SpELExpressionParameterValueProvider;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
@@ -68,6 +71,8 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Patrik Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements ApplicationContextAware {

@@ -120,6 +125,15 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 				mappingContext) : typeMapper;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverter#getTypeMapper()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public MongoTypeMapper getTypeMapper() {
+		return this.typeMapper;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Configure the characters dots potentially contained in a {@link Map} shall be replaced with. By default we don't do
 	 * any translation but rather reject a {@link Map} with keys containing dots causing the conversion for the entire
@@ -215,9 +229,9 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		MongoDbPropertyValueProvider provider = new MongoDbPropertyValueProvider(source, evaluator, parent);
 		PersistentEntityParameterValueProvider<MongoPersistentProperty> parameterProvider = new PersistentEntityParameterValueProvider<MongoPersistentProperty>(
 				entity, provider, parent);
-		parameterProvider.setSpELEvaluator(evaluator);

-		return parameterProvider;
+		return new ConverterAwareSpELExpressionParameterValueProvider(evaluator, conversionService, parameterProvider,
+				parent);
 	}

 	private <S extends Object> S read(final MongoPersistentEntity<S> entity, final DBObject dbo, Object parent) {
@@ -235,10 +249,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>() {
 			public void doWithPersistentProperty(MongoPersistentProperty prop) {

-				boolean isConstructorProperty = entity.isConstructorArgument(prop);
-				boolean hasValueForProperty = dbo.containsField(prop.getFieldName());
-
-				if (!hasValueForProperty || isConstructorProperty) {
+				if (!dbo.containsField(prop.getFieldName()) || entity.isConstructorArgument(prop)) {
 					return;
 				}

@@ -252,13 +263,9 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			public void doWithAssociation(Association<MongoPersistentProperty> association) {
 				MongoPersistentProperty inverseProp = association.getInverse();
 				Object obj = getValueInternal(inverseProp, dbo, evaluator, result);
-				try {
-					wrapper.setProperty(inverseProp, obj);
-				} catch (IllegalAccessException e) {
-					throw new MappingException(e.getMessage(), e);
-				} catch (InvocationTargetException e) {
-					throw new MappingException(e.getMessage(), e);
-				}
+
+				wrapper.setProperty(inverseProp, obj);
+
 			}
 		});

@@ -350,16 +357,16 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		}

 		final BeanWrapper<MongoPersistentEntity<Object>, Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(obj, conversionService);
-
-		// Write the ID
 		final MongoPersistentProperty idProperty = entity.getIdProperty();
+
 		if (!dbo.containsField("_id") && null != idProperty) {

+			boolean fieldAccessOnly = idProperty.usePropertyAccess() ? false : useFieldAccessOnly;
+
 			try {
-				Object id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class, useFieldAccessOnly);
+				Object id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class, fieldAccessOnly);
 				dbo.put("_id", idMapper.convertId(id));
-			} catch (ConversionException ignored) {
-			}
+			} catch (ConversionException ignored) {}
 		}

 		// Write the properties
@@ -370,7 +377,9 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 					return;
 				}

-				Object propertyObj = wrapper.getProperty(prop, prop.getType(), useFieldAccessOnly);
+				boolean fieldAccessOnly = prop.usePropertyAccess() ? false : useFieldAccessOnly;
+
+				Object propertyObj = wrapper.getProperty(prop, prop.getType(), fieldAccessOnly);

 				if (null != propertyObj) {
 					if (!conversions.isSimpleType(propertyObj.getClass())) {
@@ -412,8 +421,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		}

 		if (valueType.isMap()) {
-			BasicDBObject mapDbObj = new BasicDBObject();
-			writeMapInternal((Map<Object, Object>) obj, mapDbObj, type);
+			DBObject mapDbObj = createMap((Map<Object, Object>) obj, prop);
 			dbo.put(name, mapDbObj);
 			return;
 		}
@@ -470,7 +478,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 	 * 
 	 * @param collection must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * 
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	protected DBObject createCollection(Collection<?> collection, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
@@ -494,6 +501,42 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		return dbList;
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Writes the given {@link Map} using the given {@link MongoPersistentProperty} information.
+	 * 
+	 * @param map must not {@literal null}.
+	 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected DBObject createMap(Map<Object, Object> map, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(map, "Given map must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(property, "PersistentProperty must not be null!");
+
+		if (!property.isDbReference()) {
+			return writeMapInternal(map, new BasicDBObject(), property.getTypeInformation());
+		}
+
+		BasicDBObject dbObject = new BasicDBObject();
+
+		for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+
+			Object key = entry.getKey();
+			Object value = entry.getValue();
+
+			if (conversions.isSimpleType(key.getClass())) {
+
+				String simpleKey = potentiallyEscapeMapKey(key.toString());
+				dbObject.put(simpleKey, value != null ? createDBRef(value, property.getDBRef()) : null);
+
+			} else {
+				throw new MappingException("Cannot use a complex object as a key value.");
+			}
+		}
+
+		return dbObject;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Populates the given {@link BasicDBList} with values from the given {@link Collection}.
 	 * 
@@ -676,6 +719,10 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App

 		Assert.notNull(target);

+		if (target instanceof DBRef) {
+			return (DBRef) target;
+		}
+
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> targetEntity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(target.getClass());

 		if (null == targetEntity) {
@@ -713,36 +760,41 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 	 * 
 	 * @param targetType must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param sourceValue must not be {@literal null}.
-	 * @return the converted {@link Collections}, will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return the converted {@link Collection} or array, will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private Collection<?> readCollectionOrArray(TypeInformation<?> targetType, BasicDBList sourceValue, Object parent) {
+	private Object readCollectionOrArray(TypeInformation<?> targetType, BasicDBList sourceValue, Object parent) {

 		Assert.notNull(targetType);

+		Class<?> collectionType = targetType.getType();
+
 		if (sourceValue.isEmpty()) {
-			return Collections.emptySet();
+			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(new HashSet<Object>(), collectionType);
 		}

-		Class<?> collectionType = targetType.getType();
 		collectionType = Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(collectionType) ? collectionType : List.class;

 		Collection<Object> items = targetType.getType().isArray() ? new ArrayList<Object>() : CollectionFactory
 				.createCollection(collectionType, sourceValue.size());
 		TypeInformation<?> componentType = targetType.getComponentType();
+		Class<?> rawComponentType = componentType == null ? null : componentType.getType();

 		for (int i = 0; i < sourceValue.size(); i++) {
+
 			Object dbObjItem = sourceValue.get(i);
+
 			if (dbObjItem instanceof DBRef) {
-				items.add(read(componentType, ((DBRef) dbObjItem).fetch(), parent));
+				items.add(DBRef.class.equals(rawComponentType) ? dbObjItem : read(componentType, ((DBRef) dbObjItem).fetch(),
+						parent));
 			} else if (dbObjItem instanceof DBObject) {
 				items.add(read(componentType, (DBObject) dbObjItem, parent));
 			} else {
-				items.add(getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(dbObjItem, componentType == null ? null : componentType.getType()));
+				items.add(getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(dbObjItem, rawComponentType));
 			}
 		}

-		return items;
+		return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(items, targetType.getType());
 	}

 	/**
@@ -776,9 +828,12 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App

 			Object value = entry.getValue();
 			TypeInformation<?> valueType = type.getMapValueType();
+			Class<?> rawValueType = valueType == null ? null : valueType.getType();

 			if (value instanceof DBObject) {
 				map.put(key, read(valueType, (DBObject) value, parent));
+			} else if (value instanceof DBRef) {
+				map.put(key, DBRef.class.equals(rawValueType) ? value : read(valueType, ((DBRef) value).fetch()));
 			} else {
 				Class<?> valueClass = valueType == null ? null : valueType.getType();
 				map.put(key, getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(value, valueClass));
@@ -803,19 +858,23 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		return rootList;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoWriter#convertToMongoType(java.lang.Object, org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation)
+	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public Object convertToMongoType(Object obj) {
+	public Object convertToMongoType(Object obj, TypeInformation<?> typeInformation) {

 		if (obj == null) {
 			return null;
 		}

-		Class<?> target = conversions.getCustomWriteTarget(getClass());
+		Class<?> target = conversions.getCustomWriteTarget(obj.getClass());
 		if (target != null) {
 			return conversionService.convert(obj, target);
 		}

-		if (null != obj && conversions.isSimpleType(obj.getClass())) {
+		if (conversions.isSimpleType(obj.getClass())) {
 			// Doesn't need conversion
 			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleWrite(obj);
 		}
@@ -851,7 +910,12 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App

 		DBObject newDbo = new BasicDBObject();
 		this.write(obj, newDbo);
-		return removeTypeInfoRecursively(newDbo);
+
+		if (typeInformation == null) {
+			return removeTypeInfoRecursively(newDbo);
+		}
+
+		return !obj.getClass().equals(typeInformation.getType()) ? newDbo : removeTypeInfoRecursively(newDbo);
 	}

 	public BasicDBList maybeConvertList(Iterable<?> source) {
@@ -923,7 +987,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		 * (non-Javadoc)
 		 * @see org.springframework.data.convert.PropertyValueProvider#getPropertyValue(org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty)
 		 */
-		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 		public <T> T getPropertyValue(MongoPersistentProperty property) {

 			String expression = property.getSpelExpression();
@@ -933,20 +996,60 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 				return null;
 			}

-			TypeInformation<?> type = property.getTypeInformation();
-			Class<?> rawType = type.getType();
+			return readValue(value, property.getTypeInformation(), parent);
+		}
+	}

-			if (conversions.hasCustomReadTarget(value.getClass(), rawType)) {
-				return (T) conversionService.convert(value, rawType);
-			} else if (value instanceof DBRef) {
-				return (T) read(type, ((DBRef) value).fetch(), parent);
-			} else if (value instanceof BasicDBList) {
-				return (T) getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(readCollectionOrArray(type, (BasicDBList) value, parent), rawType);
-			} else if (value instanceof DBObject) {
-				return (T) read(type, (DBObject) value, parent);
-			} else {
-				return (T) getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(value, rawType);
-			}
+	/**
+	 * Extension of {@link SpELExpressionParameterValueProvider} to recursively trigger value conversion on the raw
+	 * resolved SpEL value.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	private class ConverterAwareSpELExpressionParameterValueProvider extends
+			SpELExpressionParameterValueProvider<MongoPersistentProperty> {
+
+		private final Object parent;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link ConverterAwareSpELExpressionParameterValueProvider}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param evaluator must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param conversionService must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param delegate must not be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public ConverterAwareSpELExpressionParameterValueProvider(SpELExpressionEvaluator evaluator,
+				ConversionService conversionService, ParameterValueProvider<MongoPersistentProperty> delegate, Object parent) {
+
+			super(evaluator, conversionService, delegate);
+			this.parent = parent;
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SpELExpressionParameterValueProvider#potentiallyConvertSpelValue(java.lang.Object, org.springframework.data.mapping.PreferredConstructor.Parameter)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		protected <T> T potentiallyConvertSpelValue(Object object, Parameter<T, MongoPersistentProperty> parameter) {
+			return readValue(object, parameter.getType(), parent);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	private <T> T readValue(Object value, TypeInformation<?> type, Object parent) {
+
+		Class<?> rawType = type.getType();
+
+		if (conversions.hasCustomReadTarget(value.getClass(), rawType)) {
+			return (T) conversionService.convert(value, rawType);
+		} else if (value instanceof DBRef) {
+			return (T) (rawType.equals(DBRef.class) ? value : read(type, ((DBRef) value).fetch(), parent));
+		} else if (value instanceof BasicDBList) {
+			return (T) readCollectionOrArray(type, (BasicDBList) value, parent);
+		} else if (value instanceof DBObject) {
+			return (T) read(type, (DBObject) value, parent);
+		} else {
+			return (T) getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(value, rawType);
 		}
 	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoConverter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoConverter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

 import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityReader;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;

@@ -26,9 +27,17 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 * Central Mongo specific converter interface which combines {@link MongoWriter} and {@link MongoReader}.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public interface MongoConverter extends
 		EntityConverter<MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty, Object, DBObject>, MongoWriter<Object>,
 		EntityReader<Object, DBObject> {

+	/**
+	 * Returns thw {@link TypeMapper} being used to write type information into {@link DBObject}s created with that
+	 * converter.
+	 * 
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	MongoTypeMapper getTypeMapper();
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoConverters.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoConverters.java
@@ -17,11 +17,18 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

 import java.math.BigDecimal;
 import java.math.BigInteger;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URL;

 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionFailedException;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.ReadingConverter;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
 /**
 * Wrapper class to contain useful converters for the usage with Mongo.
 * 
@@ -119,4 +126,39 @@ abstract class MongoConverters {
 			return StringUtils.hasText(source) ? new BigInteger(source) : null;
 		}
 	}
+
+	public static enum URLToStringConverter implements Converter<URL, String> {
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		public String convert(URL source) {
+			return source == null ? null : source.toString();
+		}
+	}
+
+	public static enum StringToURLConverter implements Converter<String, URL> {
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		private static final TypeDescriptor SOURCE = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(String.class);
+		private static final TypeDescriptor TARGET = TypeDescriptor.valueOf(URL.class);
+
+		public URL convert(String source) {
+
+			try {
+				return source == null ? null : new URL(source);
+			} catch (MalformedURLException e) {
+				throw new ConversionFailedException(SOURCE, TARGET, source, e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DBObjectToStringConverter implements Converter<DBObject, String> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		@Override
+		public String convert(DBObject source) {
+			return source == null ? null : source.toString();
+		}
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoTypeMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoTypeMapper.java
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

+import java.util.Set;
+
 import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeMapper;

 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
@@ -32,4 +34,14 @@ public interface MongoTypeMapper extends TypeMapper<DBObject> {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	boolean isTypeKey(String key);
+
+	/**
+	 * Writes type restrictions to the given {@link DBObject}. This usually results in an {@code $in}-clause to be
+	 * generated that restricts the type-key (e.g. {@code _class}) to be in the set of type aliases for the given
+	 * {@code restrictedTypes}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param result must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param restrictedTypes must not be {@literal null}
+	 */
+	void writeTypeRestrictions(DBObject result, Set<Class<?>> restrictedTypes);
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoWriter.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoWriter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

 import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityWriter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;

 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBRef;
@@ -35,11 +36,21 @@ public interface MongoWriter<T> extends EntityWriter<T, DBObject> {
 	 * Converts the given object into one Mongo will be able to store natively. If the given object can already be stored
 	 * as is, no conversion will happen.
 	 * 
-	 * @param obj
+	 * @param obj can be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	Object convertToMongoType(Object obj);

+	/**
+	 * Converts the given object into one Mongo will be able to store natively but retains the type information in case
+	 * the given {@link TypeInformation} differs from the given object type.
+	 * 
+	 * @param obj can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param typeInformation can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Object convertToMongoType(Object obj, TypeInformation<?> typeInformation);
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a {@link DBRef} to refer to the given object.
 	 * 
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 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
+ *      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,
@@ -17,36 +17,44 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;

 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;

-import org.bson.types.BasicBSONList;
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyPath;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyReferenceException;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentPropertyPath;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty.PropertyToFieldNameConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 import com.mongodb.BasicDBList;
 import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBRef;

 /**
 * A helper class to encapsulate any modifications of a Query object before it gets submitted to the database.
 * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Patryk Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class QueryMapper {

 	private static final List<String> DEFAULT_ID_NAMES = Arrays.asList("id", "_id");
-	private static final String N_OR_PATTERN = "\\$.*or";

 	private final ConversionService conversionService;
 	private final MongoConverter converter;
+	private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;

 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link QueryMapper} with the given {@link MongoConverter}.
@@ -54,9 +62,12 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param converter must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public QueryMapper(MongoConverter converter) {
+
 		Assert.notNull(converter);
+
 		this.conversionService = converter.getConversionService();
 		this.converter = converter;
+		this.mappingContext = converter.getMappingContext();
 	}

 	/**
@@ -67,50 +78,164 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param entity can be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject query, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {

-		DBObject newDbo = new BasicDBObject();
+		if (isNestedKeyword(query)) {
+			return getMappedKeyword(new Keyword(query), entity);
+		}
+
+		DBObject result = new BasicDBObject();

 		for (String key : query.keySet()) {

-			MongoPersistentEntity<?> nestedEntity = getNestedEntity(entity, key);
-			String newKey = key;
-			Object value = query.get(key);
+			// TODO: remove one once QueryMapper can work with Query instances directly
+			if (Query.isRestrictedTypeKey(key)) {

-			if (isIdKey(key, entity)) {
-				if (value instanceof DBObject) {
-					DBObject valueDbo = (DBObject) value;
-					if (valueDbo.containsField("$in") || valueDbo.containsField("$nin")) {
-						String inKey = valueDbo.containsField("$in") ? "$in" : "$nin";
-						List<Object> ids = new ArrayList<Object>();
-						for (Object id : (Iterable<?>) valueDbo.get(inKey)) {
-							ids.add(convertId(id));
-						}
-						valueDbo.put(inKey, ids.toArray(new Object[ids.size()]));
-					} else {
-						value = getMappedObject((DBObject) value, nestedEntity);
-					}
-				} else {
-					value = convertId(value);
-				}
-				newKey = "_id";
-			} else if (key.matches(N_OR_PATTERN)) {
-				// $or/$nor
-				Iterable<?> conditions = (Iterable<?>) value;
-				BasicBSONList newConditions = new BasicBSONList();
-				Iterator<?> iter = conditions.iterator();
-				while (iter.hasNext()) {
-					newConditions.add(getMappedObject((DBObject) iter.next(), nestedEntity));
-				}
-				value = newConditions;
-			} else if (key.equals("$ne")) {
-				value = convertId(value);
+				@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+				Set<Class<?>> restrictedTypes = (Set<Class<?>>) query.get(key);
+				this.converter.getTypeMapper().writeTypeRestrictions(result, restrictedTypes);
+
+				continue;
 			}

-			newDbo.put(newKey, convertSimpleOrDBObject(value, nestedEntity));
+			if (isKeyword(key)) {
+				result.putAll(getMappedKeyword(new Keyword(query, key), entity));
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			Field field = createPropertyField(entity, key, mappingContext);
+
+			Object rawValue = query.get(key);
+			String newKey = field.getMappedKey();
+
+			if (isNestedKeyword(rawValue) && !field.isIdField()) {
+				Keyword keyword = new Keyword((DBObject) rawValue);
+				result.put(newKey, getMappedKeyword(field, keyword));
+			} else {
+				result.put(newKey, getMappedValue(field, rawValue));
+			}
 		}

-		return newDbo;
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @param entity
+	 * @param key
+	 * @param mappingContext
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected Field createPropertyField(MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity, String key,
+			MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext) {
+		return entity == null ? new Field(key) : new MetadataBackedField(key, entity, mappingContext);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the given {@link DBObject} representing a keyword by mapping the keyword's value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param keyword the {@link DBObject} representing a keyword (e.g. {@code $ne : … } )
+	 * @param entity
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Keyword keyword, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+
+		// $or/$nor
+		if (keyword.isOrOrNor() || keyword.hasIterableValue()) {
+
+			Iterable<?> conditions = keyword.getValue();
+			BasicDBList newConditions = new BasicDBList();
+
+			for (Object condition : conditions) {
+				newConditions.add(condition instanceof DBObject ? getMappedObject((DBObject) condition, entity)
+						: convertSimpleOrDBObject(condition, entity));
+			}
+
+			return new BasicDBObject(keyword.getKey(), newConditions);
+		}
+
+		return new BasicDBObject(keyword.getKey(), convertSimpleOrDBObject(keyword.getValue(), entity));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the mapped keyword considered defining a criteria for the given property.
+	 * 
+	 * @param property
+	 * @param keyword
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Field property, Keyword keyword) {
+
+		boolean needsAssociationConversion = property.isAssociation() && !keyword.isExists();
+		Object value = keyword.getValue();
+
+		Object convertedValue = needsAssociationConversion ? convertAssociation(value, property.getProperty())
+				: getMappedValue(property.with(keyword.getKey()), value);
+
+		return new BasicDBObject(keyword.key, convertedValue);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the mapped value for the given source object assuming it's a value for the given
+	 * {@link MongoPersistentProperty}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value the source object to be mapped
+	 * @param property the property the value is a value for
+	 * @param newKey the key the value will be bound to eventually
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private Object getMappedValue(Field documentField, Object value) {
+
+		if (documentField.isIdField()) {
+
+			if (value instanceof DBObject) {
+				DBObject valueDbo = (DBObject) value;
+				DBObject resultDbo = new BasicDBObject(valueDbo.toMap());
+
+				if (valueDbo.containsField("$in") || valueDbo.containsField("$nin")) {
+					String inKey = valueDbo.containsField("$in") ? "$in" : "$nin";
+					List<Object> ids = new ArrayList<Object>();
+					for (Object id : (Iterable<?>) valueDbo.get(inKey)) {
+						ids.add(convertId(id));
+					}
+					resultDbo.put(inKey, ids.toArray(new Object[ids.size()]));
+				} else if (valueDbo.containsField("$ne")) {
+					resultDbo.put("$ne", convertId(valueDbo.get("$ne")));
+				} else {
+					return getMappedObject(resultDbo, null);
+				}
+
+				return resultDbo;
+
+			} else {
+				return convertId(value);
+			}
+		}
+
+		if (isNestedKeyword(value)) {
+			return getMappedKeyword(new Keyword((DBObject) value), null);
+		}
+
+		if (isAssociationConversionNecessary(documentField, value)) {
+			return convertAssociation(value, documentField.getProperty());
+		}
+
+		return convertSimpleOrDBObject(value, documentField.getPropertyEntity());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the given {@link Field} represents an association reference that together with the given value
+	 * requires conversion to a {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef} object. We check whether the
+	 * type of the given value is compatible with the type of the given document field in order to deal with potential
+	 * query field exclusions, since MongoDB uses the {@code int} {@literal 0} as an indicator for an excluded field.
+	 * 
+	 * @param documentField
+	 * @param value
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private boolean isAssociationConversionNecessary(Field documentField, Object value) {
+		return documentField.isAssociation() && value != null
+				&& documentField.getProperty().getActualType().isAssignableFrom(value.getClass());
 	}

 	/**
@@ -123,43 +248,61 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	private Object convertSimpleOrDBObject(Object source, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {

 		if (source instanceof BasicDBList) {
-			return converter.convertToMongoType(source);
+			return delegateConvertToMongoType(source, entity);
 		}

 		if (source instanceof DBObject) {
 			return getMappedObject((DBObject) source, entity);
 		}

+		return delegateConvertToMongoType(source, entity);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the given source Object to a mongo type with the type information of the original source type omitted.
+	 * Subclasses may overwrite this method to retain the type information of the source type on the resulting mongo type.
+	 * 
+	 * @param source
+	 * @param entity
+	 * @return the converted mongo type or null if source is null
+	 */
+	protected Object delegateConvertToMongoType(Object source, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
 		return converter.convertToMongoType(source);
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Returns whether the given key will be considered an id key.
+	 * Converts the given source assuming it's actually an association to another object.
 	 * 
-	 * @param key
-	 * @param entity
+	 * @param source
+	 * @param property
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private boolean isIdKey(String key, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+	private Object convertAssociation(Object source, MongoPersistentProperty property) {

-		if (null != entity && entity.getIdProperty() != null) {
-			MongoPersistentProperty idProperty = entity.getIdProperty();
-			return idProperty.getName().equals(key) || idProperty.getFieldName().equals(key);
+		if (property == null || !property.isAssociation() || source == null || source instanceof DBRef
+				|| !property.isEntity()) {
+			return source;
 		}

-		return DEFAULT_ID_NAMES.contains(key);
-	}
-
-	private MongoPersistentEntity<?> getNestedEntity(MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity, String key) {
-
-		MongoPersistentProperty property = entity == null ? null : entity.getPersistentProperty(key);
-
-		if (property == null || !property.isEntity()) {
-			return null;
+		if (source instanceof Iterable) {
+			BasicDBList result = new BasicDBList();
+			for (Object element : (Iterable<?>) source) {
+				result.add(element instanceof DBRef ? element : converter.toDBRef(element, property));
+			}
+			return result;
 		}

-		MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> context = converter.getMappingContext();
-		return context.getPersistentEntity(property);
+		if (property.isMap()) {
+			BasicDBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
+			DBObject dbObject = (DBObject) source;
+			for (String key : dbObject.keySet()) {
+				Object o = dbObject.get(key);
+				result.put(key, o instanceof DBRef ? o : converter.toDBRef(o, property));
+			}
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		return converter.toDBRef(source, property);
 	}

 	/**
@@ -176,6 +319,296 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			// Ignore
 		}

-		return converter.convertToMongoType(id);
+		return delegateConvertToMongoType(id, null);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the given {@link Object} is a keyword, i.e. if it's a {@link DBObject} with a keyword key.
+	 * 
+	 * @param candidate
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected boolean isNestedKeyword(Object candidate) {
+
+		if (!(candidate instanceof BasicDBObject)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		BasicDBObject dbObject = (BasicDBObject) candidate;
+		Set<String> keys = dbObject.keySet();
+
+		if (keys.size() != 1) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return isKeyword(keys.iterator().next().toString());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the given {@link String} is a MongoDB keyword. The default implementation will check against the
+	 * set of registered keywords returned by {@link #getKeywords()}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param candidate
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected boolean isKeyword(String candidate) {
+		return candidate.startsWith("$");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Value object to capture a query keyword representation.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	private static class Keyword {
+
+		private static final String N_OR_PATTERN = "\\$.*or";
+
+		private final String key;
+		private final Object value;
+
+		public Keyword(DBObject source, String key) {
+			this.key = key;
+			this.value = source.get(key);
+		}
+
+		public Keyword(DBObject dbObject) {
+
+			Set<String> keys = dbObject.keySet();
+			Assert.isTrue(keys.size() == 1, "Can only use a single value DBObject!");
+
+			this.key = keys.iterator().next();
+			this.value = dbObject.get(key);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns whether the current keyword is the {@code $exists} keyword.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public boolean isExists() {
+			return "$exists".equalsIgnoreCase(key);
+		}
+
+		public boolean isOrOrNor() {
+			return key.matches(N_OR_PATTERN);
+		}
+
+		public boolean hasIterableValue() {
+			return value instanceof Iterable;
+		}
+
+		public String getKey() {
+			return key;
+		}
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		public <T> T getValue() {
+			return (T) value;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Value object to represent a field and its meta-information.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	protected static class Field {
+
+		private static final String ID_KEY = "_id";
+
+		protected final String name;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link DocumentField} without meta-information but the given name.
+		 * 
+		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 */
+		public Field(String name) {
+
+			Assert.hasText(name, "Name must not be null!");
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns a new {@link DocumentField} with the given name.
+		 * 
+		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public Field with(String name) {
+			return new Field(name);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns whether the current field is the id field.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public boolean isIdField() {
+			return ID_KEY.equals(name);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the underlying {@link MongoPersistentProperty} backing the field.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public MongoPersistentProperty getProperty() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the {@link MongoPersistentEntity} that field is conatined in.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public MongoPersistentEntity<?> getPropertyEntity() {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns whether the field represents an association.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public boolean isAssociation() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the key to be used in the mapped document eventually.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public String getMappedKey() {
+			return isIdField() ? ID_KEY : name;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extension of {@link DocumentField} to be backed with mapping metadata.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 */
+	protected static class MetadataBackedField extends Field {
+
+		private final MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity;
+		private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
+		private final MongoPersistentProperty property;
+		private final PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> path;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link MetadataBackedField} with the given name, {@link MongoPersistentEntity} and
+		 * {@link MappingContext}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 * @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param context must not be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public MetadataBackedField(String name, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity,
+				MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> context) {
+
+			super(name);
+
+			Assert.notNull(entity, "MongoPersistentEntity must not be null!");
+
+			this.entity = entity;
+			this.mappingContext = context;
+
+			this.path = getPath(name);
+			this.property = path == null ? null : path.getLeafProperty();
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#with(java.lang.String)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public MetadataBackedField with(String name) {
+			return new MetadataBackedField(name, entity, mappingContext);
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#isIdKey()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean isIdField() {
+
+			MongoPersistentProperty idProperty = entity.getIdProperty();
+
+			if (idProperty != null) {
+				return idProperty.getName().equals(name) || idProperty.getFieldName().equals(name);
+			}
+
+			return DEFAULT_ID_NAMES.contains(name);
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#getProperty()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public MongoPersistentProperty getProperty() {
+			return property;
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#getEntity()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public MongoPersistentEntity<?> getPropertyEntity() {
+			MongoPersistentProperty property = getProperty();
+			return property == null ? null : mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(property);
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#isAssociation()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public boolean isAssociation() {
+
+			MongoPersistentProperty property = getProperty();
+			return property == null ? false : property.isAssociation();
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#getTargetKey()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String getMappedKey() {
+			return path == null ? name : path.toDotPath(getPropertyConverter());
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the {@link PersistentPropertyPath} for the given <code>pathExpression</code>.
+		 * 
+		 * @param pathExpression
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> getPath(String pathExpression) {
+
+			try {
+				PropertyPath path = PropertyPath.from(pathExpression, entity.getTypeInformation());
+				return mappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(path);
+			} catch (PropertyReferenceException e) {
+				return null;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Return the {@link Converter} to be used to created the mapped key. Default implementation will use
+		 * {@link PropertyToFieldNameConverter}.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		protected Converter<MongoPersistentProperty, String> getPropertyConverter() {
+			return PropertyToFieldNameConverter.INSTANCE;
+		}
 	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/UpdateMapper.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/UpdateMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013-2014 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.mongodb.core.convert;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty.PropertyToFieldNameConverter;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A subclass of {@link QueryMapper} that retains type information on the mongo types.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class UpdateMapper extends QueryMapper {
+
+	private final MongoWriter<?> converter;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link UpdateMapper} using the given {@link MongoConverter}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param converter must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public UpdateMapper(MongoConverter converter) {
+
+		super(converter);
+		this.converter = converter;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the given source object to a mongo type retaining the original type information of the source type on the
+	 * mongo type.
+	 * 
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper#delegateConvertToMongoType(java.lang.Object,
+	 *      org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected Object delegateConvertToMongoType(Object source, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+		return entity == null ? super.delegateConvertToMongoType(source, null) : converter.convertToMongoType(source,
+				entity.getTypeInformation());
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper#createPropertyField(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity, java.lang.String, org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected Field createPropertyField(MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity, String key,
+			MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext) {
+
+		return entity == null ? super.createPropertyField(entity, key, mappingContext) : //
+				new MetadataBackedUpdateField(entity, key, mappingContext);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@link MetadataBackedField} that handles {@literal $} paths inside a field key. We clean up an update key
+	 * containing a {@literal $} before handing it to the super class to make sure property lookups and transformations
+	 * continue to work as expected. We provide a custom property converter to re-applied the cleaned up {@literal $}s
+	 * when constructing the mapped key.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	private static class MetadataBackedUpdateField extends MetadataBackedField {
+
+		private final String key;
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link MetadataBackedField} with the given {@link MongoPersistentEntity}, key and
+		 * {@link MappingContext}. We clean up the key before handing it up to the super class to make sure it continues to
+		 * work as expected.
+		 * 
+		 * @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param key must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public MetadataBackedUpdateField(MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity, String key,
+				MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext) {
+
+			super(key.replaceAll("\\.\\$", ""), entity, mappingContext);
+			this.key = key;
+		}
+
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.MetadataBackedField#getPropertyConverter()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		protected Converter<MongoPersistentProperty, String> getPropertyConverter() {
+			return new UpdatePropertyConverter(key);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Special {@link Converter} for {@link MongoPersistentProperty} instances that will concatenate the {@literal $}
+		 * contained in the source update key.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Oliver Gierke
+		 */
+		private static class UpdatePropertyConverter implements Converter<MongoPersistentProperty, String> {
+
+			private final Iterator<String> iterator;
+
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new {@link UpdatePropertyConverter} with the given update key.
+			 * 
+			 * @param updateKey must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+			 */
+			public UpdatePropertyConverter(String updateKey) {
+
+				Assert.hasText(updateKey, "Update key must not be null or empty!");
+
+				this.iterator = Arrays.asList(updateKey.split("\\.")).iterator();
+				this.iterator.next();
+			}
+
+			/* 
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public String convert(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+				String mappedName = PropertyToFieldNameConverter.INSTANCE.convert(property);
+				return iterator.hasNext() && iterator.next().equals("$") ? String.format("%s.$", mappedName) : mappedName;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/package-info.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Spring Data MongoDB specific converter infrastructure.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
+
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/CustomMetric.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/CustomMetric.java
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.geo;
+
+/**
+ * Value object to create custom {@link Metric}s on the fly.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class CustomMetric implements Metric {
+
+	private final double multiplier;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a custom {@link Metric} using the given multiplier.
+	 * 
+	 * @param multiplier
+	 */
+	public CustomMetric(double multiplier) {
+		this.multiplier = multiplier;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Metric#getMultiplier()
+	 */
+	public double getMultiplier() {
+		return multiplier;
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/GeoResults.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/GeoResults.java
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public class GeoResults<T> implements Iterable<GeoResult<T>> {
 	private static Distance calculateAverageDistance(List<? extends GeoResult<?>> results, Metric metric) {

 		if (results.isEmpty()) {
-			return new Distance(0, null);
+			return new Distance(0, metric);
 		}

 		double averageDistance = 0;
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/package-info.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/geo/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support for MongoDB geo-spatial queries.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
+
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;

+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
 import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
@@ -24,14 +24,31 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 /**
 * Mark a class to use compound indexes.
 * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Johno Crawford
 */
@Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
+@Documented
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 public @interface CompoundIndex {

+	/**
+	 * The actual index definition in JSON format. The keys of the JSON document are the fields to be indexed, the values
+	 * define the index direction (1 for ascending, -1 for descending).
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	String def();

+	/**
+	 * It does not actually make sense to use that attribute as the direction has to be defined in the {@link #def()}
+	 * attribute actually.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	IndexDirection direction() default IndexDirection.ASCENDING;

 	boolean unique() default false;
@@ -40,8 +57,34 @@ public @interface CompoundIndex {

 	boolean dropDups() default false;

+	/**
+	 * The name of the index to be created.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	String name() default "";

+	/**
+	 * The collection the index will be created in. Will default to the collection the annotated domain class will be
+	 * stored in.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	String collection() default "";

+	/**
+	 * If {@literal true} the index will be created in the background.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/indexes/#background-construction
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean background() default false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures the number of seconds after which the collection should expire. Defaults to -1 for no expiry.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/expire-data/
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	int expireAfterSeconds() default -1;
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Index.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Index.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
@@ -18,18 +18,20 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;

+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Order;

 import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;

+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class Index implements IndexDefinition {

 	public enum Duplicates {
 		RETAIN, DROP
 	}

-	private final Map<String, Order> fieldSpec = new LinkedHashMap<String, Order>();
+	private final Map<String, Direction> fieldSpec = new LinkedHashMap<String, Direction>();

 	private String name;

@@ -42,12 +44,37 @@ public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 	public Index() {
 	}

-	public Index(String key, Order order) {
-		fieldSpec.put(key, order);
+	public Index(String key, Direction direction) {
+		fieldSpec.put(key, direction);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Indexed} on the given key and {@link Order}.
+	 * 
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #Index(String, Direction)} instead.
+	 * @param key must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @param order must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public Index(String key, Order order) {
+		this(key, order.toDirection());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Adds the given field to the index.
+	 * 
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #on(String, Direction)} instead.
+	 * @param key must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @param order must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Index on(String key, Order order) {
-		fieldSpec.put(key, order);
+		return on(key, order.toDirection());
+	}
+
+	public Index on(String key, Direction direction) {
+		fieldSpec.put(key, direction);
 		return this;
 	}

@@ -76,7 +103,7 @@ public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 	public DBObject getIndexKeys() {
 		DBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
 		for (String k : fieldSpec.keySet()) {
-			dbo.put(k, (fieldSpec.get(k).equals(Order.ASCENDING) ? 1 : -1));
+			dbo.put(k, fieldSpec.get(k).equals(Direction.ASC) ? 1 : -1);
 		}
 		return dbo;
 	}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexField.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/IndexField.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2013 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.
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;

+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Order;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
@@ -24,30 +25,38 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public final class IndexField {

 	private final String key;
-	private final Order order;
+	private final Direction direction;
 	private final boolean isGeo;

-	private IndexField(String key, Order order, boolean isGeo) {
+	private IndexField(String key, Direction direction, boolean isGeo) {

 		Assert.hasText(key);
-		Assert.isTrue(order != null ^ isGeo);
+		Assert.isTrue(direction != null ^ isGeo);

 		this.key = key;
-		this.order = order;
+		this.direction = direction;
 		this.isGeo = isGeo;
 	}

 	/**
 	 * Creates a default {@link IndexField} with the given key and {@link Order}.
 	 * 
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #create(String, Direction)}.
 	 * @param key must not be {@literal null} or emtpy.
-	 * @param order must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param direction must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public static IndexField create(String key, Order order) {
+		Assert.notNull(order);
+		return new IndexField(key, order.toDirection(), false);
+	}
+
+	public static IndexField create(String key, Direction order) {
 		Assert.notNull(order);
 		return new IndexField(key, order, false);
 	}
@@ -70,12 +79,23 @@ public final class IndexField {
 	}

 	/**
-	 * Returns the order of the {@link IndexField} or {@literal null} in case we have a geo index field.
+	 * Returns the direction of the {@link IndexField} or {@literal null} in case we have a geo index field.
 	 * 
-	 * @return the order
+	 * @deprecated use {@link #getDirection()} instead.
+	 * @return the direction
 	 */
+	@Deprecated
 	public Order getOrder() {
-		return order;
+		return Direction.ASC.equals(direction) ? Order.ASCENDING : Order.DESCENDING;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the direction of the {@link IndexField} or {@literal null} in case we have a geo index field.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the direction
+	 */
+	public Direction getDirection() {
+		return direction;
 	}

 	/**
@@ -104,7 +124,8 @@ public final class IndexField {

 		IndexField that = (IndexField) obj;

-		return this.key.equals(that.key) && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.order, that.order) && this.isGeo == that.isGeo;
+		return this.key.equals(that.key) && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.direction, that.direction)
+				&& this.isGeo == that.isGeo;
 	}

 	/* 
@@ -116,7 +137,7 @@ public final class IndexField {

 		int result = 17;
 		result += 31 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(key);
-		result += 31 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(order);
+		result += 31 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(direction);
 		result += 31 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(isGeo);
 		return result;
 	}
@@ -127,6 +148,6 @@ public final class IndexField {
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public String toString() {
-		return String.format("IndexField [ key: %s, order: %s, isGeo: %s]", key, order, isGeo);
+		return String.format("IndexField [ key: %s, direction: %s, isGeo: %s]", key, direction, isGeo);
 	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Indexed.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Indexed.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;

 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
@@ -24,7 +23,10 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 /**
 * Mark a field to be indexed using MongoDB's indexing feature.
 * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Johno Crawford
 */
@Target(ElementType.FIELD)
@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@@ -41,4 +43,20 @@ public @interface Indexed {
 	String name() default "";

 	String collection() default "";
+
+	/**
+	 * If {@literal true} the index will be created in the background.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/indexes/#background-construction
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean background() default false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures the number of seconds after which the collection should expire. Defaults to -1 for no expiry.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/tutorial/expire-data/
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	int expireAfterSeconds() default -1;
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoMappingEventPublisher.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoMappingEventPublisher.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,37 +13,51 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;

+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.event.MappingContextEvent;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContextEvent;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AfterLoadEvent;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AfterSaveEvent;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;

 /**
- * An implementation of ApplicationEventPublisher that will only fire MappingContextEvents for use by the index creator
- * when MongoTemplate is used 'stand-alone', that is not declared inside a Spring ApplicationContext.
+ * An implementation of ApplicationEventPublisher that will only fire {@link MappingContextEvent}s for use by the index
+ * creator when MongoTemplate is used 'stand-alone', that is not declared inside a Spring {@link ApplicationContext}.
+ * Declare {@link MongoTemplate} inside an {@link ApplicationContext} to enable the publishing of all persistence events
+ * such as {@link AfterLoadEvent}, {@link AfterSaveEvent}, etc.
 * 
- * Declare MongoTemplate inside an ApplicationContext to enable the publishing of all persistence events such as
- * {@link AfterLoadEvent}, {@link AfterSaveEvent}, etc.
- * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public class MongoMappingEventPublisher implements ApplicationEventPublisher {

-	private MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator indexCreator;
+	private final MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator indexCreator;

+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link MongoMappingEventPublisher} for the given {@link MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param indexCreator must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
 	public MongoMappingEventPublisher(MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator indexCreator) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(indexCreator);
 		this.indexCreator = indexCreator;
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationEventPublisher#publishEvent(org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent)
+	 */
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	public void publishEvent(ApplicationEvent event) {
 		if (event instanceof MappingContextEvent) {
-			indexCreator
-					.onApplicationEvent((MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<MongoPersistentProperty>, MongoPersistentProperty>) event);
+			indexCreator.onApplicationEvent((MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty>) event);
 		}
 	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;

 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
@@ -25,9 +24,9 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.event.MappingContextEvent;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContextEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.BasicMongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
@@ -39,32 +38,37 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 import com.mongodb.util.JSON;

 /**
- * Component that inspects {@link BasicMongoPersistentEntity} instances contained in the given
- * {@link MongoMappingContext} for indexing metadata and ensures the indexes to be available.
+ * Component that inspects {@link MongoPersistentEntity} instances contained in the given {@link MongoMappingContext}
+ * for indexing metadata and ensures the indexes to be available.
 * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Johno Crawford
 */
 public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
-		ApplicationListener<MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<MongoPersistentProperty>, MongoPersistentProperty>> {
+		ApplicationListener<MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty>> {

 	private static final Logger log = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.class);

 	private final Map<Class<?>, Boolean> classesSeen = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>();
 	private final MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory;
+	private final MongoMappingContext mappingContext;

 	/**
 	 * Creats a new {@link MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator} for the given {@link MongoMappingContext} and
 	 * {@link MongoDbFactory}.
 	 * 
-	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@@iteral null}
-	 * @param mongoDbFactory must not be {@@iteral null}
+	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param mongoDbFactory must not be {@literal null}
 	 */
 	public MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator(MongoMappingContext mappingContext, MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory) {

 		Assert.notNull(mongoDbFactory);
 		Assert.notNull(mappingContext);
+
 		this.mongoDbFactory = mongoDbFactory;
+		this.mappingContext = mappingContext;

 		for (MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity : mappingContext.getPersistentEntities()) {
 			checkForIndexes(entity);
@@ -75,8 +79,11 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener#onApplicationEvent(org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent)
 	 */
-	public void onApplicationEvent(
-			MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<MongoPersistentProperty>, MongoPersistentProperty> event) {
+	public void onApplicationEvent(MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> event) {
+
+		if (!event.wasEmittedBy(mappingContext)) {
+			return;
+		}

 		PersistentEntity<?, ?> entity = event.getPersistentEntity();

@@ -97,12 +104,13 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 			if (type.isAnnotationPresent(CompoundIndexes.class)) {
 				CompoundIndexes indexes = type.getAnnotation(CompoundIndexes.class);
 				for (CompoundIndex index : indexes.value()) {
-					String indexColl = index.collection();
-					if ("".equals(indexColl)) {
-						indexColl = entity.getCollection();
-					}
-					ensureIndex(indexColl, index.name(), index.def(), index.direction(), index.unique(), index.dropDups(),
-							index.sparse());
+
+					String indexColl = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : entity.getCollection();
+					DBObject definition = (DBObject) JSON.parse(index.def());
+
+					ensureIndex(indexColl, index.name(), definition, index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse(),
+							index.background(), index.expireAfterSeconds());
+
 					if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 						log.debug("Created compound index " + index);
 					}
@@ -111,10 +119,14 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements

 			entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>() {
 				public void doWithPersistentProperty(MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+
 					Field field = persistentProperty.getField();
+
 					if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Indexed.class)) {
+
 						Indexed index = field.getAnnotation(Indexed.class);
 						String name = index.name();
+
 						if (!StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
 							name = persistentProperty.getFieldName();
 						} else {
@@ -126,11 +138,18 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 								}
 							}
 						}
+
 						String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : entity.getCollection();
-						ensureIndex(collection, name, null, index.direction(), index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse());
+						int direction = index.direction() == IndexDirection.ASCENDING ? 1 : -1;
+						DBObject definition = new BasicDBObject(persistentProperty.getFieldName(), direction);
+
+						ensureIndex(collection, name, definition, index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse(),
+								index.background(), index.expireAfterSeconds());
+
 						if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 							log.debug("Created property index " + index);
 						}
+
 					} else if (field.isAnnotationPresent(GeoSpatialIndexed.class)) {

 						GeoSpatialIndexed index = field.getAnnotation(GeoSpatialIndexed.class);
@@ -155,21 +174,42 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 		}
 	}

-	protected void ensureIndex(String collection, final String name, final String def, final IndexDirection direction,
-			final boolean unique, final boolean dropDups, final boolean sparse) {
-		DBObject defObj;
-		if (null != def) {
-			defObj = (DBObject) JSON.parse(def);
-		} else {
-			defObj = new BasicDBObject();
-			defObj.put(name, (direction == IndexDirection.ASCENDING ? 1 : -1));
-		}
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the current index creator was registered for the given {@link MappingContext}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param context
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean isIndexCreatorFor(MappingContext<?, ?> context) {
+		return this.mappingContext.equals(context);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Triggers the actual index creation.
+	 * 
+	 * @param collection the collection to create the index in
+	 * @param name the name of the index about to be created
+	 * @param indexDefinition the index definition
+	 * @param unique whether it shall be a unique index
+	 * @param dropDups whether to drop duplicates
+	 * @param sparse sparse or not
+	 * @param background whether the index will be created in the background
+	 * @param expireAfterSeconds the time to live for documents in the collection
+	 */
+	protected void ensureIndex(String collection, String name, DBObject indexDefinition, boolean unique,
+			boolean dropDups, boolean sparse, boolean background, int expireAfterSeconds) {
+
 		DBObject opts = new BasicDBObject();
 		opts.put("name", name);
 		opts.put("dropDups", dropDups);
 		opts.put("sparse", sparse);
 		opts.put("unique", unique);
-		mongoDbFactory.getDb().getCollection(collection).ensureIndex(defObj, opts);
-	}
+		opts.put("background", background);

+		if (expireAfterSeconds != -1) {
+			opts.put("expireAfterSeconds", expireAfterSeconds);
+		}
+
+		mongoDbFactory.getDb().getCollection(collection).ensureIndex(indexDefinition, opts);
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/package-info.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/package-info.java
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support for MongoDB document indexing.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
+
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,36 +13,45 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;

+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.context.expression.BeanFactoryAccessor;
 import org.springframework.context.expression.BeanFactoryResolver;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.AssociationHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BasicPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoCollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
 import org.springframework.expression.ParserContext;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.standard.SpelExpressionParser;
 import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 /**
- * Mongo specific {@link PersistentEntity} implementation that adds Mongo specific meta-data such as the collection name
- * and the like.
+ * MongoDB specific {@link MongoPersistentEntity} implementation that adds Mongo specific meta-data such as the
+ * collection name and the like.
 * 
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class BasicMongoPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntity<T, MongoPersistentProperty> implements
 		MongoPersistentEntity<T>, ApplicationContextAware {

+	private static final String AMBIGUOUS_FIELD_MAPPING = "Ambiguous field mapping detected! Both %s and %s map to the same field name %s! Disambiguate using @DocumentField annotation!";
 	private final String collection;
 	private final SpelExpressionParser parser;
 	private final StandardEvaluationContext context;
@@ -76,22 +85,34 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntity<T, Mong
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware#setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)
 	 */
 	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
+
 		context.addPropertyAccessor(new BeanFactoryAccessor());
 		context.setBeanResolver(new BeanFactoryResolver(applicationContext));
 		context.setRootObject(applicationContext);
 	}

-	/**
-	 * Returns the collection the entity should be stored in.
-	 * 
-	 * @return
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity#getCollection()
 	 */
 	public String getCollection() {
-
 		Expression expression = parser.parseExpression(collection, ParserContext.TEMPLATE_EXPRESSION);
 		return expression.getValue(context, String.class);
 	}

+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BasicPersistentEntity#verify()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void verify() {
+
+		AssertFieldNameUniquenessHandler handler = new AssertFieldNameUniquenessHandler();
+
+		doWithProperties(handler);
+		doWithAssociations(handler);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * {@link Comparator} implementation inspecting the {@link MongoPersistentProperty}'s order.
 	 * 
@@ -118,4 +139,91 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntity<T, Mong
 			return o1.getFieldOrder() - o2.getFieldOrder();
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * As a general note: An implicit id property has a name that matches "id" or "_id". An explicit id property is one
+	 * that is annotated with @see {@link Id}. The property id is updated according to the following rules: 1) An id
+	 * property which is defined explicitly takes precedence over an implicitly defined id property. 2) In case of any
+	 * ambiguity a @see {@link MappingException} is thrown.
+	 * 
+	 * @param property - the new id property candidate
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected MongoPersistentProperty returnPropertyIfBetterIdPropertyCandidateOrNull(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(property);
+
+		if (!property.isIdProperty()) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		MongoPersistentProperty currentIdProperty = getIdProperty();
+
+		boolean currentIdPropertyIsSet = currentIdProperty != null;
+		@SuppressWarnings("null")
+		boolean currentIdPropertyIsExplicit = currentIdPropertyIsSet ? currentIdProperty.isExplicitIdProperty() : false;
+		boolean newIdPropertyIsExplicit = property.isExplicitIdProperty();
+
+		if (!currentIdPropertyIsSet) {
+			return property;
+
+		}
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("null")
+		Field currentIdPropertyField = currentIdProperty.getField();
+
+		if (newIdPropertyIsExplicit && currentIdPropertyIsExplicit) {
+			throw new MappingException(String.format(
+					"Attempt to add explicit id property %s but already have an property %s registered "
+							+ "as explicit id. Check your mapping configuration!", property.getField(), currentIdPropertyField));
+
+		} else if (newIdPropertyIsExplicit && !currentIdPropertyIsExplicit) {
+			// explicit id property takes precedence over implicit id property
+			return property;
+
+		} else if (!newIdPropertyIsExplicit && currentIdPropertyIsExplicit) {
+			// no id property override - current property is explicitly defined
+
+		} else {
+			throw new MappingException(String.format(
+					"Attempt to add id property %s but already have an property %s registered "
+							+ "as id. Check your mapping configuration!", property.getField(), currentIdPropertyField));
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Handler to collect {@link MongoPersistentProperty} instances and check that each of them is mapped to a distinct
+	 * field name.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 */
+	private static class AssertFieldNameUniquenessHandler implements PropertyHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>,
+			AssociationHandler<MongoPersistentProperty> {
+
+		private final Map<String, MongoPersistentProperty> properties = new HashMap<String, MongoPersistentProperty>();
+
+		public void doWithPersistentProperty(MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+			assertUniqueness(persistentProperty);
+		}
+
+		public void doWithAssociation(Association<MongoPersistentProperty> association) {
+			assertUniqueness(association.getInverse());
+		}
+
+		private void assertUniqueness(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+			String fieldName = property.getFieldName();
+			MongoPersistentProperty existingProperty = properties.get(fieldName);
+
+			if (existingProperty != null) {
+				throw new MappingException(String.format(AMBIGUOUS_FIELD_MAPPING, property.toString(),
+						existingProperty.toString(), fieldName));
+			}
+
+			properties.put(fieldName, property);
+		}
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentProperty.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -24,17 +24,22 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import org.bson.types.ObjectId;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;

 import com.mongodb.DBObject;

 /**
- * Mongo specific {@link org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty} implementation.
+ * MongoDB specific {@link org.springframework.data.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty} implementation.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Patryk Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty<MongoPersistentProperty> implements
 		MongoPersistentProperty {
@@ -45,6 +50,8 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	private static final Set<Class<?>> SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
 	private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES = new HashSet<String>();

+	private static final Field CAUSE_FIELD;
+
 	static {
 		SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES.add(ObjectId.class);
 		SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES.add(String.class);
@@ -52,8 +59,12 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope

 		SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.add("id");
 		SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.add("_id");
+
+		CAUSE_FIELD = ReflectionUtils.findField(Throwable.class, "cause");
 	}

+	private final FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy;
+
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link BasicMongoPersistentProperty}.
 	 * 
@@ -61,10 +72,14 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	 * @param propertyDescriptor
 	 * @param owner
 	 * @param simpleTypeHolder
+	 * @param fieldNamingStrategy
 	 */
 	public BasicMongoPersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor,
-			MongoPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
+			MongoPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder, FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy) {
+
 		super(field, propertyDescriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
+		this.fieldNamingStrategy = fieldNamingStrategy == null ? PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy.INSTANCE
+				: fieldNamingStrategy;

 		if (isIdProperty() && getFieldName() != ID_FIELD_NAME) {
 			LOG.warn("Customizing field name for id property not allowed! Custom name will not be considered!");
@@ -87,6 +102,7 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public boolean isIdProperty() {
+
 		if (super.isIdProperty()) {
 			return true;
 		}
@@ -95,6 +111,15 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 		return SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.contains(field.getName());
 	}

+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#isExplicitIdProperty()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean isExplicitIdProperty() {
+		return isAnnotationPresent(Id.class);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the key to be used to store the value of the property inside a Mongo {@link DBObject}.
 	 * 
@@ -103,16 +128,39 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	public String getFieldName() {

 		if (isIdProperty()) {
-			return ID_FIELD_NAME;
+
+			if (owner == null) {
+				return ID_FIELD_NAME;
+			}
+
+			if (owner.getIdProperty() == null) {
+				return ID_FIELD_NAME;
+			}
+
+			if (owner.isIdProperty(this)) {
+				return ID_FIELD_NAME;
+			}
 		}

-		org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field annotation = getField().getAnnotation(
-				org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field.class);
-		return annotation != null && StringUtils.hasText(annotation.value()) ? annotation.value() : field.getName();
+		org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field annotation = findAnnotation(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field.class);
+
+		if (annotation != null && StringUtils.hasText(annotation.value())) {
+			return annotation.value();
+		}
+
+		String fieldName = fieldNamingStrategy.getFieldName(this);
+
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(fieldName)) {
+			throw new MappingException(String.format("Invalid (null or empty) field name returned for property %s by %s!",
+					this, fieldNamingStrategy.getClass()));
+		}
+
+		return fieldName;
 	}

-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getFieldOrder()
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getFieldOrder()
 	 */
 	public int getFieldOrder() {
 		org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field annotation = getField().getAnnotation(
@@ -120,25 +168,36 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 		return annotation != null ? annotation.order() : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 	}

-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.AbstractPersistentProperty#createAssociation()
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.model.AbstractPersistentProperty#createAssociation()
 	 */
 	@Override
 	protected Association<MongoPersistentProperty> createAssociation() {
 		return new Association<MongoPersistentProperty>(this, null);
 	}

-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#isDbReference()
-		 */
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#isDbReference()
+	 */
 	public boolean isDbReference() {
 		return getField().isAnnotationPresent(DBRef.class);
 	}

-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getDBRef()
-		 */
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getDBRef()
+	 */
 	public DBRef getDBRef() {
 		return getField().getAnnotation(DBRef.class);
 	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#usePropertyAccess()
+	 */
+	public boolean usePropertyAccess() {
+		return CAUSE_FIELD.equals(getField());
+	}
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/CachingMongoPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/CachingMongoPersistentProperty.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -38,10 +38,11 @@ public class CachingMongoPersistentProperty extends BasicMongoPersistentProperty
 	 * @param propertyDescriptor
 	 * @param owner
 	 * @param simpleTypeHolder
+	 * @param fieldNamingStrategy
 	 */
 	public CachingMongoPersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor,
-			MongoPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-		super(field, propertyDescriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
+			MongoPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder, FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy) {
+		super(field, propertyDescriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder, fieldNamingStrategy);
 	}

 	/*
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.mapping;
+
+import java.util.Locale;
+
+/**
+ * {@link FieldNamingStrategy} that abbreviates field names by using the very first letter of the camel case parts of
+ * the {@link MongoPersistentProperty}'s name.
+ * 
+ * @since 1.3
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy implements FieldNamingStrategy {
+
+	private static final String CAMEL_CASE_PATTERN = "(?<!(^|[A-Z]))(?=[A-Z])|(?<!^)(?=[A-Z][a-z])";
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy#getFieldName(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty)
+	 */
+	public String getFieldName(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+		String[] parts = property.getName().split(CAMEL_CASE_PATTERN);
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+
+		for (String part : parts) {
+			builder.append(part.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(Locale.US));
+		}
+
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/FieldNamingStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/FieldNamingStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.mapping;
+
+/**
+ * SPI interface to determine how to name document fields in cases the field name is not manually defined.
+ * 
+ * @see DocumentField
+ * @see PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy
+ * @see CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy
+ * @since 1.3
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public interface FieldNamingStrategy {
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the field name to be used for the given {@link MongoPersistentProperty}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param property must not be {@literal null} or empty;
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	String getFieldName(MongoPersistentProperty property);
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoMappingContext.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -13,26 +13,33 @@
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 */
-
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;

 import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
 import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.util.AbstractMap;

 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.AbstractMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;

 /**
- * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
- * @author Oliver Gierke ogierke@vmware.com
+ * Default implementation of a {@link MappingContext} for MongoDB using {@link BasicMongoPersistentEntity} and
+ * {@link BasicMongoPersistentProperty} as primary abstractions.
+ * 
+ * @author Jon Brisbin
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public class MongoMappingContext extends AbstractMappingContext<BasicMongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty>
 		implements ApplicationContextAware {

+	private static final FieldNamingStrategy DEFAULT_NAMING_STRATEGY = PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy.INSTANCE;
+
+	private FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy = DEFAULT_NAMING_STRATEGY;
 	private ApplicationContext context;

 	/**
@@ -42,6 +49,26 @@ public class MongoMappingContext extends AbstractMappingContext<BasicMongoPersis
 		setSimpleTypeHolder(MongoSimpleTypes.HOLDER);
 	}

+	/**
+	 * Configures the {@link FieldNamingStrategy} to be used to determine the field name if no manual mapping is applied.
+	 * Defaults to a strategy using the plain property name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param fieldNamingStrategy the {@link FieldNamingStrategy} to be used to determine the field name if no manual
+	 *          mapping is applied.
+	 */
+	public void setFieldNamingStrategy(FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy) {
+		this.fieldNamingStrategy = fieldNamingStrategy == null ? DEFAULT_NAMING_STRATEGY : fieldNamingStrategy;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.context.AbstractMappingContext#shouldCreatePersistentEntityFor(org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean shouldCreatePersistentEntityFor(TypeInformation<?> type) {
+		return !MongoSimpleTypes.HOLDER.isSimpleType(type.getType()) && !AbstractMap.class.isAssignableFrom(type.getType());
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.AbstractMappingContext#createPersistentProperty(java.lang.reflect.Field, java.beans.PropertyDescriptor, org.springframework.data.mapping.MutablePersistentEntity, org.springframework.data.mapping.SimpleTypeHolder)
@@ -49,7 +76,7 @@ public class MongoMappingContext extends AbstractMappingContext<BasicMongoPersis
 	@Override
 	public MongoPersistentProperty createPersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor descriptor,
 			BasicMongoPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-		return new CachingMongoPersistentProperty(field, descriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
+		return new CachingMongoPersistentProperty(field, descriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder, fieldNamingStrategy);
 	}

 	/*
@@ -72,6 +99,7 @@ public class MongoMappingContext extends AbstractMappingContext<BasicMongoPersis
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware#setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void setApplicationContext(ApplicationContext applicationContext) throws BeansException {
 		this.context = applicationContext;
 	}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoPersistentEntity.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoPersistentEntity.java
@@ -1,12 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2012 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.mongodb.core.mapping;

 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;

 /**
+ * MongoDB specific {@link PersistentEntity} abstraction.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
 */
 public interface MongoPersistentEntity<T> extends PersistentEntity<T, MongoPersistentProperty> {

+	/**
+	 * Returns the collection the entity shall be persisted to.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	String getCollection();
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoPersistentProperty.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoPersistentProperty.java
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2013 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
+ *      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,
@@ -16,12 +16,16 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;

 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;

 /**
- * Mongo specific {@link org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty} implementation.
+ * MongoDB specific {@link org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty} extension.
 * 
 * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Patryk Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
 */
 public interface MongoPersistentProperty extends PersistentProperty<MongoPersistentProperty> {

@@ -47,6 +51,14 @@ public interface MongoPersistentProperty extends PersistentProperty<MongoPersist
 	 */
 	boolean isDbReference();

+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the property is explicitly marked as an identifier property of the owning {@link PersistentEntity}.
+	 * A property is an explicit id property if it is annotated with @see {@link Id}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean isExplicitIdProperty();
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the {@link DBRef} if the property is a reference.
 	 * 
@@ -72,4 +84,12 @@ public interface MongoPersistentProperty extends PersistentProperty<MongoPersist
 			return source.getFieldName();
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether property access shall be used for reading the property value. This means it will use the getter
+	 * instead of field access.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean usePropertyAccess();
 }
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy.java
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.mongodb.core.mapping;
+
+/**
+ * {@link FieldNamingStrategy} simply using the {@link MongoPersistentProperty}'s name.
+ * 
+ * @since 1.3
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public enum PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy implements FieldNamingStrategy {
+
+	INSTANCE;
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy#getFieldName(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty)
+	 */
+	public String getFieldName(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+		return property.getName();
+	}
+}
--- a/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/SimpleMongoMappingContext.java
+++ b/spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/SimpleMongoMappingContext.java
@@ -1,134 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
- *
- * 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.mongodb.core.mapping;
-
-import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
-import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.List;
-
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.AbstractMappingContext;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.AbstractPersistentProperty;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BasicPersistentEntity;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoCollectionUtils;
-import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
-
-/**
- * 
- * @author Oliver Gierke
- */
-public class SimpleMongoMappingContext extends
-		AbstractMappingContext<SimpleMongoMappingContext.SimpleMongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> {
-
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.BasicMappingContext#createPersistentEntity(org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation)
-	 */
-	@Override
-	protected <T> SimpleMongoPersistentEntity<T> createPersistentEntity(TypeInformation<T> typeInformation) {
-		return new SimpleMongoPersistentEntity<T>(typeInformation);
-	}
-
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.BasicMappingContext#createPersistentProperty(java.lang.reflect.Field, java.beans.PropertyDescriptor, org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation, org.springframework.data.mapping.BasicPersistentEntity)
-	 */
-	@Override
-	protected SimplePersistentProperty createPersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor descriptor,
-			SimpleMongoPersistentEntity<?> owner, SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-		return new SimplePersistentProperty(field, descriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
-	}
-
-	static class SimplePersistentProperty extends AbstractPersistentProperty<MongoPersistentProperty> implements
-			MongoPersistentProperty {
-
-		private static final List<String> ID_FIELD_NAMES = Arrays.asList("id", "_id");
-
-		/**
-		 * Creates a new {@link SimplePersistentProperty}.
-		 * 
-		 * @param field
-		 * @param propertyDescriptor
-		 * @param information
-		 */
-		public SimplePersistentProperty(Field field, PropertyDescriptor propertyDescriptor, MongoPersistentEntity<?> owner,
-				SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder) {
-			super(field, propertyDescriptor, owner, simpleTypeHolder);
-		}
-
-		/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.BasicPersistentProperty#isIdProperty()
-		 */
-		public boolean isIdProperty() {
-			return ID_FIELD_NAMES.contains(field.getName());
-		}
-
-		/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getKey()
-		 */
-		public String getFieldName() {
-			return isIdProperty() ? "_id" : getName();
-		}
-
-		/*
-		 * (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getFieldOrder()
-		 */
-		public int getFieldOrder() {
-			return Integer.MAX_VALUE;
-		}
-
-		/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.AbstractPersistentProperty#createAssociation()
-		 */
-		@Override
-		protected Association<MongoPersistentProperty> createAssociation() {
-			return new Association<MongoPersistentProperty>(this, null);
-		}
-
-		/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#isDbReference()
-		 */
-		public boolean isDbReference() {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getDBRef()
-		 */
-		public DBRef getDBRef() {
-			return null;
-		}
-	}
-
-	static class SimpleMongoPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntity<T, MongoPersistentProperty> implements
-			MongoPersistentEntity<T> {
-
-		/**
-		 * @param information
-		 */
-		public SimpleMongoPersistentEntity(TypeInformation<T> information) {
-			super(information);
-		}
-
-		/* (non-Javadoc)
-		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity#getCollection()
-		 */
-		public String getCollection() {
-			return MongoCollectionUtils.getPreferredCollectionName(getType());
-		}
-	}
-}
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