DATAMONGO-873 - Release version 1.3.5.RELEASE.

Updated readme, changelog,... to reflect recent version number. Updated reference to spring.io.

Original Pull Request: #144.

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).

README.md

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ The Spring Data MongoDB project aims to provide a familiar and consistent Spring
 
 ## Getting Help
 
-For a comprehensive treatmet of all the Spring Data MongoDB features, please refer to:
+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.
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Add the Maven dependency:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+  <version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you'd rather like the latest snapshots of the upcoming major version, use our
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-  <version>1.2.1.RELEASE</version>
+  <version>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <repository>
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ MongoTemplate is the central support class for Mongo database operations. It pro
 
 ### Spring Data repositories
 
-To simplify the creation of data repositories Sprin 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 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.  
 
 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:
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public interface PersonRepository extends CrudRepository<Person, Long> {
 }
 ```
 
-The queries issued on execution will be derived from the method name. Exending `CrudRepository` causes CRUD methods being pulled into the interface so that you can easily save and find single entities and collections of them.
+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.
 
 You can have Spring automatically create a proxy for the interface by using the following JavaConfig:
 

etc/formatting.xml

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_brace_in_enum_declaration" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_angle_bracket_in_type_parameters" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.clear_blank_lines_in_block_comment" value="false"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_type_declaration" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_type_declaration" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.lineSplit" value="120"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_if" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_between_brackets_in_array_type_reference" value="do not insert"/>
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_parameters_in_constructor_declaration" value="16"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_colon_in_labeled_statement" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_annotation_type_declaration" value="end_of_line"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_method_body" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_method_body" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_method_declaration" value="0"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_method_invocation" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_try" value="do not insert"/>
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_parenthesized_expression_in_throw" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_type_arguments" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.problem.enumIdentifier" value="error"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_switchstatements_compare_to_switch" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_switchstatements_compare_to_switch" value="true"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_ellipsis" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_block" value="end_of_line"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_for_inits" value="do not insert"/>
@@ -135,9 +135,9 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_for_increments" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.format_line_comment_starting_on_first_column" value="true"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_bracket_in_array_reference" value="do not insert"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_after_annotation_on_field" value="insert"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_enum_constant" value="end_of_line"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_after_annotation_on_field" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.indent_root_tags" value="true"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.brace_position_for_enum_constant" value="end_of_line"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_enum_declarations" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_union_type_in_multicatch" value="16"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_comma_in_explicitconstructorcall_arguments" value="insert"/>
@@ -150,12 +150,12 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_after_opening_brace_in_array_initializer" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_closing_brace_in_block" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_bracket_in_array_reference" value="do not insert"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_enum_constant" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_enum_constant" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_opening_angle_bracket_in_type_arguments" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_constructor_declaration" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_constructor_declaration_throws" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_opening_paren_in_if" value="do not insert"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.clear_blank_lines_in_javadoc_comment" value="false"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.clear_blank_lines_in_javadoc_comment" value="true"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_throws_clause_in_constructor_declaration" value="16"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_assignment_operator" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_assignment_operator" value="insert"/>
@@ -182,11 +182,11 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_angle_bracket_in_parameterized_type_reference" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_brace_in_anonymous_type_declaration" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.keep_empty_array_initializer_on_one_line" value="false"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_enum_declaration" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_enum_declaration" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.keep_imple_if_on_one_line" value="false"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_constructor_declaration_parameters" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_closing_angle_bracket_in_type_parameters" value="insert"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_at_end_of_file_if_missing" value="do not insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_at_end_of_file_if_missing" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_colon_in_for" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_colon_in_labeled_statement" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_comma_in_parameterized_type_reference" value="do not insert"/>
@@ -237,7 +237,7 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_throws_clause_in_method_declaration" value="16"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_angle_bracket_in_type_parameters" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_bracket_in_array_allocation_expression" value="do not insert"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_anonymous_type_declaration" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_anonymous_type_declaration" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_colon_in_conditional" value="insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_after_opening_angle_bracket_in_parameterized_type_reference" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_for" value="do not insert"/>
@@ -251,12 +251,12 @@
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.compiler.codegen.targetPlatform" value="1.7"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_resources_in_try" value="80"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.use_tabs_only_for_leading_indentations" value="false"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_arguments_in_annotation" value="0"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_arguments_in_annotation" value="16"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.format_header" value="false"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.comment.format_block_comments" value="false"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_enum_constant" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.alignment_for_enum_constants" value="0"/>
-<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_block" value="insert"/>
+<setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_new_line_in_empty_block" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.indent_body_declarations_compare_to_annotation_declaration_header" value="true"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_closing_paren_in_parenthesized_expression" value="do not insert"/>
 <setting id="org.eclipse.jdt.core.formatter.insert_space_before_opening_paren_in_parenthesized_expression" value="do not insert"/>

pom.xml

@@ -5,17 +5,17 @@
 	
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+	<version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 	<packaging>pom</packaging>
 
 	<name>Spring Data MongoDB</name>
 	<description>MongoDB support for Spring Data</description>
-	<url>http://www.springsource.org/spring-data/mongodb</url>
+	<url>http://projects.spring.io/spring-data-mongodb</url>
 
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data.build</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.1.0.RELEASE</version>
+		<version>1.2.2.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-mongodb</dist.id>
-		<springdata.commons>1.6.0.M1</springdata.commons>
+		<springdata.commons>1.6.5.RELEASE</springdata.commons>
 		<mongo>2.10.1</mongo>
 	</properties>
 	
@@ -37,9 +37,9 @@
 		<developer>
 			<id>ogierke</id>
 			<name>Oliver Gierke</name>
-			<email>ogierke at vmware.com</email>
-			<organization>SpringSource</organization>
-			<organizationUrl>http://www.springsource.com</organizationUrl>
+			<email>ogierke at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
 			<roles>
 				<role>Project Lean</role>
 			</roles>
@@ -48,9 +48,9 @@
 		<developer>
 			<id>trisberg</id>
 			<name>Thomas Risberg</name>
-			<email>trisberg at vmware.com</email>
-			<organization>SpringSource</organization>
-			<organizationUrl>http://www.springsource.com</organizationUrl>
+			<email>trisberg at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
 			<roles>
 				<role>Developer</role>
 			</roles>
@@ -59,9 +59,9 @@
 		<developer>
 			<id>mpollack</id>
 			<name>Mark Pollack</name>
-			<email>mpollack at vmware.com</email>
-			<organization>SpringSource</organization>
-			<organizationUrl>http://www.springsource.com</organizationUrl>
+			<email>mpollack at gopivotal.com</email>
+			<organization>Pivotal Software, Inc.</organization>
+			<organizationUrl>http://www.gopivotal.com</organizationUrl>
 			<roles>
 				<role>Developer</role>
 			</roles>
@@ -70,14 +70,36 @@
 		<developer>
 			<id>jbrisbin</id>
 			<name>Jon Brisbin</name>
-			<email>jbrisbin at vmware.com</email>
-			<organization>SpringSource</organization>
-			<organizationUrl>http://www.springsource.com</organizationUrl>
+			<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>
 
 	<dependencies>
@@ -91,9 +113,16 @@
 	
 	<repositories>
 		<repository>
-			<id>spring-lib-milestone</id>
-			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-milestone-local</url>
+			<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>

spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/pom.xml

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+		<version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+			<version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>

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;
+

spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+		<version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	

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" : {

spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+		<version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 

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;
+

spring-data-mongodb-log4j/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/log4j/MongoLog4jAppenderIntegrationTests.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,
@@ -13,63 +13,65 @@
  * 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 {
+import com.mongodb.DB;
+import com.mongodb.DBCursor;
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
 
-	private static final String NAME = AppenderTest.class.getName();
-	private Logger log = Logger.getLogger(NAME);
-	private Mongo mongo;
-	private DB db;
-	private String collection;
+/**
+ * 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() {
-		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);
-		}
+	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));
 
+		assertThat(msgs.count(), is(4));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void testProperties() {
+
 		MDC.put("property", "one");
 		log.debug("DEBUG message");
 	}
-
 }

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

spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.3.0.M1</version>
+		<version>1.3.5.RELEASE</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -134,6 +134,13 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<build>

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/AbstractMongoConfiguration.java

@@ -109,7 +109,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 	 *         entities.
 	 */
 	protected String getMappingBasePackage() {
-		return getClass().getPackage().getName();
+
+		Package mappingBasePackage = getClass().getPackage();
+		return mappingBasePackage == null ? null : mappingBasePackage.getName();
 	}
 
 	/**

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParser.java

@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Maciej Walkowiak
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
@@ -105,6 +106,11 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		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);
 		}

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.
@@ -16,12 +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;
@@ -31,9 +33,15 @@ 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);
 
 	/*
@@ -43,6 +51,11 @@ public class ServerAddressPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 	@Override
 	public void setAsText(String replicaSetString) {
 
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(replicaSetString)) {
+			setValue(null);
+			return;
+		}
+
 		String[] replicaSetStringArray = StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(replicaSetString);
 		Set<ServerAddress> serverAddresses = new HashSet<ServerAddress>(replicaSetStringArray.length);
 
@@ -71,22 +84,53 @@ public class ServerAddressPropertyEditor extends PropertyEditorSupport {
 	 */
 	private ServerAddress parseServerAddress(String source) {
 
-		String[] hostAndPort = StringUtils.delimitedListToStringArray(source.trim(), ":");
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(source)) {
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "source", source);
+			return null;
+		}
 
-		if (!StringUtils.hasText(source) || hostAndPort.length > 2) {
-			LOG.warn("Could not parse address source '{}'. Check your replica set configuration!", source);
+		String[] hostAndPort = extractHostAddressAndPort(source.trim());
+
+		if (hostAndPort.length > 2) {
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "source", source);
 			return null;
 		}
 
 		try {
-			return hostAndPort.length == 1 ? new ServerAddress(hostAndPort[0]) : new ServerAddress(hostAndPort[0],
-					Integer.parseInt(hostAndPort[1]));
+			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 host '{}'. Check your replica set configuration!", hostAndPort[0]);
+			LOG.warn(COULD_NOT_PARSE_ADDRESS_MESSAGE, "host", hostAndPort[0]);
 		} catch (NumberFormatException e) {
-			LOG.warn("Could not parse port '{}'. Check your replica set configuration!", hostAndPort[1]);
+			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("]");
+	}
 }

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));
+							}
 						}
 					}
 

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 {
@@ -131,8 +130,11 @@ public abstract class MongoDbUtils {
 				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);

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoFactoryBean.java

@@ -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) {
@@ -127,15 +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);
 		}
@@ -147,6 +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()

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoOperations.java

@@ -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}.
@@ -422,7 +478,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * 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}.
@@ -438,7 +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}.
@@ -504,7 +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}.
@@ -557,7 +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.
 	 * 
@@ -595,7 +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
@@ -612,7 +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
@@ -648,6 +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.
@@ -672,6 +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.
@@ -696,6 +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.
 	 * 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoTemplate.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2014 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.
@@ -53,10 +53,17 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BeanWrapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Aggregation;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationOperationContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.AggregationResults;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.Fields;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.aggregation.TypedAggregation;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoWriter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.UpdateMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResult;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResults;
@@ -113,6 +120,11 @@ import com.mongodb.util.JSONParseException;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Amol Nayak
  * @author Patryk Wasik
+ * @author Tobias Trelle
+ * @author Sebastian Herold
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Chuong Ngo
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
@@ -135,7 +147,8 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
 	private final MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory;
 	private final MongoExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator = new MongoExceptionTranslator();
-	private final QueryMapper mapper;
+	private final QueryMapper queryMapper;
+	private final UpdateMapper updateMapper;
 
 	private WriteConcern writeConcern;
 	private WriteConcernResolver writeConcernResolver = DefaultWriteConcernResolver.INSTANCE;
@@ -188,7 +201,8 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 		this.mongoDbFactory = mongoDbFactory;
 		this.mongoConverter = mongoConverter == null ? getDefaultMongoConverter(mongoDbFactory) : mongoConverter;
-		this.mapper = new QueryMapper(this.mongoConverter);
+		this.queryMapper = new QueryMapper(this.mongoConverter);
+		this.updateMapper = new UpdateMapper(this.mongoConverter);
 
 		// We always have a mapping context in the converter, whether it's a simple one or not
 		mappingContext = this.mongoConverter.getMappingContext();
@@ -352,7 +366,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 		Assert.notNull(query);
 
-		DBObject queryObject = query.getQueryObject();
+		DBObject queryObject = queryMapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(), null);
 		DBObject sortObject = query.getSortObject();
 		DBObject fieldsObject = query.getFieldsObject();
 
@@ -495,7 +509,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			throw new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException("Query passed in to exist can't be null");
 		}
 
-		DBObject mappedQuery = mapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(), getPersistentEntity(entityClass));
+		DBObject mappedQuery = queryMapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(), getPersistentEntity(entityClass));
 		return execute(collectionName, new FindCallback(mappedQuery)).hasNext();
 	}
 
@@ -553,8 +567,26 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 				mongoConverter, entityClass), near.getMetric());
 		List<GeoResult<T>> result = new ArrayList<GeoResult<T>>(results.size());
 
+		int index = 0;
+		int elementsToSkip = near.getSkip() != null ? near.getSkip() : 0;
+
 		for (Object element : results) {
-			result.add(callback.doWith((DBObject) element));
+
+			/*
+			 * As MongoDB currently (2.4.4) doesn't support the skipping of elements in near queries
+			 * we skip the elements ourselves to avoid at least the document 2 object mapping overhead.
+			 * 
+			 * @see https://jira.mongodb.org/browse/SERVER-3925
+			 */
+			if (index >= elementsToSkip) {
+				result.add(callback.doWith((DBObject) element));
+			}
+			index++;
+		}
+
+		if (elementsToSkip > 0) {
+			// as we skipped some elements we have to calculate the averageDistance ourselves:
+			return new GeoResults<T>(result, near.getMetric());
 		}
 
 		DBObject stats = (DBObject) commandResult.get("stats");
@@ -604,7 +636,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	private long count(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName) {
 
 		Assert.hasText(collectionName);
-		final DBObject dbObject = query == null ? null : mapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(),
+		final DBObject dbObject = query == null ? null : queryMapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(),
 				entityClass == null ? null : mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass));
 
 		return execute(collectionName, new CollectionCallback<Long>() {
@@ -669,10 +701,9 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 		initializeVersionProperty(objectToSave);
 
-		BasicDBObject dbDoc = new BasicDBObject();
-
 		maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeConvertEvent<T>(objectToSave));
-		writer.write(objectToSave, dbDoc);
+
+		DBObject dbDoc = toDbObject(objectToSave, writer);
 
 		maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeSaveEvent<T>(objectToSave, dbDoc));
 		Object id = insertDBObject(collectionName, dbDoc, objectToSave.getClass());
@@ -681,6 +712,26 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		maybeEmitEvent(new AfterSaveEvent<T>(objectToSave, dbDoc));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @param objectToSave
+	 * @param writer
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private <T> DBObject toDbObject(T objectToSave, MongoWriter<T> writer) {
+
+		if (!(objectToSave instanceof String)) {
+			DBObject dbDoc = new BasicDBObject();
+			writer.write(objectToSave, dbDoc);
+			return dbDoc;
+		} else {
+			try {
+				return (DBObject) JSON.parse((String) objectToSave);
+			} catch (JSONParseException e) {
+				throw new MappingException("Could not parse given String to save into a JSON document!", e);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
 	private void initializeVersionProperty(Object entity) {
 
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> mongoPersistentEntity = getPersistentEntity(entity.getClass());
@@ -820,19 +871,9 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 		assertUpdateableIdIfNotSet(objectToSave);
 
-		DBObject dbDoc = new BasicDBObject();
-
 		maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeConvertEvent<T>(objectToSave));
 
-		if (!(objectToSave instanceof String)) {
-			writer.write(objectToSave, dbDoc);
-		} else {
-			try {
-				dbDoc = (DBObject) JSON.parse((String) objectToSave);
-			} catch (JSONParseException e) {
-				throw new MappingException("Could not parse given String to save into a JSON document!", e);
-			}
-		}
+		DBObject dbDoc = toDbObject(objectToSave, writer);
 
 		maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeSaveEvent<T>(objectToSave, dbDoc));
 		Object id = saveDBObject(collectionName, dbDoc, objectToSave.getClass());
@@ -916,6 +957,10 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		return doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, null, true, false);
 	}
 
+	public WriteResult upsert(Query query, Update update, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName) {
+		return doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, entityClass, true, false);
+	}
+
 	public WriteResult updateFirst(Query query, Update update, Class<?> entityClass) {
 		return doUpdate(determineCollectionName(entityClass), query, update, entityClass, false, false);
 	}
@@ -924,6 +969,10 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		return doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, null, false, false);
 	}
 
+	public WriteResult updateFirst(Query query, Update update, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName) {
+		return doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, entityClass, false, false);
+	}
+
 	public WriteResult updateMulti(Query query, Update update, Class<?> entityClass) {
 		return doUpdate(determineCollectionName(entityClass), query, update, entityClass, false, true);
 	}
@@ -932,6 +981,10 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		return doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, null, false, true);
 	}
 
+	public WriteResult updateMulti(final Query query, final Update update, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName) {
+		return doUpdate(collectionName, query, update, entityClass, false, true);
+	}
+
 	protected WriteResult doUpdate(final String collectionName, final Query query, final Update update,
 			final Class<?> entityClass, final boolean upsert, final boolean multi) {
 
@@ -940,10 +993,12 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 				MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = entityClass == null ? null : getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
 
-				DBObject queryObj = query == null ? new BasicDBObject()
-						: mapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(), entity);
-				DBObject updateObj = update == null ? new BasicDBObject() : mapper.getMappedObject(update.getUpdateObject(),
+				increaseVersionForUpdateIfNecessary(entity, update);
+
+				DBObject queryObj = query == null ? new BasicDBObject() : queryMapper.getMappedObject(query.getQueryObject(),
 						entity);
+				DBObject updateObj = update == null ? new BasicDBObject() : updateMapper.getMappedObject(
+						update.getUpdateObject(), entity);
 
 				if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
 					LOGGER.debug("Calling update using query: " + queryObj + " and update: " + updateObj + " in collection: "
@@ -957,7 +1012,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 						: collection.update(queryObj, updateObj, upsert, multi, writeConcernToUse);
 
 				if (entity != null && entity.hasVersionProperty() && !multi) {
-					if (writeResult.getN() == 0) {
+					if (writeResult.getN() == 0 && dbObjectContainsVersionProperty(queryObj, entity)) {
 						throw new OptimisticLockingFailureException("Optimistic lock exception on saving entity: "
 								+ updateObj.toMap().toString() + " to collection " + collectionName);
 					}
@@ -969,6 +1024,24 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		});
 	}
 
+	private void increaseVersionForUpdateIfNecessary(MongoPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity, Update update) {
+
+		if (persistentEntity != null && persistentEntity.hasVersionProperty()) {
+			if (!dbObjectContainsVersionProperty(update.getUpdateObject(), persistentEntity)) {
+				update.inc(persistentEntity.getVersionProperty().getFieldName(), 1L);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private boolean dbObjectContainsVersionProperty(DBObject dbObject, MongoPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity) {
+
+		if (persistentEntity == null || !persistentEntity.hasVersionProperty()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		return dbObject.containsField(persistentEntity.getVersionProperty().getFieldName());
+	}
+
 	public void remove(Object object) {
 
 		if (object == null) {
@@ -1061,7 +1134,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 				maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeDeleteEvent<T>(queryObject, entityClass));
 
-				DBObject dboq = mapper.getMappedObject(queryObject, entity);
+				DBObject dboq = queryMapper.getMappedObject(queryObject, entity);
 
 				MongoAction mongoAction = new MongoAction(writeConcern, MongoActionOperation.REMOVE, collectionName,
 						entityClass, null, queryObject);
@@ -1156,7 +1229,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		if (criteria == null) {
 			dbo.put("cond", null);
 		} else {
-			dbo.put("cond", mapper.getMappedObject(criteria.getCriteriaObject(), null));
+			dbo.put("cond", queryMapper.getMappedObject(criteria.getCriteriaObject(), null));
 		}
 		// If initial document was a JavaScript string, potentially loaded by Spring's Resource abstraction, load it and
 		// convert to DBObject
@@ -1205,6 +1278,64 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public <O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(TypedAggregation<?> aggregation, Class<O> outputType) {
+		return aggregate(aggregation, determineCollectionName(aggregation.getInputType()), outputType);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(TypedAggregation<?> aggregation, String inputCollectionName,
+			Class<O> outputType) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(aggregation, "Aggregation pipeline must not be null!");
+
+		AggregationOperationContext context = new TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext(aggregation.getInputType(),
+				mappingContext, queryMapper);
+		return aggregate(aggregation, inputCollectionName, outputType, context);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(Aggregation aggregation, Class<?> inputType, Class<O> outputType) {
+
+		return aggregate(aggregation, determineCollectionName(inputType), outputType,
+				new TypeBasedAggregationOperationContext(inputType, mappingContext, queryMapper));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(Aggregation aggregation, String collectionName, Class<O> outputType) {
+		return aggregate(aggregation, collectionName, outputType, null);
+	}
+
+	protected <O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(Aggregation aggregation, String collectionName, Class<O> outputType,
+			AggregationOperationContext context) {
+
+		Assert.hasText(collectionName, "Collection name must not be null or empty!");
+		Assert.notNull(aggregation, "Aggregation pipeline must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(outputType, "Output type must not be null!");
+
+		AggregationOperationContext rootContext = context == null ? Aggregation.DEFAULT_CONTEXT : context;
+		DBObject command = aggregation.toDbObject(collectionName, rootContext);
+
+		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			LOGGER.debug("Executing aggregation: {}", serializeToJsonSafely(command));
+		}
+
+		CommandResult commandResult = executeCommand(command);
+		handleCommandError(commandResult, command);
+
+		// map results
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		Iterable<DBObject> resultSet = (Iterable<DBObject>) commandResult.get("result");
+		List<O> mappedResults = new ArrayList<O>();
+		DbObjectCallback<O> callback = new UnwrapAndReadDbObjectCallback<O>(mongoConverter, outputType);
+
+		for (DBObject dbObject : resultSet) {
+			mappedResults.add(callback.doWith(dbObject));
+		}
+
+		return new AggregationResults<O>(mappedResults, commandResult);
+	}
+
 	protected String replaceWithResourceIfNecessary(String function) {
 
 		String func = function;
@@ -1313,57 +1444,28 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to an object using the template's converter
-	 * <p/>
-	 * The query document is specified as a standard DBObject and so is the fields specification.
+	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to an object using the template's converter.
+	 * The query document is specified as a standard {@link DBObject} and so is the fields specification.
 	 * 
-	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to find a record
-	 * @param fields the document that specifies the fields to be returned
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from.
+	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to find a record.
+	 * @param fields the document that specifies the fields to be returned.
 	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
-	 * @return the List of converted objects.
+	 * @return the {@link List} of converted objects.
 	 */
 	protected <T> T doFindOne(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> entityClass) {
-		EntityReader<? super T, DBObject> readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
-		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
-		DBObject mappedQuery = mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
-
-		return executeFindOneInternal(new FindOneCallback(mappedQuery, fields), new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(readerToUse,
-				entityClass), collectionName);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a List of the specified type. 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. The query document is specified as a standard DBObject
-	 * and so is the fields specification. Can be overridden by subclasses.
-	 * 
-	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from
-	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to find a record
-	 * @param fields the document that specifies the fields to be returned
-	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
-	 * @param preparer allows for customization of the DBCursor used when iterating over the result set, (apply limits,
-	 *          skips and so on).
-	 * @return the List of converted objects.
-	 */
-	protected <T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> entityClass,
-			CursorPreparer preparer) {
-		return doFind(collectionName, query, fields, entityClass, preparer, new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(mongoConverter,
-				entityClass));
-	}
-
-	protected <S, T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<S> entityClass,
-			CursorPreparer preparer, DbObjectCallback<T> objectCallback) {
 
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
+		DBObject mappedQuery = queryMapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
+		DBObject mappedFields = fields == null ? null : queryMapper.getMappedObject(fields, entity);
 
 		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			LOGGER.debug(String.format("find using query: %s fields: %s for class: %s in collection: %s",
-					serializeToJsonSafely(query), fields, entityClass, collectionName));
+			LOGGER.debug(String.format("findOne using query: %s fields: %s for class: %s in collection: %s",
+					serializeToJsonSafely(query), mappedFields, entityClass, collectionName));
 		}
 
-		return executeFindMultiInternal(new FindCallback(mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity), fields), preparer,
-				objectCallback, collectionName);
+		return executeFindOneInternal(new FindOneCallback(mappedQuery, mappedFields), new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(
+				this.mongoConverter, entityClass), collectionName);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1377,14 +1479,43 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	 * @return the List of converted objects.
 	 */
 	protected <T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> entityClass) {
-		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			LOGGER.debug("find using query: " + query + " fields: " + fields + " for class: " + entityClass
-					+ " in collection: " + collectionName);
-		}
-		EntityReader<? super T, DBObject> readerToUse = this.mongoConverter;
+		return doFind(collectionName, query, fields, entityClass, null, new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(this.mongoConverter,
+				entityClass));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Map the results of an ad-hoc query on the default MongoDB collection to a List of the specified type. The object is
+	 * converted from the MongoDB native representation using an instance of {@see MongoConverter}. The query document is
+	 * specified as a standard DBObject and so is the fields specification.
+	 * 
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to retrieve the objects from.
+	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to find a record.
+	 * @param fields the document that specifies the fields to be returned.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type of the returned list.
+	 * @param preparer allows for customization of the {@link DBCursor} used when iterating over the result set, (apply
+	 *          limits, skips and so on).
+	 * @return the {@link List} of converted objects.
+	 */
+	protected <T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<T> entityClass,
+			CursorPreparer preparer) {
+		return doFind(collectionName, query, fields, entityClass, preparer, new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(mongoConverter,
+				entityClass));
+	}
+
+	protected <S, T> List<T> doFind(String collectionName, DBObject query, DBObject fields, Class<S> entityClass,
+			CursorPreparer preparer, DbObjectCallback<T> objectCallback) {
+
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
-		return executeFindMultiInternal(new FindCallback(mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity), fields), null,
-				new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(readerToUse, entityClass), collectionName);
+		DBObject mappedFields = fields == null ? null : queryMapper.getMappedObject(fields, entity);
+		DBObject mappedQuery = queryMapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
+
+		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			LOGGER.debug(String.format("find using query: %s fields: %s for class: %s in collection: %s",
+					serializeToJsonSafely(query), mappedFields, entityClass, collectionName));
+		}
+
+		return executeFindMultiInternal(new FindCallback(mappedQuery, mappedFields), preparer, objectCallback,
+				collectionName);
 	}
 
 	protected DBObject convertToDbObject(CollectionOptions collectionOptions) {
@@ -1422,7 +1553,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 					+ entityClass + " in collection: " + collectionName);
 		}
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
-		return executeFindOneInternal(new FindAndRemoveCallback(mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity), fields, sort),
+		return executeFindOneInternal(new FindAndRemoveCallback(queryMapper.getMappedObject(query, entity), fields, sort),
 				new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(readerToUse, entityClass), collectionName);
 	}
 
@@ -1437,19 +1568,15 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
 
-		DBObject updateObj = update.getUpdateObject();
-		for (String key : updateObj.keySet()) {
-			updateObj.put(key, mongoConverter.convertToMongoType(updateObj.get(key)));
-		}
-
-		DBObject mappedQuery = mapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
+		DBObject mappedQuery = queryMapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
+		DBObject mappedUpdate = updateMapper.getMappedObject(update.getUpdateObject(), entity);
 
 		if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			LOGGER.debug("findAndModify using query: " + mappedQuery + " fields: " + fields + " sort: " + sort
-					+ " for class: " + entityClass + " and update: " + updateObj + " in collection: " + collectionName);
+					+ " for class: " + entityClass + " and update: " + mappedUpdate + " in collection: " + collectionName);
 		}
 
-		return executeFindOneInternal(new FindAndModifyCallback(mappedQuery, fields, sort, updateObj, options),
+		return executeFindOneInternal(new FindAndModifyCallback(mappedQuery, fields, sort, mappedUpdate, options),
 				new ReadDbObjectCallback<T>(readerToUse, entityClass), collectionName);
 	}
 
@@ -1874,6 +2001,35 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		}
 	}
 
+	class UnwrapAndReadDbObjectCallback<T> extends ReadDbObjectCallback<T> {
+
+		public UnwrapAndReadDbObjectCallback(EntityReader<? super T, DBObject> reader, Class<T> type) {
+			super(reader, type);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public T doWith(DBObject object) {
+
+			Object idField = object.get(Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID);
+
+			if (!(idField instanceof DBObject)) {
+				return super.doWith(object);
+			}
+
+			DBObject toMap = new BasicDBObject();
+			DBObject nested = (DBObject) idField;
+			toMap.putAll(nested);
+
+			for (String key : object.keySet()) {
+				if (!Fields.UNDERSCORE_ID.equals(key)) {
+					toMap.put(key, object.get(key));
+				}
+			}
+
+			return super.doWith(toMap);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private enum DefaultWriteConcernResolver implements WriteConcernResolver {
 
 		INSTANCE;

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));
+		}
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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);
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationOperationContext.java

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+/*
+ * 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);
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/AggregationResults.java

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+/*
+ * 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;
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ExposedFields.java

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+/*
+ * 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();
+		}
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext.java

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+/*
+ * 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));
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Field.java

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+/*
+ * 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();
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/Fields.java

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+/*
+ * 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;
+		}
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/FieldsExposingAggregationOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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();
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/GeoNearOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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()));
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/GroupOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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 + "]";
+		}
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/LimitOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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);
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/MatchOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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()));
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/aggregation/ProjectionOperation.java

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+/*
+ * 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);
+	}
+
+}

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);
+	}
+}

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);
+	}
+}

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));
+	}
+}

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;
+	}
+}

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());
+	}
+}

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;

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/CustomConversions.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -17,12 +17,13 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Locale;
-import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
 
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ 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;
@@ -54,6 +56,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * .
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class CustomConversions {
 
@@ -65,7 +68,7 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 	private final Set<ConvertiblePair> writingPairs;
 	private final Set<Class<?>> customSimpleTypes;
 	private final SimpleTypeHolder simpleTypeHolder;
-	private final Map<Class<?>, HashMap<Class<?>, CacheValue>> cache;
+	private final ConcurrentMap<ConvertiblePair, CacheValue> customReadTargetTypes;
 
 	private final List<Object> converters;
 
@@ -85,12 +88,13 @@ 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.cache = new HashMap<Class<?>, HashMap<Class<?>, CacheValue>>();
+		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);
@@ -98,8 +102,8 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 		this.converters.add(StringToBigIntegerConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.add(URLToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.add(StringToURLConverter.INSTANCE);
+		this.converters.add(DBObjectToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
 		this.converters.addAll(JodaTimeConverters.getConvertersToRegister());
-		this.converters.addAll(converters);
 
 		for (Object c : this.converters) {
 			registerConversion(c);
@@ -192,25 +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()));
 			}
 		}
@@ -220,11 +224,11 @@ 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);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -232,71 +236,78 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 	 * 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) {
+	public boolean hasCustomReadTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType) {
 
-		Assert.notNull(source);
-		Assert.notNull(expectedTargetType);
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
+		Assert.notNull(requestedTargetType);
 
-		return getCustomReadTarget(source, expectedTargetType) != null;
+		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;
 				}
 			}
@@ -305,27 +316,33 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	private Class<?> getCustomReadTarget(Class<?> source, Class<?> expectedTargetType) {
+	/**
+	 * 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) {
 
-		Class<?> type = expectedTargetType == null ? PlaceholderType.class : expectedTargetType;
+		Assert.notNull(sourceType);
 
-		Map<Class<?>, CacheValue> map;
-		CacheValue toReturn;
-
-		if ((map = cache.get(source)) == null || (toReturn = map.get(type)) == null) {
-
-			Class<?> target = getCustomTarget(source, type, readingPairs);
-
-			if (cache.get(source) == null) {
-				cache.put(source, new HashMap<Class<?>, CacheValue>());
-			}
-
-			Map<Class<?>, CacheValue> value = cache.get(source);
-			toReturn = target == null ? CacheValue.NULL : new CacheValue(target);
-			value.put(type, toReturn);
+		if (requestedTargetType == null) {
+			return null;
 		}
 
-		return toReturn.clazz;
+		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
@@ -334,8 +351,10 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 		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));
 		}
 
@@ -344,29 +363,29 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Placeholder type to allow registering not-found values in the converter cache.
-	 * 
-	 * @author Patryk Wasik
-	 * @author Oliver Gierke
-	 */
-	private static class PlaceholderType {
-
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Wrapper to safely store {@literal null} values in the type cache.
 	 * 
 	 * @author Patryk Wasik
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
 	 */
 	private static class CacheValue {
 
-		public static final CacheValue NULL = new CacheValue(null);
-		private final Class<?> clazz;
+		private static final CacheValue ABSENT = new CacheValue(null);
 
-		public CacheValue(Class<?> clazz) {
-			this.clazz = clazz;
+		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);
 		}
 	}
 }

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
 	 */

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MappingMongoConverter.java

@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Patrik Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements ApplicationContextAware {
 
@@ -124,6 +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
@@ -356,8 +366,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			try {
 				Object id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class, fieldAccessOnly);
 				dbo.put("_id", idMapper.convertId(id));
-			} catch (ConversionException ignored) {
-			}
+			} catch (ConversionException ignored) {}
 		}
 
 		// Write the properties

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();
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/MongoConverters.java

@@ -24,8 +24,11 @@ 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.
  * 
@@ -147,4 +150,15 @@ abstract class MongoConverters {
 			}
 		}
 	}
+
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DBObjectToStringConverter implements Converter<DBObject, String> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		@Override
+		public String convert(DBObject source) {
+			return source == null ? null : source.toString();
+		}
+	}
 }

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);
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/convert/QueryMapper.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 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;
@@ -29,6 +31,8 @@ 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;
@@ -42,11 +46,11 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  * @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;
@@ -74,9 +78,10 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param entity can be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject query, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
 
-		if (Keyword.isKeyword(query)) {
+		if (isNestedKeyword(query)) {
 			return getMappedKeyword(new Keyword(query), entity);
 		}
 
@@ -84,95 +89,153 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 
 		for (String key : query.keySet()) {
 
-			Field field = entity == null ? new Field(key) : new MetadataBackedField(key, entity, mappingContext);
-			result.put(field.getMappedKey(), getMappedValue(query.get(key), field));
+			// TODO: remove one once QueryMapper can work with Query instances directly
+			if (Query.isRestrictedTypeKey(key)) {
+
+				@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+				Set<Class<?>> restrictedTypes = (Set<Class<?>>) query.get(key);
+				this.converter.getTypeMapper().writeTypeRestrictions(result, restrictedTypes);
+
+				continue;
+			}
+
+			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 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 query the {@link DBObject} representing a keyword (e.g. {@code $ne : … } )
+	 * @param keyword the {@link DBObject} representing a keyword (e.g. {@code $ne : … } )
 	 * @param entity
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Keyword query, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Keyword keyword, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
 
 		// $or/$nor
-		if (query.key.matches(N_OR_PATTERN)) {
+		if (keyword.isOrOrNor() || keyword.hasIterableValue()) {
 
-			Iterable<?> conditions = (Iterable<?>) query.value;
+			Iterable<?> conditions = keyword.getValue();
 			BasicDBList newConditions = new BasicDBList();
 
 			for (Object condition : conditions) {
-				newConditions.add(getMappedObject((DBObject) condition, entity));
+				newConditions.add(condition instanceof DBObject ? getMappedObject((DBObject) condition, entity)
+						: convertSimpleOrDBObject(condition, entity));
 			}
 
-			return new BasicDBObject(query.key, newConditions);
+			return new BasicDBObject(keyword.getKey(), newConditions);
 		}
 
-		return new BasicDBObject(query.key, convertSimpleOrDBObject(query.value, entity));
+		return new BasicDBObject(keyword.getKey(), convertSimpleOrDBObject(keyword.getValue(), entity));
 	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the mapped keyword considered defining a criteria for the given property.
 	 * 
-	 * @param keyword
 	 * @param property
+	 * @param keyword
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	public DBObject getMappedKeyword(Keyword keyword, Field property) {
+	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Field property, Keyword keyword) {
 
-		if (property.isAssociation()) {
-			convertAssociation(keyword.value, property.getProperty());
-		}
+		boolean needsAssociationConversion = property.isAssociation() && !keyword.isExists();
+		Object value = keyword.getValue();
 
-		return new BasicDBObject(keyword.key, getMappedValue(keyword.value, property.with(keyword.key)));
+		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 source the source object to be mapped
+	 * @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(Object source, Field key) {
+	private Object getMappedValue(Field documentField, Object value) {
 
-		if (key.isIdField()) {
+		if (documentField.isIdField()) {
+
+			if (value instanceof DBObject) {
+				DBObject valueDbo = (DBObject) value;
+				DBObject resultDbo = new BasicDBObject(valueDbo.toMap());
 
-			if (source instanceof DBObject) {
-				DBObject valueDbo = (DBObject) source;
 				if (valueDbo.containsField("$in") || valueDbo.containsField("$nin")) {
 					String inKey = valueDbo.containsField("$in") ? "$in" : "$nin";
 					List<Object> ids = new ArrayList<Object>();
 					for (Object id : (Iterable<?>) valueDbo.get(inKey)) {
 						ids.add(convertId(id));
 					}
-					valueDbo.put(inKey, ids.toArray(new Object[ids.size()]));
+					resultDbo.put(inKey, ids.toArray(new Object[ids.size()]));
 				} else if (valueDbo.containsField("$ne")) {
-					valueDbo.put("$ne", convertId(valueDbo.get("$ne")));
+					resultDbo.put("$ne", convertId(valueDbo.get("$ne")));
 				} else {
-					return getMappedObject((DBObject) source, null);
+					return getMappedObject(resultDbo, null);
 				}
 
-				return valueDbo;
+				return resultDbo;
 
 			} else {
-				return convertId(source);
+				return convertId(value);
 			}
 		}
 
-		if (key.isAssociation()) {
-			return Keyword.isKeyword(source) ? getMappedKeyword(new Keyword(source), key) : convertAssociation(source,
-					key.getProperty());
+		if (isNestedKeyword(value)) {
+			return getMappedKeyword(new Keyword((DBObject) value), null);
 		}
 
-		return convertSimpleOrDBObject(source, key.getPropertyEntity());
+		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());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -185,18 +248,30 @@ 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);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Converts the given source assuming it's actually an association to anoter object.
+	 * Converts the given source assuming it's actually an association to another object.
 	 * 
 	 * @param source
 	 * @param property
@@ -204,7 +279,8 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 */
 	private Object convertAssociation(Object source, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
 
-		if (property == null || !property.isAssociation()) {
+		if (property == null || !property.isAssociation() || source == null || source instanceof DBRef
+				|| !property.isEntity()) {
 			return source;
 		}
 
@@ -226,7 +302,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			return result;
 		}
 
-		return source == null || source instanceof DBRef ? source : converter.toDBRef(source, property);
+		return converter.toDBRef(source, property);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -243,7 +319,40 @@ 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("$");
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -253,36 +362,49 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 */
 	private static class Keyword {
 
-		String key;
-		Object value;
+		private static final String N_OR_PATTERN = "\\$.*or";
 
-		Keyword(Object source) {
+		private final String key;
+		private final Object value;
 
-			Assert.isInstanceOf(DBObject.class, source);
+		public Keyword(DBObject source, String key) {
+			this.key = key;
+			this.value = source.get(key);
+		}
 
-			DBObject value = (DBObject) source;
+		public Keyword(DBObject dbObject) {
 
-			Assert.isTrue(value.keySet().size() == 1, "Keyword must have a single key only!");
+			Set<String> keys = dbObject.keySet();
+			Assert.isTrue(keys.size() == 1, "Can only use a single value DBObject!");
 
-			this.key = value.keySet().iterator().next();
-			this.value = value.get(key);
+			this.key = keys.iterator().next();
+			this.value = dbObject.get(key);
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 * Returns whether the given value actually represents a keyword. If this returns {@literal true} it's safe to call
-		 * the constructor.
+		 * Returns whether the current keyword is the {@code $exists} keyword.
 		 * 
-		 * @param value
 		 * @return
 		 */
-		static boolean isKeyword(Object value) {
+		public boolean isExists() {
+			return "$exists".equalsIgnoreCase(key);
+		}
 
-			if (!(value instanceof DBObject)) {
-				return false;
-			}
+		public boolean isOrOrNor() {
+			return key.matches(N_OR_PATTERN);
+		}
 
-			DBObject dbObject = (DBObject) value;
-			return dbObject.keySet().size() == 1 && dbObject.keySet().iterator().next().startsWith("$");
+		public boolean hasIterableValue() {
+			return value instanceof Iterable;
+		}
+
+		public String getKey() {
+			return key;
+		}
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		public <T> T getValue() {
+			return (T) value;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -291,14 +413,14 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
-	private static class Field {
+	protected static class Field {
 
 		private static final String ID_KEY = "_id";
 
 		protected final String name;
 
 		/**
-		 * Creates a new {@link Field} without meta-information but the given name.
+		 * Creates a new {@link DocumentField} without meta-information but the given name.
 		 * 
 		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
 		 */
@@ -309,7 +431,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 * Returns a new {@link Field} with the given name.
+		 * Returns a new {@link DocumentField} with the given name.
 		 * 
 		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
 		 * @return
@@ -365,15 +487,17 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Extension of {@link Field} to be backed with mapping metadata.
+	 * Extension of {@link DocumentField} to be backed with mapping metadata.
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
 	 */
-	private static class MetadataBackedField extends Field {
+	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
@@ -393,7 +517,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			this.entity = entity;
 			this.mappingContext = context;
 
-			PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> path = getPath(name);
+			this.path = getPath(name);
 			this.property = path == null ? null : path.getLeafProperty();
 		}
 
@@ -458,19 +582,33 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public String getMappedKey() {
-
-			PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> path = getPath(name);
-			return path == null ? name : path.toDotPath(MongoPersistentProperty.PropertyToFieldNameConverter.INSTANCE);
+			return path == null ? name : path.toDotPath(getPropertyConverter());
 		}
 
-		private PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> getPath(String name) {
+		/**
+		 * Returns the {@link PersistentPropertyPath} for the given <code>pathExpression</code>.
+		 * 
+		 * @param pathExpression
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> getPath(String pathExpression) {
 
 			try {
-				PropertyPath path = PropertyPath.from(name, entity.getTypeInformation());
+				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;
+		}
 	}
 }

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;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+}

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;
+

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;

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;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/CompoundIndex.java

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Johno Crawford
  */
 @Target({ ElementType.TYPE })
 @Documented
@@ -78,4 +79,12 @@ public @interface CompoundIndex {
 	 * @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;
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Indexed.java

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Johno Crawford
  */
 @Target(ElementType.FIELD)
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@@ -50,4 +51,12 @@ public @interface Indexed {
 	 * @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;
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.java

@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import com.mongodb.util.JSON;
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Johno Crawford
  */
 public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 		ApplicationListener<MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty>> {
@@ -108,7 +109,7 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 					DBObject definition = (DBObject) JSON.parse(index.def());
 
 					ensureIndex(indexColl, index.name(), definition, index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse(),
-							index.background());
+							index.background(), index.expireAfterSeconds());
 
 					if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 						log.debug("Created compound index " + index);
@@ -143,7 +144,7 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 						DBObject definition = new BasicDBObject(persistentProperty.getFieldName(), direction);
 
 						ensureIndex(collection, name, definition, index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse(),
-								index.background());
+								index.background(), index.expireAfterSeconds());
 
 						if (log.isDebugEnabled()) {
 							log.debug("Created property index " + index);
@@ -192,9 +193,11 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 	 * @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) {
+			boolean dropDups, boolean sparse, boolean background, int expireAfterSeconds) {
 
 		DBObject opts = new BasicDBObject();
 		opts.put("name", name);
@@ -203,6 +206,10 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 		opts.put("unique", unique);
 		opts.put("background", background);
 
+		if (expireAfterSeconds != -1) {
+			opts.put("expireAfterSeconds", expireAfterSeconds);
+		}
+
 		mongoDbFactory.getDb().getCollection(collection).ensureIndex(indexDefinition, opts);
 	}
 }

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;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentEntity.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;
 
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.HashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ 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.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.AssociationHandler;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
@@ -35,6 +37,7 @@ 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;
 
 /**
@@ -43,11 +46,12 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  * 
  * @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 @Field annotation!";
+	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;
@@ -136,6 +140,60 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentEntity<T> extends BasicPersistentEntity<T, Mong
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * 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.

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/BasicMongoPersistentProperty.java

@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ 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;
@@ -38,6 +39,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Patryk Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty<MongoPersistentProperty> implements
 		MongoPersistentProperty {
@@ -109,6 +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}.
 	 * 
@@ -117,7 +128,18 @@ 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 = findAnnotation(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field.class);

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/FieldNamingStrategy.java

@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ 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 Field
+ * @see DocumentField
  * @see PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy
  * @see CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy
  * @since 1.3

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/MongoPersistentProperty.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.
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 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;
 
 /**
@@ -23,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentProperty;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Patryk Wasik
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public interface MongoPersistentProperty extends PersistentProperty<MongoPersistentProperty> {
 
@@ -48,6 +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.
 	 * 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/event/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Mapping event callback infrastructure for the MongoDB document-to-object mapping subsystem.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapping/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Infrastructure for the MongoDB document-to-object mapping subsystem.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/mapreduce/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support for MongoDB map-reduce operations.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapreduce;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Criteria.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.
@@ -39,6 +39,10 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 /**
  * Central class for creating queries. It follows a fluent API style so that you can easily chain together multiple
  * criteria. Static import of the 'Criteria.where' method will improve readability.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Risberg
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 
@@ -396,34 +400,54 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates an 'or' criteria using the $or operator for all of the provided criteria
+	 * <p>
+	 * Note that mongodb doesn't support an $or operator to be wrapped in a $not operator.
+	 * <p>
 	 * 
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@link #orOperator(Criteria...)} follows a not() call directly.
 	 * @param criteria
 	 */
 	public Criteria orOperator(Criteria... criteria) {
 		BasicDBList bsonList = createCriteriaList(criteria);
-		criteriaChain.add(new Criteria("$or").is(bsonList));
-		return this;
+		return registerCriteriaChainElement(new Criteria("$or").is(bsonList));
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a 'nor' criteria using the $nor operator for all of the provided criteria
+	 * Creates a 'nor' criteria using the $nor operator for all of the provided criteria.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Note that mongodb doesn't support an $nor operator to be wrapped in a $not operator.
+	 * <p>
 	 * 
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@link #norOperator(Criteria...)} follows a not() call directly.
 	 * @param criteria
 	 */
 	public Criteria norOperator(Criteria... criteria) {
 		BasicDBList bsonList = createCriteriaList(criteria);
-		criteriaChain.add(new Criteria("$nor").is(bsonList));
-		return this;
+		return registerCriteriaChainElement(new Criteria("$nor").is(bsonList));
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates an 'and' criteria using the $and operator for all of the provided criteria
+	 * Creates an 'and' criteria using the $and operator for all of the provided criteria.
+	 * <p>
+	 * Note that mongodb doesn't support an $and operator to be wrapped in a $not operator.
+	 * <p>
 	 * 
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException if {@link #andOperator(Criteria...)} follows a not() call directly.
 	 * @param criteria
 	 */
 	public Criteria andOperator(Criteria... criteria) {
 		BasicDBList bsonList = createCriteriaList(criteria);
-		criteriaChain.add(new Criteria("$and").is(bsonList));
+		return registerCriteriaChainElement(new Criteria("$and").is(bsonList));
+	}
+
+	private Criteria registerCriteriaChainElement(Criteria criteria) {
+
+		if (lastOperatorWasNot()) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException("operator $not is not allowed around criteria chain element: "
+					+ criteria.getCriteriaObject());
+		} else {
+			criteriaChain.add(criteria);
+		}
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -468,6 +492,7 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 				}
 			}
 		}
+
 		DBObject queryCriteria = new BasicDBObject();
 		if (isValue != NOT_SET) {
 			queryCriteria.put(this.key, this.isValue);

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Field.java

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class Field {
 	 */
 	public Field position(String field, int value) {
 
-		Assert.hasText(field, "Field must not be null or empty!");
+		Assert.hasText(field, "DocumentField must not be null or empty!");
 
 		postionKey = field;
 		positionValue = value;

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/NearQuery.java

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
 
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.CustomMetric;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Metric;
@@ -29,6 +30,8 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * Builder class to build near-queries.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class NearQuery {
 
@@ -38,6 +41,7 @@ public class NearQuery {
 	private Metric metric;
 	private boolean spherical;
 	private Integer num;
+	private Integer skip;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link NearQuery}.
@@ -116,7 +120,7 @@ public class NearQuery {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Configures the number of results to return.
+	 * Configures the maximum number of results to return.
 	 * 
 	 * @param num
 	 * @return
@@ -126,6 +130,31 @@ public class NearQuery {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Configures the number of results to skip.
+	 * 
+	 * @param skip
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public NearQuery skip(int skip) {
+		this.skip = skip;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures the {@link Pageable} to use.
+	 * 
+	 * @param pageable must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public NearQuery with(Pageable pageable) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(pageable, "Pageable must not be 'null'.");
+		this.num = pageable.getOffset() + pageable.getPageSize();
+		this.skip = pageable.getOffset();
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Sets the max distance results shall have from the configured origin. If a {@link Metric} was set before the given
 	 * value will be interpreted as being a value in that metric. E.g.
@@ -285,14 +314,28 @@ public class NearQuery {
 	/**
 	 * Adds an actual query to the {@link NearQuery} to restrict the objects considered for the actual near operation.
 	 * 
-	 * @param query
+	 * @param query must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public NearQuery query(Query query) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(query, "Cannot apply 'null' query on NearQuery.");
 		this.query = query;
+		this.skip = query.getSkip();
+
+		if (query.getLimit() != 0) {
+			this.num = query.getLimit();
+		}
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the number of elements to skip.
+	 */
+	public Integer getSkip() {
+		return skip;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns the {@link DBObject} built by the {@link NearQuery}.
 	 * 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Query.java

@@ -19,8 +19,11 @@ import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.SerializationUtils.*;
 import static org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils.*;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
@@ -34,9 +37,13 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 /**
  * @author Thomas Risberg
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class Query {
 
+	private final static String RESTRICTED_TYPES_KEY = "_$RESTRICTED_TYPES";
+
+	private final Set<Class<?>> restrictedTypes = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
 	private LinkedHashMap<String, Criteria> criteria = new LinkedHashMap<String, Criteria>();
 	private Field fieldSpec;
 	private Sort sort;
@@ -54,8 +61,7 @@ public class Query {
 		return new Query(criteria);
 	}
 
-	public Query() {
-	}
+	public Query() {}
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link Query} using the given {@link Criteria}.
@@ -161,13 +167,46 @@ public class Query {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return the restrictedTypes
+	 */
+	public Set<Class<?>> getRestrictedTypes() {
+		return restrictedTypes == null ? Collections.<Class<?>> emptySet() : restrictedTypes;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Restricts the query to only return documents instances that are exactly of the given types.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type may not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param additionalTypes may not be {@literal null}
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Query restrict(Class<?> type, Class<?>... additionalTypes) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(type, "Type must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(additionalTypes, "AdditionalTypes must not be null");
+
+		restrictedTypes.add(type);
+		for (Class<?> additionalType : additionalTypes) {
+			restrictedTypes.add(additionalType);
+		}
+
+		return this;
+	}
+
 	public DBObject getQueryObject() {
+
 		DBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
 		for (String k : criteria.keySet()) {
 			CriteriaDefinition c = criteria.get(k);
 			DBObject cl = c.getCriteriaObject();
 			dbo.putAll(cl);
 		}
+
+		if (!restrictedTypes.isEmpty()) {
+			dbo.put(RESTRICTED_TYPES_KEY, getRestrictedTypes());
+		}
+
 		return dbo;
 	}
 
@@ -266,4 +305,17 @@ public class Query {
 
 		return result;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the given key is the one used to hold the type restriction information.
+	 * 
+	 * @deprecated don't call this method as the restricted type handling will undergo some significant changes going
+	 *             forward.
+	 * @param key
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public static boolean isRestrictedTypeKey(String key) {
+		return RESTRICTED_TYPES_KEY.equals(key);
+	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Update.java

@@ -217,22 +217,23 @@ public class Update {
 		return dbo;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	protected void addMultiFieldOperation(String operator, String key, Object value) {
+
 		Object existingValue = this.modifierOps.get(operator);
-		LinkedHashMap<String, Object> keyValueMap;
+		DBObject keyValueMap;
+
 		if (existingValue == null) {
-			keyValueMap = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+			keyValueMap = new BasicDBObject();
 			this.modifierOps.put(operator, keyValueMap);
 		} else {
-			if (existingValue instanceof LinkedHashMap) {
-				keyValueMap = (LinkedHashMap<String, Object>) existingValue;
+			if (existingValue instanceof BasicDBObject) {
+				keyValueMap = (BasicDBObject) existingValue;
 			} else {
 				throw new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException("Modifier Operations should be a LinkedHashMap but was "
 						+ existingValue.getClass());
 			}
 		}
+
 		keyValueMap.put(key, value);
 	}
-
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/gridfs/GridFsOperations.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.
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import com.mongodb.gridfs.GridFSFile;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public interface GridFsOperations extends ResourcePatternResolver {
 
@@ -126,7 +127,7 @@ public interface GridFsOperations extends ResourcePatternResolver {
 	 * Returns all {@link GridFsResource} with the given file name.
 	 * 
 	 * @param filename
-	 * @return
+	 * @return the resource if it exists or {@literal null}.
 	 * @see ResourcePatternResolver#getResource(String)
 	 */
 	GridFsResource getResource(String filename);

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/gridfs/GridFsTemplate.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.
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ import com.mongodb.gridfs.GridFSInputFile;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver {
 
@@ -190,7 +191,9 @@ public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver
 	 * @see org.springframework.core.io.ResourceLoader#getResource(java.lang.String)
 	 */
 	public GridFsResource getResource(String location) {
-		return new GridFsResource(findOne(query(whereFilename().is(location))));
+
+		GridFSDBFile file = findOne(query(whereFilename().is(location)));
+		return file != null ? new GridFsResource(file) : null;
 	}
 
 	/*

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/gridfs/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support for MongoDB GridFS feature.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.gridfs;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/monitor/ServerInfo.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -15,19 +15,20 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.monitor;
 
-import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 
-import com.mongodb.Mongo;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedMetric;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedOperation;
 import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedResource;
 import org.springframework.jmx.support.MetricType;
 
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
+
 /**
  * Expose basic server information via JMX
  * 
  * @author Mark Pollack
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 @ManagedResource(description = "Server Information")
 public class ServerInfo extends AbstractMonitor {
@@ -36,9 +37,20 @@ public class ServerInfo extends AbstractMonitor {
 		this.mongo = mongo;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the hostname of the used server reported by mongo.
+	 * 
+	 * @return the reported hostname can also be an IP address.
+	 * @throws UnknownHostException
+	 */
 	@ManagedOperation(description = "Server host name")
 	public String getHostName() throws UnknownHostException {
-		return InetAddress.getLocalHost().getHostName();
+
+		/* 
+		 * UnknownHostException is not necessary anymore, but clients could have
+		 * called this method in a try..catch(UnknownHostException) already
+		 */
+		return getServerStatus().getServerUsed().getHost();
 	}
 
 	@ManagedMetric(displayName = "Uptime Estimate")

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Spring Data's MongoDB abstraction.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/cdi/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * CDI support for MongoDB specific repository implementation.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.cdi;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/config/EnableMongoRepositories.java

@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ public @interface EnableMongoRepositories {
 	 * 
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	String repositoryImplementationPostfix() default "";
+	String repositoryImplementationPostfix() default "Impl";
 
 	/**
 	 * Configures the location of where to find the Spring Data named queries properties file. Will default to

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/config/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support infrastructure for the configuration of MongoDB specific repositories.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/AbstractMongoQuery.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2010-2014 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.
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * Base class for {@link RepositoryQuery} implementations for Mongo.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 
@@ -78,22 +79,24 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 		MongoParameterAccessor accessor = new MongoParametersParameterAccessor(method, parameters);
 		Query query = createQuery(new ConvertingParameterAccessor(operations.getConverter(), accessor));
 
+		Object result = null;
+
 		if (method.isGeoNearQuery() && method.isPageQuery()) {
 
 			MongoParameterAccessor countAccessor = new MongoParametersParameterAccessor(method, parameters);
 			Query countQuery = createCountQuery(new ConvertingParameterAccessor(operations.getConverter(), countAccessor));
 
-			return new GeoNearExecution(accessor).execute(query, countQuery);
+			result = new GeoNearExecution(accessor).execute(query, countQuery);
 		} else if (method.isGeoNearQuery()) {
 			return new GeoNearExecution(accessor).execute(query);
 		} else if (method.isCollectionQuery()) {
-			return new CollectionExecution(accessor.getPageable()).execute(query);
+			result = new CollectionExecution(accessor.getPageable()).execute(query);
 		} else if (method.isPageQuery()) {
-			return new PagedExecution(accessor.getPageable()).execute(query);
+			result = new PagedExecution(accessor.getPageable()).execute(query);
+		} else {
+			result = new SingleEntityExecution(isCountQuery()).execute(query);
 		}
 
-		Object result = new SingleEntityExecution(isCountQuery()).execute(query);
-
 		if (result == null) {
 			return result;
 		}
@@ -287,6 +290,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 				nearQuery.maxDistance(maxDistance).in(maxDistance.getMetric());
 			}
 
+			Pageable pageable = accessor.getPageable();
+			if (pageable != null) {
+				nearQuery.with(pageable);
+			}
+
 			MongoEntityMetadata<?> metadata = method.getEntityInformation();
 			return (GeoResults<Object>) operations.geoNear(nearQuery, metadata.getJavaType(), metadata.getCollectionName());
 		}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoParameters.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.
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Near;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.MongoParameters.MongoParameter;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Parameter;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Parameters;
 
@@ -31,7 +32,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Parameters;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
-public class MongoParameters extends Parameters {
+public class MongoParameters extends Parameters<MongoParameters, MongoParameter> {
 
 	private final Integer distanceIndex;
 	private Integer nearIndex;
@@ -55,6 +56,14 @@ public class MongoParameters extends Parameters {
 		}
 	}
 
+	private MongoParameters(List<MongoParameter> parameters, Integer distanceIndex, Integer nearIndex) {
+
+		super(parameters);
+
+		this.distanceIndex = distanceIndex;
+		this.nearIndex = nearIndex;
+	}
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private final int getNearIndex(List<Class<?>> parameterTypes) {
 
@@ -81,7 +90,7 @@ public class MongoParameters extends Parameters {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.Parameters#createParameter(org.springframework.core.MethodParameter)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected Parameter createParameter(MethodParameter parameter) {
+	protected MongoParameter createParameter(MethodParameter parameter) {
 
 		MongoParameter mongoParameter = new MongoParameter(parameter);
 
@@ -114,6 +123,15 @@ public class MongoParameters extends Parameters {
 		return nearIndex;
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.Parameters#createFrom(java.util.List)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected MongoParameters createFrom(List<MongoParameter> parameters) {
+		return new MongoParameters(parameters, this.distanceIndex, this.nearIndex);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Custom {@link Parameter} implementation adding parameters of type {@link Distance} to the special ones.
 	 * 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryCreator.java

@@ -269,10 +269,10 @@ class MongoQueryCreator extends AbstractQueryCreator<Query, Criteria> {
 
 		switch (type) {
 			case STARTING_WITH:
-				source = source + "*";
+				source = "^" + source;
 				break;
 			case ENDING_WITH:
-				source = "*" + source;
+				source = source + "$";
 				break;
 			case CONTAINING:
 				source = "*" + source + "*";

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/MongoQueryMethod.java

@@ -28,7 +28,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.core.RepositoryMetadata;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.query.Parameters;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod;
 import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
@@ -42,9 +41,8 @@ import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
  */
 public class MongoQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private static final List<Class<?>> GEO_NEAR_RESULTS = Arrays
-			.asList(GeoResult.class, GeoResults.class, GeoPage.class);
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked") private static final List<Class<?>> GEO_NEAR_RESULTS = Arrays.asList(GeoResult.class,
+			GeoResults.class, GeoPage.class);
 
 	private final Method method;
 	private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ public class MongoQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.query.QueryMethod#getParameters(java.lang.reflect.Method)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected Parameters createParameters(Method method) {
+	protected MongoParameters createParameters(Method method) {
 		return new MongoParameters(method, isGeoNearQuery(method));
 	}
 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Query derivation mechanism for MongoDB specific repositories.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/SpringDataMongodbSerializer.java

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 import com.mysema.query.mongodb.MongodbSerializer;
 import com.mysema.query.types.Path;
 import com.mysema.query.types.PathMetadata;
+import com.mysema.query.types.PathType;
 
 /**
  * Custom {@link MongodbSerializer} to take mapping information into account when building keys for constraints.
@@ -61,6 +62,10 @@ class SpringDataMongodbSerializer extends MongodbSerializer {
 	@Override
 	protected String getKeyForPath(Path<?> expr, PathMetadata<?> metadata) {
 
+		if (!metadata.getPathType().equals(PathType.PROPERTY)) {
+			return super.getKeyForPath(expr, metadata);
+		}
+
 		Path<?> parent = metadata.getParent();
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(parent.getType());
 		MongoPersistentProperty property = entity.getPersistentProperty(metadata.getName());

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/support/package-info.java

@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+/**
+ * Support infrastructure for query derivation of MongoDB specific repositories.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.support;
+

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.0.xsd

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	<xsd:element name="mongo" type="mongoType">
 		<xsd:annotation>
-			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
+			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
 Defines a Mongo instance used for accessing MongoDB'.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
 			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-template-ref" type="mongoTemplateRef" use="optional">
 				<xsd:annotation>
-					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate">
+					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
 						The reference to a MongoTemplate. Will default to 'mongoTemplate'.
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.1.xsd

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	<xsd:element name="mongo" type="mongoType">
 		<xsd:annotation>
-			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
+			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
 Defines a Mongo instance used for accessing MongoDB'.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
 			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-template-ref" type="mongoTemplateRef" use="optional">
 				<xsd:annotation>
-					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate">
+					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
 						The reference to a MongoTemplate. Will default to 'mongoTemplate'.
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
@@ -246,7 +246,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.2.xsd

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	<xsd:element name="mongo" type="mongoType">
 		<xsd:annotation>
-			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
+			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
 Defines a Mongo instance used for accessing MongoDB'.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
 			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-template-ref" type="mongoTemplateRef" use="optional">
 				<xsd:annotation>
-					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate">
+					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
 						The reference to a MongoTemplate. Will default to 'mongoTemplate'.
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
@@ -261,7 +261,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.3.xsd

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 	<xsd:element name="mongo" type="mongoType">
 		<xsd:annotation>
-			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
+			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
 Defines a Mongo instance used for accessing MongoDB'.
 			]]></xsd:documentation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -181,10 +181,10 @@ The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
 					</xsd:appinfo>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
-			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-ref" type="mongoRef" use="optional">
+			<xsd:attribute name="type-mapper-ref" type="typeMapperRef" use="optional">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation>
-						The reference to a Mongo. Will default to 'mongo'.
+						The reference to a MongoTypeMapper to be used by this MappingMongoConverter.
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
@@ -195,13 +195,6 @@ The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:attribute>
-			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-template-ref" type="mongoTemplateRef" use="optional">
-				<xsd:annotation>
-					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate">
-						The reference to a MongoTemplate. Will default to 'mongoTemplate'.
-					</xsd:documentation>
-				</xsd:annotation>
-			</xsd:attribute>
 			<xsd:attribute name="disable-validation" use="optional">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.ValidatingMongoEventListener">
@@ -257,6 +250,17 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		</xsd:complexType>
 	</xsd:element>
 
+	<xsd:simpleType name="typeMapperRef">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoTypeMapper"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+
 	<xsd:simpleType name="mappingContextRef">
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
@@ -272,7 +276,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoTemplate"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>
@@ -283,7 +287,7 @@ The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default
 		<xsd:annotation>
 			<xsd:appinfo>
 				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
-					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
 				</tool:annotation>
 			</xsd:appinfo>
 		</xsd:annotation>

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/ConfigClassInDefaultPackage.java

@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.AbstractMongoConfiguration;
+
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
+import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
+
+/**
+ * Sample configuration class in default package.
+ * 
+ * @see DATAMONGO-877
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+@Configuration
+public class ConfigClassInDefaultPackage extends AbstractMongoConfiguration {
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.AbstractMongoConfiguration#getDatabaseName()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected String getDatabaseName() {
+		return "default";
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.AbstractMongoConfiguration#mongo()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public Mongo mongo() throws Exception {
+		return new MongoClient();
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/ConfigClassInDefaultPackageUnitTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.
+ */
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * Unit test for {@link ConfigClassInDefaultPackage}.
+ * 
+ * @see DATAMONGO-877
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class ConfigClassInDefaultPackageUnitTests {
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-877
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void loadsConfigClassFromDefaultPackage() {
+		new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(ConfigClassInDefaultPackage.class).close();
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/AbstractMongoConfigurationUnitTests.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.
@@ -23,10 +23,16 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoTypeMapper;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.BasicMongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
 
 import com.mongodb.Mongo;
 
@@ -34,11 +40,11 @@ import com.mongodb.Mongo;
  * Unit tests for {@link AbstractMongoConfiguration}.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class AbstractMongoConfigurationUnitTests {
 
-	@Rule
-	public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
+	@Rule public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
 
 	/**
 	 * @see DATAMONGO-496
@@ -97,6 +103,34 @@ public class AbstractMongoConfigurationUnitTests {
 		assertThat(context.getPersistentEntities(), is(not(emptyIterable())));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-717
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void lifecycleCallbacksAreInvokedInAppropriateOrder() {
+
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(SampleMongoConfiguration.class);
+		MongoMappingContext mappingContext = context.getBean(MongoMappingContext.class);
+		BasicMongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(Entity.class);
+		StandardEvaluationContext spElContext = (StandardEvaluationContext) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(entity, "context");
+
+		assertThat(spElContext.getBeanResolver(), is(notNullValue()));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-725
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void shouldBeAbleToConfigureCustomTypeMapperViaJavaConfig() {
+
+		AnnotationConfigApplicationContext context = new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(SampleMongoConfiguration.class);
+		MongoTypeMapper typeMapper = context.getBean(CustomMongoTypeMapper.class);
+		MappingMongoConverter mmc = context.getBean(MappingMongoConverter.class);
+
+		assertThat(mmc, is(notNullValue()));
+		assertThat(mmc.getTypeMapper(), is(typeMapper));
+	}
+
 	private static void assertScanningDisabled(final String value) throws ClassNotFoundException {
 
 		AbstractMongoConfiguration configuration = new SampleMongoConfiguration() {
@@ -122,6 +156,19 @@ public class AbstractMongoConfigurationUnitTests {
 		public Mongo mongo() throws Exception {
 			return new Mongo();
 		}
+
+		@Bean
+		@Override
+		public MappingMongoConverter mappingMongoConverter() throws Exception {
+			MappingMongoConverter mmc = super.mappingMongoConverter();
+			mmc.setTypeMapper(typeMapper());
+			return mmc;
+		}
+
+		@Bean
+		public MongoTypeMapper typeMapper() {
+			return new CustomMongoTypeMapper();
+		}
 	}
 
 	@Document

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/AuditingIntegrationTests.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.BeforeConvertEvent;
 public class AuditingIntegrationTests {
 
 	@Test
-	public void enablesAuditingAndSetsPropertiesAccordingly() {
+	public void enablesAuditingAndSetsPropertiesAccordingly() throws Exception {
 
 		ApplicationContext context = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("auditing.xml", getClass());
 
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public class AuditingIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(entity.created, is(notNullValue()));
 		assertThat(entity.modified, is(entity.created));
 
+		Thread.sleep(10);
 		entity.id = 1L;
 		event = new BeforeConvertEvent<Entity>(entity);
 		context.publishEvent(event);

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/CustomMongoTypeMapper.java

@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+/*
+ * 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.data.mongodb.core.convert.DefaultMongoTypeMapper;
+
+/**
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ */
+class CustomMongoTypeMapper extends DefaultMongoTypeMapper {}

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests.java

@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.GenericConverter;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.CustomConversions;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoTypeMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Account;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Person;
@@ -42,6 +44,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * Integration tests for {@link MappingMongoConverterParser}.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests {
 
@@ -61,6 +64,15 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests {
 		factory.getBean("converter");
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void hasCustomTypeMapper() {
+
+		MappingMongoConverter converter = factory.getBean("converter", MappingMongoConverter.class);
+		MongoTypeMapper customMongoTypeMapper = factory.getBean(CustomMongoTypeMapper.class);
+
+		assertThat(converter.getTypeMapper(), is(customMongoTypeMapper));
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void scansForConverterAndSetsUpCustomConversionsAccordingly() {
 

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParserValidationIntegrationTests.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.
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
  * 
  * @see DATAMONGO-36
  * @author Maciej Walkowiak
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverterParserValidationIntegrationTests {
 
@@ -65,4 +66,11 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParserValidationIntegrationTests {
 		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-validation-disabled.xml"));
 		factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER);
 	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void validatingEventListenerCreatedWithCustomTypeMapperConfig() {
+
+		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-custom-typeMapper.xml"));
+		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER), is(not(nullValue())));
+	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoNamespaceReplicaSetTests.java

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.junit.Ignore;
@@ -40,8 +41,7 @@ import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
 @ContextConfiguration
 public class MongoNamespaceReplicaSetTests {
 
-	@Autowired
-	private ApplicationContext ctx;
+	@Autowired private ApplicationContext ctx;
 
 	@Test
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
@@ -53,7 +53,10 @@ public class MongoNamespaceReplicaSetTests {
 		List<ServerAddress> replicaSetSeeds = (List<ServerAddress>) ReflectionTestUtils.getField(mfb, "replicaSetSeeds");
 
 		assertThat(replicaSetSeeds, is(notNullValue()));
-		assertThat(replicaSetSeeds, hasItems(new ServerAddress("127.0.0.1", 10001), new ServerAddress("localhost", 10002)));
+		assertThat(
+				replicaSetSeeds,
+				hasItems(new ServerAddress(InetAddress.getByName("127.0.0.1"), 10001),
+						new ServerAddress(InetAddress.getByName("localhost"), 10002)));
 	}
 
 	@Test

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/ServerAddressPropertyEditorUnitTests.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.
@@ -18,12 +18,15 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
 import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
+import java.net.InetAddress;
 import java.net.UnknownHostException;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
 import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 
 import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
 
@@ -31,9 +34,12 @@ import com.mongodb.ServerAddress;
  * Unit tests for {@link ServerAddressPropertyEditor}.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class ServerAddressPropertyEditorUnitTests {
 
+	@Rule public ExpectedException expectedException = ExpectedException.none();
+
 	ServerAddressPropertyEditor editor;
 
 	@Before
@@ -70,11 +76,121 @@ public class ServerAddressPropertyEditorUnitTests {
 		assertSingleAddressOfLocalhost(editor.getValue());
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-693
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void interpretEmptyStringAsNull() {
+
+		editor.setAsText("");
+		assertNull(editor.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handleIPv6HostaddressLoopbackShort() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		String hostAddress = "::1";
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress);
+
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort(hostAddress, null, editor.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handleIPv6HostaddressLoopbackShortWithPort() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		String hostAddress = "::1";
+		int port = 27017;
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress + ":" + port);
+
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort(hostAddress, port, editor.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Here we detect no port since the last segment of the address contains leading zeros.
+	 * 
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handleIPv6HostaddressLoopbackLong() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		String hostAddress = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001";
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress);
+
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort(hostAddress, null, editor.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handleIPv6HostaddressLoopbackLongWithBrackets() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		String hostAddress = "[0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001]";
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress);
+
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort(hostAddress, null, editor.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * We can't tell whether the last part of the hostAddress represents a port or not.
+	 * 
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void shouldFailToHandleAmbiguousIPv6HostaddressLongWithoutPortAndWithoutBrackets() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		expectedException.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
+
+		String hostAddress = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:128";
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handleIPv6HostaddressExampleAddressWithPort() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		String hostAddress = "0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001";
+		int port = 27017;
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress + ":" + port);
+
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort(hostAddress, port, editor.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-808
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handleIPv6HostaddressExampleAddressInBracketsWithPort() throws UnknownHostException {
+
+		String hostAddress = "[0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0001]";
+		int port = 27017;
+		editor.setAsText(hostAddress + ":" + port);
+
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort(hostAddress, port, editor.getValue());
+	}
+
 	private static void assertSingleAddressOfLocalhost(Object result) throws UnknownHostException {
+		assertSingleAddressWithPort("localhost", null, result);
+	}
+
+	private static void assertSingleAddressWithPort(String hostAddress, Integer port, Object result)
+			throws UnknownHostException {
 
 		assertThat(result, is(instanceOf(ServerAddress[].class)));
 		Collection<ServerAddress> addresses = Arrays.asList((ServerAddress[]) result);
 		assertThat(addresses, hasSize(1));
-		assertThat(addresses, hasItem(new ServerAddress("localhost")));
+		if (port == null) {
+			assertThat(addresses, hasItem(new ServerAddress(InetAddress.getByName(hostAddress))));
+		} else {
+			assertThat(addresses, hasItem(new ServerAddress(InetAddress.getByName(hostAddress), port)));
+		}
 	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/StringToWriteConcernConverterUnitTests.java

@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import com.mongodb.WriteConcern;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
-public class StringToWriteConcernConverterUnitTest {
+public class StringToWriteConcernConverterUnitTests {
 
 	StringToWriteConcernConverter converter = new StringToWriteConcernConverter();
 

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/BaseDoc.java

@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
+
+public class BaseDoc {
+	@Id String id;
+	String value;
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/DBObjectUtils.java

@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ public abstract class DBObjectUtils {
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private static <T> T getTypedValue(DBObject source, String key, Class<T> type) {
+	public static <T> T getTypedValue(DBObject source, String key, Class<T> type) {
 
 		Object value = source.get(key);
 		assertThat(value, is(notNullValue()));

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/MongoDbUtilsUnitTests.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.
@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Matchers.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.util.List;
+
 import org.junit.After;
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
@@ -28,7 +30,9 @@ import org.mockito.Mock;
 import org.mockito.invocation.InvocationOnMock;
 import org.mockito.runners.MockitoJUnitRunner;
 import org.mockito.stubbing.Answer;
+import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronization;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationManager;
+import org.springframework.transaction.support.TransactionSynchronizationUtils;
 
 import com.mongodb.DB;
 import com.mongodb.Mongo;
@@ -37,12 +41,12 @@ import com.mongodb.Mongo;
  * Unit tests for {@link MongoDbUtils}.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Randy Watler
  */
 @RunWith(MockitoJUnitRunner.class)
 public class MongoDbUtilsUnitTests {
 
-	@Mock
-	Mongo mongo;
+	@Mock Mongo mongo;
 
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
@@ -81,4 +85,94 @@ public class MongoDbUtilsUnitTests {
 		assertThat(first, is(notNullValue()));
 		assertThat(MongoDbUtils.getDB(mongo, "first"), is(sameInstance(first)));
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-737
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handlesTransactionSynchronizationLifecycle() {
+
+		// ensure transaction synchronization manager has no registered
+		// transaction synchronizations or bound resources at start of test
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getSynchronizations().isEmpty(), is(true));
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty(), is(true));
+
+		// access database for one mongo instance, (registers transaction
+		// synchronization and binds transaction resource)
+		MongoDbUtils.getDB(mongo, "first");
+
+		// ensure transaction synchronization manager has registered
+		// transaction synchronizations and bound resources
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getSynchronizations().isEmpty(), is(false));
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty(), is(false));
+
+		// simulate transaction completion, (unbinds transaction resource)
+		try {
+			simulateTransactionCompletion();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			fail("Unexpected exception thrown during transaction completion: " + e);
+		}
+
+		// ensure transaction synchronization manager has no bound resources
+		// at end of test
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty(), is(true));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-737
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void handlesTransactionSynchronizationsLifecycle() {
+
+		// ensure transaction synchronization manager has no registered
+		// transaction synchronizations or bound resources at start of test
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getSynchronizations().isEmpty(), is(true));
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty(), is(true));
+
+		// access multiple databases for one mongo instance, (registers
+		// transaction synchronizations and binds transaction resources)
+		MongoDbUtils.getDB(mongo, "first");
+		MongoDbUtils.getDB(mongo, "second");
+
+		// ensure transaction synchronization manager has registered
+		// transaction synchronizations and bound resources
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getSynchronizations().isEmpty(), is(false));
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty(), is(false));
+
+		// simulate transaction completion, (unbinds transaction resources)
+		try {
+			simulateTransactionCompletion();
+		} catch (Exception e) {
+			fail("Unexpected exception thrown during transaction completion: " + e);
+		}
+
+		// ensure transaction synchronization manager has no bound
+		// transaction resources at end of test
+		assertThat(TransactionSynchronizationManager.getResourceMap().isEmpty(), is(true));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Simulate transaction rollback/commit completion protocol on managed transaction synchronizations which will unbind
+	 * managed transaction resources. Does not swallow exceptions for testing purposes.
+	 * 
+	 * @see TransactionSynchronizationUtils#triggerBeforeCompletion()
+	 * @see TransactionSynchronizationUtils#triggerAfterCompletion(int)
+	 */
+	private void simulateTransactionCompletion() {
+
+		// triggerBeforeCompletion() implementation without swallowed exceptions
+		List<TransactionSynchronization> synchronizations = TransactionSynchronizationManager.getSynchronizations();
+		for (TransactionSynchronization synchronization : synchronizations) {
+			synchronization.beforeCompletion();
+		}
+
+		// triggerAfterCompletion() implementation without swallowed exceptions
+		List<TransactionSynchronization> remainingSynchronizations = TransactionSynchronizationManager
+				.getSynchronizations();
+		if (remainingSynchronizations != null) {
+			for (TransactionSynchronization remainingSynchronization : remainingSynchronizations) {
+				remainingSynchronization.afterCompletion(TransactionSynchronization.STATUS_ROLLED_BACK);
+			}
+		}
+	}
 }