DATAMONGO-919 - Release version 1.5.0.RC1.

Upgraded to Spring Data Parent 1.4.0.RC1 and Spring Data Commons 1.8.0.RC1. Switched to milestone repository.

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Spring Data MongoDB
 
-The primary goal of the [Spring Data](http://www.springsource.org/spring-data) project is to make it easier to build Spring-powered applications that use new data access technologies such as non-relational databases, map-reduce frameworks, and cloud based data services.
+The primary goal of the [Spring Data](http://projects.spring.io/spring-data) project is to make it easier to build Spring-powered applications that use new data access technologies such as non-relational databases, map-reduce frameworks, and cloud based data services.
 
 The Spring Data MongoDB project aims to provide a familiar and consistent Spring-based programming model for new datastores while retaining store-specific features and capabilities. The Spring Data MongoDB project provides integration with the MongoDB document database. Key functional areas of Spring Data MongoDB are a POJO centric model for interacting with a MongoDB DBCollection and easily writing a repository style data access layer.
 
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@ The Spring Data MongoDB project aims to provide a familiar and consistent Spring
 
 For a comprehensive treatment of all the Spring Data MongoDB features, please refer to:
 
-* the [User Guide](http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-mongodb/docs/current/reference/html/) 
-* the [JavaDocs](http://static.springsource.org/spring-data/data-mongodb/docs/current/api/) have extensive comments in them as well.
-* the home page of [Spring Data MongoDB](http://www.springsource.org/spring-data/mongodb) contains links to articles and other resources.
-* for more detailed questions, use the [forum](http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=80). 
+* the [User Guide](http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/mongodb/docs/current/reference/html/)
+* the [JavaDocs](http://docs.spring.io/spring-data/mongodb/docs/current/api/) have extensive comments in them as well.
+* the home page of [Spring Data MongoDB](http://projects.spring.io/spring-data-mongodb) contains links to articles and other resources.
+* for more detailed questions, use the [forum](http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data/nosql).
 
-If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Data, look for information about [Spring projects](http://www.springsource.org/projects). 
+If you are new to Spring as well as to Spring Data, look for information about [Spring projects](http://projects.spring.io/).
 
 
 ## Quick Start
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ Add the Maven dependency:
 <dependency>
   <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
   <artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-  <version>1.3.3.RELEASE</version>
+  <version>1.4.1.RELEASE</version>
 </dependency>
 ```
 
@@ -36,13 +36,13 @@ 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>1.4.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
+  <version>1.5.0.BUILD-SNAPSHOT</version>
 </dependency>
 
 <repository>
   <id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
   <name>Spring Snapshot Repository</name>
-  <url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-snapshot</url>
+  <url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
 </repository>
 ```
 
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ MongoTemplate is the central support class for Mongo database operations. It pro
 * Basic POJO mapping support to and from BSON
 * Convenience methods to interact with the store (insert object, update objects) and MongoDB specific ones (geo-spatial operations, upserts, map-reduce etc.)
 * Connection affinity callback
-* Exception translation into Spring's [technology agnostic DAO exception hierarchy](http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/spring-framework-reference/html/dao.html#dao-exceptions).
+* Exception translation into Spring's [technology agnostic DAO exception hierarchy](http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/dao.html#dao-exceptions).
 
 ### Spring Data repositories
 
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class ApplicationConfig extends AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 
   @Override
   public Mongo mongo() throws Exception {
-    return new Mongo();
+    return new MongoClient();
   }
 
   @Override
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ class ApplicationConfig extends AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 This sets up a connection to a local MongoDB instance and enables the detection of Spring Data repositories (through `@EnableMongoRepositories`). The same configuration would look like this in XML:
 
 ```xml
-<bean id="template" class="org.springframework.data.document.mongodb.MongoTemplate">
+<bean id="template" class="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate">
   <constructor-arg>
-    <bean class="com.mongodb.Mongo">
+    <bean class="com.mongodb.MongoClient">
        <constructor-arg value="localhost" />
        <constructor-arg value="27017" />
     </bean>
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@ public class MyService {
 
 Here are some ways for you to get involved in the community:
 
-* Get involved with the Spring community on the Spring Community Forums.  Please help out on the [forum](http://forum.springsource.org/forumdisplay.php?f=80) by responding to questions and joining the debate.
+* Get involved with the Spring community on the Spring Community Forums.  Please help out on the [forum](http://forum.spring.io/forum/spring-projects/data/nosql) by responding to questions and joining the debate.
 * Create [JIRA](https://jira.springframework.org/browse/DATADOC) tickets for bugs and new features and comment and vote on the ones that you are interested in.  
 * Github is for social coding: if you want to write code, we encourage contributions through pull requests from [forks of this repository](http://help.github.com/forking/). If you want to contribute code this way, please reference a JIRA ticket as well covering the specific issue you are addressing.
-* Watch for upcoming articles on Spring by [subscribing](http://www.springsource.org/node/feed) to springframework.org
+* Watch for upcoming articles on Spring by [subscribing](http://spring.io/blog) to spring.io.
 
 Before we accept a non-trivial patch or pull request we will need you to sign the [contributor's agreement](https://support.springsource.com/spring_committer_signup).  Signing the contributor's agreement does not grant anyone commit rights to the main repository, but it does mean that we can accept your contributions, and you will get an author credit if we do.  Active contributors might be asked to join the core team, and given the ability to merge pull requests.

pom.xml

@@ -5,20 +5,20 @@
 	
 	<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 	<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-	<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+	<version>1.5.0.RC1</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>1.3.0.RC1</version>
+		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../spring-data-build/parent/pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
-	
+
 	<modules>
 		<module>spring-data-mongodb</module>
 		<module>spring-data-mongodb-cross-store</module>
@@ -29,8 +29,8 @@
 	<properties>
 		<project.type>multi</project.type>
 		<dist.id>spring-data-mongodb</dist.id>
-		<springdata.commons>1.7.0.RC1</springdata.commons>
-		<mongo>2.11.4</mongo>
+		<springdata.commons>1.8.0.RC1</springdata.commons>
+		<mongo>2.12.1</mongo>
 	</properties>
 	
 	<developers>
@@ -102,6 +102,15 @@
 		</developer>
 	</developers>
 
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>mongo-next</id>
+			<properties>
+				<mongo>2.12.0</mongo>
+			</properties>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
+
 	<dependencies>
 		<!-- MongoDB -->
 		<dependency>
@@ -112,14 +121,9 @@
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<repositories>
-		<repository>
-			<id>spring-libs-snapshot</id>
-			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-snapshot</url>
-		</repository>
-		
 		<repository>
 			<id>spring-libs-milestone</id>
-			<url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-milestone-local</url>
+			<url>http://repo.spring.io/libs-milestone</url>
 		</repository>
 	</repositories>
 	

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

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 			<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb</artifactId>
-			<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+			<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<dependency>
@@ -56,17 +56,13 @@
 			<artifactId>aspectjrt</artifactId>
 			<version>${aspectj}</version>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>cglib</groupId>
-			<artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
-			<version>2.2</version>
-		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- JPA -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>org.hibernate.javax.persistence</groupId>
 			<artifactId>hibernate-jpa-2.0-api</artifactId>
 			<version>${jpa}</version>
+			<optional>true</optional>
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- For Tests -->
@@ -102,7 +98,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>org.codehaus.mojo</groupId>
 				<artifactId>aspectj-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.4</version>
+				<version>1.6</version>
 				<dependencies>
 					<dependency>
 						<groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
@@ -130,7 +126,8 @@
 							<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
 							<artifactId>spring-aspects</artifactId>
 						</aspectLibrary>
-					</aspectLibraries>
+					</aspectLibraries> 
+					<complianceLevel>${source.level}</complianceLevel>
 					<source>${source.level}</source>
 					<target>${source.level}</target>
 				</configuration>

spring-data-mongodb-cross-store/template.mf

@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore
 Bundle-Name: Spring Data MongoDB Cross Store Support
-Bundle-Vendor: SpringSource
+Bundle-Vendor: Pivotal Software, Inc.
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
-Import-Package: 
+Import-Package:
  sun.reflect;version="0";resolution:=optional
 Export-Template:
  org.springframework.data.mongodb.crossstore.*;version="${project.version}"
-Import-Template: 
- com.mongodb.*;version="0",
+Import-Template:
+ com.mongodb.*;version="${mongo:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
  javax.persistence.*;version="${jpa:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
  org.aspectj.*;version="${aspectj:[1.0.0, 2.0.0)}",
  org.bson.*;version="0",

spring-data-mongodb-distribution/pom.xml

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 	

spring-data-mongodb-log4j/pom.xml

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 

spring-data-mongodb-log4j/template.mf

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 Bundle-SymbolicName: org.springframework.data.mongodb.log4j
 Bundle-Name: Spring Data Mongo DB Log4J Appender
-Bundle-Vendor: SpringSource
+Bundle-Vendor: Pivotal Software, Inc.
 Bundle-ManifestVersion: 2
 Import-Package:
  sun.reflect;version="0";resolution:=optional
 Import-Template:
- com.mongodb.*;version="${mongo:[=.=,+1.0.0)}",
+ com.mongodb.*;version="${mongo:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}",
  org.apache.log4j.*;version="${log4j:[=.=.=,+1.0.0)}"

spring-data-mongodb/Spring Data MongoDB.sonargraph

@@ -5,15 +5,6 @@
             <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="org.springframework.data.mongodb.**"/>
         </element>
         <architecture>
-            <element type="Layer" name="Config">
-                <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                    <element type="WeakTypePattern" name="**.config.**"/>
-                </element>
-                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core" type="AllowedDependency"/>
-                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|GridFS" type="AllowedDependency"/>
-                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Monitoring" type="AllowedDependency"/>
-                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Repositories" type="AllowedDependency"/>
-            </element>
             <element type="Layer" name="Repositories">
                 <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
                     <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.repository.**"/>
@@ -40,10 +31,20 @@
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
                         <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.config.**"/>
                     </element>
+                    <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Mapping" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Repositories::Subsystem|Implementation" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                 </element>
+                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Config" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                 <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core" type="AllowedDependency"/>
             </element>
+            <element type="Layer" name="Config">
+                <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
+                    <element type="WeakTypePattern" name="**.config.**"/>
+                </element>
+                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core" type="AllowedDependency"/>
+                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|GridFS" type="AllowedDependency"/>
+                <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Monitoring" type="AllowedDependency"/>
+            </element>
             <element type="Layer" name="Monitoring">
                 <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
                     <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.monitor.**"/>
@@ -57,41 +58,39 @@
                 <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core" type="AllowedDependency"/>
             </element>
             <element type="Layer" name="Core">
-                <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                    <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.**"/>
-                </element>
+                <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment"/>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="Mapping">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.mapping.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.mapping.**"/>
                     </element>
                 </element>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="Geospatial">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.geo.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.geo.**"/>
                     </element>
-                    <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Mapping" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                 </element>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="Query">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.query.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.query.**"/>
                     </element>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Geospatial" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                 </element>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="Conversion">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.convert.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.convert.**"/>
                     </element>
+                    <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Geospatial" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Mapping" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Query" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                 </element>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="SpEL">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.spel.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.spel.**"/>
                     </element>
                 </element>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="Aggregation">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.aggregation.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.aggregation.**"/>
                     </element>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Conversion" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Mapping" type="AllowedDependency"/>
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@
                 </element>
                 <element type="Subsystem" name="Index">
                     <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
-                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.index.**"/>
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.core.index.**"/>
                     </element>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Mapping" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Query" type="AllowedDependency"/>
@@ -116,6 +115,13 @@
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Mapping" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                     <dependency toName="Project|spring-data-mongodb::Layer|Core::Subsystem|Query" type="AllowedDependency"/>
                 </element>
+                <element type="Subsystem" name="Util">
+                    <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">
+                        <element type="IncludeTypePattern" name="**.util.**"/>
+                    </element>
+                    <stereotype name="Unrestricted"/>
+                    <stereotype name="Public"/>
+                </element>
             </element>
             <element type="Subsystem" name="API">
                 <element type="TypeFilter" name="Assignment">

spring-data-mongodb/pom.xml

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 	<parent>
 		<groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
 		<artifactId>spring-data-mongodb-parent</artifactId>
-		<version>1.4.0.RC1</version>
+		<version>1.5.0.RC1</version>
 		<relativePath>../pom.xml</relativePath>
 	</parent>
 
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@
 			<scope>test</scope>
 		</dependency>
 		
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>jul-to-slf4j</artifactId>
+			<version>${slf4j}</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+		
 	</dependencies>
 	
 	<build>
@@ -145,7 +152,7 @@
 			<plugin>
 				<groupId>com.mysema.maven</groupId>
 				<artifactId>apt-maven-plugin</artifactId>
-				<version>1.0.8</version>
+				<version>${apt}</version>
 				<dependencies>
 					<dependency>
 						<groupId>com.mysema.querydsl</groupId>

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/AbstractMongoConfiguration.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.
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.DefaultDbRefResolver;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy;
 import org.springframework.data.support.CachingIsNewStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.support.IsNewStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
@@ -51,6 +53,7 @@ import com.mongodb.Mongo;
  * @author Mark Pollack
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Ryan Tenney
  */
 @Configuration
 public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
@@ -116,7 +119,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 	 *         entities.
 	 */
 	protected String getMappingBasePackage() {
-		return getClass().getPackage().getName();
+
+		Package mappingBasePackage = getClass().getPackage();
+		return mappingBasePackage == null ? null : mappingBasePackage.getName();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -142,10 +147,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 		MongoMappingContext mappingContext = new MongoMappingContext();
 		mappingContext.setInitialEntitySet(getInitialEntitySet());
 		mappingContext.setSimpleTypeHolder(customConversions().getSimpleTypeHolder());
-
-		if (abbreviateFieldNames()) {
-			mappingContext.setFieldNamingStrategy(new CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy());
-		}
+		mappingContext.setFieldNamingStrategy(fieldNamingStrategy());
 
 		return mappingContext;
 	}
@@ -230,4 +232,15 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 	protected boolean abbreviateFieldNames() {
 		return false;
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Configures a {@link FieldNamingStrategy} on the {@link MongoMappingContext} instance created.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	protected FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy() {
+		return abbreviateFieldNames() ? new CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy()
+				: PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy.INSTANCE;
+	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/BeanNames.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.
@@ -24,13 +24,14 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
  */
 public abstract class BeanNames {
 
-	static final String MAPPING_CONTEXT = "mappingContext";
-	static final String INDEX_HELPER = "indexCreationHelper";
-	static final String MONGO = "mongo";
-	static final String DB_FACTORY = "mongoDbFactory";
-	static final String VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER = "validatingMongoEventListener";
-	static final String IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY = "isNewStrategyFactory";
+	public static final String MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME = "mongoMappingContext";
+
+	static final String INDEX_HELPER_BEAN_NAME = "indexCreationHelper";
+	static final String MONGO_BEAN_NAME = "mongo";
+	static final String DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME = "mongoDbFactory";
+	static final String VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER_BEAN_NAME = "validatingMongoEventListener";
+	static final String IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME = "isNewStrategyFactory";
 	static final String DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME = "mappingConverter";
-	static final String MONGO_TEMPLATE = "mongoTemplate";
-	static final String GRID_FS_TEMPLATE = "gridFsTemplate";
+	static final String MONGO_TEMPLATE_BEAN_NAME = "mongoTemplate";
+	static final String GRID_FS_TEMPLATE_BEAN_NAME = "gridFsTemplate";
 }

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

@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ class GridFsTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
 
 		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
-		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.GRID_FS_TEMPLATE;
+		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.GRID_FS_TEMPLATE_BEAN_NAME;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class GridFsTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(dbFactoryRef)) {
 			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
 		} else {
-			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DB_FACTORY);
+			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME);
 		}
 
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(converterRef)) {
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class GridFsTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			gridFsTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(bucket);
 		}
 
-		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(gridFsTemplateBuilder, BeanNames.GRID_FS_TEMPLATE)
+		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(gridFsTemplateBuilder, BeanNames.GRID_FS_TEMPLATE_BEAN_NAME)
 				.getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 }

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

@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanComponentDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.CompositeComponentDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.ReaderContext;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
@@ -71,6 +72,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Maciej Walkowiak
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 
@@ -83,10 +85,13 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 	 */
 	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 
-		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
+		if (parserContext.isNested()) {
+			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Mongo Converter must not be defined as nested bean.", element);
+		}
 
+		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
 		String id = element.getAttribute(AbstractBeanDefinitionParser.ID_ATTRIBUTE);
-		id = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : "mappingConverter";
+		id = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME;
 
 		parserContext.pushContainingComponent(new CompositeComponentDefinition("Mapping Mongo Converter", element));
 
@@ -98,7 +103,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		// Need a reference to a Mongo instance
 		String dbFactoryRef = element.getAttribute("db-factory-ref");
 		if (!StringUtils.hasText(dbFactoryRef)) {
-			dbFactoryRef = DB_FACTORY;
+			dbFactoryRef = DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME;
 		}
 
 		// Converter
@@ -116,10 +121,10 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		}
 
 		try {
-			registry.getBeanDefinition(INDEX_HELPER);
+			registry.getBeanDefinition(INDEX_HELPER_BEAN_NAME);
 		} catch (NoSuchBeanDefinitionException ignored) {
 			if (!StringUtils.hasText(dbFactoryRef)) {
-				dbFactoryRef = DB_FACTORY;
+				dbFactoryRef = DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME;
 			}
 			BeanDefinitionBuilder indexHelperBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
 					.genericBeanDefinition(MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator.class);
@@ -128,14 +133,14 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 			indexHelperBuilder.addDependsOn(ctxRef);
 
 			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(indexHelperBuilder.getBeanDefinition(),
-					INDEX_HELPER));
+					INDEX_HELPER_BEAN_NAME));
 		}
 
 		BeanDefinition validatingMongoEventListener = potentiallyCreateValidatingMongoEventListener(element, parserContext);
 
 		if (validatingMongoEventListener != null) {
 			parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(validatingMongoEventListener,
-					VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER));
+					VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER_BEAN_NAME));
 		}
 
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(new BeanComponentDefinition(converterBuilder.getBeanDefinition(), id));
@@ -180,7 +185,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		return new RuntimeBeanReference(validatorName);
 	}
 
-	static String potentiallyCreateMappingContext(Element element, ParserContext parserContext,
+	public static String potentiallyCreateMappingContext(Element element, ParserContext parserContext,
 			BeanDefinition conversionsDefinition, String converterId) {
 
 		String ctxRef = element.getAttribute("mapping-context-ref");
@@ -209,18 +214,41 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 			mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("simpleTypeHolder", simpleTypesDefinition);
 		}
 
-		String abbreviateFieldNames = element.getAttribute("abbreviate-field-names");
-		if ("true".equals(abbreviateFieldNames)) {
-			mappingContextBuilder.addPropertyValue("fieldNamingStrategy", new RootBeanDefinition(
-					CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy.class));
-		}
+		parseFieldNamingStrategy(element, parserContext.getReaderContext(), mappingContextBuilder);
 
-		ctxRef = converterId + "." + MAPPING_CONTEXT;
+		ctxRef = converterId == null || DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME.equals(converterId) ? MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME
+				: converterId + "." + MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME;
 
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(componentDefinitionBuilder.getComponent(mappingContextBuilder, ctxRef));
 		return ctxRef;
 	}
 
+	private static void parseFieldNamingStrategy(Element element, ReaderContext context, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
+
+		String abbreviateFieldNames = element.getAttribute("abbreviate-field-names");
+		String fieldNamingStrategy = element.getAttribute("field-naming-strategy-ref");
+
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(fieldNamingStrategy) && StringUtils.hasText(abbreviateFieldNames)) {
+
+			context
+					.error("Only one of the attributes abbreviate-field-names and field-naming-strategy-ref can be configured!",
+							element);
+			return;
+		}
+
+		Object value = null;
+
+		if ("true".equals(abbreviateFieldNames)) {
+			value = new RootBeanDefinition(CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy.class);
+		} else if (StringUtils.hasText(fieldNamingStrategy)) {
+			value = new RuntimeBeanReference(fieldNamingStrategy);
+		}
+
+		if (value != null) {
+			builder.addPropertyValue("fieldNamingStrategy", value);
+		}
+	}
+
 	private BeanDefinition getCustomConversions(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 
 		List<Element> customConvertersElements = DomUtils.getChildElementsByTagName(element, "custom-converters");
@@ -310,9 +338,10 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		mappingContextStrategyFactoryBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(mappingContextRef);
 
 		BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder builder = new BeanComponentDefinitionBuilder(element, context);
-		context.registerBeanComponent(builder.getComponent(mappingContextStrategyFactoryBuilder, IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY));
+		context.registerBeanComponent(builder.getComponent(mappingContextStrategyFactoryBuilder,
+				IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME));
 
-		return IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY;
+		return IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME;
 	}
 
 	/**

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -15,14 +15,19 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
 
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import static org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.BeanNames.*;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSingleBeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
-import org.springframework.data.config.IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.data.auditing.config.IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AuditingEventListener;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
 /**
@@ -58,23 +63,24 @@ public class MongoAuditingBeanDefinitionParser extends AbstractSingleBeanDefinit
 	@Override
 	protected void doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, BeanDefinitionBuilder builder) {
 
-		BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
+		String mappingContextRef = element.getAttribute("mapping-context-ref");
 
-		if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY)) {
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(mappingContextRef)) {
 
-			String mappingContextName = BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT;
+			BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
 
-			if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT)) {
-				mappingContextName = MappingMongoConverterParser.potentiallyCreateMappingContext(element, parserContext, null,
-						BeanNames.DEFAULT_CONVERTER_BEAN_NAME);
+			if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME)) {
+				registry.registerBeanDefinition(MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME, new RootBeanDefinition(MongoMappingContext.class));
 			}
 
-			MappingMongoConverterParser.createIsNewStrategyFactoryBeanDefinition(mappingContextName, parserContext, element);
+			mappingContextRef = MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME;
 		}
 
-		BeanDefinitionParser parser = new IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser(BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY);
-		BeanDefinition handlerBeanDefinition = parser.parse(element, parserContext);
+		IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser parser = new IsNewAwareAuditingHandlerBeanDefinitionParser(
+				mappingContextRef);
+		parser.parse(element, parserContext);
 
-		builder.addConstructorArgValue(handlerBeanDefinition);
+		builder.addConstructorArgValue(getObjectFactoryBeanDefinition(parser.getResolvedBeanName(),
+				parserContext.extractSource(element)));
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -15,17 +15,22 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
 
+import static org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition.*;
+import static org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.BeanNames.*;
+
 import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.ImportBeanDefinitionRegistrar;
 import org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata;
 import org.springframework.data.auditing.IsNewAwareAuditingHandler;
-import org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AnnotationAuditingConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AuditingEventListener;
 import org.springframework.data.support.IsNewStrategyFactory;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
@@ -47,6 +52,15 @@ class MongoAuditingRegistrar extends AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport {
 		return EnableMongoAuditing.class;
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport#getAuditingHandlerBeanName()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected String getAuditingHandlerBeanName() {
+		return "mongoAuditingHandler";
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport#registerBeanDefinitions(org.springframework.core.type.AnnotationMetadata, org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry)
@@ -57,22 +71,22 @@ class MongoAuditingRegistrar extends AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport {
 		Assert.notNull(annotationMetadata, "AnnotationMetadata must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(registry, "BeanDefinitionRegistry must not be null!");
 
-		registerIsNewStrategyFactoryIfNecessary(registry);
+		defaultDependenciesIfNecessary(registry, annotationMetadata);
 		super.registerBeanDefinitions(annotationMetadata, registry);
 	}
 
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport#getAuditHandlerBeanDefinitionBuilder(org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AnnotationAuditingConfiguration)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport#getAuditHandlerBeanDefinitionBuilder(org.springframework.data.auditing.config.AuditingConfiguration)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	protected BeanDefinitionBuilder getAuditHandlerBeanDefinitionBuilder(AnnotationAuditingConfiguration configuration) {
+	protected BeanDefinitionBuilder getAuditHandlerBeanDefinitionBuilder(AuditingConfiguration configuration) {
 
-		Assert.notNull(configuration, "AnnotationAuditingConfiguration must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(configuration, "AuditingConfiguration must not be null!");
 
-		return configureDefaultAuditHandlerAttributes(configuration,
-				BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(IsNewAwareAuditingHandler.class)).addConstructorArgReference(
-				BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY);
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder builder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(IsNewAwareAuditingHandler.class);
+		builder.addConstructorArgReference(MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME);
+		return configureDefaultAuditHandlerAttributes(configuration, builder);
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -86,20 +100,31 @@ class MongoAuditingRegistrar extends AuditingBeanDefinitionRegistrarSupport {
 		Assert.notNull(auditingHandlerDefinition, "BeanDefinition must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(registry, "BeanDefinitionRegistry must not be null!");
 
-		registerInfrastructureBeanWithId(BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(AuditingEventListener.class)
-				.addConstructorArgValue(auditingHandlerDefinition).getRawBeanDefinition(),
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder listenerBeanDefinitionBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
+				.rootBeanDefinition(AuditingEventListener.class);
+		listenerBeanDefinitionBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(ParsingUtils.getObjectFactoryBeanDefinition(
+				getAuditingHandlerBeanName(), registry));
+
+		registerInfrastructureBeanWithId(listenerBeanDefinitionBuilder.getBeanDefinition(),
 				AuditingEventListener.class.getName(), registry);
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param registry, the {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry} to use to register an {@link IsNewStrategyFactory} to.
+	 * Register default bean definitions for a {@link MongoMappingContext} and an {@link IsNewStrategyFactory} in case we
+	 * don't find beans with the assumed names in the registry.
+	 * 
+	 * @param registry the {@link BeanDefinitionRegistry} to use to register the components into.
+	 * @param source the source which the registered components shall be registered with
 	 */
-	private void registerIsNewStrategyFactoryIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry) {
+	private void defaultDependenciesIfNecessary(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry, Object source) {
 
-		if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY)) {
-			registry.registerBeanDefinition(BeanNames.IS_NEW_STRATEGY_FACTORY,
-					BeanDefinitionBuilder.rootBeanDefinition(MappingContextIsNewStrategyFactory.class)
-							.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT).getBeanDefinition());
+		if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME)) {
+
+			RootBeanDefinition definition = new RootBeanDefinition(MongoMappingContext.class);
+			definition.setRole(ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
+			definition.setSource(source);
+
+			registry.registerBeanDefinition(MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME, definition);
 		}
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2013 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 by the original author(s).
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class MongoDbFactoryParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
 
 		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
-		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.DB_FACTORY;
+		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME;
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ public class MongoDbFactoryParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		BeanComponentDefinition component = helper.getComponent(writeConcernPropertyEditorBuilder);
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(component);
 
-		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(dbFactoryBuilder, BeanNames.DB_FACTORY)
+		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(dbFactoryBuilder, BeanNames.DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME)
 				.getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoNamespaceHandler.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.
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
 
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser;
-import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension;
 
 /**
  * {@link org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler} for Mongo DB configuration.
@@ -34,10 +31,6 @@ public class MongoNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 	 */
 	public void init() {
 
-		RepositoryConfigurationExtension extension = new MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension();
-		RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser repositoryBeanDefinitionParser = new RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser(extension);
-
-		registerBeanDefinitionParser("repositories", repositoryBeanDefinitionParser);
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("mapping-converter", new MappingMongoConverterParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("mongo", new MongoParser());
 		registerBeanDefinitionParser("db-factory", new MongoDbFactoryParser());

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 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.
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ public class MongoParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
 		MongoParsingUtils.parseMongoOptions(element, builder);
 		MongoParsingUtils.parseReplicaSet(element, builder);
 
-		String defaultedId = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.MONGO;
+		String defaultedId = StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.MONGO_BEAN_NAME;
 
 		parserContext.pushContainingComponent(new CompositeComponentDefinition("Mongo", source));
 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MongoTemplateParser.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.
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ import org.w3c.dom.Element;
  * {@link BeanDefinitionParser} to parse {@code template} elements into {@link BeanDefinition}s.
  * 
  * @author Martin Baumgartner
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 class MongoTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 
@@ -47,7 +48,7 @@ class MongoTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 			throws BeanDefinitionStoreException {
 
 		String id = super.resolveId(element, definition, parserContext);
-		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.MONGO_TEMPLATE;
+		return StringUtils.hasText(id) ? id : BeanNames.MONGO_TEMPLATE_BEAN_NAME;
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ class MongoTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(dbFactoryRef)) {
 			mongoTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(dbFactoryRef);
 		} else {
-			mongoTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DB_FACTORY);
+			mongoTemplateBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(BeanNames.DB_FACTORY_BEAN_NAME);
 		}
 
 		if (StringUtils.hasText(converterRef)) {
@@ -80,7 +81,7 @@ class MongoTemplateParser extends AbstractBeanDefinitionParser {
 		BeanComponentDefinition component = helper.getComponent(writeConcernPropertyEditorBuilder);
 		parserContext.registerBeanComponent(component);
 
-		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(mongoTemplateBuilder, BeanNames.MONGO_TEMPLATE)
-				.getBeanDefinition();
+		return (AbstractBeanDefinition) helper.getComponentIdButFallback(mongoTemplateBuilder,
+				BeanNames.MONGO_TEMPLATE_BEAN_NAME).getBeanDefinition();
 	}
 }

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

@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public class MongoExceptionTranslator implements PersistenceExceptionTranslator
 			return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}
 
+		// Driver 2.12 throws this to indicate connection problems. String comparison to avoid hard dependency
+		if (ex.getClass().getName().equals("com.mongodb.MongoServerSelectionException")) {
+			return new DataAccessResourceFailureException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
+		}
+
 		if (ex instanceof MongoInternalException) {
 			return new InvalidDataAccessResourceUsageException(ex.getMessage(), ex);
 		}

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

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2013 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.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ 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;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapreduce.GroupBy;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapreduce.GroupByResults;
@@ -50,7 +49,10 @@ import com.mongodb.WriteResult;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Tobias Trelle
  * @author Chuong Ngo
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public interface MongoOperations {
 
 	/**
@@ -413,7 +415,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 			MapReduceOptions mapReduceOptions, Class<T> entityClass);
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns {@link GeoResult} for all entities matching the given {@link NearQuery}. Will consider entity mapping
+	 * Returns {@link GeoResults} for all entities matching the given {@link NearQuery}. Will consider entity mapping
 	 * information to determine the collection the query is ran against.
 	 * 
 	 * @param near must not be {@literal null}.
@@ -423,7 +425,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	<T> GeoResults<T> geoNear(NearQuery near, Class<T> entityClass);
 
 	/**
-	 * Returns {@link GeoResult} for all entities matching the given {@link NearQuery}.
+	 * Returns {@link GeoResults} for all entities matching the given {@link NearQuery}.
 	 * 
 	 * @param near must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param entityClass must not be {@literal null}.
@@ -468,10 +470,32 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 */
 	<T> T findOne(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine result of given {@link Query} contains at least one element.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the criteria used to find a record.
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to check for objects.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean exists(Query query, String collectionName);
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine result of given {@link Query} contains at least one element.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the criteria used to find a record.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean exists(Query query, Class<?> entityClass);
 
+	/**
+	 * Determine result of given {@link Query} contains at least one element.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the criteria used to find a record.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type.
+	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to check for objects.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean exists(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
 
 	/**
@@ -529,12 +553,58 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 */
 	<T> T findById(Object id, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);
 
+	/**
+	 * Triggers <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/method/db.collection.findAndModify/">findAndModify<a/>
+	 * to apply provided {@link Update} on documents matching {@link Criteria} of given {@link Query}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the {@link Criteria} used to find a record and also an optional
+	 *          fields specification.
+	 * @param update the {@link Update} to apply on matching documents.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	<T> T findAndModify(Query query, Update update, Class<T> entityClass);
 
+	/**
+	 * Triggers <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/method/db.collection.findAndModify/">findAndModify<a/>
+	 * to apply provided {@link Update} on documents matching {@link Criteria} of given {@link Query}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the {@link Criteria} used to find a record and also an optional
+	 *          fields specification.
+	 * @param update the {@link Update} to apply on matching documents.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type.
+	 * @param collectionName the collection to query.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	<T> T findAndModify(Query query, Update update, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);
 
+	/**
+	 * Triggers <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/method/db.collection.findAndModify/">findAndModify<a/>
+	 * to apply provided {@link Update} on documents matching {@link Criteria} of given {@link Query} taking
+	 * {@link FindAndModifyOptions} into account.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the {@link Criteria} used to find a record and also an optional
+	 *          fields specification.
+	 * @param update the {@link Update} to apply on matching documents.
+	 * @param options the {@link FindAndModifyOptions} holding additional information.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	<T> T findAndModify(Query query, Update update, FindAndModifyOptions options, Class<T> entityClass);
 
+	/**
+	 * Triggers <a href="http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/method/db.collection.findAndModify/">findAndModify<a/>
+	 * to apply provided {@link Update} on documents matching {@link Criteria} of given {@link Query} taking
+	 * {@link FindAndModifyOptions} into account.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query the {@link Query} class that specifies the {@link Criteria} used to find a record and also an optional
+	 *          fields specification.
+	 * @param update the {@link Update} to apply on matching documents.
+	 * @param options the {@link FindAndModifyOptions} holding additional information.
+	 * @param entityClass the parameterized type.
+	 * @param collectionName the collection to query.
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	<T> T findAndModify(Query query, Update update, FindAndModifyOptions options, Class<T> entityClass,
 			String collectionName);
 
@@ -598,9 +668,9 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * <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
-	 * property type will be handled by Spring's BeanWrapper class that leverages Spring 3.0's new Type Conversion API.
-	 * See <a href="http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/reference/validation.html#core-convert">Spring 3 Type
-	 * Conversion"</a> for more details.
+	 * property type will be handled by Spring's BeanWrapper class that leverages Type Conversion API. See <a
+	 * href="http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/validation.html#core-convert"
+	 * >Spring's Type Conversion"</a> for more details.
 	 * <p/>
 	 * <p/>
 	 * Insert is used to initially store the object into the database. To update an existing object use the save method.
@@ -655,9 +725,9 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * <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
-	 * property type will be handled by Spring's BeanWrapper class that leverages Spring 3.0's new Type Conversion API.
-	 * See <a href="http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/reference/validation.html#core-convert">Spring 3 Type
-	 * Conversion"</a> for more details.
+	 * property type will be handled by Spring's BeanWrapper class that leverages Type Conversion API. See <a
+	 * href="http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/validation.html#core-convert"
+	 * >Spring's Type Conversion"</a> for more details.
 	 * 
 	 * @param objectToSave the object to store in the collection
 	 */
@@ -672,9 +742,9 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * <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
-	 * property type will be handled by Spring's BeanWrapper class that leverages Spring 3.0's new Type Cobnversion API.
-	 * See <a href="http://static.springsource.org/spring/docs/3.0.x/reference/validation.html#core-convert">Spring 3 Type
-	 * Conversion"</a> for more details.
+	 * property type will be handled by Spring's BeanWrapper class that leverages Type Cobnversion API. See <a
+	 * http://docs.spring.io/spring/docs/current/spring-framework-reference/html/validation.html#core-convert">Spring's
+	 * Type Conversion"</a> for more details.
 	 * 
 	 * @param objectToSave the object to store in the collection
 	 * @param collectionName name of the collection to store the object in
@@ -795,7 +865,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * 
 	 * @param object
 	 */
-	void remove(Object object);
+	WriteResult remove(Object object);
 
 	/**
 	 * Removes the given object from the given collection.
@@ -803,7 +873,7 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * @param object
 	 * @param collection must not be {@literal null} or empty.
 	 */
-	void remove(Object object, String collection);
+	WriteResult remove(Object object, String collection);
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove all documents that match the provided query document criteria from the the collection used to store the
@@ -812,9 +882,17 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * @param query
 	 * @param entityClass
 	 */
-	void remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass);
+	WriteResult remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass);
 
-	void remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
+	/**
+	 * Remove all documents that match the provided query document criteria from the the collection used to store the
+	 * entityClass. The Class parameter is also used to help convert the Id of the object if it is present in the query.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query
+	 * @param entityClass
+	 * @param collectionName
+	 */
+	WriteResult remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName);
 
 	/**
 	 * Remove all documents from the specified collection that match the provided query document criteria. There is no
@@ -823,7 +901,40 @@ public interface MongoOperations {
 	 * @param query the query document that specifies the criteria used to remove a record
 	 * @param collectionName name of the collection where the objects will removed
 	 */
-	void remove(Query query, String collectionName);
+	WriteResult remove(Query query, String collectionName);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns and removes all documents form the specified collection that match the provided query.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query
+	 * @param collectionName
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	<T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, String collectionName);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns and removes all documents matching the given query form the collection used to store the entityClass.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query
+	 * @param entityClass
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	<T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass);
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns and removes all documents that match the provided query document criteria from the the collection used to
+	 * store the entityClass. The Class parameter is also used to help convert the Id of the object if it is present in
+	 * the query.
+	 * 
+	 * @param query
+	 * @param entityClass
+	 * @param collectionName
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	<T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName);
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the underlying {@link MongoConverter}.

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

@@ -1,8 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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;
 
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.ResourceHolder;
 import org.springframework.transaction.support.ResourceHolderSynchronization;
 
+/**
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
 class MongoSynchronization extends ResourceHolderSynchronization<ResourceHolder, Object> {
 
 	public MongoSynchronization(ResourceHolder resourceHolder, Object resourceKey) {

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

@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 import java.util.Scanner;
 import java.util.Set;
 
@@ -47,9 +48,12 @@ import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.dao.OptimisticLockingFailureException;
 import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.authentication.UserCredentials;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityReader;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metric;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.BeanWrapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
@@ -67,10 +71,7 @@ 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;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Metric;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.MongoMappingEventPublisher;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
@@ -95,6 +96,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Update;
 import org.springframework.jca.cci.core.ConnectionCallback;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
@@ -129,6 +131,7 @@ import com.mongodb.util.JSONParseException;
  * @author Chuong Ngo
  * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(MongoTemplate.class);
@@ -352,7 +355,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	}
 
 	public void executeQuery(Query query, String collectionName, DocumentCallbackHandler dch) {
-		executeQuery(query, collectionName, dch, new QueryCursorPreparer(query));
+		executeQuery(query, collectionName, dch, new QueryCursorPreparer(query, null));
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -530,7 +533,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		}
 
 		return doFind(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), entityClass,
-				new QueryCursorPreparer(query));
+				new QueryCursorPreparer(query, entityClass));
 	}
 
 	public <T> T findById(Object id, Class<T> entityClass) {
@@ -612,8 +615,8 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	public <T> T findAndModify(Query query, Update update, FindAndModifyOptions options, Class<T> entityClass,
 			String collectionName) {
-		return doFindAndModify(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), query.getSortObject(),
-				entityClass, update, options);
+		return doFindAndModify(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(),
+				getMappedSortObject(query, entityClass), entityClass, update, options);
 	}
 
 	// Find methods that take a Query to express the query and that return a single object that is also removed from the
@@ -624,8 +627,9 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	}
 
 	public <T> T findAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName) {
-		return doFindAndRemove(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(), query.getSortObject(),
-				entityClass);
+
+		return doFindAndRemove(collectionName, query.getQueryObject(), query.getFieldsObject(),
+				getMappedSortObject(query, entityClass), entityClass);
 	}
 
 	public long count(Query query, Class<?> entityClass) {
@@ -741,8 +745,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> mongoPersistentEntity = getPersistentEntity(entity.getClass());
 
 		if (mongoPersistentEntity != null && mongoPersistentEntity.hasVersionProperty()) {
-			BeanWrapper<PersistentEntity<Object, ?>, Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(entity,
-					this.mongoConverter.getConversionService());
+			BeanWrapper<Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(entity, this.mongoConverter.getConversionService());
 			wrapper.setProperty(mongoPersistentEntity.getVersionProperty(), 0);
 		}
 	}
@@ -836,12 +839,11 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 	private <T> void doSaveVersioned(T objectToSave, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity, String collectionName) {
 
-		BeanWrapper<PersistentEntity<T, ?>, T> beanWrapper = BeanWrapper.create(objectToSave,
-				this.mongoConverter.getConversionService());
+		BeanWrapper<T> beanWrapper = BeanWrapper.create(objectToSave, this.mongoConverter.getConversionService());
 		MongoPersistentProperty idProperty = entity.getIdProperty();
 		MongoPersistentProperty versionProperty = entity.getVersionProperty();
 
-		Number version = beanWrapper.getProperty(versionProperty, Number.class, !versionProperty.usePropertyAccess());
+		Number version = beanWrapper.getProperty(versionProperty, Number.class);
 
 		// Fresh instance -> initialize version property
 		if (version == null) {
@@ -855,7 +857,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 			Query query = new Query(Criteria.where(idProperty.getName()).is(id).and(versionProperty.getName()).is(version));
 
 			// Bump version number
-			Number number = beanWrapper.getProperty(versionProperty, Number.class, false);
+			Number number = beanWrapper.getProperty(versionProperty, Number.class);
 			beanWrapper.setProperty(versionProperty, number.longValue() + 1);
 
 			BasicDBObject dbObject = new BasicDBObject();
@@ -1016,7 +1018,7 @@ 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);
 					}
@@ -1031,32 +1033,64 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	private void increaseVersionForUpdateIfNecessary(MongoPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity, Update update) {
 
 		if (persistentEntity != null && persistentEntity.hasVersionProperty()) {
-
-			String versionPropertyField = persistentEntity.getVersionProperty().getFieldName();
-			if (!update.getUpdateObject().containsField(versionPropertyField)) {
-				update.inc(versionPropertyField, 1L);
+			String versionFieldName = persistentEntity.getVersionProperty().getFieldName();
+			if (!update.modifies(versionFieldName)) {
+				update.inc(versionFieldName, 1L);
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void remove(Object object) {
+	private boolean dbObjectContainsVersionProperty(DBObject dbObject, MongoPersistentEntity<?> persistentEntity) {
 
-		if (object == null) {
-			return;
+		if (persistentEntity == null || !persistentEntity.hasVersionProperty()) {
+			return false;
 		}
 
-		remove(getIdQueryFor(object), object.getClass());
+		return dbObject.containsField(persistentEntity.getVersionProperty().getFieldName());
 	}
 
-	public void remove(Object object, String collection) {
+	public WriteResult remove(Object object) {
+
+		if (object == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		return remove(getIdQueryFor(object), object.getClass());
+	}
+
+	public WriteResult remove(Object object, String collection) {
 
 		Assert.hasText(collection);
 
 		if (object == null) {
-			return;
+			return null;
 		}
 
-		doRemove(collection, getIdQueryFor(object), object.getClass());
+		return doRemove(collection, getIdQueryFor(object), object.getClass());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns {@link Entry} containing the {@link MongoPersistentProperty} defining the {@literal id} as
+	 * {@link Entry#getKey()} and the {@link Id}s property value as its {@link Entry#getValue()}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param object
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private Map.Entry<MongoPersistentProperty, Object> extractIdPropertyAndValue(Object object) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(object, "Id cannot be extracted from 'null'.");
+
+		Class<?> objectType = object.getClass();
+		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(objectType);
+		MongoPersistentProperty idProp = entity == null ? null : entity.getIdProperty();
+
+		if (idProp == null) {
+			throw new MappingException("No id property found for object of type " + objectType);
+		}
+
+		Object idValue = BeanWrapper.create(object, mongoConverter.getConversionService())
+				.getProperty(idProp, Object.class);
+		return Collections.singletonMap(idProp, idValue).entrySet().iterator().next();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -1067,21 +1101,31 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	 */
 	private Query getIdQueryFor(Object object) {
 
-		Assert.notNull(object);
+		Map.Entry<MongoPersistentProperty, Object> id = extractIdPropertyAndValue(object);
+		return new Query(where(id.getKey().getFieldName()).is(id.getValue()));
+	}
 
-		Class<?> objectType = object.getClass();
-		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(objectType);
-		MongoPersistentProperty idProp = entity == null ? null : entity.getIdProperty();
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link Query} for the given entities by their ids.
+	 * 
+	 * @param objects must not be {@literal null} or {@literal empty}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private Query getIdInQueryFor(Collection<?> objects) {
 
-		if (idProp == null) {
-			throw new MappingException("No id property found for object of type " + objectType);
+		Assert.notEmpty(objects, "Cannot create Query for empty collection.");
+
+		Iterator<?> it = objects.iterator();
+		Map.Entry<MongoPersistentProperty, Object> firstEntry = extractIdPropertyAndValue(it.next());
+
+		ArrayList<Object> ids = new ArrayList<Object>(objects.size());
+		ids.add(firstEntry.getValue());
+
+		while (it.hasNext()) {
+			ids.add(extractIdPropertyAndValue(it.next()).getValue());
 		}
 
-		ConversionService service = mongoConverter.getConversionService();
-		Object idProperty = null;
-
-		idProperty = BeanWrapper.create(object, service).getProperty(idProp, Object.class, true);
-		return new Query(where(idProp.getFieldName()).is(idProperty));
+		return new Query(where(firstEntry.getKey().getFieldName()).in(ids));
 	}
 
 	private void assertUpdateableIdIfNotSet(Object entity) {
@@ -1094,7 +1138,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		}
 
 		ConversionService service = mongoConverter.getConversionService();
-		Object idValue = BeanWrapper.create(entity, service).getProperty(idProperty, Object.class, true);
+		Object idValue = BeanWrapper.create(entity, service).getProperty(idProperty, Object.class);
 
 		if (idValue == null && !MongoSimpleTypes.AUTOGENERATED_ID_TYPES.contains(idProperty.getType())) {
 			throw new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException(String.format(
@@ -1103,19 +1147,19 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		}
 	}
 
-	public void remove(Query query, String collectionName) {
-		remove(query, null, collectionName);
+	public WriteResult remove(Query query, String collectionName) {
+		return remove(query, null, collectionName);
 	}
 
-	public void remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass) {
-		remove(query, entityClass, determineCollectionName(entityClass));
+	public WriteResult remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass) {
+		return remove(query, entityClass, determineCollectionName(entityClass));
 	}
 
-	public void remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName) {
-		doRemove(collectionName, query, entityClass);
+	public WriteResult remove(Query query, Class<?> entityClass, String collectionName) {
+		return doRemove(collectionName, query, entityClass);
 	}
 
-	protected <T> void doRemove(final String collectionName, final Query query, final Class<T> entityClass) {
+	protected <T> WriteResult doRemove(final String collectionName, final Query query, final Class<T> entityClass) {
 
 		if (query == null) {
 			throw new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException("Query passed in to remove can't be null!");
@@ -1126,8 +1170,8 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		final DBObject queryObject = query.getQueryObject();
 		final MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
 
-		execute(collectionName, new CollectionCallback<Void>() {
-			public Void doInCollection(DBCollection collection) throws MongoException, DataAccessException {
+		return execute(collectionName, new CollectionCallback<WriteResult>() {
+			public WriteResult doInCollection(DBCollection collection) throws MongoException, DataAccessException {
 
 				maybeEmitEvent(new BeforeDeleteEvent<T>(queryObject, entityClass));
 
@@ -1143,11 +1187,12 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 				WriteResult wr = writeConcernToUse == null ? collection.remove(dboq) : collection.remove(dboq,
 						writeConcernToUse);
+
 				handleAnyWriteResultErrors(wr, dboq, MongoActionOperation.REMOVE);
 
 				maybeEmitEvent(new AfterDeleteEvent<T>(queryObject, entityClass));
 
-				return null;
+				return wr;
 			}
 		});
 	}
@@ -1303,6 +1348,54 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		return aggregate(aggregation, collectionName, outputType, null);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations#findAllAndRemove(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query, java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public <T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, String collectionName) {
+		return findAndRemove(query, null, collectionName);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations#findAllAndRemove(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query, java.lang.Class)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public <T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass) {
+		return findAllAndRemove(query, entityClass, determineCollectionName(entityClass));
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations#findAllAndRemove(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query, java.lang.Class, java.lang.String)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public <T> List<T> findAllAndRemove(Query query, Class<T> entityClass, String collectionName) {
+		return doFindAndDelete(collectionName, query, entityClass);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Retrieve and remove all documents matching the given {@code query} by calling {@link #find(Query, Class, String)}
+	 * and {@link #remove(Query, Class, String)}, whereas the {@link Query} for {@link #remove(Query, Class, String)} is
+	 * constructed out of the find result.
+	 * 
+	 * @param collectionName
+	 * @param query
+	 * @param entityClass
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected <T> List<T> doFindAndDelete(String collectionName, Query query, Class<T> entityClass) {
+
+		List<T> result = find(query, entityClass, collectionName);
+
+		if (!CollectionUtils.isEmpty(result)) {
+			remove(getIdInQueryFor(result), entityClass, collectionName);
+		}
+
+		return result;
+	}
+
 	protected <O> AggregationResults<O> aggregate(Aggregation aggregation, String collectionName, Class<O> outputType,
 			AggregationOperationContext context) {
 
@@ -1565,6 +1658,8 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(entityClass);
 
+		increaseVersionForUpdateIfNecessary(entity, update);
+
 		DBObject mappedQuery = queryMapper.getMappedObject(query, entity);
 		DBObject mappedUpdate = updateMapper.getMappedObject(update.getUpdateObject(), entity);
 
@@ -1602,9 +1697,9 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		}
 
 		ConversionService conversionService = mongoConverter.getConversionService();
-		BeanWrapper<PersistentEntity<Object, ?>, Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(savedObject, conversionService);
+		BeanWrapper<Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(savedObject, conversionService);
 
-		Object idValue = wrapper.getProperty(idProp, idProp.getType(), true);
+		Object idValue = wrapper.getProperty(idProp, idProp.getType());
 
 		if (idValue != null) {
 			return;
@@ -1848,6 +1943,16 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 		return converter;
 	}
 
+	private DBObject getMappedSortObject(Query query, Class<?> type) {
+
+		if (query == null || query.getSortObject() == null) {
+			return null;
+		}
+
+		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(type);
+		return queryMapper.getMappedObject(query.getSortObject(), entity);
+	}
+
 	// Callback implementations
 
 	/**
@@ -2041,9 +2146,12 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 	class QueryCursorPreparer implements CursorPreparer {
 
 		private final Query query;
+		private final Class<?> type;
+
+		public QueryCursorPreparer(Query query, Class<?> type) {
 
-		public QueryCursorPreparer(Query query) {
 			this.query = query;
+			this.type = type;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -2071,7 +2179,7 @@ public class MongoTemplate implements MongoOperations, ApplicationContextAware {
 					cursorToUse = cursorToUse.limit(query.getLimit());
 				}
 				if (query.getSortObject() != null) {
-					cursorToUse = cursorToUse.sort(query.getSortObject());
+					cursorToUse = cursorToUse.sort(getMappedSortObject(query, type));
 				}
 				if (StringUtils.hasText(query.getHint())) {
 					cursorToUse = cursorToUse.hint(query.getHint());

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ public class Aggregation {
 
 			if (operation instanceof FieldsExposingAggregationOperation) {
 				FieldsExposingAggregationOperation exposedFieldsOperation = (FieldsExposingAggregationOperation) operation;
-				context = new ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext(exposedFieldsOperation.getFields());
+				context = new ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext(exposedFieldsOperation.getFields(), rootContext);
 			}
 		}
 

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

@@ -268,14 +268,21 @@ public final class ExposedFields implements Iterable<ExposedField> {
 			return field.isAliased();
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * @return the synthetic
+		 */
+		public boolean isSynthetic() {
+			return synthetic;
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Returns whether the field can be referred to using the given name.
 		 * 
-		 * @param input
+		 * @param name
 		 * @return
 		 */
-		public boolean canBeReferredToBy(String input) {
-			return getTarget().equals(input);
+		public boolean canBeReferredToBy(String name) {
+			return getName().equals(name) || getTarget().equals(name);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -340,6 +347,7 @@ public final class ExposedFields implements Iterable<ExposedField> {
 		public FieldReference(ExposedField field) {
 
 			Assert.notNull(field, "ExposedField must not be null!");
+
 			this.field = field;
 		}
 

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -32,16 +32,22 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 class ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationContext {
 
 	private final ExposedFields exposedFields;
+	private final AggregationOperationContext rootContext;
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext} from the given {@link ExposedFields}.
+	 * Creates a new {@link ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext} from the given {@link ExposedFields}. Uses the given
+	 * {@link AggregationOperationContext} to perform a mapping to mongo types if necessary.
 	 * 
 	 * @param exposedFields must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param rootContext must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
-	public ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext(ExposedFields exposedFields) {
+	public ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext(ExposedFields exposedFields, AggregationOperationContext rootContext) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(exposedFields, "ExposedFields must not be null!");
+		Assert.notNull(rootContext, "RootContext must not be null!");
+
 		this.exposedFields = exposedFields;
+		this.rootContext = rootContext;
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -50,7 +56,7 @@ class ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationCo
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public DBObject getMappedObject(DBObject dbObject) {
-		return dbObject;
+		return rootContext.getMappedObject(dbObject);
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -59,7 +65,7 @@ class ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationCo
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public FieldReference getReference(Field field) {
-		return getReference(field.getTarget());
+		return getReference(field, field.getTarget());
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -68,11 +74,42 @@ class ExposedFieldsAggregationOperationContext implements AggregationOperationCo
 	 */
 	@Override
 	public FieldReference getReference(String name) {
+		return getReference(null, name);
+	}
 
-		ExposedField field = exposedFields.getField(name);
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link FieldReference} to the given {@link Field} with the given {@code name}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param field may be {@literal null}
+	 * @param name must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private FieldReference getReference(Field field, String name) {
 
-		if (field != null) {
-			return new FieldReference(field);
+		Assert.notNull(name, "Name must not be null!");
+
+		ExposedField exposedField = exposedFields.getField(name);
+
+		if (exposedField != null) {
+
+			if (field != null) {
+				// we return a FieldReference to the given field directly to make sure that we reference the proper alias here.
+				return new FieldReference(new ExposedField(field, exposedField.isSynthetic()));
+			}
+
+			return new FieldReference(exposedField);
+		}
+
+		if (name.contains(".")) {
+
+			// for nested field references we only check that the root field exists.
+			ExposedField rootField = exposedFields.getField(name.split("\\.")[0]);
+
+			if (rootField != null) {
+
+				// We have to synthetic to true, in order to render the field-name as is.
+				return new FieldReference(new ExposedField(name, true));
+			}
 		}
 
 		throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Invalid reference '%s'!", name));

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

@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ public class ProjectionOperation implements FieldsExposingAggregationOperation {
 		@Override
 		public ProjectionOperation as(String alias) {
 
-			Field expressionField = Fields.field(alias, "expr");
+			Field expressionField = Fields.field(alias, alias);
 			return this.operation.and(new ExpressionProjection(expressionField, this.value.toString(), params));
 		}
 

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class SpelExpressionTransformer implements AggregationExpressionTransformer {
 
 			if (currentNode.hasfirstChildNotOfType(Indexer.class)) {
 				// we have a property path expression like: foo.bar -> render as reference
-				return context.getFieldReference().toString();
+				return context.addToPreviousOrReturn(context.getFieldReference().toString());
 			}
 
 			return context.addToPreviousOrReturn(currentNode.getValue());

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.
@@ -17,13 +17,14 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Collections;
 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;
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * .
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class CustomConversions {
 
@@ -67,7 +69,7 @@ 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;
 
@@ -90,24 +92,31 @@ public class CustomConversions {
 		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);
-		this.converters.add(BigIntegerToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
-		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());
+		List<Object> toRegister = new ArrayList<Object>();
 
-		for (Object c : this.converters) {
+		// Add user provided converters to make sure they can override the defaults
+		toRegister.addAll(converters);
+		toRegister.add(CustomToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(BigDecimalToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(StringToBigDecimalConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(BigIntegerToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(StringToBigIntegerConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(URLToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(StringToURLConverter.INSTANCE);
+		toRegister.add(DBObjectToStringConverter.INSTANCE);
+		
+		toRegister.addAll(JodaTimeConverters.getConvertersToRegister());
+		toRegister.addAll(GeoConverters.getConvertersToRegister());
+
+		for (Object c : toRegister) {
 			registerConversion(c);
 		}
 
+		Collections.reverse(toRegister);
+
+		this.converters = Collections.unmodifiableList(toRegister);
 		this.simpleTypeHolder = new SimpleTypeHolder(customSimpleTypes, MongoSimpleTypes.HOLDER);
 	}
 
@@ -195,25 +204,25 @@ 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()));
 			}
 		}
@@ -223,11 +232,11 @@ 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);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -235,72 +244,78 @@ 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) {
+	public Class<?> getCustomWriteTarget(Class<?> sourceType, Class<?> requestedTargetType) {
 
-		Assert.notNull(source);
-		return getCustomTarget(source, expectedTargetType, writingPairs);
+		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;
 				}
 			}
@@ -309,27 +324,33 @@ 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
@@ -338,8 +359,10 @@ 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));
 		}
 
@@ -348,29 +371,29 @@ 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/DbRefResolver.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -24,15 +24,22 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  * Used to resolve associations annotated with {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef}.
  * 
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.4
  */
 public interface DbRefResolver {
 
 	/**
+	 * Resolves the given {@link DBRef} into an object of the given {@link MongoPersistentProperty}'s type. The method
+	 * might return a proxy object for the {@link DBRef} or resolve it immediately. In both cases the
+	 * {@link DbRefResolverCallback} will be used to obtain the actual backing object.
+	 * 
 	 * @param property will never be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param dbref the {@link DBRef} to resolve.
 	 * @param callback will never be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	Object resolveDbRef(MongoPersistentProperty property, DbRefResolverCallback callback);
+	Object resolveDbRef(MongoPersistentProperty property, DBRef dbref, DbRefResolverCallback callback);
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a {@link DBRef} instance for the given {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef}

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 
+import static org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils.*;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
@@ -26,11 +28,11 @@ import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
 import org.objenesis.Objenesis;
 import org.objenesis.ObjenesisStd;
 import org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Callback;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Enhancer;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.Factory;
 import org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodProxy;
-import org.springframework.core.SpringVersion;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
 import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.LazyLoadingException;
@@ -51,10 +53,10 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  * 
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.4
  */
 public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 
-	private static final boolean IS_SPRING_4_OR_BETTER = SpringVersion.getVersion().startsWith("4");
 	private static final boolean OBJENESIS_PRESENT = ClassUtils.isPresent("org.objenesis.Objenesis", null);
 
 	private final MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory;
@@ -78,13 +80,13 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.DbRefResolver#resolveDbRef(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty, org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.DbRefResolverCallback)
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public Object resolveDbRef(MongoPersistentProperty property, DbRefResolverCallback callback) {
+	public Object resolveDbRef(MongoPersistentProperty property, DBRef dbref, DbRefResolverCallback callback) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(property, "Property must not be null!");
 		Assert.notNull(callback, "Callback must not be null!");
 
 		if (isLazyDbRef(property)) {
-			return createLazyLoadingProxy(property, callback);
+			return createLazyLoadingProxy(property, dbref, callback);
 		}
 
 		return callback.resolve(property);
@@ -109,10 +111,11 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 	 * eventually resolve the value of the property.
 	 * 
 	 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param dbref can be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param callback must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private Object createLazyLoadingProxy(MongoPersistentProperty property, DbRefResolverCallback callback) {
+	private Object createLazyLoadingProxy(MongoPersistentProperty property, DBRef dbref, DbRefResolverCallback callback) {
 
 		ProxyFactory proxyFactory = new ProxyFactory();
 		Class<?> propertyType = property.getType();
@@ -121,7 +124,9 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 			proxyFactory.addInterface(type);
 		}
 
-		LazyLoadingInterceptor interceptor = new LazyLoadingInterceptor(property, exceptionTranslator, callback);
+		LazyLoadingInterceptor interceptor = new LazyLoadingInterceptor(property, dbref, exceptionTranslator, callback);
+
+		proxyFactory.addInterface(LazyLoadingProxy.class);
 
 		if (propertyType.isInterface()) {
 			proxyFactory.addInterface(propertyType);
@@ -132,7 +137,7 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 		proxyFactory.setProxyTargetClass(true);
 		proxyFactory.setTargetClass(propertyType);
 
-		if (IS_SPRING_4_OR_BETTER || !OBJENESIS_PRESENT) {
+		if (!OBJENESIS_PRESENT) {
 			proxyFactory.addAdvice(interceptor);
 			return proxyFactory.getProxy();
 		}
@@ -141,7 +146,9 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * @param property
+	 * Returns whether the property shall be resolved lazily.
+	 * 
+	 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	private boolean isLazyDbRef(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
@@ -154,31 +161,46 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 	 * guaranteed to be performed only once.
 	 * 
 	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
 	static class LazyLoadingInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor, org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor,
 			Serializable {
 
+		private static final Method INITIALIZE_METHOD, TO_DBREF_METHOD;
+
 		private final DbRefResolverCallback callback;
 		private final MongoPersistentProperty property;
 		private final PersistenceExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator;
 
 		private volatile boolean resolved;
 		private Object result;
+		private DBRef dbref;
+
+		static {
+			try {
+				INITIALIZE_METHOD = LazyLoadingProxy.class.getMethod("initialize");
+				TO_DBREF_METHOD = LazyLoadingProxy.class.getMethod("toDBRef");
+			} catch (Exception e) {
+				throw new RuntimeException(e);
+			}
+		}
 
 		/**
 		 * Creates a new {@link LazyLoadingInterceptor} for the given {@link MongoPersistentProperty},
 		 * {@link PersistenceExceptionTranslator} and {@link DbRefResolverCallback}.
 		 * 
 		 * @param property must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param dbref can be {@literal null}.
 		 * @param callback must not be {@literal null}.
 		 */
-		public LazyLoadingInterceptor(MongoPersistentProperty property, PersistenceExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator,
-				DbRefResolverCallback callback) {
+		public LazyLoadingInterceptor(MongoPersistentProperty property, DBRef dbref,
+				PersistenceExceptionTranslator exceptionTranslator, DbRefResolverCallback callback) {
 
 			Assert.notNull(property, "Property must not be null!");
 			Assert.notNull(exceptionTranslator, "Exception translator must not be null!");
 			Assert.notNull(callback, "Callback must not be null!");
 
+			this.dbref = dbref;
 			this.callback = callback;
 			this.exceptionTranslator = exceptionTranslator;
 			this.property = property;
@@ -199,9 +221,95 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public Object intercept(Object obj, Method method, Object[] args, MethodProxy proxy) throws Throwable {
-			return ReflectionUtils.isObjectMethod(method) ? method.invoke(obj, args) : method.invoke(ensureResolved(), args);
+
+			if (INITIALIZE_METHOD.equals(method)) {
+				return ensureResolved();
+			}
+
+			if (TO_DBREF_METHOD.equals(method)) {
+				return this.dbref;
+			}
+
+			if (isObjectMethod(method) && Object.class.equals(method.getDeclaringClass())) {
+
+				if (ReflectionUtils.isToStringMethod(method)) {
+					return proxyToString(proxy);
+				}
+
+				if (ReflectionUtils.isEqualsMethod(method)) {
+					return proxyEquals(proxy, args[0]);
+				}
+
+				if (ReflectionUtils.isHashCodeMethod(method)) {
+					return proxyHashCode(proxy);
+				}
+			}
+
+			Object target = ensureResolved();
+
+			if (target == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			return method.invoke(target, args);
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Returns a to string representation for the given {@code proxy}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param proxy
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private String proxyToString(Object proxy) {
+
+			StringBuilder description = new StringBuilder();
+			if (dbref != null) {
+				description.append(dbref.getRef());
+				description.append(":");
+				description.append(dbref.getId());
+			} else {
+				description.append(System.identityHashCode(proxy));
+			}
+			description.append("$").append(LazyLoadingProxy.class.getSimpleName());
+
+			return description.toString();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns the hashcode for the given {@code proxy}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param proxy
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private int proxyHashCode(Object proxy) {
+			return proxyToString(proxy).hashCode();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Performs an equality check for the given {@code proxy}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param proxy
+		 * @param that
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private boolean proxyEquals(Object proxy, Object that) {
+
+			if (!(that instanceof LazyLoadingProxy)) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			if (that == proxy) {
+				return true;
+			}
+
+			return proxyToString(proxy).equals(that.toString());
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Will trigger the resolution if the proxy is not resolved already or return a previously resolved result.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
 		private Object ensureResolved() {
 
 			if (!resolved) {
@@ -212,16 +320,28 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 			return this.result;
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Callback method for serialization.
+		 * 
+		 * @param out
+		 * @throws IOException
+		 */
 		private void writeObject(ObjectOutputStream out) throws IOException {
 
 			ensureResolved();
 			out.writeObject(this.result);
 		}
 
+		/**
+		 * Callback method for deserialization.
+		 * 
+		 * @param in
+		 * @throws IOException
+		 */
 		private void readObject(ObjectInputStream in) throws IOException {
 
 			try {
-				this.resolved = true; // Object is guaranteed to be resolved after serializations
+				this.resolved = true;
 				this.result = in.readObject();
 			} catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
 				throw new LazyLoadingException("Could not deserialize result", e);
@@ -229,6 +349,8 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 		}
 
 		/**
+		 * Resolves the proxy into its backing object.
+		 * 
 		 * @return
 		 */
 		private synchronized Object resolve() {
@@ -248,24 +370,30 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 
 			return result;
 		}
-
-		public boolean isResolved() {
-			return resolved;
-		}
-
-		public Object getResult() {
-			return result;
-		}
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Static class to accomodate optional dependency on Objenesis.
+	 * Static class to accommodate optional dependency on Objenesis.
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.4
 	 */
 	private static class ObjenesisProxyEnhancer {
 
-		private static final Objenesis OBJENESIS = new ObjenesisStd(true);
+		private static final boolean IS_SPRING_4_OR_BETTER = ClassUtils.isPresent(
+				"org.springframework.core.DefaultParameterNameDiscoverer", null);
+
+		private static final InstanceCreatorStrategy INSTANCE_CREATOR;
+
+		static {
+
+			if (IS_SPRING_4_OR_BETTER) {
+				INSTANCE_CREATOR = new Spring4ObjenesisInstanceCreatorStrategy();
+			} else {
+				INSTANCE_CREATOR = new DefaultObjenesisInstanceCreatorStrategy();
+			}
+		}
 
 		public static Object enhanceAndGet(ProxyFactory proxyFactory, Class<?> type,
 				org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor interceptor) {
@@ -273,10 +401,79 @@ public class DefaultDbRefResolver implements DbRefResolver {
 			Enhancer enhancer = new Enhancer();
 			enhancer.setSuperclass(type);
 			enhancer.setCallbackType(org.springframework.cglib.proxy.MethodInterceptor.class);
+			enhancer.setInterfaces(new Class[] { LazyLoadingProxy.class });
 
-			Factory factory = (Factory) OBJENESIS.newInstance(enhancer.createClass());
+			Factory factory = (Factory) INSTANCE_CREATOR.newInstance(enhancer.createClass());
 			factory.setCallbacks(new Callback[] { interceptor });
 			return factory;
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Strategy for constructing new instances of a given {@link Class}.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Thomas Darimont
+		 */
+		interface InstanceCreatorStrategy {
+			Object newInstance(Class<?> clazz);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * An {@link InstanceCreatorStrategy} that uses Objenesis from the classpath.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Thomas Darimont
+		 */
+		private static class DefaultObjenesisInstanceCreatorStrategy implements InstanceCreatorStrategy {
+
+			private static final Objenesis OBJENESIS = new ObjenesisStd(true);
+
+			/*
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.DefaultDbRefResolver.ObjenesisProxyEnhancer.InstanceCreatorStrategy#newInstance(java.lang.Class)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public Object newInstance(Class<?> clazz) {
+				return OBJENESIS.newInstance(clazz);
+			}
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * An {@link InstanceCreatorStrategy} that uses a repackaged version of Objenesis from Spring 4.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Thomas Darimont
+		 */
+		private static class Spring4ObjenesisInstanceCreatorStrategy implements InstanceCreatorStrategy {
+
+			private static final String SPRING4_OBJENESIS_CLASS_NAME = "org.springframework.objenesis.ObjenesisStd";
+			private static final Object OBJENESIS;
+			private static final Method NEW_INSTANCE_METHOD;
+
+			static {
+
+				try {
+					Class<?> objenesisClass = ClassUtils.forName(SPRING4_OBJENESIS_CLASS_NAME,
+							ObjenesisProxyEnhancer.class.getClassLoader());
+
+					OBJENESIS = BeanUtils.instantiateClass(objenesisClass.getConstructor(boolean.class), true);
+					NEW_INSTANCE_METHOD = objenesisClass.getMethod("newInstance", Class.class);
+
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					throw new RuntimeException("Could not setup Objenesis infrastructure with Spring 4 ", e);
+				}
+			}
+
+			/*
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.DefaultDbRefResolver.ObjenesisProxyEnhancer.InstanceCreatorStrategy#newInstance(java.lang.Class)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public Object newInstance(Class<?> clazz) {
+
+				try {
+					return NEW_INSTANCE_METHOD.invoke(OBJENESIS, clazz);
+				} catch (Exception e) {
+					throw new RuntimeException("Could not created instance for " + clazz, e);
+				}
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,520 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.ReadingConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.WritingConverter;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Box;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Circle;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Polygon;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Shape;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Sphere;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.GeoCommand;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBList;
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper class to contain useful geo structure converters for the usage with Mongo.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+abstract class GeoConverters {
+
+	/**
+	 * Private constructor to prevent instantiation.
+	 */
+	private GeoConverters() {}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the geo converters to be registered.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	public static Collection<? extends Object> getConvertersToRegister() {
+		return Arrays.asList( //
+				BoxToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, PolygonToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, CircleToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, LegacyCircleToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, SphereToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, DbObjectToBoxConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, DbObjectToPolygonConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, DbObjectToCircleConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, DbObjectToLegacyCircleConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, DbObjectToSphereConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE //
+				, GeoCommandToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link List} of {@link Double}s into a {@link Point}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DbObjectToPointConverter implements Converter<DBObject, Point> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+		public Point convert(DBObject source) {
+
+			Assert.isTrue(source.keySet().size() == 2, "Source must contain 2 elements");
+
+			return source == null ? null : new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point((Double) source.get("x"),
+					(Double) source.get("y"));
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Point} into a {@link List} of {@link Double}s.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public static enum PointToDbObjectConverter implements Converter<Point, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject convert(Point source) {
+			return source == null ? null : new BasicDBObject("x", source.getX()).append("y", source.getY());
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Box} into a {@link BasicDBList}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@WritingConverter
+	public static enum BoxToDbObjectConverter implements Converter<Box, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject convert(Box source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			BasicDBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
+			result.put("first", PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE.convert(source.getFirst()));
+			result.put("second", PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE.convert(source.getSecond()));
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link BasicDBList} into a {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Box}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DbObjectToBoxConverter implements Converter<DBObject, Box> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+		public Box convert(DBObject source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			Point first = DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE.convert((DBObject) source.get("first"));
+			Point second = DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE.convert((DBObject) source.get("second"));
+
+			return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Box(first, second);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Circle} into a {@link BasicDBList}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public static enum CircleToDbObjectConverter implements Converter<Circle, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject convert(Circle source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			DBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
+			result.put("center", PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE.convert(source.getCenter()));
+			result.put("radius", source.getRadius().getNormalizedValue());
+			result.put("metric", source.getRadius().getMetric().toString());
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link DBObject} into a {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DbObjectToCircleConverter implements Converter<DBObject, Circle> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public Circle convert(DBObject source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			DBObject center = (DBObject) source.get("center");
+			Double radius = (Double) source.get("radius");
+
+			Distance distance = new Distance(radius);
+
+			if (source.containsField("metric")) {
+
+				String metricString = (String) source.get("metric");
+				Assert.notNull(metricString, "Metric must not be null!");
+
+				distance = distance.in(Metrics.valueOf(metricString));
+			}
+
+			Assert.notNull(center, "Center must not be null!");
+			Assert.notNull(radius, "Radius must not be null!");
+
+			return new Circle(DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE.convert(center), distance);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Circle} into a {@link BasicDBList}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	public static enum LegacyCircleToDbObjectConverter implements
+			Converter<org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject convert(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			DBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
+			result.put("center", PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE.convert(source.getCenter()));
+			result.put("radius", source.getRadius());
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link BasicDBList} into a {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@ReadingConverter
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	public static enum DbObjectToLegacyCircleConverter implements
+			Converter<DBObject, org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle convert(DBObject source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			DBObject centerSource = (DBObject) source.get("center");
+			Double radius = (Double) source.get("radius");
+
+			Assert.notNull(centerSource, "Center must not be null!");
+			Assert.notNull(radius, "Radius must not be null!");
+
+			Point center = DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE.convert(centerSource);
+			return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle(center, radius);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Sphere} into a {@link BasicDBList}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public static enum SphereToDbObjectConverter implements Converter<Sphere, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject convert(Sphere source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			DBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
+			result.put("center", PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE.convert(source.getCenter()));
+			result.put("radius", source.getRadius().getNormalizedValue());
+			result.put("metric", source.getRadius().getMetric().toString());
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link BasicDBList} into a {@link Sphere}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DbObjectToSphereConverter implements Converter<DBObject, Sphere> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public Sphere convert(DBObject source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			DBObject center = (DBObject) source.get("center");
+			Double radius = (Double) source.get("radius");
+
+			Distance distance = new Distance(radius);
+
+			if (source.containsField("metric")) {
+
+				String metricString = (String) source.get("metric");
+				Assert.notNull(metricString, "Metric must not be null!");
+
+				distance = distance.in(Metrics.valueOf(metricString));
+			}
+
+			Assert.notNull(center, "Center must not be null!");
+			Assert.notNull(radius, "Radius must not be null!");
+
+			return new Sphere(DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE.convert(center), distance);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Polygon} into a {@link BasicDBList}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public static enum PolygonToDbObjectConverter implements Converter<Polygon, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject convert(Polygon source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			List<Point> points = source.getPoints();
+			List<DBObject> pointTuples = new ArrayList<DBObject>(points.size());
+
+			for (Point point : points) {
+				pointTuples.add(PointToDbObjectConverter.INSTANCE.convert(point));
+			}
+
+			DBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
+			result.put("points", pointTuples);
+			return result;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link BasicDBList} into a {@link org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Polygon}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	@ReadingConverter
+	public static enum DbObjectToPolygonConverter implements Converter<DBObject, Polygon> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings({ "deprecation", "unchecked" })
+		public Polygon convert(DBObject source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			List<DBObject> points = (List<DBObject>) source.get("points");
+			List<Point> newPoints = new ArrayList<Point>(points.size());
+
+			for (DBObject element : points) {
+
+				Assert.notNull(element, "Point elements of polygon must not be null!");
+				newPoints.add(DbObjectToPointConverter.INSTANCE.convert(element));
+			}
+
+			return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Polygon(newPoints);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts a {@link Sphere} into a {@link BasicDBList}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Thomas Darimont
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public static enum GeoCommandToDbObjectConverter implements Converter<GeoCommand, DBObject> {
+
+		INSTANCE;
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+		public DBObject convert(GeoCommand source) {
+
+			if (source == null) {
+				return null;
+			}
+
+			BasicDBList argument = new BasicDBList();
+
+			Shape shape = source.getShape();
+
+			if (shape instanceof Box) {
+
+				argument.add(toList(((Box) shape).getFirst()));
+				argument.add(toList(((Box) shape).getSecond()));
+
+			} else if (shape instanceof Circle) {
+
+				argument.add(toList(((Circle) shape).getCenter()));
+				argument.add(((Circle) shape).getRadius().getNormalizedValue());
+
+			} else if (shape instanceof org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle) {
+
+				argument.add(toList(((org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle) shape).getCenter()));
+				argument.add(((org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle) shape).getRadius());
+
+			} else if (shape instanceof Polygon) {
+
+				for (Point point : ((Polygon) shape).getPoints()) {
+					argument.add(toList(point));
+				}
+
+			} else if (shape instanceof Sphere) {
+
+				argument.add(toList(((Sphere) shape).getCenter()));
+				argument.add(((Sphere) shape).getRadius().getNormalizedValue());
+			}
+
+			return new BasicDBObject(source.getCommand(), argument);
+		}
+	}
+
+	static List<Double> toList(Point point) {
+		return Arrays.asList(point.getX(), point.getY());
+	}
+}

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

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.DefaultDbRefResolver.LazyLoadingInterceptor;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBRef;
+
+/**
+ * Allows direct interaction with the underlying {@link LazyLoadingInterceptor}.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public interface LazyLoadingProxy {
+
+	/**
+	 * Initializes the proxy and returns the wrapped value.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	Object initialize();
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the {@link DBRef} represented by this {@link LazyLoadingProxy}, may be null.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	DBRef toDBRef();
+}

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

@@ -29,10 +29,10 @@ import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware;
-import org.springframework.core.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionException;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.ConversionServiceFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.convert.CollectionFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.EntityInstantiator;
 import org.springframework.data.convert.TypeMapper;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Patrik Wasik
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements ApplicationContextAware {
 
@@ -81,7 +82,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 	protected final QueryMapper idMapper;
 	protected final DbRefResolver dbRefResolver;
 	protected ApplicationContext applicationContext;
-	protected boolean useFieldAccessOnly = true;
 	protected MongoTypeMapper typeMapper;
 	protected String mapKeyDotReplacement = null;
 
@@ -165,17 +165,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		return mappingContext;
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Configures whether to use field access only for entity mapping. Setting this to true will force the
-	 * {@link MongoConverter} to not go through getters or setters even if they are present for getting and setting
-	 * property values.
-	 * 
-	 * @param useFieldAccessOnly
-	 */
-	public void setUseFieldAccessOnly(boolean useFieldAccessOnly) {
-		this.useFieldAccessOnly = useFieldAccessOnly;
-	}
-
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.context.ApplicationContextAware#setApplicationContext(org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext)
@@ -253,7 +242,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		EntityInstantiator instantiator = instantiators.getInstantiatorFor(entity);
 		S instance = instantiator.createInstance(entity, provider);
 
-		final BeanWrapper<MongoPersistentEntity<S>, S> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(instance, conversionService);
+		final BeanWrapper<S> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(instance, conversionService);
 		final S result = wrapper.getBean();
 
 		// Set properties not already set in the constructor
@@ -265,7 +254,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 				}
 
 				Object obj = getValueInternal(prop, dbo, evaluator, result);
-				wrapper.setProperty(prop, obj, useFieldAccessOnly);
+				wrapper.setProperty(prop, obj);
 			}
 		});
 
@@ -273,9 +262,11 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		entity.doWithAssociations(new AssociationHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>() {
 			public void doWithAssociation(Association<MongoPersistentProperty> association) {
 
-				MongoPersistentProperty inverseProp = association.getInverse();
+				MongoPersistentProperty property = association.getInverse();
 
-				Object obj = dbRefResolver.resolveDbRef(inverseProp, new DbRefResolverCallback() {
+				Object value = dbo.get(property.getName());
+				DBRef dbref = value instanceof DBRef ? (DBRef) value : null;
+				Object obj = dbRefResolver.resolveDbRef(property, dbref, new DbRefResolverCallback() {
 
 					@Override
 					public Object resolve(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
@@ -283,7 +274,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 					}
 				});
 
-				wrapper.setProperty(inverseProp, obj);
+				wrapper.setProperty(property, obj);
 			}
 		});
 
@@ -303,7 +294,12 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			Assert.isTrue(annotation != null, "The referenced property has to be mapped with @DBRef!");
 		}
 
-		return createDBRef(object, annotation);
+		// @see DATAMONGO-913
+		if (object instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			return ((LazyLoadingProxy) object).toDBRef();
+		}
+
+		return createDBRef(object, referingProperty);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -374,15 +370,13 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			throw new MappingException("No mapping metadata found for entity of type " + obj.getClass().getName());
 		}
 
-		final BeanWrapper<MongoPersistentEntity<Object>, Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(obj, conversionService);
+		final BeanWrapper<Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(obj, conversionService);
 		final MongoPersistentProperty idProperty = entity.getIdProperty();
 
 		if (!dbo.containsField("_id") && null != idProperty) {
 
-			boolean fieldAccessOnly = idProperty.usePropertyAccess() ? false : useFieldAccessOnly;
-
 			try {
-				Object id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class, fieldAccessOnly);
+				Object id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class);
 				dbo.put("_id", idMapper.convertId(id));
 			} catch (ConversionException ignored) {}
 		}
@@ -395,11 +389,10 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 					return;
 				}
 
-				boolean fieldAccessOnly = prop.usePropertyAccess() ? false : useFieldAccessOnly;
-
-				Object propertyObj = wrapper.getProperty(prop, prop.getType(), fieldAccessOnly);
+				Object propertyObj = wrapper.getProperty(prop);
 
 				if (null != propertyObj) {
+
 					if (!conversions.isSimpleType(propertyObj.getClass())) {
 						writePropertyInternal(propertyObj, dbo, prop);
 					} else {
@@ -413,7 +406,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			public void doWithAssociation(Association<MongoPersistentProperty> association) {
 				MongoPersistentProperty inverseProp = association.getInverse();
 				Class<?> type = inverseProp.getType();
-				Object propertyObj = wrapper.getProperty(inverseProp, type, useFieldAccessOnly);
+				Object propertyObj = wrapper.getProperty(inverseProp, type);
 				if (null != propertyObj) {
 					writePropertyInternal(propertyObj, dbo, inverseProp);
 				}
@@ -446,13 +439,32 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		}
 
 		if (prop.isDbReference()) {
-			DBRef dbRefObj = createDBRef(obj, prop.getDBRef());
+
+			DBRef dbRefObj = null;
+
+			/*
+			 * If we already have a LazyLoadingProxy, we use it's cached DBRef value instead of 
+			 * unnecessarily initializing it only to convert it to a DBRef a few instructions later.
+			 */
+			if (obj instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+				dbRefObj = ((LazyLoadingProxy) obj).toDBRef();
+			}
+
+			dbRefObj = dbRefObj != null ? dbRefObj : createDBRef(obj, prop);
+
 			if (null != dbRefObj) {
 				accessor.put(prop, dbRefObj);
 				return;
 			}
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * If we have a LazyLoadingProxy we make sure it is initialized first.
+		 */
+		if (obj instanceof LazyLoadingProxy) {
+			obj = ((LazyLoadingProxy) obj).initialize();
+		}
+
 		// Lookup potential custom target type
 		Class<?> basicTargetType = conversions.getCustomWriteTarget(obj.getClass(), null);
 
@@ -515,7 +527,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			DBRef dbRef = createDBRef(element, property.getDBRef());
+			DBRef dbRef = createDBRef(element, property);
 			dbList.add(dbRef);
 		}
 
@@ -548,7 +560,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			if (conversions.isSimpleType(key.getClass())) {
 
 				String simpleKey = potentiallyEscapeMapKey(key.toString());
-				dbObject.put(simpleKey, value != null ? createDBRef(value, property.getDBRef()) : null);
+				dbObject.put(simpleKey, value != null ? createDBRef(value, property) : null);
 
 			} else {
 				throw new MappingException("Cannot use a complex object as a key value.");
@@ -741,7 +753,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		return target.isAssignableFrom(value.getClass()) ? value : conversionService.convert(value, target);
 	}
 
-	protected DBRef createDBRef(Object target, org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef dbref) {
+	protected DBRef createDBRef(Object target, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(target);
 
@@ -750,6 +762,7 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		}
 
 		MongoPersistentEntity<?> targetEntity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(target.getClass());
+		targetEntity = targetEntity == null ? targetEntity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(property) : targetEntity;
 
 		if (null == targetEntity) {
 			throw new MappingException("No mapping metadata found for " + target.getClass());
@@ -761,14 +774,21 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			throw new MappingException("No id property found on class " + targetEntity.getType());
 		}
 
-		BeanWrapper<MongoPersistentEntity<Object>, Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(target, conversionService);
-		Object id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class, useFieldAccessOnly);
+		Object id = null;
+
+		if (target.getClass().equals(idProperty.getType())) {
+			id = target;
+		} else {
+			BeanWrapper<Object> wrapper = BeanWrapper.create(target, conversionService);
+			id = wrapper.getProperty(idProperty, Object.class);
+		}
 
 		if (null == id) {
 			throw new MappingException("Cannot create a reference to an object with a NULL id.");
 		}
 
-		return dbRefResolver.createDbRef(dbref, targetEntity, idMapper.convertId(id));
+		return dbRefResolver.createDbRef(property == null ? null : property.getDBRef(), targetEntity,
+				idMapper.convertId(id));
 	}
 
 	protected Object getValueInternal(MongoPersistentProperty prop, DBObject dbo, SpELExpressionEvaluator eval,
@@ -785,7 +805,6 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 	 * @param sourceValue must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @return the converted {@link Collection} or array, will never be {@literal null}.
 	 */
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	private Object readCollectionOrArray(TypeInformation<?> targetType, BasicDBList sourceValue, Object parent) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(targetType);
@@ -796,13 +815,13 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleRead(new HashSet<Object>(), collectionType);
 		}
 
-		collectionType = Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(collectionType) ? collectionType : List.class;
-
-		Collection<Object> items = targetType.getType().isArray() ? new ArrayList<Object>() : CollectionFactory
-				.createCollection(collectionType, sourceValue.size());
 		TypeInformation<?> componentType = targetType.getComponentType();
 		Class<?> rawComponentType = componentType == null ? null : componentType.getType();
 
+		collectionType = Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(collectionType) ? collectionType : List.class;
+		Collection<Object> items = targetType.getType().isArray() ? new ArrayList<Object>() : CollectionFactory
+				.createCollection(collectionType, rawComponentType, sourceValue.size());
+
 		for (int i = 0; i < sourceValue.size(); i++) {
 
 			Object dbObjItem = sourceValue.get(i);
@@ -833,7 +852,14 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		Assert.notNull(dbObject);
 
 		Class<?> mapType = typeMapper.readType(dbObject, type).getType();
-		Map<Object, Object> map = CollectionFactory.createMap(mapType, dbObject.keySet().size());
+
+		TypeInformation<?> keyType = type.getComponentType();
+		Class<?> rawKeyType = keyType == null ? null : keyType.getType();
+
+		TypeInformation<?> valueType = type.getMapValueType();
+		Class<?> rawValueType = valueType == null ? null : valueType.getType();
+
+		Map<Object, Object> map = CollectionFactory.createMap(mapType, rawKeyType, dbObject.keySet().size());
 		Map<String, Object> sourceMap = dbObject.toMap();
 
 		for (Entry<String, Object> entry : sourceMap.entrySet()) {
@@ -843,15 +869,11 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 
 			Object key = potentiallyUnescapeMapKey(entry.getKey());
 
-			TypeInformation<?> keyTypeInformation = type.getComponentType();
-			if (keyTypeInformation != null) {
-				Class<?> keyType = keyTypeInformation.getType();
-				key = conversionService.convert(key, keyType);
+			if (rawKeyType != null) {
+				key = conversionService.convert(key, rawKeyType);
 			}
 
 			Object value = entry.getValue();
-			TypeInformation<?> valueType = type.getMapValueType();
-			Class<?> rawValueType = valueType == null ? null : valueType.getType();
 
 			if (value instanceof DBObject) {
 				map.put(key, read(valueType, (DBObject) value, parent));
@@ -902,15 +924,17 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 			return getPotentiallyConvertedSimpleWrite(obj);
 		}
 
+		TypeInformation<?> typeHint = typeInformation == null ? ClassTypeInformation.OBJECT : typeInformation;
+
 		if (obj instanceof BasicDBList) {
-			return maybeConvertList((BasicDBList) obj);
+			return maybeConvertList((BasicDBList) obj, typeHint);
 		}
 
 		if (obj instanceof DBObject) {
 			DBObject newValueDbo = new BasicDBObject();
 			for (String vk : ((DBObject) obj).keySet()) {
 				Object o = ((DBObject) obj).get(vk);
-				newValueDbo.put(vk, convertToMongoType(o));
+				newValueDbo.put(vk, convertToMongoType(o, typeHint));
 			}
 			return newValueDbo;
 		}
@@ -918,17 +942,17 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		if (obj instanceof Map) {
 			DBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
 			for (Map.Entry<Object, Object> entry : ((Map<Object, Object>) obj).entrySet()) {
-				result.put(entry.getKey().toString(), convertToMongoType(entry.getValue()));
+				result.put(entry.getKey().toString(), convertToMongoType(entry.getValue(), typeHint));
 			}
 			return result;
 		}
 
 		if (obj.getClass().isArray()) {
-			return maybeConvertList(Arrays.asList((Object[]) obj));
+			return maybeConvertList(Arrays.asList((Object[]) obj), typeHint);
 		}
 
 		if (obj instanceof Collection) {
-			return maybeConvertList((Collection<?>) obj);
+			return maybeConvertList((Collection<?>) obj, typeHint);
 		}
 
 		DBObject newDbo = new BasicDBObject();
@@ -941,11 +965,13 @@ public class MappingMongoConverter extends AbstractMongoConverter implements App
 		return !obj.getClass().equals(typeInformation.getType()) ? newDbo : removeTypeInfoRecursively(newDbo);
 	}
 
-	public BasicDBList maybeConvertList(Iterable<?> source) {
+	public BasicDBList maybeConvertList(Iterable<?> source, TypeInformation<?> typeInformation) {
+
 		BasicDBList newDbl = new BasicDBList();
 		for (Object element : source) {
-			newDbl.add(convertToMongoType(element));
+			newDbl.add(convertToMongoType(element, typeInformation));
 		}
+
 		return newDbl;
 	}
 

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011-2012 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.
@@ -33,15 +33,14 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * Wrapper class to contain useful converters for the usage with Mongo.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 abstract class MongoConverters {
 
 	/**
 	 * Private constructor to prevent instantiation.
 	 */
-	private MongoConverters() {
-
-	}
+	private MongoConverters() {}
 
 	/**
 	 * Simple singleton to convert {@link ObjectId}s to their {@link String} representation.

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

@@ -17,18 +17,23 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 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.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyPath;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyReferenceException;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentPropertyPath;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
 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;
@@ -47,6 +52,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBRef;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Patryk Wasik
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class QueryMapper {
 
@@ -105,21 +111,36 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			}
 
 			Field field = createPropertyField(entity, key, mappingContext);
+			Entry<String, Object> entry = getMappedObjectForField(field, query.get(key));
 
-			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));
-			}
+			result.put(entry.getKey(), entry.getValue());
 		}
 
 		return result;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Extracts the mapped object value for given field out of rawValue taking nested {@link Keyword}s into account
+	 * 
+	 * @param field
+	 * @param rawValue
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected Entry<String, Object> getMappedObjectForField(Field field, Object rawValue) {
+
+		String key = field.getMappedKey();
+		Object value;
+
+		if (isNestedKeyword(rawValue) && !field.isIdField()) {
+			Keyword keyword = new Keyword((DBObject) rawValue);
+			value = getMappedKeyword(field, keyword);
+		} else {
+			value = getMappedValue(field, rawValue);
+		}
+
+		return createMapEntry(key, value);
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * @param entity
 	 * @param key
@@ -138,7 +159,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param entity
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Keyword keyword, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+	protected DBObject getMappedKeyword(Keyword keyword, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
 
 		// $or/$nor
 		if (keyword.isOrOrNor() || keyword.hasIterableValue()) {
@@ -147,7 +168,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			BasicDBList newConditions = new BasicDBList();
 
 			for (Object condition : conditions) {
-				newConditions.add(condition instanceof DBObject ? getMappedObject((DBObject) condition, entity)
+				newConditions.add(isDBObject(condition) ? getMappedObject((DBObject) condition, entity)
 						: convertSimpleOrDBObject(condition, entity));
 			}
 
@@ -164,13 +185,13 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param keyword
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private DBObject getMappedKeyword(Field property, Keyword keyword) {
+	protected DBObject getMappedKeyword(Field property, Keyword keyword) {
 
 		boolean needsAssociationConversion = property.isAssociation() && !keyword.isExists();
 		Object value = keyword.getValue();
 
-		Object convertedValue = needsAssociationConversion ? convertAssociation(value, property.getProperty())
-				: getMappedValue(property.with(keyword.getKey()), value);
+		Object convertedValue = needsAssociationConversion ? convertAssociation(value, property) : getMappedValue(
+				property.with(keyword.getKey()), value);
 
 		return new BasicDBObject(keyword.key, convertedValue);
 	}
@@ -184,11 +205,11 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param newKey the key the value will be bound to eventually
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private Object getMappedValue(Field documentField, Object value) {
+	protected Object getMappedValue(Field documentField, Object value) {
 
 		if (documentField.isIdField()) {
 
-			if (value instanceof DBObject) {
+			if (isDBObject(value)) {
 				DBObject valueDbo = (DBObject) value;
 				DBObject resultDbo = new BasicDBObject(valueDbo.toMap());
 
@@ -217,7 +238,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		}
 
 		if (isAssociationConversionNecessary(documentField, value)) {
-			return convertAssociation(value, documentField.getProperty());
+			return convertAssociation(value, documentField);
 		}
 
 		return convertSimpleOrDBObject(value, documentField.getPropertyEntity());
@@ -229,13 +250,31 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * 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 documentField must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param value
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private boolean isAssociationConversionNecessary(Field documentField, Object value) {
-		return documentField.isAssociation() && value != null
-				&& documentField.getProperty().getActualType().isAssignableFrom(value.getClass());
+	protected boolean isAssociationConversionNecessary(Field documentField, Object value) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(documentField, "Document field must not be null!");
+
+		if (value == null) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		if (!documentField.isAssociation()) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		Class<? extends Object> type = value.getClass();
+		MongoPersistentProperty property = documentField.getProperty();
+
+		if (property.getActualType().isAssignableFrom(type)) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = documentField.getPropertyEntity();
+		return entity.hasIdProperty() && entity.getIdProperty().getActualType().isAssignableFrom(type);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -245,13 +284,13 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param entity
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private Object convertSimpleOrDBObject(Object source, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+	protected Object convertSimpleOrDBObject(Object source, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
 
 		if (source instanceof BasicDBList) {
 			return delegateConvertToMongoType(source, entity);
 		}
 
-		if (source instanceof DBObject) {
+		if (isDBObject(source)) {
 			return getMappedObject((DBObject) source, entity);
 		}
 
@@ -267,7 +306,11 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @return the converted mongo type or null if source is null
 	 */
 	protected Object delegateConvertToMongoType(Object source, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
-		return converter.convertToMongoType(source);
+		return converter.convertToMongoType(source, entity == null ? null : entity.getTypeInformation());
+	}
+
+	protected Object convertAssociation(Object source, Field field) {
+		return convertAssociation(source, field.getProperty());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -277,17 +320,16 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * @param property
 	 * @return
 	 */
-	private Object convertAssociation(Object source, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+	protected Object convertAssociation(Object source, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
 
-		if (property == null || !property.isAssociation() || source == null || source instanceof DBRef
-				|| !property.isEntity()) {
+		if (property == null || source == null || source instanceof DBRef || source instanceof DBObject) {
 			return source;
 		}
 
 		if (source instanceof Iterable) {
 			BasicDBList result = new BasicDBList();
 			for (Object element : (Iterable<?>) source) {
-				result.add(element instanceof DBRef ? element : converter.toDBRef(element, property));
+				result.add(createDbRefFor(element, property));
 			}
 			return result;
 		}
@@ -296,12 +338,54 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			BasicDBObject result = new BasicDBObject();
 			DBObject dbObject = (DBObject) source;
 			for (String key : dbObject.keySet()) {
-				Object o = dbObject.get(key);
-				result.put(key, o instanceof DBRef ? o : converter.toDBRef(o, property));
+				result.put(key, createDbRefFor(dbObject.get(key), property));
 			}
 			return result;
 		}
 
+		return createDbRefFor(source, property);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Checks whether the given value is a {@link DBObject}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected final boolean isDBObject(Object value) {
+		return value instanceof DBObject;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Entry} for the given {@link Field} with the given value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param field must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param value can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected final Entry<String, Object> createMapEntry(Field field, Object value) {
+		return createMapEntry(field.getMappedKey(), value);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Entry} with the given key and value.
+	 * 
+	 * @param key must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+	 * @param value can be {@literal null}
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private Entry<String, Object> createMapEntry(String key, Object value) {
+
+		Assert.hasText(key, "Key must not be null or empty!");
+		return Collections.singletonMap(key, value).entrySet().iterator().next();
+	}
+
+	private DBRef createDbRefFor(Object source, MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+		if (source instanceof DBRef) {
+			return (DBRef) source;
+		}
+
 		return converter.toDBRef(source, property);
 	}
 
@@ -360,7 +444,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
-	private static class Keyword {
+	static class Keyword {
 
 		private static final String N_OR_PATTERN = "\\$.*or";
 
@@ -450,7 +534,9 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		}
 
 		/**
-		 * Returns the underlying {@link MongoPersistentProperty} backing the field.
+		 * Returns the underlying {@link MongoPersistentProperty} backing the field. For path traversals this will be the
+		 * property that represents the value to handle. This means it'll be the leaf property for plain paths or the
+		 * association property in case we refer to an association somewhere in the path.
 		 * 
 		 * @return
 		 */
@@ -484,6 +570,19 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		public String getMappedKey() {
 			return isIdField() ? ID_KEY : name;
 		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Returns whether the field references an association in case it refers to a nested field.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public boolean containsAssociation() {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		public Association<MongoPersistentProperty> getAssociation() {
+			return null;
+		}
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -494,10 +593,13 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 	 */
 	protected static class MetadataBackedField extends Field {
 
+		private static final String INVALID_ASSOCIATION_REFERENCE = "Invalid path reference %s! Associations can only be pointed to directly or via their id property!";
+
 		private final MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity;
 		private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
 		private final MongoPersistentProperty property;
 		private final PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> path;
+		private final Association<MongoPersistentProperty> association;
 
 		/**
 		 * Creates a new {@link MetadataBackedField} with the given name, {@link MongoPersistentEntity} and
@@ -509,6 +611,21 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		 */
 		public MetadataBackedField(String name, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity,
 				MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> context) {
+			this(name, entity, context, null);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Creates a new {@link MetadataBackedField} with the given name, {@link MongoPersistentEntity} and
+		 * {@link MappingContext} with the given {@link MongoPersistentProperty}.
+		 * 
+		 * @param name must not be {@literal null} or empty.
+		 * @param entity must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param context must not be {@literal null}.
+		 * @param property may be {@literal null}.
+		 */
+		public MetadataBackedField(String name, MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity,
+				MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> context,
+				MongoPersistentProperty property) {
 
 			super(name);
 
@@ -518,7 +635,8 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			this.mappingContext = context;
 
 			this.path = getPath(name);
-			this.property = path == null ? null : path.getLeafProperty();
+			this.property = path == null ? property : path.getLeafProperty();
+			this.association = findAssociation();
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -527,7 +645,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public MetadataBackedField with(String name) {
-			return new MetadataBackedField(name, entity, mappingContext);
+			return new MetadataBackedField(name, entity, mappingContext, property);
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -552,7 +670,7 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public MongoPersistentProperty getProperty() {
-			return property;
+			return association == null ? property : association.getInverse();
 		}
 
 		/* 
@@ -571,9 +689,34 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public boolean isAssociation() {
+			return association != null;
+		}
 
-			MongoPersistentProperty property = getProperty();
-			return property == null ? false : property.isAssociation();
+		/* 
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field#getAssociation()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public Association<MongoPersistentProperty> getAssociation() {
+			return association;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Finds the association property in the {@link PersistentPropertyPath}.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		private final Association<MongoPersistentProperty> findAssociation() {
+
+			if (this.path != null) {
+				for (MongoPersistentProperty p : this.path) {
+					if (p.isAssociation()) {
+						return p.getAssociation();
+					}
+				}
+			}
+
+			return null;
 		}
 
 		/*
@@ -585,6 +728,10 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 			return path == null ? name : path.toDotPath(getPropertyConverter());
 		}
 
+		protected PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> getPath() {
+			return path;
+		}
+
 		/**
 		 * Returns the {@link PersistentPropertyPath} for the given <code>pathExpression</code>.
 		 * 
@@ -594,8 +741,28 @@ public class QueryMapper {
 		private PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> getPath(String pathExpression) {
 
 			try {
+
 				PropertyPath path = PropertyPath.from(pathExpression, entity.getTypeInformation());
-				return mappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(path);
+				PersistentPropertyPath<MongoPersistentProperty> propertyPath = mappingContext.getPersistentPropertyPath(path);
+
+				Iterator<MongoPersistentProperty> iterator = propertyPath.iterator();
+				boolean associationDetected = false;
+
+				while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+
+					MongoPersistentProperty property = iterator.next();
+
+					if (property.isAssociation()) {
+						associationDetected = true;
+						continue;
+					}
+
+					if (associationDetected && !property.isIdProperty()) {
+						throw new MappingException(String.format(INVALID_ASSOCIATION_REFERENCE, pathExpression));
+					}
+				}
+
+				return propertyPath;
 			} catch (PropertyReferenceException e) {
 				return null;
 			}

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

@@ -17,23 +17,33 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
 
 import org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 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.data.mongodb.core.query.Query;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Update.Modifier;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Update.Modifiers;
+import org.springframework.data.util.ClassTypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
 /**
  * A subclass of {@link QueryMapper} that retains type information on the mongo types.
  * 
  * @author Thomas Darimont
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class UpdateMapper extends QueryMapper {
 
-	private final MongoWriter<?> converter;
+	private final MongoConverter converter;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link UpdateMapper} using the given {@link MongoConverter}.
@@ -59,6 +69,75 @@ public class UpdateMapper extends QueryMapper {
 				entity.getTypeInformation());
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper#getMappedObjectForField(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected Entry<String, Object> getMappedObjectForField(Field field, Object rawValue) {
+
+		if (isDBObject(rawValue)) {
+			return createMapEntry(field, convertSimpleOrDBObject(rawValue, field.getPropertyEntity()));
+		}
+
+		if (isQuery(rawValue)) {
+			return createMapEntry(field,
+					super.getMappedObject(((Query) rawValue).getQueryObject(), field.getPropertyEntity()));
+		}
+
+		if (isUpdateModifier(rawValue)) {
+			return getMappedUpdateModifier(field, rawValue);
+		}
+
+		return super.getMappedObjectForField(field, getMappedValue(field, rawValue));
+	}
+
+	private Entry<String, Object> getMappedUpdateModifier(Field field, Object rawValue) {
+		Object value = null;
+
+		if (rawValue instanceof Modifier) {
+
+			value = getMappedValue((Modifier) rawValue);
+
+		} else if (rawValue instanceof Modifiers) {
+
+			DBObject modificationOperations = new BasicDBObject();
+
+			for (Modifier modifier : ((Modifiers) rawValue).getModifiers()) {
+				modificationOperations.putAll(getMappedValue(modifier).toMap());
+			}
+
+			value = modificationOperations;
+		} else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format("Unable to map value of type '%s'!", rawValue.getClass()));
+		}
+
+		return createMapEntry(field, value);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper#isAssociationConversionNecessary(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.Field, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isAssociationConversionNecessary(Field documentField, Object value) {
+		return super.isAssociationConversionNecessary(documentField, value) || documentField.containsAssociation();
+	}
+
+	private boolean isUpdateModifier(Object value) {
+		return value instanceof Modifier || value instanceof Modifiers;
+	}
+
+	private boolean isQuery(Object value) {
+		return value instanceof Query;
+	}
+
+	private DBObject getMappedValue(Modifier modifier) {
+
+		Object value = converter.convertToMongoType(modifier.getValue(), ClassTypeInformation.OBJECT);
+		return new BasicDBObject(modifier.getKey(), value);
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (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)
@@ -100,13 +179,62 @@ public class UpdateMapper extends QueryMapper {
 			this.key = key;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.MetadataBackedField#getMappedKey()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public String getMappedKey() {
+			return this.getPath() == null ? key : super.getMappedKey();
+		}
+
 		/* 
 		 * (non-Javadoc)
 		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.QueryMapper.MetadataBackedField#getPropertyConverter()
 		 */
 		@Override
 		protected Converter<MongoPersistentProperty, String> getPropertyConverter() {
-			return new UpdatePropertyConverter(key);
+			return isAssociation() ? new AssociationConverter(getAssociation()) : new UpdatePropertyConverter(key);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Converter to skip all properties after an association property was rendered.
+		 * 
+		 * @author Oliver Gierke
+		 */
+		private static class AssociationConverter implements Converter<MongoPersistentProperty, String> {
+
+			private final MongoPersistentProperty property;
+			private boolean associationFound;
+
+			/**
+			 * Creates a new {@link AssociationConverter} for the given {@link Association}.
+			 * 
+			 * @param association must not be {@literal null}.
+			 */
+			public AssociationConverter(Association<MongoPersistentProperty> association) {
+
+				Assert.notNull(association, "Association must not be null!");
+				this.property = association.getInverse();
+			}
+
+			/* 
+			 * (non-Javadoc)
+			 * @see org.springframework.core.convert.converter.Converter#convert(java.lang.Object)
+			 */
+			@Override
+			public String convert(MongoPersistentProperty source) {
+
+				if (associationFound) {
+					return null;
+				}
+
+				if (property.equals(source)) {
+					associationFound = true;
+				}
+
+				return source.getFieldName();
+			}
 		}
 
 		/**

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 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.
@@ -16,44 +16,31 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 
 /**
- * Represents a geospatial box value
+ * Represents a geospatial box value.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Box}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  * @author Mark Pollack
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class Box implements Shape {
+@Deprecated
+public class Box extends org.springframework.data.geo.Box implements Shape {
 
-	@Field(order = 10)
-	private final Point first;
-	@Field(order = 20)
-	private final Point second;
+	public static final String COMMAND = "$box";
 
 	public Box(Point lowerLeft, Point upperRight) {
-		Assert.notNull(lowerLeft);
-		Assert.notNull(upperRight);
-		this.first = lowerLeft;
-		this.second = upperRight;
+		super(lowerLeft, upperRight);
 	}
 
 	public Box(double[] lowerLeft, double[] upperRight) {
-		Assert.isTrue(lowerLeft.length == 2, "Point array has to have 2 elements!");
-		Assert.isTrue(upperRight.length == 2, "Point array has to have 2 elements!");
-		this.first = new Point(lowerLeft[0], lowerLeft[1]);
-		this.second = new Point(upperRight[0], upperRight[1]);
-	}
-
-	public Point getLowerLeft() {
-		return first;
-	}
-
-	public Point getUpperRight() {
-		return second;
+		super(lowerLeft, upperRight);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -61,46 +48,28 @@ public class Box implements Shape {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#asList()
 	 */
 	public List<? extends Object> asList() {
+
 		List<List<Double>> list = new ArrayList<List<Double>>();
-		list.add(getLowerLeft().asList());
-		list.add(getUpperRight().asList());
+
+		list.add(Arrays.asList(getFirst().getX(), getFirst().getY()));
+		list.add(Arrays.asList(getSecond().getX(), getSecond().getY()));
+
 		return list;
 	}
 
+	public org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point getLowerLeft() {
+		return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point(getFirst());
+	}
+
+	public org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point getUpperRight() {
+		return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point(getSecond());
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#getCommand()
 	 */
 	public String getCommand() {
-		return "$box";
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return String.format("Box [%s, %s]", first, second);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-
-		int result = 31;
-		result += 17 * first.hashCode();
-		result += 17 * second.hashCode();
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-		if (this == obj) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (obj == null) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		Box that = (Box) obj;
-		return this.first.equals(that.first) && this.second.equals(that.second);
+		return COMMAND;
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 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.
@@ -16,19 +16,32 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
- * Represents a geospatial circle value
+ * Represents a geospatial circle value.
+ * <p>
+ * Note: We deliberately do not extend org.springframework.data.geo.Circle because introducing it's distance concept
+ * would break the clients that use the old Circle API.
  * 
  * @author Mark Pollack
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Circle}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  */
+@Deprecated
 public class Circle implements Shape {
 
+	public static final String COMMAND = "$center";
+
 	private final Point center;
 	private final double radius;
 
@@ -49,7 +62,8 @@ public class Circle implements Shape {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link Circle} from the given coordinates and radius.
+	 * Creates a new {@link Circle} from the given coordinates and radius as {@link Distance} with a
+	 * {@link Metrics#NEUTRAL}.
 	 * 
 	 * @param centerX
 	 * @param centerY
@@ -82,9 +96,11 @@ public class Circle implements Shape {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#asList()
 	 */
 	public List<Object> asList() {
+
 		List<Object> result = new ArrayList<Object>();
-		result.add(getCenter().asList());
+		result.add(Arrays.asList(getCenter().getX(), getCenter().getY()));
 		result.add(getRadius());
+
 		return result;
 	}
 
@@ -93,7 +109,7 @@ public class Circle implements Shape {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#getCommand()
 	 */
 	public String getCommand() {
-		return "$center";
+		return COMMAND;
 	}
 
 	/*

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 /**
  * Value object to create custom {@link Metric}s on the fly.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Metric}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class CustomMetric implements Metric {
-
-	private final double multiplier;
+@Deprecated
+public class CustomMetric extends org.springframework.data.geo.CustomMetric implements Metric {
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a custom {@link Metric} using the given multiplier.
@@ -30,14 +32,6 @@ public class CustomMetric implements Metric {
 	 * @param multiplier
 	 */
 	public CustomMetric(double multiplier) {
-		this.multiplier = multiplier;
-	}
-
-	/* 
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Metric#getMultiplier()
-	 */
-	public double getMultiplier() {
-		return multiplier;
+		super(multiplier);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 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.
@@ -15,17 +15,19 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
-import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metric;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics;
 
 /**
  * Value object to represent distances in a given metric.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Distance}. This class is scheduled to
+ *             be removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class Distance {
-
-	private final double value;
-	private final Metric metric;
+@Deprecated
+public class Distance extends org.springframework.data.geo.Distance {
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link Distance}.
@@ -36,110 +38,7 @@ public class Distance {
 		this(value, Metrics.NEUTRAL);
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link Distance} with the given {@link Metric}.
-	 * 
-	 * @param value
-	 * @param metric
-	 */
 	public Distance(double value, Metric metric) {
-		this.value = value;
-		this.metric = metric == null ? Metrics.NEUTRAL : metric;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return the value
-	 */
-	public double getValue() {
-		return value;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the normalized value regarding the underlying {@link Metric}.
-	 * 
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	public double getNormalizedValue() {
-		return value / metric.getMultiplier();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * @return the metric
-	 */
-	public Metric getMetric() {
-		return metric;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Adds the given distance to the current one. The resulting {@link Distance} will be in the same metric as the
-	 * current one.
-	 * 
-	 * @param other
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	public Distance add(Distance other) {
-		double newNormalizedValue = getNormalizedValue() + other.getNormalizedValue();
-		return new Distance(newNormalizedValue * metric.getMultiplier(), metric);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Adds the given {@link Distance} to the current one and forces the result to be in a given {@link Metric}.
-	 * 
-	 * @param other
-	 * @param metric
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	public Distance add(Distance other, Metric metric) {
-		double newLeft = getNormalizedValue() * metric.getMultiplier();
-		double newRight = other.getNormalizedValue() * metric.getMultiplier();
-		return new Distance(newLeft + newRight, metric);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-
-		if (this == obj) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		if (obj == null || !getClass().equals(obj.getClass())) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		Distance that = (Distance) obj;
-
-		return this.value == that.value && ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.metric, that.metric);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		int result = 17;
-		result += 31 * Double.doubleToLongBits(value);
-		result += 31 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(metric);
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-
-		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-		builder.append(value);
-
-		if (metric != Metrics.NEUTRAL) {
-			builder.append(" ").append(metric.toString());
-		}
-
-		return builder.toString();
+		super(value, metric);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -16,19 +16,21 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Page;
-import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 
 /**
  * Custom {@link Page} to carry the average distance retrieved from the {@link GeoResults} the {@link GeoPage} is set up
  * from.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.GeoPage}. This class is scheduled to
+ *             be removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class GeoPage<T> extends PageImpl<GeoResult<T>> {
+@Deprecated
+public class GeoPage<T> extends org.springframework.data.geo.GeoPage<T> {
 
 	private static final long serialVersionUID = 23421312312412L;
-	private final Distance averageDistance;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link GeoPage} from the given {@link GeoResults}.
@@ -36,8 +38,7 @@ public class GeoPage<T> extends PageImpl<GeoResult<T>> {
 	 * @param content must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public GeoPage(GeoResults<T> results) {
-		super(results.getContent());
-		this.averageDistance = results.getAverageDistance();
+		super(results);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -48,16 +49,6 @@ public class GeoPage<T> extends PageImpl<GeoResult<T>> {
 	 * @param total
 	 */
 	public GeoPage(GeoResults<T> results, Pageable pageable, long total) {
-		super(results.getContent(), pageable, total);
-		this.averageDistance = results.getAverageDistance();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the average distance of the underlying results.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the averageDistance
-	 */
-	public Distance getAverageDistance() {
-		return averageDistance;
+		super(results, pageable, total);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -15,17 +15,16 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-
 /**
  * Calue object capturing some arbitrary object plus a distance.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult}. This class is scheduled to
+ *             be removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class GeoResult<T> {
-
-	private final T content;
-	private final Distance distance;
+@Deprecated
+public class GeoResult<T> extends org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult<T> {
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link GeoResult} for the given content and distance.
@@ -34,69 +33,6 @@ public class GeoResult<T> {
 	 * @param distance must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public GeoResult(T content, Distance distance) {
-		Assert.notNull(content);
-		Assert.notNull(distance);
-		this.content = content;
-		this.distance = distance;
+		super(content, distance);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the actual content object.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the content
-	 */
-	public T getContent() {
-		return content;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the distance the actual content object has from the origin.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the distance
-	 */
-	public Distance getDistance() {
-		return distance;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-
-		if (this == obj) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		if (obj == null || !getClass().equals(obj.getClass())) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		GeoResult<?> that = (GeoResult<?>) obj;
-
-		return this.content.equals(that.content) && this.distance.equals(that.distance);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-
-		int result = 17;
-		result += 31 * distance.hashCode();
-		result += 31 * content.hashCode();
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return String.format("GeoResult [content: %s, distance: %s, ]", content.toString(), distance.toString());
-	}
-}
+}

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -15,23 +15,23 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
-import java.util.Collections;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metric;
 
 /**
  * Value object to capture {@link GeoResult}s as well as the average distance they have.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResults}. This class is scheduled
+ *             to be removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class GeoResults<T> implements Iterable<GeoResult<T>> {
-
-	private final List<GeoResult<T>> results;
-	private final Distance averageDistance;
+@Deprecated
+public class GeoResults<T> extends org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResults<T> {
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link GeoResults} instance manually calculating the average distance from the distance values of the
@@ -39,12 +39,12 @@ public class GeoResults<T> implements Iterable<GeoResult<T>> {
 	 * 
 	 * @param results must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
-	public GeoResults(List<GeoResult<T>> results) {
-		this(results, (Metric) null);
+	public GeoResults(List<? extends GeoResult<T>> results) {
+		super(results);
 	}
 
-	public GeoResults(List<GeoResult<T>> results, Metric metric) {
-		this(results, calculateAverageDistance(results, metric));
+	public GeoResults(List<? extends GeoResult<T>> results, Metric metric) {
+		super(results, metric);
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -54,92 +54,7 @@ public class GeoResults<T> implements Iterable<GeoResult<T>> {
 	 * @param averageDistance
 	 */
 	@PersistenceConstructor
-	public GeoResults(List<GeoResult<T>> results, Distance averageDistance) {
-		Assert.notNull(results);
-		this.results = results;
-		this.averageDistance = averageDistance;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the average distance of all {@link GeoResult}s in this list.
-	 * 
-	 * @return the averageDistance
-	 */
-	public Distance getAverageDistance() {
-		return averageDistance;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Iterable#iterator()
-	 */
-	public Iterator<GeoResult<T>> iterator() {
-		return results.iterator();
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the actual
-	 * 
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	public List<GeoResult<T>> getContent() {
-		return Collections.unmodifiableList(results);
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-
-		if (this == obj) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		if (obj == null || !getClass().equals(obj.getClass())) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		GeoResults<?> that = (GeoResults<?>) obj;
-
-		return this.results.equals(that.results) && this.averageDistance == that.averageDistance;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		int result = 17;
-		result += 31 * results.hashCode();
-		result += 31 * averageDistance.hashCode();
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return String.format("GeoResults: [averageDistance: %s, results: %s]", averageDistance.toString(),
-				StringUtils.collectionToCommaDelimitedString(results));
-	}
-
-	private static Distance calculateAverageDistance(List<? extends GeoResult<?>> results, Metric metric) {
-
-		if (results.isEmpty()) {
-			return new Distance(0, metric);
-		}
-
-		double averageDistance = 0;
-
-		for (GeoResult<?> result : results) {
-			averageDistance += result.getDistance().getValue();
-		}
-
-		return new Distance(averageDistance / results.size(), metric);
+	public GeoResults(List<? extends GeoResult<T>> results, Distance averageDistance) {
+		super(results, averageDistance);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,16 +1,27 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *			http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
 /**
  * Interface for {@link Metric}s that can be applied to a base scale.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Metric}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public interface Metric {
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the multiplier to calculate metrics values from a base scale.
-	 * 
-	 * @return
-	 */
-	double getMultiplier();
-}
+@Deprecated
+public interface Metric extends org.springframework.data.geo.Metric {}

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

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *			http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.NearQuery;
@@ -5,11 +20,17 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.NearQuery;
 /**
  * Commonly used {@link Metrics} for {@link NearQuery}s.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics}. This class is scheduled to
+ *             be removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
+@Deprecated
 public enum Metrics implements Metric {
 
-	KILOMETERS(6378.137), MILES(3963.191), NEUTRAL(1);
+	KILOMETERS(org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics.KILOMETERS.getMultiplier()), //
+	MILES(org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics.MILES.getMultiplier()), //
+	NEUTRAL(org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics.NEUTRAL.getMultiplier()); //
 
 	private final double multiplier;
 
@@ -24,4 +45,4 @@ public enum Metrics implements Metric {
 	public double getMultiplier() {
 		return multiplier;
 	}
-}
+}

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 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.
@@ -19,85 +19,37 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * Represents a geospatial point value.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Point}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  * @author Mark Pollack
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class Point {
-
-	@Field(order = 10)
-	private final double x;
-	@Field(order = 20)
-	private final double y;
+@Deprecated
+public class Point extends org.springframework.data.geo.Point {
 
 	@PersistenceConstructor
 	public Point(double x, double y) {
-		this.x = x;
-		this.y = y;
+		super(x, y);
 	}
 
-	public Point(Point point) {
-		Assert.notNull(point);
-		this.x = point.x;
-		this.y = point.y;
-	}
-
-	public double getX() {
-		return x;
-	}
-
-	public double getY() {
-		return y;
+	public Point(org.springframework.data.geo.Point point) {
+		super(point);
 	}
 
 	public double[] asArray() {
-		return new double[] { x, y };
+		return new double[] { getX(), getY() };
 	}
 
 	public List<Double> asList() {
-		return Arrays.asList(x, y);
+		return asList(this);
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		final int prime = 31;
-		int result = 1;
-		long temp;
-		temp = Double.doubleToLongBits(x);
-		result = prime * result + (int) (temp ^ (temp >>> 32));
-		temp = Double.doubleToLongBits(y);
-		result = prime * result + (int) (temp ^ (temp >>> 32));
-		return result;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-		if (this == obj) {
-			return true;
-		}
-		if (obj == null) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (getClass() != obj.getClass()) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		Point other = (Point) obj;
-		if (Double.doubleToLongBits(x) != Double.doubleToLongBits(other.x)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		if (Double.doubleToLongBits(y) != Double.doubleToLongBits(other.y)) {
-			return false;
-		}
-		return true;
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public String toString() {
-		return String.format("Point [latitude=%f, longitude=%f]", x, y);
+	public static List<Double> asList(org.springframework.data.geo.Point point) {
+		return Arrays.asList(point.getX(), point.getY());
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -17,19 +17,22 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
-import java.util.Iterator;
 import java.util.List;
 
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 
 /**
  * Simple value object to represent a {@link Polygon}.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Point}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public class Polygon implements Shape, Iterable<Point> {
+@Deprecated
+public class Polygon extends org.springframework.data.geo.Polygon implements Shape {
 
-	private final List<Point> points;
+	public static final String COMMAND = "$polygon";
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates a new {@link Polygon} for the given Points.
@@ -39,31 +42,17 @@ public class Polygon implements Shape, Iterable<Point> {
 	 * @param z
 	 * @param others
 	 */
-	public Polygon(Point x, Point y, Point z, Point... others) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(x);
-		Assert.notNull(y);
-		Assert.notNull(z);
-		Assert.notNull(others);
-
-		this.points = new ArrayList<Point>(3 + others.length);
-		this.points.addAll(Arrays.asList(x, y, z));
-		this.points.addAll(Arrays.asList(others));
+	public <P extends Point> Polygon(P x, P y, P z, P... others) {
+		super(x, y, z, others);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#asList()
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link Polygon} for the given Points.
+	 * 
+	 * @param points
 	 */
-	public List<List<Double>> asList() {
-
-		List<List<Double>> result = new ArrayList<List<Double>>();
-
-		for (Point point : points) {
-			result.add(point.asList());
-		}
-
-		return result;
+	public <P extends Point> Polygon(List<P> points) {
+		super(points);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -71,43 +60,33 @@ public class Polygon implements Shape, Iterable<Point> {
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#getCommand()
 	 */
 	public String getCommand() {
-		return "$polygon";
+		return COMMAND;
 	}
 
-	/*
+	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Iterable#iterator()
-	 */
-	public Iterator<Point> iterator() {
-		return this.points.iterator();
-	}
-
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#asList()
 	 */
 	@Override
-	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
-
-		if (this == obj) {
-			return true;
-		}
-
-		if (obj == null || !getClass().equals(obj.getClass())) {
-			return false;
-		}
-
-		Polygon that = (Polygon) obj;
-
-		return this.points.equals(that.points);
+	public List<? extends Object> asList() {
+		return asList(this);
 	}
 
-	/*
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+	/**
+	 * Returns a {@link List} of x,y-coordinate tuples of {@link Point}s from the given {@link Polygon}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param polygon
+	 * @return
 	 */
-	@Override
-	public int hashCode() {
-		return points.hashCode();
+	public static List<? extends Object> asList(org.springframework.data.geo.Polygon polygon) {
+
+		List<Point> points = polygon.getPoints();
+		List<List<Double>> tuples = new ArrayList<List<Double>>(points.size());
+
+		for (Point point : points) {
+			tuples.add(Arrays.asList(point.getX(), point.getY()));
+		}
+
+		return tuples;
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -20,9 +20,13 @@ import java.util.List;
 /**
  * Common interface for all shapes. Allows building MongoDB representations of them.
  * 
+ * @deprecated As of release 1.5, replaced by {@link org.springframework.data.geo.Shape}. This class is scheduled to be
+ *             removed in the next major release.
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
-public interface Shape {
+@Deprecated
+public interface Shape extends org.springframework.data.geo.Shape {
 
 	/**
 	 * Returns the {@link Shape} as a list of usually {@link Double} or {@link List}s of {@link Double}s. Wildcard bound

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

@@ -0,0 +1,161 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo;
+
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.PersistenceConstructor;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Circle;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a geospatial sphere value.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+public class Sphere implements Shape {
+
+	public static final String COMMAND = "$centerSphere";
+	private final Point center;
+	private final Distance radius;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a Sphere around the given center {@link Point} with the given radius.
+	 * 
+	 * @param center must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param radius must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	@PersistenceConstructor
+	public Sphere(Point center, Distance radius) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(center);
+		Assert.notNull(radius);
+		Assert.isTrue(radius.getValue() >= 0, "Radius must not be negative!");
+
+		this.center = center;
+		this.radius = radius;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a Sphere around the given center {@link Point} with the given radius.
+	 * 
+	 * @param center
+	 * @param radius
+	 */
+	public Sphere(Point center, double radius) {
+		this(center, new Distance(radius));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a Sphere from the given {@link Circle}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param circle
+	 */
+	public Sphere(Circle circle) {
+		this(circle.getCenter(), circle.getRadius());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a Sphere from the given {@link Circle}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param circle
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public Sphere(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle circle) {
+		this(circle.getCenter(), circle.getRadius());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the center of the {@link Circle}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return will never be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point getCenter() {
+		return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point(this.center);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the radius of the {@link Circle}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Distance getRadius() {
+		return radius;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#toString()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		return String.format("Sphere [center=%s, radius=%s]", center, radius);
+	}
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#equals(java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+
+		if (this == obj) {
+			return true;
+		}
+
+		if (obj == null || !(obj instanceof Sphere)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+
+		Sphere that = (Sphere) obj;
+
+		return this.center.equals(that.center) && this.radius.equals(that.radius);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see java.lang.Object#hashCode()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		int result = 17;
+		result += 31 * center.hashCode();
+		result += 31 * radius.hashCode();
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#asList()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<? extends Object> asList() {
+		return Arrays.asList(Arrays.asList(center.getX(), center.getY()), this.radius.getValue());
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape#getCommand()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getCommand() {
+		return COMMAND;
+	}
+}

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

@@ -1,3 +1,18 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *			http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.
+ */
 /**
  * Support for MongoDB geo-spatial queries.
  */

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

@@ -51,10 +51,24 @@ public @interface CompoundIndex {
 	@Deprecated
 	IndexDirection direction() default IndexDirection.ASCENDING;
 
+	/**
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-unique/
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean unique() default false;
 
+	/**
+	 * If set to true index will skip over any document that is missing the indexed field.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-sparse/
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean sparse() default false;
 
+	/**
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-creation/#index-creation-duplicate-dropping
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean dropDups() default false;
 
 	/**
@@ -64,6 +78,15 @@ public @interface CompoundIndex {
 	 */
 	String name() default "";
 
+	/**
+	 * If set to {@literal true} then MongoDB will ignore the given index name and instead generate a new name. Defaults
+	 * to {@literal false}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	boolean useGeneratedName() default false;
+
 	/**
 	 * The collection the index will be created in. Will default to the collection the annotated domain class will be
 	 * stored in.

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

@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+
+/**
+ * Index definition to span multiple keys.
+ * 
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class CompoundIndexDefinition extends Index {
+
+	private DBObject keys;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link CompoundIndexDefinition} for the given keys.
+	 * 
+	 * @param keys must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public CompoundIndexDefinition(DBObject keys) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(keys, "Keys must not be null!");
+		this.keys = keys;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.Index#getIndexKeys()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public DBObject getIndexKeys() {
+
+		BasicDBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
+		dbo.putAll(this.keys);
+		dbo.putAll(super.getIndexKeys());
+		return dbo;
+	}
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/GeoSpatialIndexed.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.
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * 
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Laurent Canet
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 @Target(ElementType.FIELD)
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
@@ -37,6 +38,15 @@ public @interface GeoSpatialIndexed {
 	 */
 	String name() default "";
 
+	/**
+	 * If set to {@literal true} then MongoDB will ignore the given index name and instead generate a new name. Defaults
+	 * to {@literal false}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	boolean useGeneratedName() default false;
+
 	/**
 	 * Name of the collection in which to create the index.
 	 * 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/GeospatialIndex.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.
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * @author Jon Brisbin
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Laurent Canet
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class GeospatialIndex implements IndexDefinition {
 
@@ -57,8 +58,6 @@ public class GeospatialIndex implements IndexDefinition {
 	 */
 	public GeospatialIndex named(String name) {
 
-		Assert.hasText(name, "Name must have text!");
-
 		this.name = name;
 		return this;
 	}
@@ -151,12 +150,12 @@ public class GeospatialIndex implements IndexDefinition {
 
 	public DBObject getIndexOptions() {
 
-		if (name == null && min == null && max == null && bucketSize == null) {
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(name) && min == null && max == null && bucketSize == null) {
 			return null;
 		}
 
 		DBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
-		if (name != null) {
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
 			dbo.put("name", name);
 		}
 
@@ -186,6 +185,7 @@ public class GeospatialIndex implements IndexDefinition {
 				}
 				break;
 		}
+
 		return dbo;
 	}
 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Index.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.
@@ -17,13 +17,20 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
 
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort.Direction;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Order;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 
+/**
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ */
 @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 
@@ -41,8 +48,11 @@ public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 
 	private boolean sparse = false;
 
-	public Index() {
-	}
+	private boolean background = false;
+
+	private long expire = -1;
+
+	public Index() {}
 
 	public Index(String key, Direction direction) {
 		fieldSpec.put(key, direction);
@@ -83,16 +93,71 @@ public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Reject all documents that contain a duplicate value for the indexed field.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-unique/
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Index unique() {
 		this.unique = true;
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Skip over any document that is missing the indexed field.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-sparse/
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Index sparse() {
 		this.sparse = true;
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Build the index in background (non blocking).
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public Index background() {
+
+		this.background = true;
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies TTL in seconds.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public Index expire(long value) {
+		return expire(value, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Specifies TTL with given {@link TimeUnit}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param value
+	 * @param unit
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public Index expire(long value, TimeUnit unit) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(unit, "TimeUnit for expiration must not be null.");
+		this.expire = unit.toSeconds(value);
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-creation/#index-creation-duplicate-dropping
+	 * @param duplicates
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Index unique(Duplicates duplicates) {
 		if (duplicates == Duplicates.DROP) {
 			this.dropDuplicates = true;
@@ -109,11 +174,9 @@ public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 	}
 
 	public DBObject getIndexOptions() {
-		if (name == null && !unique) {
-			return null;
-		}
+
 		DBObject dbo = new BasicDBObject();
-		if (name != null) {
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
 			dbo.put("name", name);
 		}
 		if (unique) {
@@ -125,6 +188,13 @@ public class Index implements IndexDefinition {
 		if (sparse) {
 			dbo.put("sparse", true);
 		}
+		if (background) {
+			dbo.put("background", true);
+		}
+		if (expire >= 0) {
+			dbo.put("expireAfterSeconds", expire);
+		}
+
 		return dbo;
 	}
 

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright (c) 2011-2014 by the original author(s).
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
 
 /**
  * @author Jon Brisbin <jbrisbin@vmware.com>
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public interface IndexDefinition {
 
 	DBObject getIndexKeys();
 
 	DBObject getIndexOptions();
-
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
+
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.IndexDefinitionHolder;
+
+/**
+ * {@link IndexResolver} finds those {@link IndexDefinition}s to be created for a given class.
+ * 
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+interface IndexResolver {
+
+	/**
+	 * Find and create {@link IndexDefinition}s for properties of given {@code type}. {@link IndexDefinition}s are created
+	 * for properties and types with {@link Indexed}, {@link CompoundIndexes} or {@link GeoSpatialIndexed}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type
+	 * @return Empty {@link Iterable} in case no {@link IndexDefinition} could be resolved for type.
+	 */
+	Iterable<? extends IndexDefinitionHolder> resolveIndexForClass(Class<?> type);
+
+}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/index/Indexed.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.
@@ -27,21 +27,57 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
  * @author Johno Crawford
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 @Target(ElementType.FIELD)
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 public @interface Indexed {
 
+	/**
+	 * If set to true reject all documents that contain a duplicate value for the indexed field.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-unique/
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean unique() default false;
 
 	IndexDirection direction() default IndexDirection.ASCENDING;
 
+	/**
+	 * If set to true index will skip over any document that is missing the indexed field.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-sparse/
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean sparse() default false;
 
+	/**
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/core/index-creation/#index-creation-duplicate-dropping
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	boolean dropDups() default false;
 
+	/**
+	 * Index name.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	String name() default "";
 
+	/**
+	 * If set to {@literal true} then MongoDB will ignore the given index name and instead generate a new name. Defaults
+	 * to {@literal false}.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	boolean useGeneratedName() default false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Colleciton name for index to be created on.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	String collection() default "";
 
 	/**

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

@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
 
-import java.lang.reflect.Field;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
 
@@ -23,19 +22,15 @@ import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.PersistentEntity;
-import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContextEvent;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.IndexDefinitionHolder;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-
-import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
-import com.mongodb.DBObject;
-import com.mongodb.util.JSON;
 
 /**
  * Component that inspects {@link MongoPersistentEntity} instances contained in the given {@link MongoMappingContext}
@@ -46,6 +41,7 @@ import com.mongodb.util.JSON;
  * @author Philipp Schneider
  * @author Johno Crawford
  * @author Laurent Canet
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 		ApplicationListener<MappingContextEvent<MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty>> {
@@ -55,21 +51,37 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 	private final Map<Class<?>, Boolean> classesSeen = new ConcurrentHashMap<Class<?>, Boolean>();
 	private final MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory;
 	private final MongoMappingContext mappingContext;
+	private final IndexResolver indexResolver;
 
 	/**
 	 * Creats a new {@link MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator} for the given {@link MongoMappingContext} and
 	 * {@link MongoDbFactory}.
 	 * 
-	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}
-	 * @param mongoDbFactory must not be {@literal null}
+	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param mongoDbFactory must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
 	public MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator(MongoMappingContext mappingContext, MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory) {
+		this(mappingContext, mongoDbFactory, new MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver(mappingContext));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creats a new {@link MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator} for the given {@link MongoMappingContext} and
+	 * {@link MongoDbFactory}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param mongoDbFactory must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param indexResolver must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator(MongoMappingContext mappingContext, MongoDbFactory mongoDbFactory,
+			IndexResolver indexResolver) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(mongoDbFactory);
 		Assert.notNull(mappingContext);
+		Assert.notNull(indexResolver);
 
 		this.mongoDbFactory = mongoDbFactory;
 		this.mappingContext = mappingContext;
+		this.indexResolver = indexResolver;
 
 		for (MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity : mappingContext.getPersistentEntities()) {
 			checkForIndexes(entity);
@@ -94,89 +106,36 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected void checkForIndexes(final MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
-		final Class<?> type = entity.getType();
+	private void checkForIndexes(final MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+
+		Class<?> type = entity.getType();
+
 		if (!classesSeen.containsKey(type)) {
+
+			this.classesSeen.put(type, Boolean.TRUE);
+
 			if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
 				LOGGER.debug("Analyzing class " + type + " for index information.");
 			}
 
-			// Make sure indexes get created
-			if (type.isAnnotationPresent(CompoundIndexes.class)) {
-				CompoundIndexes indexes = type.getAnnotation(CompoundIndexes.class);
-				for (CompoundIndex index : indexes.value()) {
-
-					String indexColl = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : entity.getCollection();
-					DBObject definition = (DBObject) JSON.parse(index.def());
-
-					ensureIndex(indexColl, index.name(), definition, index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse(),
-							index.background(), index.expireAfterSeconds());
-
-					if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-						LOGGER.debug("Created compound index " + index);
-					}
-				}
-			}
-
-			entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>() {
-				public void doWithPersistentProperty(MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
-
-					Field field = persistentProperty.getField();
-
-					if (field.isAnnotationPresent(Indexed.class)) {
-
-						Indexed index = field.getAnnotation(Indexed.class);
-						String name = index.name();
-
-						if (!StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
-							name = persistentProperty.getFieldName();
-						} else {
-							if (!name.equals(field.getName()) && index.unique() && !index.sparse()) {
-								// Names don't match, and sparse is not true. This situation will generate an error on the server.
-								if (LOGGER.isWarnEnabled()) {
-									LOGGER.warn("The index name " + name + " doesn't match this property name: " + field.getName()
-											+ ". Setting sparse=true on this index will prevent errors when inserting documents.");
-								}
-							}
-						}
-
-						String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : entity.getCollection();
-						int direction = index.direction() == IndexDirection.ASCENDING ? 1 : -1;
-						DBObject definition = new BasicDBObject(persistentProperty.getFieldName(), direction);
-
-						ensureIndex(collection, name, definition, index.unique(), index.dropDups(), index.sparse(),
-								index.background(), index.expireAfterSeconds());
-
-						if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-							LOGGER.debug("Created property index " + index);
-						}
-
-					} else if (field.isAnnotationPresent(GeoSpatialIndexed.class)) {
-
-						GeoSpatialIndexed index = field.getAnnotation(GeoSpatialIndexed.class);
-
-						GeospatialIndex indexObject = new GeospatialIndex(persistentProperty.getFieldName());
-						indexObject.withMin(index.min()).withMax(index.max());
-						indexObject.named(StringUtils.hasText(index.name()) ? index.name() : field.getName());
-						indexObject.typed(index.type()).withBucketSize(index.bucketSize())
-								.withAdditionalField(index.additionalField());
-
-						String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : entity.getCollection();
-						mongoDbFactory.getDb().getCollection(collection)
-								.ensureIndex(indexObject.getIndexKeys(), indexObject.getIndexOptions());
-
-						if (LOGGER.isDebugEnabled()) {
-							LOGGER.debug(String.format("Created %s for entity %s in collection %s! ", indexObject, entity.getType(),
-									collection));
-						}
-					}
-				}
-			});
-
-			classesSeen.put(type, true);
+			checkForAndCreateIndexes(entity);
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void checkForAndCreateIndexes(MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity) {
+
+		if (entity.findAnnotation(Document.class) != null) {
+			for (IndexDefinitionHolder indexToCreate : indexResolver.resolveIndexForClass(entity.getType())) {
+				createIndex(indexToCreate);
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void createIndex(IndexDefinitionHolder indexDefinition) {
+		mongoDbFactory.getDb().getCollection(indexDefinition.getCollection())
+				.createIndex(indexDefinition.getIndexKeys(), indexDefinition.getIndexOptions());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Returns whether the current index creator was registered for the given {@link MappingContext}.
 	 * 
@@ -186,33 +145,4 @@ public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexCreator implements
 	public boolean isIndexCreatorFor(MappingContext<?, ?> context) {
 		return this.mappingContext.equals(context);
 	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Triggers the actual index creation.
-	 * 
-	 * @param collection the collection to create the index in
-	 * @param name the name of the index about to be created
-	 * @param indexDefinition the index definition
-	 * @param unique whether it shall be a unique index
-	 * @param dropDups whether to drop duplicates
-	 * @param sparse sparse or not
-	 * @param background whether the index will be created in the background
-	 * @param expireAfterSeconds the time to live for documents in the collection
-	 */
-	protected void ensureIndex(String collection, String name, DBObject indexDefinition, boolean unique,
-			boolean dropDups, boolean sparse, boolean background, int expireAfterSeconds) {
-
-		DBObject opts = new BasicDBObject();
-		opts.put("name", name);
-		opts.put("dropDups", dropDups);
-		opts.put("sparse", sparse);
-		opts.put("unique", unique);
-		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/MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,344 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.PropertyHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.Index.Duplicates;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Document;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+import com.mongodb.DBObject;
+import com.mongodb.util.JSON;
+
+/**
+ * {@link IndexResolver} implementation inspecting {@link MongoPersistentEntity} for {@link MongoPersistentEntity} to be
+ * indexed. <br />
+ * All {@link MongoPersistentProperty} of the {@link MongoPersistentEntity} are inspected for potential indexes by
+ * scanning related annotations.
+ * 
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver implements IndexResolver {
+
+	private final MongoMappingContext mappingContext;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create new {@link MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param mappingContext must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver(MongoMappingContext mappingContext) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(mappingContext, "Mapping context must not be null in order to resolve index definitions");
+		this.mappingContext = mappingContext;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexResolver#resolveIndexForClass(java.lang.Class)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public List<IndexDefinitionHolder> resolveIndexForClass(Class<?> type) {
+		return resolveIndexForEntity(mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(type));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the {@link IndexDefinition}s for given {@literal root} entity by traversing {@link MongoPersistentProperty}
+	 * scanning for index annotations {@link Indexed}, {@link CompoundIndex} and {@link GeospatialIndex}. The given
+	 * {@literal root} has therefore to be annotated with {@link Document}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param root must not be null.
+	 * @return List of {@link IndexDefinitionHolder}. Will never be {@code null}.
+	 * @throws IllegalArgumentException in case of missing {@link Document} annotation marking root entities.
+	 */
+	public List<IndexDefinitionHolder> resolveIndexForEntity(final MongoPersistentEntity<?> root) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(root, "Index cannot be resolved for given 'null' entity.");
+		Document document = root.findAnnotation(Document.class);
+		Assert.notNull(document, "Given entity is not collection root.");
+
+		final List<IndexDefinitionHolder> indexInformation = new ArrayList<MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.IndexDefinitionHolder>();
+		indexInformation.addAll(potentiallyCreateCompoundIndexDefinitions("", root.getCollection(), root.getType()));
+
+		root.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void doWithPersistentProperty(MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+
+				if (persistentProperty.isEntity()) {
+					indexInformation.addAll(resolveIndexForClass(persistentProperty.getActualType(),
+							persistentProperty.getFieldName(), root.getCollection()));
+				}
+
+				IndexDefinitionHolder indexDefinitionHolder = createIndexDefinitionHolderForProperty(
+						persistentProperty.getFieldName(), root.getCollection(), persistentProperty);
+				if (indexDefinitionHolder != null) {
+					indexInformation.add(indexDefinitionHolder);
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
+		return indexInformation;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Recursively resolve and inspect properties of given {@literal type} for indexes to be created.
+	 * 
+	 * @param type
+	 * @param path The {@literal "dot} path.
+	 * @param collection
+	 * @return List of {@link IndexDefinitionHolder} representing indexes for given type and its referenced property
+	 *         types. Will never be {@code null}.
+	 */
+	private List<IndexDefinitionHolder> resolveIndexForClass(Class<?> type, final String path, final String collection) {
+
+		final List<IndexDefinitionHolder> indexInformation = new ArrayList<MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.IndexDefinitionHolder>();
+		indexInformation.addAll(potentiallyCreateCompoundIndexDefinitions(path, collection, type));
+
+		MongoPersistentEntity<?> entity = mappingContext.getPersistentEntity(type);
+		entity.doWithProperties(new PropertyHandler<MongoPersistentProperty>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void doWithPersistentProperty(MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+
+				String propertyDotPath = (StringUtils.hasText(path) ? path + "." : "") + persistentProperty.getFieldName();
+
+				if (persistentProperty.isEntity()) {
+					indexInformation.addAll(resolveIndexForClass(persistentProperty.getActualType(), propertyDotPath, collection));
+				}
+
+				IndexDefinitionHolder indexDefinitionHolder = createIndexDefinitionHolderForProperty(propertyDotPath,
+						collection, persistentProperty);
+				if (indexDefinitionHolder != null) {
+					indexInformation.add(indexDefinitionHolder);
+				}
+			}
+		});
+
+		return indexInformation;
+	}
+
+	private IndexDefinitionHolder createIndexDefinitionHolderForProperty(String dotPath, String collection,
+			MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+
+		if (persistentProperty.isAnnotationPresent(Indexed.class)) {
+			return createIndexDefinition(dotPath, collection, persistentProperty);
+		} else if (persistentProperty.isAnnotationPresent(GeoSpatialIndexed.class)) {
+			return createGeoSpatialIndexDefinition(dotPath, collection, persistentProperty);
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	private List<IndexDefinitionHolder> potentiallyCreateCompoundIndexDefinitions(String dotPath, String collection,
+			Class<?> type) {
+
+		if (AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(type, CompoundIndexes.class) == null) {
+			return Collections.emptyList();
+		}
+
+		return createCompoundIndexDefinitions(dotPath, collection, type);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create {@link IndexDefinition} wrapped in {@link IndexDefinitionHolder} for {@link CompoundIndexes} of given type.
+	 * 
+	 * @param dotPath The properties {@literal "dot"} path representation from its document root.
+	 * @param fallbackCollection
+	 * @param type
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected List<IndexDefinitionHolder> createCompoundIndexDefinitions(String dotPath, String fallbackCollection,
+			Class<?> type) {
+
+		CompoundIndexes indexes = AnnotationUtils.findAnnotation(type, CompoundIndexes.class);
+		List<IndexDefinitionHolder> indexDefinitions = new ArrayList<MongoPersistentEntityIndexResolver.IndexDefinitionHolder>(
+				indexes.value().length);
+
+		for (CompoundIndex index : indexes.value()) {
+
+			String path = StringUtils.hasText(index.name()) ? index.name() : dotPath;
+			String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : fallbackCollection;
+
+			CompoundIndexDefinition indexDefinition = new CompoundIndexDefinition((DBObject) JSON.parse(index.def()));
+			if (!index.useGeneratedName()) {
+				indexDefinition.named(index.name());
+			}
+			if (index.unique()) {
+				indexDefinition.unique(index.dropDups() ? Duplicates.DROP : Duplicates.RETAIN);
+			}
+			if (index.sparse()) {
+				indexDefinition.sparse();
+			}
+			if (index.background()) {
+				indexDefinition.background();
+			}
+			if (index.expireAfterSeconds() >= 0) {
+				indexDefinition.expire(index.expireAfterSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+			}
+
+			indexDefinitions.add(new IndexDefinitionHolder(path, indexDefinition, collection));
+		}
+
+		return indexDefinitions;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates {@link IndexDefinition} wrapped in {@link IndexDefinitionHolder} out of {@link Indexed} for given
+	 * {@link MongoPersistentProperty}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param dotPath The properties {@literal "dot"} path representation from its document root.
+	 * @param collection
+	 * @param persitentProperty
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected IndexDefinitionHolder createIndexDefinition(String dotPath, String fallbackCollection,
+			MongoPersistentProperty persitentProperty) {
+
+		Indexed index = persitentProperty.findAnnotation(Indexed.class);
+		String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : fallbackCollection;
+
+		Index indexDefinition = new Index();
+
+		if (!index.useGeneratedName()) {
+			indexDefinition.named(StringUtils.hasText(index.name()) ? index.name() : persitentProperty.getFieldName());
+		}
+
+		indexDefinition.on(persitentProperty.getFieldName(),
+				IndexDirection.ASCENDING.equals(index.direction()) ? Sort.Direction.ASC : Sort.Direction.DESC);
+
+		if (index.unique()) {
+			indexDefinition.unique(index.dropDups() ? Duplicates.DROP : Duplicates.RETAIN);
+		}
+		if (index.sparse()) {
+			indexDefinition.sparse();
+		}
+		if (index.background()) {
+			indexDefinition.background();
+		}
+		if (index.expireAfterSeconds() >= 0) {
+			indexDefinition.expire(index.expireAfterSeconds(), TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+		}
+
+		return new IndexDefinitionHolder(dotPath, indexDefinition, collection);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates {@link IndexDefinition} wrapped in {@link IndexDefinitionHolder} out of {@link GeoSpatialIndexed} for
+	 * {@link MongoPersistentProperty}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param dotPath The properties {@literal "dot"} path representation from its document root.
+	 * @param collection
+	 * @param persistentProperty
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected IndexDefinitionHolder createGeoSpatialIndexDefinition(String dotPath, String fallbackCollection,
+			MongoPersistentProperty persistentProperty) {
+
+		GeoSpatialIndexed index = persistentProperty.findAnnotation(GeoSpatialIndexed.class);
+		String collection = StringUtils.hasText(index.collection()) ? index.collection() : fallbackCollection;
+
+		GeospatialIndex indexDefinition = new GeospatialIndex(dotPath);
+		indexDefinition.withBits(index.bits());
+		indexDefinition.withMin(index.min()).withMax(index.max());
+
+		if (!index.useGeneratedName()) {
+			indexDefinition.named(StringUtils.hasText(index.name()) ? index.name() : persistentProperty.getName());
+		}
+
+		indexDefinition.typed(index.type()).withBucketSize(index.bucketSize()).withAdditionalField(index.additionalField());
+
+		return new IndexDefinitionHolder(dotPath, indexDefinition, collection);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implementation of {@link IndexDefinition} holding additional (property)path information used for creating the
+	 * index. The path itself is the properties {@literal "dot"} path representation from its root document.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Christoph Strobl
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public static class IndexDefinitionHolder implements IndexDefinition {
+
+		private String path;
+		private IndexDefinition indexDefinition;
+		private String collection;
+
+		/**
+		 * Create
+		 * 
+		 * @param path
+		 */
+		public IndexDefinitionHolder(String path, IndexDefinition definition, String collection) {
+
+			this.path = path;
+			this.indexDefinition = definition;
+			this.collection = collection;
+		}
+
+		public String getCollection() {
+			return collection;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Get the {@liteal "dot"} path used to create the index.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public String getPath() {
+			return path;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Get the {@literal raw} {@link IndexDefinition}.
+		 * 
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public IndexDefinition getIndexDefinition() {
+			return indexDefinition;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexDefinition#getIndexKeys()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject getIndexKeys() {
+			return indexDefinition.getIndexKeys();
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.index.IndexDefinition#getIndexOptions()
+		 */
+		@Override
+		public DBObject getIndexOptions() {
+			return indexDefinition.getIndexOptions();
+		}
+	}
+}

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

@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ import org.springframework.data.mapping.Association;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.AnnotationBasedPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingException;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.model.SimpleTypeHolder;
-import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
@@ -50,17 +49,14 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	private static final Set<Class<?>> SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES = new HashSet<Class<?>>();
 	private static final Set<String> SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES = new HashSet<String>();
 
-	private static final Field CAUSE_FIELD;
-
 	static {
+
 		SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES.add(ObjectId.class);
 		SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES.add(String.class);
 		SUPPORTED_ID_TYPES.add(BigInteger.class);
 
 		SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.add("id");
 		SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.add("_id");
-
-		CAUSE_FIELD = ReflectionUtils.findField(Throwable.class, "cause");
 	}
 
 	private final FieldNamingStrategy fieldNamingStrategy;
@@ -86,14 +82,6 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mapping.FooBasicPersistentProperty#isAssociation()
-	 */
-	@Override
-	public boolean isAssociation() {
-		return field.isAnnotationPresent(DBRef.class) || super.isAssociation();
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Also considers fields as id that are of supported id type and name.
 	 * 
@@ -108,7 +96,7 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 		}
 
 		// We need to support a wider range of ID types than just the ones that can be converted to an ObjectId
-		return SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.contains(field.getName());
+		return SUPPORTED_ID_PROPERTY_NAMES.contains(getName());
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -163,8 +151,7 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getFieldOrder()
 	 */
 	public int getFieldOrder() {
-		org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field annotation = getField().getAnnotation(
-				org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field.class);
+		org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field annotation = findAnnotation(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.Field.class);
 		return annotation != null ? annotation.order() : Integer.MAX_VALUE;
 	}
 
@@ -182,7 +169,7 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#isDbReference()
 	 */
 	public boolean isDbReference() {
-		return getField().isAnnotationPresent(DBRef.class);
+		return isAnnotationPresent(DBRef.class);
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -190,14 +177,6 @@ public class BasicMongoPersistentProperty extends AnnotationBasedPersistentPrope
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#getDBRef()
 	 */
 	public DBRef getDBRef() {
-		return getField().getAnnotation(DBRef.class);
-	}
-
-	/* 
-	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty#usePropertyAccess()
-	 */
-	public boolean usePropertyAccess() {
-		return CAUSE_FIELD.equals(getField());
+		return findAnnotation(DBRef.class);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -15,8 +15,6 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;
 
-import java.util.Locale;
-
 /**
  * {@link FieldNamingStrategy} that abbreviates field names by using the very first letter of the camel case parts of
  * the {@link MongoPersistentProperty}'s name.
@@ -24,23 +22,18 @@ import java.util.Locale;
  * @since 1.3
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
-public class CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy implements FieldNamingStrategy {
+public class CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy extends CamelCaseSplittingFieldNamingStrategy {
 
-	private static final String CAMEL_CASE_PATTERN = "(?<!(^|[A-Z]))(?=[A-Z])|(?<!^)(?=[A-Z][a-z])";
+	public CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy() {
+		super("");
+	}
 
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
-	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy#getFieldName(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.CamelCaseSplittingFieldNamingStrategy#preparePart(java.lang.String)
 	 */
-	public String getFieldName(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
-
-		String[] parts = property.getName().split(CAMEL_CASE_PATTERN);
-		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
-
-		for (String part : parts) {
-			builder.append(part.substring(0, 1).toLowerCase(Locale.US));
-		}
-
-		return builder.toString();
+	@Override
+	protected String preparePart(String part) {
+		return part.substring(0, 1);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.data.util.ParsingUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Configurable {@link FieldNamingStrategy} that splits up camel-case property names and reconcatenates them using a
+ * configured delimiter. Individual parts of the name can be manipulated using {@link #preparePart(String)}.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class CamelCaseSplittingFieldNamingStrategy implements FieldNamingStrategy {
+
+	private final String delimiter;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link CamelCaseSplittingFieldNamingStrategy}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param delimiter must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public CamelCaseSplittingFieldNamingStrategy(String delimiter) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(delimiter, "Delimiter must not be null!");
+		this.delimiter = delimiter;
+	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy#getFieldName(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public String getFieldName(MongoPersistentProperty property) {
+
+		List<String> parts = ParsingUtils.splitCamelCaseToLower(property.getName());
+		List<String> result = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+		for (String part : parts) {
+
+			String candidate = preparePart(part);
+
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(candidate)) {
+				result.add(candidate);
+			}
+		}
+
+		return StringUtils.collectionToDelimitedString(result, delimiter);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Callback to prepare the uncapitalized part obtained from the split up of the camel case source. Default
+	 * implementation returns the part as is.
+	 * 
+	 * @param part
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	protected String preparePart(String part) {
+		return part;
+	}
+}

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

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping;
  * @see DocumentField
  * @see PropertyNameFieldNamingStrategy
  * @see CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy
+ * @see SnakeCaseFieldNamingStrategy
  * @since 1.3
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  */

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

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+/*
+ * 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.mapping;
+
+/**
+ * {@link FieldNamingStrategy} that translates typical camel case Java property names to lower case JSON element names,
+ * separated by underscores.
+ * 
+ * @since 1.5
+ * @author Ryan Tenney
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class SnakeCaseFieldNamingStrategy extends CamelCaseSplittingFieldNamingStrategy {
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link SnakeCaseFieldNamingStrategy}.
+	 */
+	public SnakeCaseFieldNamingStrategy() {
+		super("_");
+	}
+}

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

@@ -126,13 +126,13 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoEventListener<E> implements ApplicationListen
 
 	public void onAfterDelete(DBObject dbo) {
 		if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			LOG.debug("onAfterConvert({})", dbo);
+			LOG.debug("onAfterDelete({})", dbo);
 		}
 	}
 
 	public void onBeforeDelete(DBObject dbo) {
 		if (LOG.isDebugEnabled()) {
-			LOG.debug("onAfterConvert({})", dbo);
+			LOG.debug("onBeforeDelete({})", dbo);
 		}
 	}
 }

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

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.ObjectFactory;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.data.auditing.AuditingHandler;
 import org.springframework.data.auditing.IsNewAwareAuditingHandler;
@@ -25,20 +26,22 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * Event listener to populate auditing related fields on an entity about to be saved.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
  */
 public class AuditingEventListener implements ApplicationListener<BeforeConvertEvent<Object>> {
 
-	private final IsNewAwareAuditingHandler auditingHandler;
+	private final ObjectFactory<IsNewAwareAuditingHandler> auditingHandlerFactory;
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link AuditingEventListener} using the given {@link MappingContext} and {@link AuditingHandler}.
+	 * Creates a new {@link AuditingEventListener} using the given {@link MappingContext} and {@link AuditingHandler}
+	 * provided by the given {@link ObjectFactory}.
 	 * 
-	 * @param auditingHandler must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param auditingHandlerFactory must not be {@literal null}.
 	 */
-	public AuditingEventListener(IsNewAwareAuditingHandler auditingHandler) {
+	public AuditingEventListener(ObjectFactory<IsNewAwareAuditingHandler> auditingHandlerFactory) {
 
-		Assert.notNull(auditingHandler, "IsNewAwareAuditingHandler must not be null!");
-		this.auditingHandler = auditingHandler;
+		Assert.notNull(auditingHandlerFactory, "IsNewAwareAuditingHandler must not be null!");
+		this.auditingHandlerFactory = auditingHandlerFactory;
 	}
 
 	/* 
@@ -48,6 +51,6 @@ public class AuditingEventListener implements ApplicationListener<BeforeConvertE
 	public void onApplicationEvent(BeforeConvertEvent<Object> event) {
 
 		Object entity = event.getSource();
-		auditingHandler.markAudited(entity);
+		auditingHandlerFactory.getObject().markAudited(entity);
 	}
 }

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

@@ -25,10 +25,11 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import org.bson.BSON;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Circle;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Shape;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.InvalidMongoDbApiUsageException;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Sphere;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
 
@@ -43,6 +44,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * @author Thomas Risberg
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 
@@ -117,8 +119,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $ne operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $ne} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/ne/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -128,8 +131,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $lt operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $lt} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/lt/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -139,8 +143,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $lte operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $lte} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/lte/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -150,8 +155,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $gt operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $gt} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/gt/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -161,8 +167,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $gte operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $gte} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/gte/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -172,8 +179,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $in operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $in} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/in/
 	 * @param o the values to match against
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -187,8 +195,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $in operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $in} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/in/
 	 * @param c the collection containing the values to match against
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -198,8 +207,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $nin operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $nin} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/nin/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -207,14 +217,22 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 		return nin(Arrays.asList(o));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $nin} operator.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/nin/
+	 * @param o
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Criteria nin(Collection<?> o) {
 		criteria.put("$nin", o);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $mod operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $mod} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/mod/
 	 * @param value
 	 * @param remainder
 	 * @return
@@ -228,8 +246,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $all operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $all} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/all/
 	 * @param o
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -237,14 +256,22 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 		return all(Arrays.asList(o));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $all} operator.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/all/
+	 * @param o
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Criteria all(Collection<?> o) {
 		criteria.put("$all", o);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $size operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $size} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/size/
 	 * @param s
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -254,8 +281,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $exists operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $exists} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/exists/
 	 * @param b
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -265,8 +293,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $type operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $type} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/type/
 	 * @param t
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -276,22 +305,31 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $not meta operator which affects the clause directly following
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $not} meta operator which affects the clause directly following
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/not/
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public Criteria not() {
 		return not(null);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $not} operator.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/not/
+	 * @param value
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	private Criteria not(Object value) {
 		criteria.put("$not", value);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using a $regex
+	 * Creates a criterion using a {@literal $regex} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/regex/
 	 * @param re
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -300,8 +338,10 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using a $regex and $options
+	 * Creates a criterion using a {@literal $regex} and {@literal $options} operator.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/regex/
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/regex/#op._S_options
 	 * @param re
 	 * @param options
 	 * @return
@@ -334,51 +374,79 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a $within $center operation. This is only available for Mongo 1.7 and higher.
+	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a {@literal $within $centerSphere} operation. This is only available for Mongo
+	 * 1.7 and higher.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/geoWithin/
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/centerSphere/
 	 * @param circle must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public Criteria withinSphere(Circle circle) {
 		Assert.notNull(circle);
-		criteria.put("$within", new BasicDBObject("$centerSphere", circle.asList()));
-		return this;
-	}
-
-	public Criteria within(Shape shape) {
-
-		Assert.notNull(shape);
-		criteria.put("$within", new BasicDBObject(shape.getCommand(), shape.asList()));
+		criteria.put("$within", new GeoCommand(new Sphere(circle)));
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a $near operation
+	 * @see Criteria#withinSphere(Circle)
+	 * @param circle
+	 * @return
+	 * @deprecated As of 1.5, Use {@link #withinSphere(Circle)}. This method is scheduled to be removed in the next major
+	 *             release.
+	 */
+	@Deprecated
+	public Criteria withinSphere(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle circle) {
+		Assert.notNull(circle);
+		criteria.put("$within", new GeoCommand(new Sphere(circle)));
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a {@literal $within} operation.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/geoWithin/
+	 * @param shape
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public Criteria within(Shape shape) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(shape);
+		criteria.put("$within", new GeoCommand(shape));
+		return this;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a {@literal $near} operation.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/near/
 	 * @param point must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public Criteria near(Point point) {
 		Assert.notNull(point);
-		criteria.put("$near", point.asList());
+		criteria.put("$near", point);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a $nearSphere operation. This is only available for Mongo 1.7 and higher.
+	 * Creates a geospatial criterion using a {@literal $nearSphere} operation. This is only available for Mongo 1.7 and
+	 * higher.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/nearSphere/
 	 * @param point must not be {@literal null}
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public Criteria nearSphere(Point point) {
 		Assert.notNull(point);
-		criteria.put("$nearSphere", point.asList());
+		criteria.put("$nearSphere", point);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a geospatical criterion using a $maxDistance operation, for use with $near
+	 * Creates a geospatical criterion using a {@literal $maxDistance} operation, for use with $near
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/maxDistance/
 	 * @param maxDistance
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -388,8 +456,9 @@ public class Criteria implements CriteriaDefinition {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a criterion using the $elemMatch operator
+	 * Creates a criterion using the {@literal $elemMatch} operator
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/query/elemMatch/
 	 * @param c
 	 * @return
 	 */

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

@@ -0,0 +1,86 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
+
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Box;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Circle;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Polygon;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Shape;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Sphere;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper around a {@link Shape} to allow appropriate query rendering.
+ * 
+ * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @since 1.5
+ */
+public class GeoCommand {
+
+	private final Shape shape;
+	private final String command;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link GeoCommand}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param shape must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public GeoCommand(Shape shape) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(shape, "Shape must not be null!");
+
+		this.shape = shape;
+		this.command = getCommand(shape);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the shape
+	 */
+	public Shape getShape() {
+		return shape;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the command
+	 */
+	public String getCommand() {
+		return command;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the MongoDB command for the given {@link Shape}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param shape must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+	private String getCommand(Shape shape) {
+
+		Assert.notNull(shape, "Shape must not be null!");
+
+		if (shape instanceof Box) {
+			return org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Box.COMMAND;
+		} else if (shape instanceof Circle || shape instanceof org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle) {
+			return org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Circle.COMMAND;
+		} else if (shape instanceof Polygon) {
+			return org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Polygon.COMMAND;
+		} else if (shape instanceof Sphere) {
+			return org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Sphere.COMMAND;
+		}
+
+		throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown shape: " + shape);
+	}
+}

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

@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
 
+import java.util.Arrays;
+
 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;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Metrics;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.CustomMetric;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metric;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Metrics;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public final class NearQuery {
 
@@ -143,10 +146,12 @@ public final class NearQuery {
 	/**
 	 * Configures the {@link Pageable} to use.
 	 * 
-	 * @param pageable
+	 * @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;
@@ -311,13 +316,18 @@ public final 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();
-		this.num = query.getLimit();
+
+		if (query.getLimit() != 0) {
+			this.num = query.getLimit();
+		}
 		return this;
 	}
 
@@ -333,6 +343,7 @@ public final class NearQuery {
 	 * 
 	 * @return
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	public DBObject toDBObject() {
 
 		BasicDBObject dbObject = new BasicDBObject();
@@ -353,7 +364,8 @@ public final class NearQuery {
 			dbObject.put("num", num);
 		}
 
-		dbObject.put("near", point.asList());
+		dbObject.put("near", Arrays.asList(point.getX(), point.getY()));
+
 		dbObject.put("spherical", spherical);
 
 		return dbObject;

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

@@ -99,11 +99,23 @@ public class Query {
 		return this.fieldSpec;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Set number of documents to skip before returning results.
+	 * 
+	 * @param skip
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Query skip(int skip) {
 		this.skip = skip;
 		return this;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Limit the number of returned documents to {@code limit}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param limit
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public Query limit(int limit) {
 		this.limit = limit;
 		return this;
@@ -231,14 +243,27 @@ public class Query {
 		return dbo;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the number of documents to skip.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public int getSkip() {
 		return this.skip;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Get the maximum number of documents to be return.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public int getLimit() {
 		return this.limit;
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @return
+	 */
 	public String getHint() {
 		return hint;
 	}

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/core/query/Update.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.
@@ -16,11 +16,18 @@
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query;
 
 import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
 import com.mongodb.BasicDBObject;
 import com.mongodb.DBObject;
@@ -32,6 +39,7 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * @author Mark Pollack
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Becca Gaspard
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class Update {
 
@@ -39,7 +47,9 @@ public class Update {
 		LAST, FIRST
 	}
 
-	private HashMap<String, Object> modifierOps = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+	private Set<String> keysToUpdate = new HashSet<String>();
+	private Map<String, Object> modifierOps = new LinkedHashMap<String, Object>();
+	private Map<String, PushOperatorBuilder> pushCommandBuilders = new LinkedHashMap<String, PushOperatorBuilder>(1);
 
 	/**
 	 * Static factory method to create an Update using the provided key
@@ -73,15 +83,22 @@ public class Update {
 				continue;
 			}
 
-			update.modifierOps.put(key, object.get(key));
+			Object value = object.get(key);
+			update.modifierOps.put(key, value);
+			if (isKeyword(key) && value instanceof DBObject) {
+				update.keysToUpdate.addAll(((DBObject) value).keySet());
+			} else {
+				update.keysToUpdate.add(key);
+			}
 		}
 
 		return update;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $set update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $set} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/set/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param value
 	 * @return
@@ -92,8 +109,9 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $setOnInsert update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $setOnInsert} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/setOnInsert/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param value
 	 * @return
@@ -104,8 +122,9 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $unset update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $unset} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/unset/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -115,8 +134,9 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $inc update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $inc} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/inc/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param inc
 	 * @return
@@ -127,8 +147,9 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $push update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $push} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/push/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param value
 	 * @return
@@ -139,27 +160,59 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $pushAll update modifier
+	 * Update using {@code $push} modifier. <br/>
+	 * Allows creation of {@code $push} command for single or multiple (using {@code $each}) values.
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/push/
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/each/
+	 * @param key
+	 * @return {@link PushOperatorBuilder} for given key
+	 */
+	public PushOperatorBuilder push(String key) {
+
+		if (!pushCommandBuilders.containsKey(key)) {
+			pushCommandBuilders.put(key, new PushOperatorBuilder(key));
+		}
+		return pushCommandBuilders.get(key);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Update using the {@code $pushAll} update modifier. <br>
+	 * <b>Note</b>: In mongodb 2.4 the usage of {@code $pushAll} has been deprecated in favor of {@code $push $each}.
+	 * {@link #push(String)}) returns a builder that can be used to populate the {@code $each} object.
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/pushAll/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param values
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public Update pushAll(String key, Object[] values) {
+
 		Object[] convertedValues = new Object[values.length];
 		for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
 			convertedValues[i] = values[i];
 		}
-		DBObject keyValue = new BasicDBObject();
-		keyValue.put(key, convertedValues);
-		modifierOps.put("$pushAll", keyValue);
+		addMultiFieldOperation("$pushAll", key, convertedValues);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $addToSet update modifier
+	 * Update using {@code $addToSet} modifier. <br/>
+	 * Allows creation of {@code $push} command for single or multiple (using {@code $each}) values
 	 * 
 	 * @param key
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public AddToSetBuilder addToSet(String key) {
+		return new AddToSetBuilder(key);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Update using the {@literal $addToSet} update modifier
+	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/addToSet/
+	 * @param key
 	 * @param value
 	 * @return
 	 */
@@ -169,8 +222,9 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $pop update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $pop} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/pop/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param pos
 	 * @return
@@ -181,8 +235,9 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $pull update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $pull} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/pull/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param value
 	 * @return
@@ -193,26 +248,27 @@ public class Update {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $pullAll update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $pullAll} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/pullAll/
 	 * @param key
 	 * @param values
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	public Update pullAll(String key, Object[] values) {
+
 		Object[] convertedValues = new Object[values.length];
 		for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
 			convertedValues[i] = values[i];
 		}
-		DBObject keyValue = new BasicDBObject();
-		keyValue.put(key, convertedValues);
-		modifierOps.put("$pullAll", keyValue);
+		addFieldOperation("$pullAll", key, convertedValues);
 		return this;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Update using the $rename update modifier
+	 * Update using the {@literal $rename} update modifier
 	 * 
+	 * @see http://docs.mongodb.org/manual/reference/operator/update/rename/
 	 * @param oldName
 	 * @param newName
 	 * @return
@@ -230,8 +286,16 @@ public class Update {
 		return dbo;
 	}
 
+	protected void addFieldOperation(String operator, String key, Object value) {
+
+		Assert.hasText(key, "Key/Path for update must not be null or blank.");
+		modifierOps.put(operator, new BasicDBObject(key, value));
+		this.keysToUpdate.add(key);
+	}
+
 	protected void addMultiFieldOperation(String operator, String key, Object value) {
 
+		Assert.hasText(key, "Key/Path for update must not be null or blank.");
 		Object existingValue = this.modifierOps.get(operator);
 		DBObject keyValueMap;
 
@@ -248,5 +312,183 @@ public class Update {
 		}
 
 		keyValueMap.put(key, value);
+		this.keysToUpdate.add(key);
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine if a given {@code key} will be touched on execution.
+	 * 
+	 * @param key
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	public boolean modifies(String key) {
+		return this.keysToUpdate.contains(key);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Inspects given {@code key} for '$'.
+	 * 
+	 * @param key
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	private static boolean isKeyword(String key) {
+		return StringUtils.startsWithIgnoreCase(key, "$");
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Modifiers holds a distinct collection of {@link Modifier}
+	 * 
+	 * @author Christoph Strobl
+	 */
+	public static class Modifiers {
+
+		private HashMap<String, Modifier> modifiers;
+
+		public Modifiers() {
+			this.modifiers = new LinkedHashMap<String, Modifier>(1);
+		}
+
+		public Collection<Modifier> getModifiers() {
+			return Collections.unmodifiableCollection(this.modifiers.values());
+		}
+
+		public void addModifier(Modifier modifier) {
+			this.modifiers.put(modifier.getKey(), modifier);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Marker interface of nested commands.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Christoph Strobl
+	 */
+	public static interface Modifier {
+
+		/**
+		 * @return the command to send eg. {@code $push}
+		 */
+		String getKey();
+
+		/**
+		 * @return value to be sent with command
+		 */
+		Object getValue();
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Implementation of {@link Modifier} representing {@code $each}.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Christoph Strobl
+	 */
+	private static class Each implements Modifier {
+
+		private Object[] values;
+
+		public Each(Object... values) {
+			this.values = extractValues(values);
+		}
+
+		private Object[] extractValues(Object[] values) {
+
+			if (values == null || values.length == 0) {
+				return values;
+			}
+
+			if (values.length == 1 && values[0] instanceof Collection) {
+				return ((Collection<?>) values[0]).toArray();
+			}
+
+			Object[] convertedValues = new Object[values.length];
+			for (int i = 0; i < values.length; i++) {
+				convertedValues[i] = values[i];
+			}
+
+			return convertedValues;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String getKey() {
+			return "$each";
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Object getValue() {
+			return this.values;
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Builder for creating {@code $push} modifiers
+	 * 
+	 * @author Christoph Strobl
+	 */
+	public class PushOperatorBuilder {
+
+		private final String key;
+		private final Modifiers modifiers;
+
+		PushOperatorBuilder(String key) {
+			this.key = key;
+			this.modifiers = new Modifiers();
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Propagates {@code $each} to {@code $push}
+		 * 
+		 * @param values
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public Update each(Object... values) {
+
+			this.modifiers.addModifier(new Each(values));
+			return Update.this.push(key, this.modifiers);
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Propagates {@link #value(Object)} to {@code $push}
+		 * 
+		 * @param values
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public Update value(Object value) {
+			return Update.this.push(key, value);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Builder for creating {@code $addToSet} modifier.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Christoph Strobl
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	public class AddToSetBuilder {
+
+		private final String key;
+
+		public AddToSetBuilder(String key) {
+			this.key = key;
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Propagates {@code $each} to {@code $addToSet}
+		 * 
+		 * @param values
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public Update each(Object... values) {
+			return Update.this.addToSet(this.key, new Each(values));
+		}
+
+		/**
+		 * Propagates {@link #value(Object)} to {@code $addToSet}
+		 * 
+		 * @param values
+		 * @return
+		 */
+		public Update value(Object value) {
+			return Update.this.addToSet(this.key, value);
+		}
+
+	}
+
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/gridfs/GridFsOperations.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.
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import com.mongodb.gridfs.GridFSFile;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Martin Baumgartner
  */
 public interface GridFsOperations extends ResourcePatternResolver {
 
@@ -44,6 +45,24 @@ public interface GridFsOperations extends ResourcePatternResolver {
 	 */
 	GridFSFile store(InputStream content, String filename);
 
+	/**
+	 * Stores the given content into a file with the given name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param content must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param metadata can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return the {@link GridFSFile} just created
+	 */
+	GridFSFile store(InputStream content, Object metadata);
+
+	/**
+	 * Stores the given content into a file with the given name.
+	 * 
+	 * @param content must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param metadata can be {@literal null}.
+	 * @return the {@link GridFSFile} just created
+	 */
+	GridFSFile store(InputStream content, DBObject metadata);
+
 	/**
 	 * Stores the given content into a file with the given name and content type.
 	 * 

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/gridfs/GridFsTemplate.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.
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ import com.mongodb.gridfs.GridFSInputFile;
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Philipp Schneider
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Martin Baumgartner
  */
 public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver {
 
@@ -89,6 +90,25 @@ public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver
 		return store(content, filename, (Object) null);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.gridfs.GridFsOperations#store(java.io.InputStream, java.lang.Object)
+	 */
+
+	@Override
+	public GridFSFile store(InputStream content, Object metadata) {
+		return store(content, null, metadata);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.gridfs.GridFsOperations#store(java.io.InputStream, com.mongodb.DBObject)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public GridFSFile store(InputStream content, DBObject metadata) {
+		return store(content, null, metadata);
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.gridfs.GridFsOperations#store(java.io.InputStream, java.lang.String, java.lang.String)
@@ -102,7 +122,6 @@ public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.gridfs.GridFsOperations#store(java.io.InputStream, java.lang.String, java.lang.Object)
 	 */
 	public GridFSFile store(InputStream content, String filename, Object metadata) {
-
 		return store(content, filename, null, metadata);
 	}
 
@@ -137,10 +156,12 @@ public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver
 	public GridFSFile store(InputStream content, String filename, String contentType, DBObject metadata) {
 
 		Assert.notNull(content);
-		Assert.hasText(filename);
 
 		GridFSInputFile file = getGridFs().createFile(content);
-		file.setFilename(filename);
+
+		if (filename != null) {
+			file.setFilename(filename);
+		}
 
 		if (metadata != null) {
 			file.setMetaData(metadata);
@@ -232,7 +253,7 @@ public class GridFsTemplate implements GridFsOperations, ResourcePatternResolver
 	}
 
 	private DBObject getMappedQuery(Query query) {
-		return query == null ? null : getMappedQuery(query.getQueryObject());
+		return query == null ? new Query().getQueryObject() : getMappedQuery(query.getQueryObject());
 	}
 
 	private DBObject getMappedQuery(DBObject query) {

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

@@ -1,13 +1,28 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * 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.repository;
 
 import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
 import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
 import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
 import java.lang.annotation.Target;
 
-import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
-
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 
 /**
  * Annotation to be used for disambiguing method parameters that shall be used to trigger geo near queries. By default
@@ -20,5 +35,4 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)
 public @interface Near {
-
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/Query.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.
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.annotation.QueryAnnotation;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 @Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
 @Target(ElementType.METHOD)
@@ -59,4 +60,12 @@ public @interface Query {
 	 * @return
 	 */
 	boolean count() default false;
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns whether the query should delete matching documents.
+	 * 
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	boolean delete() default false;
 }

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

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * 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.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.MongoNamespaceHandler;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension;
+
+/**
+ * {@link NamespaceHandler} to register repository configuration.
+ * 
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
+ */
+public class MongoRepositoryConfigNamespaceHandler extends MongoNamespaceHandler {
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.MongoNamespaceHandler#init()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void init() {
+
+		RepositoryConfigurationExtension extension = new MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension();
+		RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser repositoryBeanDefinitionParser = new RepositoryBeanDefinitionParser(extension);
+
+		registerBeanDefinitionParser("repositories", repositoryBeanDefinitionParser);
+
+		super.init();
+	}
+}

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

@@ -15,13 +15,19 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.RootBeanDefinition;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAttributes;
 import org.springframework.data.config.ParsingUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.BeanNames;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.support.MongoRepositoryFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.AnnotationRepositoryConfigurationSource;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtension;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport;
+import org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationSource;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.config.XmlRepositoryConfigurationSource;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
 
@@ -35,6 +41,8 @@ public class MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension extends RepositoryConfigurati
 	private static final String MONGO_TEMPLATE_REF = "mongo-template-ref";
 	private static final String CREATE_QUERY_INDEXES = "create-query-indexes";
 
+	private boolean fallbackMappingContextCreated = false;
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#getModulePrefix()
@@ -52,6 +60,18 @@ public class MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension extends RepositoryConfigurati
 		return MongoRepositoryFactoryBean.class.getName();
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#postProcess(org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder, org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationSource)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void postProcess(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, RepositoryConfigurationSource source) {
+
+		if (fallbackMappingContextCreated) {
+			builder.addPropertyReference("mappingContext", BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/* 
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#postProcess(org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder, org.springframework.data.repository.config.XmlRepositoryConfigurationSource)
@@ -77,4 +97,23 @@ public class MongoRepositoryConfigurationExtension extends RepositoryConfigurati
 		builder.addPropertyReference("mongoOperations", attributes.getString("mongoTemplateRef"));
 		builder.addPropertyValue("createIndexesForQueryMethods", attributes.getBoolean("createIndexesForQueryMethods"));
 	}
+
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationExtensionSupport#registerBeansForRoot(org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry, org.springframework.data.repository.config.RepositoryConfigurationSource)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void registerBeansForRoot(BeanDefinitionRegistry registry, RepositoryConfigurationSource configurationSource) {
+
+		super.registerBeansForRoot(registry, configurationSource);
+
+		if (!registry.containsBeanDefinition(BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME)) {
+
+			RootBeanDefinition definition = new RootBeanDefinition(MongoMappingContext.class);
+			definition.setRole(AbstractBeanDefinition.ROLE_INFRASTRUCTURE);
+			definition.setSource(configurationSource.getSource());
+
+			registry.registerBeanDefinition(BeanNames.MAPPING_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME, definition);
+		}
+	}
 }

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

@@ -20,13 +20,15 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.ConversionService;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.support.DefaultConversionService;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.PageImpl;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.PageRequest;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.Slice;
+import org.springframework.data.domain.SliceImpl;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResults;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoPage;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResult;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResults;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.NearQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParameterAccessor;
@@ -34,11 +36,14 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.RepositoryQuery;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
+import com.mongodb.WriteResult;
+
 /**
  * Base class for {@link RepositoryQuery} implementations for Mongo.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 
@@ -79,22 +84,28 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 		MongoParameterAccessor accessor = new MongoParametersParameterAccessor(method, parameters);
 		Query query = createQuery(new ConvertingParameterAccessor(operations.getConverter(), accessor));
 
-		if (method.isGeoNearQuery() && method.isPageQuery()) {
+		Object result = null;
+
+		if (isDeleteQuery()) {
+			result = new DeleteExecution().execute(query);
+		} else 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);
+			result = new GeoNearExecution(accessor).execute(query);
+		} else if (method.isSliceQuery()) {
+			result = new SlicedExecution(accessor.getPageable()).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;
 		}
@@ -135,6 +146,14 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 	 */
 	protected abstract boolean isCountQuery();
 
+	/**
+	 * Return weather the query should delete matching documents.
+	 * 
+	 * @return
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	protected abstract boolean isDeleteQuery();
+
 	private abstract class Execution {
 
 		abstract Object execute(Query query);
@@ -171,6 +190,41 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * {@link Execution} for {@link Slice} query methods.
+	 * 
+	 * @author Oliver Gierke
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+
+	final class SlicedExecution extends Execution {
+
+		private final Pageable pageable;
+
+		SlicedExecution(Pageable pageable) {
+			this.pageable = pageable;
+		}
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.AbstractMongoQuery.Execution#execute(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "rawtypes" })
+		Object execute(Query query) {
+
+			MongoEntityMetadata<?> metadata = method.getEntityInformation();
+			int pageSize = pageable.getPageSize();
+			Pageable slicePageable = new PageRequest(pageable.getPageNumber(), pageSize + 1, pageable.getSort());
+
+			List result = operations.find(query.with(slicePageable), metadata.getJavaType(), metadata.getCollectionName());
+
+			boolean hasNext = result.size() > pageSize;
+
+			return new SliceImpl<Object>(hasNext ? result.subList(0, pageSize) : result, pageable, hasNext);
+		}
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * {@link Execution} for pagination queries.
 	 * 
@@ -239,6 +293,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 	 * 
 	 * @author Oliver Gierke
 	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
 	final class GeoNearExecution extends Execution {
 
 		private final MongoParameterAccessor accessor;
@@ -270,11 +325,12 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 			MongoEntityMetadata<?> metadata = method.getEntityInformation();
 			long count = operations.count(countQuery, metadata.getCollectionName());
 
-			return new GeoPage<Object>(doExecuteQuery(query), accessor.getPageable(), count);
+			return new org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoPage<Object>(doExecuteQuery(query),
+					accessor.getPageable(), count);
 		}
 
 		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-		private GeoResults<Object> doExecuteQuery(Query query) {
+		private org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResults<Object> doExecuteQuery(Query query) {
 
 			Point nearLocation = accessor.getGeoNearLocation();
 			NearQuery nearQuery = NearQuery.near(nearLocation);
@@ -294,7 +350,8 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 			}
 
 			MongoEntityMetadata<?> metadata = method.getEntityInformation();
-			return (GeoResults<Object>) operations.geoNear(nearQuery, metadata.getJavaType(), metadata.getCollectionName());
+			return (org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResults<Object>) operations.geoNear(nearQuery,
+					metadata.getJavaType(), metadata.getCollectionName());
 		}
 
 		private boolean isListOfGeoResult() {
@@ -309,4 +366,33 @@ public abstract class AbstractMongoQuery implements RepositoryQuery {
 			return componentType == null ? false : GeoResult.class.equals(componentType.getType());
 		}
 	}
+
+	/**
+	 * {@link Execution} removing documents matching the query.
+	 * 
+	 * @since 1.5
+	 */
+	final class DeleteExecution extends Execution {
+
+		/*
+		 * (non-Javadoc)
+		 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.AbstractMongoQuery.Execution#execute(org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Query)
+		 */
+		@Override
+		Object execute(Query query) {
+
+			MongoEntityMetadata<?> metadata = method.getEntityInformation();
+			return deleteAndConvertResult(query, metadata);
+		}
+
+		private Object deleteAndConvertResult(Query query, MongoEntityMetadata<?> metadata) {
+
+			if (method.isCollectionQuery()) {
+				return operations.findAllAndRemove(query, metadata.getJavaType());
+			}
+
+			WriteResult writeResult = operations.remove(query, metadata.getCollectionName());
+			return writeResult != null ? writeResult.getN() : 0L;
+		}
+	}
 }

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

@@ -23,9 +23,9 @@ import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Pageable;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoWriter;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParameterAccessor;
 import org.springframework.data.util.TypeInformation;

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query;
 
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParameterAccessor;
 
 /**

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

@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 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.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.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;
@@ -64,10 +64,11 @@ public class MongoParameters extends Parameters<MongoParameters, MongoParameter>
 		this.nearIndex = nearIndex;
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@SuppressWarnings({ "unchecked", "deprecation" })
 	private final int getNearIndex(List<Class<?>> parameterTypes) {
 
-		for (Class<?> reference : Arrays.asList(Point.class, double[].class)) {
+		for (Class<?> reference : Arrays.asList(Point.class, org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point.class,
+				double[].class)) {
 
 			int nearIndex = parameterTypes.indexOf(reference);
 
@@ -161,7 +162,7 @@ public class MongoParameters extends Parameters<MongoParameters, MongoParameter>
 		 */
 		@Override
 		public boolean isSpecialParameter() {
-			return super.isSpecialParameter() || getType().equals(Distance.class) || isNearParameter();
+			return super.isSpecialParameter() || Distance.class.isAssignableFrom(getType()) || isNearParameter();
 		}
 
 		private boolean isNearParameter() {
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ public class MongoParameters extends Parameters<MongoParameters, MongoParameter>
 		}
 
 		private boolean isPoint() {
-			return getType().equals(Point.class) || getType().equals(double[].class);
+			return Point.class.isAssignableFrom(getType()) || getType().equals(double[].class);
 		}
 
 		private boolean hasNearAnnotation() {

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 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.
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query;
 
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.query.ParametersParameterAccessor;
 
 /**

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

@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ import java.util.Iterator;
 import org.slf4j.Logger;
 import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.Sort;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Distance;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Point;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.Shape;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.PersistentPropertyPath;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Distance;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Point;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.Shape;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.Criteria;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.query.CriteriaDefinition;

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

@@ -15,15 +15,16 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.List;
 
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationUtils;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoPage;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResult;
+import org.springframework.data.geo.GeoResults;
 import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoPage;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResult;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.geo.GeoResults;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentEntity;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoPersistentProperty;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.Query;
@@ -41,8 +42,8 @@ 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<? extends Serializable>> GEO_NEAR_RESULTS = Arrays
+			.asList(GeoResult.class, GeoResults.class, GeoPage.class);
 
 	private final Method method;
 	private final MappingContext<? extends MongoPersistentEntity<?>, MongoPersistentProperty> mappingContext;
@@ -152,11 +153,15 @@ public class MongoQueryMethod extends QueryMethod {
 
 	private boolean isGeoNearQuery(Method method) {
 
-		if (GEO_NEAR_RESULTS.contains(method.getReturnType())) {
-			return true;
+		Class<?> returnType = method.getReturnType();
+
+		for (Class<?> type : GEO_NEAR_RESULTS) {
+			if (type.isAssignableFrom(returnType)) {
+				return true;
+			}
 		}
 
-		if (Iterable.class.isAssignableFrom(method.getReturnType())) {
+		if (Iterable.class.isAssignableFrom(returnType)) {
 			TypeInformation<?> from = ClassTypeInformation.fromReturnTypeOf(method);
 			return GeoResult.class.equals(from.getComponentType().getType());
 		}

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.data.repository.query.parser.PartTree;
  * {@link RepositoryQuery} implementation for Mongo.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class PartTreeMongoQuery extends AbstractMongoQuery {
 
@@ -86,4 +87,13 @@ public class PartTreeMongoQuery extends AbstractMongoQuery {
 	protected boolean isCountQuery() {
 		return tree.isCountProjection();
 	}
+
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.AbstractMongoQuery#isDeleteQuery()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return tree.isDelete();
+	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/repository/query/StringBasedMongoQuery.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.
@@ -30,18 +30,32 @@ import com.mongodb.util.JSON;
  * Query to use a plain JSON String to create the {@link Query} to actually execute.
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class StringBasedMongoQuery extends AbstractMongoQuery {
 
+	private static final String COUND_AND_DELETE = "Manually defined query for %s cannot be both a count and delete query at the same time!";
 	private static final Pattern PLACEHOLDER = Pattern.compile("\\?(\\d+)");
 	private static final Logger LOG = LoggerFactory.getLogger(StringBasedMongoQuery.class);
 
 	private final String query;
 	private final String fieldSpec;
 	private final boolean isCountQuery;
+	private final boolean isDeleteQuery;
 
 	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link StringBasedMongoQuery}.
+	 * Creates a new {@link StringBasedMongoQuery} for the given {@link MongoQueryMethod} and {@link MongoOperations}.
+	 * 
+	 * @param method must not be {@literal null}.
+	 * @param mongoOperations must not be {@literal null}.
+	 */
+	public StringBasedMongoQuery(MongoQueryMethod method, MongoOperations mongoOperations) {
+		this(method.getAnnotatedQuery(), method, mongoOperations);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link StringBasedMongoQuery} for the given {@link String}, {@link MongoQueryMethod} and
+	 * {@link MongoOperations}.
 	 * 
 	 * @param method must not be {@literal null}.
 	 * @param template must not be {@literal null}.
@@ -53,10 +67,11 @@ public class StringBasedMongoQuery extends AbstractMongoQuery {
 		this.query = query;
 		this.fieldSpec = method.getFieldSpecification();
 		this.isCountQuery = method.hasAnnotatedQuery() ? method.getQueryAnnotation().count() : false;
-	}
+		this.isDeleteQuery = method.hasAnnotatedQuery() ? method.getQueryAnnotation().delete() : false;
 
-	public StringBasedMongoQuery(MongoQueryMethod method, MongoOperations mongoOperations) {
-		this(method.getAnnotatedQuery(), method, mongoOperations);
+		if (isCountQuery && isDeleteQuery) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(String.format(COUND_AND_DELETE, method));
+		}
 	}
 
 	/*
@@ -95,6 +110,15 @@ public class StringBasedMongoQuery extends AbstractMongoQuery {
 		return isCountQuery;
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.query.AbstractMongoQuery#isDeleteQuery()
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected boolean isDeleteQuery() {
+		return this.isDeleteQuery;
+	}
+
 	private String replacePlaceholders(String input, ConvertingParameterAccessor accessor) {
 
 		Matcher matcher = PLACEHOLDER.matcher(input);

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

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ package org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.support;
 
 import java.io.Serializable;
 
+import org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.repository.Repository;
@@ -34,6 +35,7 @@ public class MongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID exten
 
 	private MongoOperations operations;
 	private boolean createIndexesForQueryMethods = false;
+	private boolean mappingContextConfigured = false;
 
 	/**
 	 * Configures the {@link MongoOperations} to be used.
@@ -42,7 +44,6 @@ public class MongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID exten
 	 */
 	public void setMongoOperations(MongoOperations operations) {
 		this.operations = operations;
-		setMappingContext(operations.getConverter().getMappingContext());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -54,6 +55,17 @@ public class MongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID exten
 		this.createIndexesForQueryMethods = createIndexesForQueryMethods;
 	}
 
+	/* 
+	 * (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.data.repository.core.support.RepositoryFactoryBeanSupport#setMappingContext(org.springframework.data.mapping.context.MappingContext)
+	 */
+	@Override
+	protected void setMappingContext(MappingContext<?, ?> mappingContext) {
+
+		super.setMappingContext(mappingContext);
+		this.mappingContextConfigured = true;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * (non-Javadoc)
 	 * 
@@ -95,5 +107,9 @@ public class MongoRepositoryFactoryBean<T extends Repository<S, ID>, S, ID exten
 
 		super.afterPropertiesSet();
 		Assert.notNull(operations, "MongoTemplate must not be null!");
+
+		if (!mappingContextConfigured) {
+			setMappingContext(operations.getConverter().getMappingContext());
+		}
 	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers

@@ -1 +1 @@
-http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo=org.springframework.data.mongodb.config.MongoNamespaceHandler
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo=org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.MongoRepositoryConfigNamespaceHandler

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas

@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo-1.1.xsd=org/sprin
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo-1.2.xsd=org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.2.xsd
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo-1.3.xsd=org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.3.xsd
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo-1.4.xsd=org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.4.xsd
-http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo.xsd=org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.4.xsd
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo-1.5.xsd=org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.5.xsd
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo/spring-mongo.xsd=org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.5.xsd

spring-data-mongodb/src/main/resources/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/spring-mongo-1.5.xsd

@@ -0,0 +1,657 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?>
+<xsd:schema xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo"
+						xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+						xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+						xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+						xmlns:tool="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool"
+						xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+						xmlns:repository="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/repository"
+						targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/mongo"
+						elementFormDefault="qualified" attributeFormDefault="unqualified">
+
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans" />
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tool" />
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context" />
+	<xsd:import namespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/repository"
+				schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/repository/spring-repository.xsd" />
+
+	<xsd:element name="mongo" type="mongoType">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"><![CDATA[
+Defines a Mongo instance used for accessing MongoDB'.
+			]]></xsd:documentation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation>
+					<tool:exports type="com.mongodb.Mongo"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:element name="db-factory">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+Defines a MongoDbFactory for connecting to a specific database
+			]]></xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the mongo definition (by default "mongoDbFactory").]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-ref" type="mongoRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The reference to a Mongo instance. If not configured a default com.mongodb.Mongo instance will be created.
+					]]>
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="dbname" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the database to connect to. Default is 'db'.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="authentication-dbname" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the authentication database to connect to. Default is 'db'.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="port" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The port to connect to MongoDB server.  Default is 27017
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="host" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The host to connect to a MongoDB server.  Default is localhost
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="username" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The username to use when connecting to a MongoDB server.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="password" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The password to use when connecting to a MongoDB server.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="uri" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The Mongo URI string.]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="write-concern">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+					The WriteConcern that will be the default value used when asking the MongoDbFactory for a DB object
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:simpleType>
+					<xsd:union memberTypes="writeConcernEnumeration xsd:string"/>
+				</xsd:simpleType>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:attributeGroup name="mongo-repository-attributes">
+		<xsd:attribute name="mongo-template-ref" type="mongoTemplateRef" default="mongoTemplate">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+					The reference to a MongoTemplate. Will default to 'mongoTemplate'.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="create-query-indexes" type="xsd:boolean" default="false">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+					Enables creation of indexes for queries that get derived from the method name
+					and thus reference domain class properties. Defaults to false.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+	</xsd:attributeGroup>
+
+	<xsd:element name="repositories">
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:complexContent>
+				<xsd:extension base="repository:repositories">
+					<xsd:attributeGroup ref="mongo-repository-attributes"/>
+					<xsd:attributeGroup ref="repository:repository-attributes"/>
+				</xsd:extension>
+			</xsd:complexContent>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:element name="mapping-converter">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[Defines a MongoConverter for getting rich mapping functionality.]]></xsd:documentation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:exports type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MappingMongoConverter" />
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:sequence>
+				<xsd:element name="custom-converters" minOccurs="0">
+					<xsd:annotation>
+						<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+        Top-level element that contains one or more custom converters to be used for mapping
+        domain objects to and from Mongo's DBObject]]>
+						</xsd:documentation>
+					</xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:complexType>
+						<xsd:sequence>
+							<xsd:element name="converter" type="customConverterType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
+						</xsd:sequence>
+						<xsd:attribute name="base-package" type="xsd:string" />
+					</xsd:complexType>
+				</xsd:element>
+			</xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the MappingMongoConverter instance (by default "mappingConverter").]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="base-package" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The base package in which to scan for entities annotated with @Document
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="db-factory-ref" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+						The reference to a DbFactory.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory" />
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="type-mapper-ref" type="typeMapperRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+						The reference to a MongoTypeMapper to be used by this MappingMongoConverter.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="mapping-context-ref" type="mappingContextRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingContext">
+						The reference to a MappingContext. Will default to 'mappingContext'.
+					</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">
+						Disables JSR-303 validation on MongoDB documents before they are saved. By default it is set to false.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:simpleType>
+					<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string"/>
+				</xsd:simpleType>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="abbreviate-field-names" use="optional" default="false">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy">
+						Enables abbreviating the field names for domain class properties to the
+						first character of their camel case names, e.g. fooBar -> fb.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:simpleType>
+					<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:boolean xsd:string"/>
+				</xsd:simpleType>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="field-naming-strategy-ref" type="fieldNamingStrategyRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation source="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy">
+						The reference to a MappingContext. Will default to 'mappingContext'.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+
+	<xsd:element name="jmx">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+Defines a JMX Model MBeans for monitoring a MongoDB server'.
+			]]></xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:attribute name="mongo-ref" type="mongoRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the Mongo object that determines what server to monitor. (by default "mongo").]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+	
+	<xsd:element name="auditing">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation>
+					<tool:exports type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.AuditingEventListener" />
+					<tool:exports type="org.springframework.data.auditing.IsNewAwareAuditingHandler" />
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:attributeGroup ref="repository:auditing-attributes" />
+			<xsd:attribute name="mapping-context-ref" type="mappingContextRef" />
+		</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>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mapping.model.MappingContext"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+
+	<xsd:simpleType name="fieldNamingStrategyRef">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.FieldNamingStrategy"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+
+	<xsd:simpleType name="mongoTemplateRef">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+
+	<xsd:simpleType name="mongoRef">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoFactoryBean"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+	
+	<xsd:simpleType name="sslSocketFactoryRef">
+	<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="javax.net.ssl.SSLSocketFactory"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+
+	<xsd:simpleType name="writeConcernEnumeration">
+		<xsd:restriction base="xsd:token">
+			<xsd:enumeration value="NONE" />
+			<xsd:enumeration value="NORMAL" />
+			<xsd:enumeration value="SAFE" />
+			<xsd:enumeration value="FSYNC_SAFE" />
+			<xsd:enumeration value="REPLICAS_SAFE" />
+			<xsd:enumeration value="JOURNAL_SAFE" />
+			<xsd:enumeration value="MAJORITY" />
+		</xsd:restriction>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+	<!--  MLP
+	<xsd:attributeGroup name="writeConcern">
+		<xsd:attribute name="write-concern">
+			<xsd:simpleType>
+				<xsd:restriction base="xsd:string">
+					<xsd:enumeration value="NONE" />
+					<xsd:enumeration value="NORMAL" />
+					<xsd:enumeration value="SAFE" />
+					<xsd:enumeration value="FSYNC_SAFE" />
+					<xsd:enumeration value="REPLICA_SAFE" />
+					<xsd:enumeration value="JOURNAL_SAFE" />
+					<xsd:enumeration value="MAJORITY" />
+				</xsd:restriction>
+			</xsd:simpleType>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+	</xsd:attributeGroup>
+	-->
+	<xsd:complexType name="mongoType">
+		<xsd:sequence minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
+			<xsd:element name="options" type="optionsType">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The Mongo driver options
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation>
+							<tool:exports type="com.mongodb.MongoOptions"/>
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:element>
+		</xsd:sequence>
+			<xsd:attribute name="write-concern">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+					The WriteConcern that will be the default value used when asking the MongoDbFactory for a DB object
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:simpleType>
+					<xsd:union memberTypes="writeConcernEnumeration xsd:string"/>
+				</xsd:simpleType>
+			</xsd:attribute>		
+		<!-- MLP 
+		<xsd:attributeGroup ref="writeConcern" />
+		-->
+		<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the mongo definition (by default "mongo").]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="port" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The port to connect to MongoDB server.  Default is 27017
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="host" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The host to connect to a MongoDB server.  Default is localhost
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="replica-set" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The comma delimited list of host:port entries to use for replica set/pairs.
+							]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>				
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="optionsType">
+		<xsd:attribute name="connections-per-host" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The number of connections allowed per host.  Will block if run out.	 Default is 10.  System property MONGO.POOLSIZE can override	
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="threads-allowed-to-block-for-connection-multiplier" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The multiplier for connectionsPerHost for # of threads that can block.  Default is 5.
+If connectionsPerHost is 10, and threadsAllowedToBlockForConnectionMultiplier is 5, 
+then 50 threads can block more than that and an exception will be thrown.			
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="max-wait-time" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The max wait time of a blocking thread for a connection. Default is 12000 ms (2 minutes)	
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="connect-timeout" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The connect timeout in milliseconds. 0 is default and infinite.	
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="socket-timeout" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The socket timeout.  0 is default and infinite.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="socket-keep-alive" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The keep alive flag, controls whether or not to have socket keep alive timeout.  Defaults to false.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>		
+		<xsd:attribute name="auto-connect-retry" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+This controls whether or not on a connect, the system retries automatically.  Default is false. 
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="max-auto-connect-retry-time" type="xsd:long">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The maximum amount of time in millisecons to spend retrying to open connection to the same server. Default is 0, which means to use the default 15s if autoConnectRetry is on. 
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="write-number" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+This specifies the number of servers to wait for on the write operation, and exception raising behavior.  The 'w' option to the getlasterror command.  Defaults to 0.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="write-timeout" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+This controls timeout for write operations in milliseconds.  The 'wtimeout' option to the getlasterror command.  Defaults to 0 (indefinite).  Greater than zero is number of milliseconds to wait.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="write-fsync" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+This controls whether or not to fsync.  The 'fsync' option to the getlasterror command. Defaults to false.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>						
+		<xsd:attribute name="slave-ok" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+This controls if the driver is allowed to read from secondaries or slaves.  Defaults to false.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>				
+		<xsd:attribute name="ssl" type="xsd:boolean">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+This controls if the driver should us an SSL connection.  Defaults to false.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+		<xsd:attribute name="ssl-socket-factory-ref" type="sslSocketFactoryRef" use="optional">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The SSLSocketFactory to use for the SSL connection. If none is configured here, SSLSocketFactory#getDefault() will be used.
+				]]></xsd:documentation>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:group name="beanElementGroup">
+		<xsd:choice>
+			<xsd:element ref="beans:bean"/>
+			<xsd:element ref="beans:ref"/>
+		</xsd:choice>
+	</xsd:group>
+
+	<xsd:complexType name="customConverterType">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+  Element defining a custom converterr.
+      ]]></xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:group ref="beanElementGroup" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
+		<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string">
+			<xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:documentation>
+					A reference to a custom converter.
+				</xsd:documentation>
+				<xsd:appinfo>
+					<tool:annotation kind="ref"/>
+				</xsd:appinfo>
+			</xsd:annotation>
+		</xsd:attribute>
+	</xsd:complexType>
+
+	<xsd:simpleType name="converterRef">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:appinfo>
+				<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+					<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverter"/>
+				</tool:annotation>
+			</xsd:appinfo>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:union memberTypes="xsd:string"/>
+	</xsd:simpleType>
+
+	<xsd:element name="template">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+Defines a MongoDbFactory for connecting to a specific database
+			]]></xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the mongo definition (by default "mongoDbFactory").]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="converter-ref" type="converterRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The reference to a Mongoconverter instance.
+					]]>
+					</xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverter"/>
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="db-factory-ref" type="xsd:string"
+				use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+						The reference to a DbFactory.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:assignable-to
+								type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory" />
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="write-concern">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+					The WriteConcern that will be the default value used when asking the MongoDbFactory for a DB object
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+				<xsd:simpleType>
+					<xsd:union memberTypes="writeConcernEnumeration xsd:string"/>
+				</xsd:simpleType>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+	
+	<xsd:element name="gridFsTemplate">
+		<xsd:annotation>
+			<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+Defines a MongoDbFactory for connecting to a specific database
+			]]></xsd:documentation>
+		</xsd:annotation>
+		<xsd:complexType>
+			<xsd:attribute name="id" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The name of the mongo definition (by default "mongoDbFactory").]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="converter-ref" type="converterRef" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The reference to a Mongoconverter instance.
+					]]>
+					</xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.convert.MongoConverter"/>
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="db-factory-ref" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+						The reference to a DbFactory.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+					<xsd:appinfo>
+						<tool:annotation kind="ref">
+							<tool:assignable-to type="org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory" />
+						</tool:annotation>
+					</xsd:appinfo>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+			<xsd:attribute name="bucket" type="xsd:string" use="optional">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation><![CDATA[
+The GridFs bucket string.]]></xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:attribute>
+		</xsd:complexType>
+	</xsd:element>
+</xsd:schema>

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

@@ -1,20 +1,34 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2010-2011 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;
-
-public interface MongoDocumentWriter {
-
-}
+/*
+ * 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/AuditingIntegrationTests.java

@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.event.BeforeConvertEvent;
  */
 public class AuditingIntegrationTests {
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-577, DATAMONGO-800, DATAMONGO-883
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void enablesAuditingAndSetsPropertiesAccordingly() throws Exception {
 
@@ -58,8 +61,13 @@ public class AuditingIntegrationTests {
 
 	class Entity {
 
-		@CreatedDate DateTime created;
-		@LastModifiedDate DateTime modified;
 		@Id Long id;
+		@CreatedDate DateTime created;
+		DateTime modified;
+
+		@LastModifiedDate
+		public DateTime getModified() {
+			return modified;
+		}
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2013 the original author or authors.
+ * 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.
@@ -19,24 +19,26 @@ import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
 import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import static org.mockito.Mockito.*;
 
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
 import org.junit.Before;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.annotation.AnnotationConfigApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.data.domain.AuditorAware;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.AuditablePerson;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoOperations;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.SimpleMongoDbFactory;
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.MongoMappingContext;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.MongoRepository;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.repository.config.EnableMongoRepositories;
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Repository;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
+import com.mongodb.Mongo;
 import com.mongodb.MongoClient;
 
 /**
@@ -56,16 +58,16 @@ public class AuditingViaJavaConfigRepositoriesTests {
 	@Configuration
 	@EnableMongoAuditing(auditorAwareRef = "auditorProvider")
 	@EnableMongoRepositories(basePackageClasses = AuditablePersonRepository.class, considerNestedRepositories = true)
-	static class Config {
+	static class Config extends AbstractMongoConfiguration {
 
-		@Bean
-		public MongoOperations mongoTemplate() throws Exception {
-			return new MongoTemplate(new SimpleMongoDbFactory(new MongoClient(), "database"));
+		@Override
+		protected String getDatabaseName() {
+			return "database";
 		}
 
-		@Bean
-		public MongoMappingContext mappingContext() {
-			return new MongoMappingContext();
+		@Override
+		public Mongo mongo() throws Exception {
+			return new MongoClient();
 		}
 
 		@Bean
@@ -81,21 +83,62 @@ public class AuditingViaJavaConfigRepositoriesTests {
 		this.auditor = auditablePersonRepository.save(new AuditablePerson("auditor"));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-792, DATAMONGO-883
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void basicAuditing() {
 
 		doReturn(this.auditor).when(this.auditorAware).getCurrentAuditor();
 
-		AuditablePerson user = new AuditablePerson("user");
-
-		AuditablePerson savedUser = auditablePersonRepository.save(user);
-		System.out.println(savedUser);
+		AuditablePerson savedUser = auditablePersonRepository.save(new AuditablePerson("user"));
 
 		AuditablePerson createdBy = savedUser.getCreatedBy();
+
 		assertThat(createdBy, is(notNullValue()));
 		assertThat(createdBy.getFirstname(), is(this.auditor.getFirstname()));
+		assertThat(savedUser.getCreatedAt(), is(notNullValue()));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-843
+	 */
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("resource")
+	public void auditingUsesFallbackMappingContextIfNoneConfiguredWithRepositories() {
+		new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(SimpleConfigWithRepositories.class);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-843
+	 */
+	@Test
+	@SuppressWarnings("resource")
+	public void auditingUsesFallbackMappingContextIfNoneConfigured() {
+		new AnnotationConfigApplicationContext(SimpleConfig.class);
 	}
 
 	@Repository
 	static interface AuditablePersonRepository extends MongoRepository<AuditablePerson, String> {}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableMongoRepositories
+	@EnableMongoAuditing
+	static class SimpleConfigWithRepositories {
+
+		@Bean
+		public MongoTemplate mongoTemplate() throws UnknownHostException {
+			return new MongoTemplate(new SimpleMongoDbFactory(new MongoClient(), "database"));
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Configuration
+	@EnableMongoAuditing
+	static class SimpleConfig {
+
+		@Bean
+		public MongoTemplate mongoTemplate() throws UnknownHostException {
+			return new MongoTemplate(new SimpleMongoDbFactory(new MongoClient(), "database"));
+		}
+	}
 }

spring-data-mongodb/src/test/java/org/springframework/data/mongodb/config/MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests.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.
@@ -21,9 +21,12 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 import java.util.Collections;
 import java.util.Set;
 
-import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.parsing.BeanDefinitionParsingException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
 import org.springframework.core.convert.TypeDescriptor;
@@ -45,37 +48,45 @@ import com.mongodb.DBObject;
  * 
  * @author Oliver Gierke
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Christoph Strobl
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests {
 
+	@Rule public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();
+
 	DefaultListableBeanFactory factory;
 
-	@Before
-	public void setUp() {
-		factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
-		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory);
-		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter.xml"));
-	}
-
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-243
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void allowsDbFactoryRefAttribute() {
 
+		loadValidConfiguration();
 		factory.getBeanDefinition("converter");
 		factory.getBean("converter");
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-725
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void hasCustomTypeMapper() {
 
+		loadValidConfiguration();
 		MappingMongoConverter converter = factory.getBean("converter", MappingMongoConverter.class);
 		MongoTypeMapper customMongoTypeMapper = factory.getBean(CustomMongoTypeMapper.class);
 
 		assertThat(converter.getTypeMapper(), is(customMongoTypeMapper));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-301
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void scansForConverterAndSetsUpCustomConversionsAccordingly() {
 
+		loadValidConfiguration();
 		CustomConversions conversions = factory.getBean(CustomConversions.class);
 		assertThat(conversions.hasCustomWriteTarget(Person.class), is(true));
 		assertThat(conversions.hasCustomWriteTarget(Account.class), is(true));
@@ -87,7 +98,8 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests {
 	@Test
 	public void activatesAbbreviatingPropertiesCorrectly() {
 
-		BeanDefinition definition = factory.getBeanDefinition("abbreviatingConverter.mappingContext");
+		loadValidConfiguration();
+		BeanDefinition definition = factory.getBeanDefinition("abbreviatingConverter.mongoMappingContext");
 		Object value = definition.getPropertyValues().getPropertyValue("fieldNamingStrategy").getValue();
 
 		assertThat(value, is(instanceOf(BeanDefinition.class)));
@@ -95,6 +107,47 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParserIntegrationTests {
 		assertThat(strategy.getBeanClassName(), is(CamelCaseAbbreviatingFieldNamingStrategy.class.getName()));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-866
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void rejectsInvalidFieldNamingStrategyConfiguration() {
+
+		exception.expect(BeanDefinitionParsingException.class);
+		exception.expectMessage("abbreviate-field-names");
+		exception.expectMessage("field-naming-strategy-ref");
+
+		BeanDefinitionRegistry factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory);
+		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-invalid.xml"));
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-892
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void shouldThrowBeanDefinitionParsingExceptionIfConverterDefinedAsNestedBean() {
+
+		exception.expect(BeanDefinitionParsingException.class);
+		exception.expectMessage("Mongo Converter must not be defined as nested bean.");
+
+		loadNestedBeanConfiguration();
+	}
+
+	private void loadValidConfiguration() {
+		this.loadConfiguration("namespace/converter.xml");
+	}
+
+	private void loadNestedBeanConfiguration() {
+		this.loadConfiguration("namespace/converter-nested-bean-definition.xml");
+	}
+
+	private void loadConfiguration(String configLocation) {
+		factory = new DefaultListableBeanFactory();
+		XmlBeanDefinitionReader reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory);
+		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource(configLocation));
+	}
+
 	@Component
 	public static class SampleConverter implements Converter<Person, DBObject> {
 		public DBObject convert(Person source) {

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

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2012-2013 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2012-2014 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.
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
  * @see DATAMONGO-36
  * @author Maciej Walkowiak
  * @author Thomas Darimont
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
 public class MappingMongoConverterParserValidationIntegrationTests {
 
@@ -46,31 +47,43 @@ public class MappingMongoConverterParserValidationIntegrationTests {
 		reader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(factory);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-36
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void validatingEventListenerCreatedWithDefaultConfig() {
 
 		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-default.xml"));
-		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER), is(not(nullValue())));
+		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER_BEAN_NAME), is(not(nullValue())));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-36
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void validatingEventListenerCreatedWhenValidationEnabled() {
 
 		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-validation-enabled.xml"));
-		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER), is(not(nullValue())));
+		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER_BEAN_NAME), is(not(nullValue())));
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-36
+	 */
 	@Test(expected = NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.class)
 	public void validatingEventListenersIsNotCreatedWhenDisabled() {
 
 		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-validation-disabled.xml"));
-		factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER);
+		factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER_BEAN_NAME);
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-36
+	 */
 	@Test
 	public void validatingEventListenerCreatedWithCustomTypeMapperConfig() {
 
 		reader.loadBeanDefinitions(new ClassPathResource("namespace/converter-custom-typeMapper.xml"));
-		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER), is(not(nullValue())));
+		assertThat(factory.getBean(BeanNames.VALIDATING_EVENT_LISTENER_BEAN_NAME), is(not(nullValue())));
 	}
 }

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

@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2011 by the original author(s).
+ * Copyright 2011-2014 the original author or authors.
  *
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  * You may obtain a copy of the License at
  *
- *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  *
  * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
@@ -15,33 +15,32 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.config;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.is;
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
 
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
-
-import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
 import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessResourceFailureException;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.MongoDbFactory;
+import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.MongoTemplate;
 import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
 
 /**
  * Integration tests for {@link MongoDbFactory}.
  * 
- * @author Thomas Risbergf
+ * @author Thomas Risberg
+ * @author Oliver Gierke
  */
-
 @RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
 @ContextConfiguration
 public class MongoDbFactoryNoDatabaseRunningTests {
 
-	@Autowired
-	MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;
+	@Autowired MongoTemplate mongoTemplate;
 
 	/**
-	 * @see DATADOC-139
+	 * @see DATAMONGO-139
 	 */
 	@Test
 	public void startsUpWithoutADatabaseRunning() {

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

@@ -15,7 +15,10 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.mongodb.core;
 
+import java.util.Date;
+
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.CreatedBy;
+import org.springframework.data.annotation.CreatedDate;
 import org.springframework.data.annotation.Id;
 import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef;
 
@@ -26,9 +29,10 @@ import org.springframework.data.mongodb.core.mapping.DBRef;
  */
 public class AuditablePerson {
 
-	@Id private String id;
+	private @Id String id;
 	private String firstname;
-	@DBRef @CreatedBy private AuditablePerson createdBy;
+	private @DBRef @CreatedBy AuditablePerson createdBy;
+	private @CreatedDate Date createdAt;
 
 	public AuditablePerson() {}
 
@@ -59,4 +63,8 @@ public class AuditablePerson {
 	public void setCreatedBy(AuditablePerson createdBy) {
 		this.createdBy = createdBy;
 	}
+
+	public Date getCreatedAt() {
+		return createdAt;
+	}
 }