package org.dt.cachetest;

import net.sf.ehcache.config.CacheConfiguration;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.CachingConfigurer;
import org.springframework.cache.annotation.EnableCaching;
import org.springframework.cache.ehcache.EhCacheCacheManager;
import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.KeyGenerator;
import org.springframework.cache.interceptor.SimpleKeyGenerator;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.ComponentScan;
import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;

@Configuration
@EnableCaching
@ComponentScan("org.dt.cachetest")
public class EhCacheConfig implements CachingConfigurer {

  final static String CACHE_POLICY = "LRU";

  @Bean(destroyMethod = "shutdown")
  public net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager ehCacheManager() {
    net.sf.ehcache.config.Configuration config = new net.sf.ehcache.config.Configuration();
    config.addCache(cacheConfig("cache1", 500));
    config.addCache(cacheConfig("cache2", 500));
    return net.sf.ehcache.CacheManager.newInstance(config);
  }

  @Bean
  @Override
  public org.springframework.cache.CacheManager cacheManager() {
    return new EhCacheCacheManager(ehCacheManager());
  }

  @Bean
  @Override
  public KeyGenerator keyGenerator() {
    return new SimpleKeyGenerator();
  }

  private CacheConfiguration cacheConfig(String name, long maxEntries) {
    CacheConfiguration config = new CacheConfiguration();
    config.setName(name);
    config.setMaxEntriesLocalHeap(maxEntries);
    config.setMemoryStoreEvictionPolicy(CACHE_POLICY);
    return config;
  }
}


Make sure to add the following gradle dependencies:
compile 'org.springframework:spring-context-support:4.0.6.RELEASE'
compile 'net.sf.ehcache:ehcache:2.8.3'

If you use maven you'll just have figure it out.