Add caching: the Spring cache abstraction, keys, eviction timing and the self-invocation trap

A Spring Boot 4.1.1 module whose test suite is the evidence for the article: 19 tests
producing 22 transcripts under docs/output/, plus 12 documentation chapters.

Findings the build pins:
- @EnableCaching has no exposeProxy attribute; the widely-copied
  @EnableCaching(exposeProxy = true) does not compile.
- Two methods sharing a cache name and an argument type share a key space, and one
  silently serves the other's answers.
- beforeInvocation = true is NOT deferred by TransactionAwareCacheManagerProxy on
  7.0.9 - doEvict picks evictIfPresent, which the decorator does not intercept.
- Four of five invalid declarations start a clean context and throw at the first call.
- Caffeine on the classpath silently displaces the simple provider.
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# Two more places the annotation is ignored without a warning
@Cacheable on a protected method, called twice -> 2 repository calls
No warning is logged. In proxy mode the annotation is only honoured on
public methods; a protected one is simply never advised.
--- @EnableCaching attributes, as the class file declares them ---
AdviceMode mode()
int order()
boolean proxyTargetClass()
There is no exposeProxy attribute, so @EnableCaching(exposeProxy = true)
- which a lot of answers recommend - does not compile.