+ added exception translation

+ fixed config
+ added docs on TM management and exception translation

src/main/java/org/springframework/data/gemfire/CacheFactoryBean.java

@@ -29,8 +29,11 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.DisposableBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.FactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 
+import com.gemstone.gemfire.GemFireException;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.Cache;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheClosedException;
 import com.gemstone.gemfire.cache.CacheFactory;
@@ -40,11 +43,18 @@ import com.gemstone.gemfire.distributed.DistributedSystem;
 /**
  * Factory used for configuring a Gemfire Cache manager. Allows either retrieval of an existing, opened cache 
  * or the creation of a new one.
+
+ * <p>This class implements the {@link org.springframework.dao.support.PersistenceExceptionTranslator}
+ * interface, as autodetected by Spring's
+ * {@link org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor},
+ * for AOP-based translation of native exceptions to Spring DataAccessExceptions.
+ * Hence, the presence of this class automatically enables
+ * a PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor to translate GemFire exceptions.
  * 
  * @author Costin Leau
  */
 public class CacheFactoryBean implements BeanNameAware, BeanFactoryAware, BeanClassLoaderAware, DisposableBean,
-		InitializingBean, FactoryBean<Cache> {
+		InitializingBean, FactoryBean<Cache>, PersistenceExceptionTranslator {
 
 	private static final Log log = LogFactory.getLog(CacheFactoryBean.class);
 
@@ -126,6 +136,14 @@ public class CacheFactoryBean implements BeanNameAware, BeanFactoryAware, BeanCl
 		factoryLocator.destroy();
 	}
 
+	public DataAccessException translateExceptionIfPossible(RuntimeException ex) {
+		if (ex instanceof GemFireException) {
+			return GemfireCacheUtils.convertGemfireAccessException((GemFireException) ex);
+		}
+
+		return null;
+	}
+
 	public Cache getObject() throws Exception {
 		return cache;
 	}

src/test/resources/org/springframework/data/gemfire/basic-cache.xml

@@ -2,10 +2,7 @@
 <beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
 	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
 	xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
-	default-lazy-init="true"
-	xmlns:util="http://www.springframework.org/schema/util"
-	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
-		http://www.springframework.org/schema/util http://www.springframework.org/schema/util/spring-util-3.0.xsd">
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd" default-lazy-init="true">
 
 	<!-- all beans are lazy to allow the same config to be used between multiple tests -->
 	<!-- as there can be only one cache per VM -->
@@ -21,7 +18,6 @@
 
 	<bean id="named-cache" class="org.springframework.data.gemfire.CacheFactoryBean" p:name="named-cache">
 		<property name="properties">
-			<util:properties location="classpath:/deployment/env.properties"></util:properties>
 			<props>
 				<prop key="name">cache-with-props</prop>
 			</props>