Erro ao Tentar Adicionar método na interface filha de JpaRepository no Spring Data

Bom dia Companheiros e Companheiras,

Estou batendo cabeça aqui na tentativa de adicionar o Spring Data a um projeto.
Estudei o Spring Data, muito legal, mas na hora de adicioná-lo ao projeto estou tendo problemas, sempre é disparada a exception

org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationException: Error creating bean with name 'uFRepository': Post-processing of the FactoryBean's object failed; nested exception is org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Could not generate CGLIB subclass of class [class $Proxy16]: Common causes of this problem include using a final class or a non-visible class; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot subclass final class class $Proxy16
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:165)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.getObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:102)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getObjectForBeanInstance(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1441)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:305)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:193)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.preInstantiateSingletons(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:585)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.finishBeanFactoryInitialization(AbstractApplicationContext.java:913)
	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:464)
	at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:139)
	at org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.<init>(ClassPathXmlApplicationContext.java:83)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
	at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.reflection.CachedConstructor.invoke(CachedConstructor.java:77)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.ConstructorSite$ConstructorSiteNoUnwrapNoCoerce.callConstructor(ConstructorSite.java:102)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.CallSiteArray.defaultCallConstructor(CallSiteArray.java:54)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:182)
	at org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.callsite.AbstractCallSite.callConstructor(AbstractCallSite.java:190)
	at br.com.projetusinformatica.integracao.app.Aplicacao.main(Aplicacao.groovy:25)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
	at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
	at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601)
	at com.intellij.rt.execution.application.AppMain.main(AppMain.java:120)
Caused by: org.springframework.aop.framework.AopConfigException: Could not generate CGLIB subclass of class [class $Proxy16]: Common causes of this problem include using a final class or a non-visible class; nested exception is java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot subclass final class class $Proxy16
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.Cglib2AopProxy.getProxy(Cglib2AopProxy.java:213)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.ProxyFactory.getProxy(ProxyFactory.java:112)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.createProxy(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:476)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.wrapIfNecessary(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:362)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.autoproxy.AbstractAutoProxyCreator.postProcessAfterInitialization(AbstractAutoProxyCreator.java:322)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.applyBeanPostProcessorsAfterInitialization(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:407)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.postProcessObjectFromFactoryBean(AbstractAutowireCapableBeanFactory.java:1598)
	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.doGetObjectFromFactoryBean(FactoryBeanRegistrySupport.java:162)
	... 24 more
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Cannot subclass final class class $Proxy16
	at net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.generateClass(Enhancer.java:446)
	at net.sf.cglib.transform.TransformingClassGenerator.generateClass(TransformingClassGenerator.java:33)
	at net.sf.cglib.core.DefaultGeneratorStrategy.generate(DefaultGeneratorStrategy.java:25)
	at net.sf.cglib.core.AbstractClassGenerator.create(AbstractClassGenerator.java:216)
	at net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.createHelper(Enhancer.java:377)
	at net.sf.cglib.proxy.Enhancer.create(Enhancer.java:285)
	at org.springframework.aop.framework.Cglib2AopProxy.getProxy(Cglib2AopProxy.java:201)
	... 31 more

Configurei da seguinte maneira:
-----> pom.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
         xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
         xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
    <modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>

    <groupId>br.com.acme</groupId>
    <artifactId>projeto</artifactId>
    <version>1.0</version>

    <!-- Propriedade -->
    <properties>
        <src.encoding>UTF-8</src.encoding>
        <java.version>1.6</java.version>
        <ftp.url>.../ftp.url>

        <cdi.version>1.0</cdi.version>
	</properties>


    <build>
        <plugins>
             <!-- Plugin de compilação para o Groovy -->
             <plugin>
                 <groupId>org.codehaus.gmaven</groupId>
                 <artifactId>gmaven-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>1.2</version>
                 <configuration>
                     <source/>
                     <providerSelection>1.7</providerSelection>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <execution>
                         <goals>
                             <goal>generateStubs</goal>
                             <goal>compile</goal>
                             <goal>generateTestStubs</goal>
                             <goal>testCompile</goal>
                         </goals>
                     </execution>
                 </executions>
             </plugin>

             <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-dependency-plugin</artifactId>
                <executions>
                    <execution>
                        <phase>compile</phase>
                        <goals>
                            <goal>copy-dependencies</goal>
                        </goals>
                        <configuration>
                            <outputDirectory>${project.build.directory}/lib</outputDirectory>
                        </configuration>
                    </execution>
                </executions>
             </plugin>

            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-jar-plugin</artifactId>
                <version>2.3.1</version>
                <configuration>
                    <archive>
                        <manifest>
                            <addClasspath>true</addClasspath>
                            <classpathPrefix>lib/</classpathPrefix>
                            <mainClass>br.com.acme.projeto.app.Aplicacao</mainClass>
                        </manifest>
                    </archive>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

            <!-- Plugin de compilação -->
            <plugin>
                <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                <configuration>
                    <encoding>${src.encoding}</encoding>
                    <source>${java.version}</source>
                    <target>${java.version}</target>
                    <includes>
                        <include>*.png</include>
                    </includes>
                </configuration>
            </plugin>

        </plugins>

        <extensions>
            <!-- Extensão para envio por FTP -->
            <extension>
                <groupId>org.apache.maven.wagon</groupId>
                <artifactId>wagon-ftp</artifactId>
                <version>1.0-beta-6</version>
            </extension>
        </extensions>
    </build>

    <!-- Repositórios -->
    <repositories>
        <repository>
            <id>jboss repository</id>
            <name>JBoss Repository for Maven</name>
            <url>http://repository.jboss.org/maven2/</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>

        <repository>
            <id>maven2-repository.dev.java.net</id>
            <name>Java.net Repository for Maven</name>
            <url>http://download.java.net/maven/2/</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>

        <repository>
            <id>br.com.acme</id>
            <name>...</name>
            <url>...</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>

        <repository>
            <id>localc.br.com.acme</id>
            <name>...</name>
            <url>file:////C:/MavenRep/</url>
            <layout>default</layout>
        </repository>

        <!-- Spring - Bundles -->
        <repository>
            <id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.release</id>
            <name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - SpringSource Bundle Releases</name>
            <url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/release</url>
        </repository>

        <repository>
            <id>com.springsource.repository.bundles.external</id>
            <name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Bundle Releases</name>
            <url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/bundles/external</url>
        </repository>


        <!-- Spring - Libraries -->
        <repository>
            <id>com.springsource.repository.libraries.release</id>
            <name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - SpringSource Library Releases</name>
            <url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/libraries/release</url>
        </repository>

        <repository>
            <id>com.springsource.repository.libraries.external</id>
            <name>SpringSource Enterprise Bundle Repository - External Library Releases</name>
            <url>http://repository.springsource.com/maven/libraries/external</url>
        </repository>

        <repository>
             <id>spring-milestone</id>
             <name>Spring Maven MILESTONE Repository</name>
             <url>http://repo.springsource.org/libs-milestone</url>
        </repository>

    </repositories>

    <!-- Dependências -->
    <dependencies>
        <dependency>
           <groupId>org.apache.commons</groupId>
           <artifactId>commons-email</artifactId>
           <version>1.2</version>
        </dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-orm</artifactId>
			<version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-tx</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-beans</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-instrument</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
			<scope>provided</scope>
		</dependency>

		<dependency>
			<groupId>org.springframework</groupId>
			<artifactId>spring-core</artifactId>
            <version>3.1.0.RELEASE</version>
			<exclusions>
				<exclusion>
					<groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
					<artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
				</exclusion>
			</exclusions>
		</dependency>

        <dependency>
             <groupId>org.springframework.data</groupId>
             <artifactId>spring-data-jpa</artifactId>
             <version>1.0.3.RELEASE</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- AspectJ -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.aspectj</groupId>
            <artifactId>aspectjweaver</artifactId>
            <version>1.6.8</version>
            <scope>runtime</scope>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Log -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-logging</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-logging</artifactId>
            <version>1.1.1</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- AOP dependency -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>cglib</groupId>
            <artifactId>cglib</artifactId>
            <version>2.2</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Driver de Conexão com o banco de dados -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>postgresql</groupId>
            <artifactId>postgresql</artifactId>
            <version>9.0-801.jdbc4</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Biblioteca de classes utilitárias -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>br.com.acme</groupId>
            <artifactId>.../artifactId>
            <version>....</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Groovy -->
       <dependency>
           <groupId>org.codehaus.groovy</groupId>
           <artifactId>groovy-all</artifactId>

           <!-- *** ATENCAO
                *** Se trocar a versao do groovy é necessario trocar no build.xml tambem -->
           <version>1.8.0</version>
       </dependency>

        <!-- Persistência -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
            <artifactId>javax.persistence</artifactId>
            <version>2.0.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.eclipse.persistence</groupId>
            <artifactId>eclipselink</artifactId>
            <version>2.3.2</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>org.firebirdsql.jdbc</groupId>
            <artifactId>jaybird</artifactId>
            <version>2.1.6</version>
            <exclusions>
                <exclusion>
                    <artifactId>xalan</artifactId>
                    <groupId>xalan</groupId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
                    <groupId>junit</groupId>
                </exclusion>
                <exclusion>
                    <artifactId>log4j</artifactId>
                    <groupId>log4j</groupId>
                </exclusion>
            </exclusions>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>javax</groupId>
            <artifactId>javaee-api</artifactId>
            <version>6.0</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Swing -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>br.com.acme</groupId>
            <artifactId>...</artifactId>
            <version>...</version>
        </dependency>

        <!-- Swing -->
        <dependency>
            <groupId>br.com.acme</groupId>
            <artifactId>...</artifactId>
            <version>...</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>br.com.acme</groupId>
            <artifactId>...</artifactId>
            <version>...</version>
        </dependency>


        <dependency>
            <groupId>commons-dbcp</groupId>
            <artifactId>commons-dbcp</artifactId>
            <version>1.4</version>
        </dependency>

        <dependency>
            <groupId>br.com.acme</groupId>
            <artifactId>...</artifactId>
            <version>...</version>
        </dependency>

    </dependencies>
</project>

----->applicationContext.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
       xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
       xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
       xmlns:tx="http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx"
       xmlns:aop="http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop"
       xmlns:jpa="http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa"
       xsi:schemaLocation="
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.0.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-2.5.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/tx/spring-tx-3.0.xsd
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop
		http://www.springframework.org/schema/aop/spring-aop.xsd
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa
        http://www.springframework.org/schema/data/jpa/spring-jpa.xsd">

    <jpa:repositories base-package="br.com.acm.projeto.repository" entity-manager-factory-ref="entityManagerFactory" />


    <!-- Habilita a DI através de anotações. -->
    <context:annotation-config/>
    <context:component-scan base-package="br.com.acm"/>

    <!-- Habilita o Gerenciamento de Transações através de anotações. -->
    <tx:annotation-driven proxy-target-class="true" transaction-manager="transactionManager"/>

    <!-- Habilita a Tradução de Exceções do banco de dados. -->
    <bean class="org.springframework.dao.annotation.PersistenceExceptionTranslationPostProcessor"/>

    <bean id="dataSourceServer" class="br.com.acm.projeto.conexao.BasicDataSource" lazy-init="true"/>

    <!-- Cria uma Fábrica de Gerenciadores de Entidade para a persistence unit 'projeto'. -->
    <bean id="entityManagerFactory" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalContainerEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="jpa-projeto"/>
        <property name="dataSource" ref="dataSourceServer"/>
        <property name="jpaProperties">
            <bean id="jpaProperties"
                  class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.PropertiesFactoryBean">
                <property name="properties">
                    <props>
                        <prop key="eclipselink.weaving">false</prop>
                    </props>
                </property>
            </bean>
        </property>
        <property name="persistenceUnitPostProcessors">
            <list>
                <bean class="br.com.acm.projeto.conexao.PersistenceUnitPostProcessor"/>
            </list>
        </property>
    </bean>

    <!-- Cria Gerenciador de Tranções para os Gerenciadores de Entidade criados pela fábrica 'entityManagerFactory'. -->
    <bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
    </bean>



    <!-- Fábrica do Gerenciador de Entidades -->
    <bean id="entityManagerFactoryCalima"
          class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.LocalEntityManagerFactoryBean">
        <property name="persistenceUnitName" value="jpa-projetoCalima"/>
    </bean>

    <!-- Define que as transações são feitas por anotações -->
    <tx:annotation-driven proxy-target-class="true"/>

    <!-- Gerenciador de Transações -->
    <bean id="transactionManagerCalima"
          class="org.springframework.orm.jpa.JpaTransactionManager">
        <property name="entityManagerFactory" ref="entityManagerFactory"/>
    </bean>

    <!-- AOP -->
    <aop:aspectj-autoproxy expose-proxy="true" />
    <aop:config proxy-target-class="true" />

</beans>

E meu persistence.xml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<persistence xmlns="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" version="1.0" xsi:schemaLocation="http://java.sun.com/xml/ns/persistence persistence_2_0.xsd">
    <persistence-unit name="jpa-projeto">
        <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>

        <exclude-unlisted-classes>false</exclude-unlisted-classes>
        <properties>
        	<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value="none"/>
        	<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation.output-mode" value="database"/>
        	<property name="eclipselink.logging.level" value="FINE"/>
            <property name="eclipselink.cache.shared.default" value="false"/>
            <property name="eclipselink.id-validation" value="NULL"/>
        </properties>
    </persistence-unit>
    <persistence-unit name="jpa-projetoCalima">
        <provider>org.eclipse.persistence.jpa.PersistenceProvider</provider>
        <class>br.com.acme.projeto.model.entity.BaseModel</class>
        <exclude-unlisted-classes>false</exclude-unlisted-classes>
        <properties>
        	<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation" value="none"/>
        	<property name="eclipselink.ddl-generation.output-mode" value="database" />

            <!-- Configure simple SQL logging for demonstration -->
            <!--<property name="eclipselink.logging.level" value="FINE"/> -->
            <property name="eclipselink.logging.level" value="FINE"/>
            <property name="eclipselink.logging.thread" value="false" />
            <property name="eclipselink.logging.session" value="false" />
            <property name="eclipselink.logging.exceptions" value="false" />
            <property name="eclipselink.logging.timestamp" value="false" />

             <!-- Configure connection pool -->
            <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.connections.initial" value="1"/>
            <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.connections.min" value="15" />
            <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.connections.max" value="15" />

             <!-- Timeout for connection -->
            <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.timeout" value="10" />

            <!-- Configure cache size -->
            <property name="eclipselink.cache.size.default" value="1000" />
            <property name="eclipselink.cache.shared.default" value="false"/>

            <!-- Access database -->
            <property name="eclipselink.target-database" value="PostgreSQL"/>
            <property name="eclipselink.jdbc.driver" value="org.postgresql.Driver"/>
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.url" value="jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/projeto"/>
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.user" value="..."/>
            <property name="javax.persistence.jdbc.password" value="..."/>
        </properties>
    </persistence-unit>
</persistence>

O curioso é que o seguinte código funciona perfeitamente:

@Transactional
public interface UFRepository extends JpaRepository<UF, Long> {

   // Sem declarações
}

E este não.

[code]
@Transactional
public interface UFRepository extends JpaRepository<UF, Long> {

 UF findBySigla(String sigla); //Com declaração.

}[/code]

Alguém já teve esse problema? Tem alguma ideia do que pode ser? Já alterei a versão de tudo relacionado no Maven, e depois voltei pra essa versão. O erro é sempre o mesmo. Minhas desconfianças são versões das dependências e o fato de busar 2 persistence Unit.

Desde já agradeço.
Abraço

Reativando o post, alguma consideração sobre o ocorrido com o colega acima? Estou enfrentando o mesmo problema.

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