mmmhhh | <bean id="catalogService" class="foo.bar.service.DefaultCatalogService" > | <property name="catalogDao"> | <ref local="catalogDao"/> | </property> | </bean> | does not work as well .. I already removed the autowire="byType" attribute as it did not work neither.. that was the only reason I was asking about the deployer ... what worries me a bit is that everything seems to startup properly: | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,866 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults] Not strongly caching class [foo.bar.dao.DefaultCatalogDao] because it is not cache-safe | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,866 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory] Eagerly caching bean 'catalogDao' to allow for resolving potential circular references | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,870 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory] Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'entityManagerFactory' | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,906 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory] Creating shared instance of singleton bean 'catalogService' | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,906 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory] Creating instance of bean 'catalogService' with merged definition [Root bean: class [foo.bar.servic | e.DefaultCatalogService]; scope=singleton; abstract=false; lazyInit=false; autowireCandidate=true; autowireMode=0; dependencyCheck=0; factoryBeanName=null; factoryMethodName=null; initMethodName=null; destroyM | ethodName=null; defined in URL [jar:file:/home/tmaus/server/jboss-4.0.5.GA/server/default/tmp/deploy/tmp54823catalog.ear-contents/catalog-spring.spring!/META-INF/jboss-spring.xml]] | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,908 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.CachedIntrospectionResults] Not strongly caching class [foo-bar.service.DefaultCatalogService] because it is not cache-safe | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,908 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory] Eagerly caching bean 'catalogService' to allow for resolving potential circular references | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,909 DEBUG [org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory] Returning cached instance of singleton bean 'catalogDao' | 2007-07-06 17:08:49,909 DEBUG [org.jboss.spring.factory.NamedXmlApplicationContext] Publishing event in context [org.jboss.spring.factory.NamedXmlApplicationContext;hashCode=27471825]: org.springframework.cont | ext.event.ContextRefreshedEvent[source=org.jboss.spring.factory.NamedXmlApplicationContext: display name [org.jboss.spring.factory.NamedXmlApplicationContext;hashCode=27471825]; startup date [Fri Jul 06 17:08: | 48 CEST 2007]; root of context hierarchy] | | View the original post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4061354#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.com/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...