You must use braces '()' not qoutations '""' in your description when you define your bean factory or parentbeanfactory. | <beans xmlns=... | | <!-- This description tag doesn't work --> | <description>ParentBeanFactory=(BillingFramework)</description> | | <!-- access reference of billingBean, which is depoyed in BillingFramework --> | <bean class="com.iseemedia.billing.Mediation"> | <property name="url"> | <value>https://localhost/test</value> | </property> | <property name="billing" ref="billingBean"/> | </bean> | ... | </beans> | | View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4267881#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...