Jim, A correction: I re-read your stacktrace - and the CCE does not seem related to the stacktrace. You have in the configuration file <description>BeanFactory=(shout)</description> | so it looks that you will have to use: @Spring(jndiName = "shout", bean = "messagePublisherFactory") | "shout-ear-1.0" finds a JNDI Object, but that's not your BeanFactory. Marius View the original post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=viewtopic&p=4238383#... Reply to the post : http://www.jboss.org/index.html?module=bb&op=posting&mode=reply&a...