Hello Matt, Yes.
I was able to solve the problem with the following piece of code by moving applicationContext-resources.xml to \web\WEB-INF\classes from \web\WEB-INF. Is it okay to do so? String[] path = { "classpath:META-INF/applicationContext-hibernate.xml", "classpath:META-INF/applicationContext-service.xml", "classpath:applicationContext-resources.xml" }; ApplicationContext applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(path); ConcernedPersonsManager concernedPersonsManager = (ConcernedPersonsManager) applicationContext.getBean("concernedPersonsManager"); Thank you. Sudheer Palaparambil Are you sure your bean is named "personsManager" and not "personManager"? Matt -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/How-to-get-a-reference-to-a-manager-in-a-custom-validator-tp14496212s2369p14714623.html Sent from the AppFuse - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]