Too add a bit more information.... I found the code which throws this error in the camel source base:
public ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() { + if (applicationContext == null) { + CamelContext camelContext = getContext(); + if (camelContext instanceof SpringCamelContext) { + SpringCamelContext springCamelContext = (SpringCamelContext) camelContext; + return springCamelContext.getApplicationContext(); + } + else { + throw new IllegalArgumentException("This SpringBuilder is not being used with a SpringCamelContext and there is no applicationContext property configured"); + } + } So the problem seems to be that I have an instance of CamelContext instead of SpringCamelContext. SpringcamelContext extends camelcontext incidently. the questions is - how can I create an instance of SpringCamelContext from within my Spring xml? To refer back to my original post, I have this piece of XML to create, I guess, a normal camelContext: <camel:camelContext id="camel2" xmlns="http://activemq.apache.org/camel/schema/spring"> <camel:package>com.mycompany.mypackage</camel:package> </camel:camelContext> I was hoping it would be as simply as changing "camelContext" to "SpringCamelContext" but sadly not ;) Can anyone indicate if this is something perhaps currently not supported, or hopefully offer a solution? maybe I can't use spring xml for this? I am using the SpringRouteBuilder because I want to be able to ensure that messages are persisted from 1 queue to another (i.e. if somebody pulls out the plug during processing within a bean, my message will still exist on the "from" queue and not be lost). So if Camel supports transactions another way, would gladly use that instead. Thanks for any feedback andrew -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Error%3A-This-SpringBuilder-is-not-being-used-with-a-SpringCamelContext-and-there-is-no-applicationContext-property-configured-tp22326547p22338004.html Sent from the Camel - Users (activemq) mailing list archive at Nabble.com.