Getting an actual Instance of a Component using ServiceManager.lookup()

[Glen Ezkovich]

I have a non-sitemap component that I have marked as ThreadSafe, when I 
try to access it in another component using the ServiceManager, I get 
an instance of java.lang.reflect.Proxy. Obviously, I am missing 
something. I could get its InvocationHandler, but to use it seems 
cumbersome. There must be some way to get an actual instance of my 
class.

Here's what I am doing. In cocoon.xconf I declare a component
  <component class="com.hardBop.workFlow.Processor" logger="hardbop" 
role="com.hardBop.workFlow.Processor">
        <parameter name="datasource" value="hardbop"/>
        <parameter name="mail.smtp.host" value="smtp.hard-bop.com"/>
        <parameter name="from_address" value="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"/>
  </component>

I attempt to access the component in another components initialize 
method

	 this.processor = 
(Processor)this.serviceManager.lookup(Processor.ROLE);

Of course this causes a ClassCastException to be thrown.
I could always implement these classes as plain Java objects but I 
would really like to take advantage of the built in pooling and 
SourceResolver.

So my question is, what do I need to do to get an actual instance of my 
Component.

Any help is greatly appreciated.
Glen Ezkovich
HardBop Consulting
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.hard-bop.com - new and improved site coming soon

A Proverb for Paranoids:
"If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to 
worry about answers."
- Thomas Pynchon Gravity's Rainbow

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