Sandbox to experiment and extend the runtime.

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diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringBeanElement.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringBeanElement.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a <bean> element in a Spring application-context
+ * - this has id and className attributes
+ * - plus zero or more property elements as children
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringBeanElement {
+
+    private String id;
+    private String className = null;
+    private boolean innerBean = false;
+    private boolean abstractBean = false;
+    private boolean parentAttribute = false;
+    private boolean factoryBeanAttribute = false;
+    private boolean factoryMethodAttribute = false;
+
+    private List<SpringPropertyElement> properties = new ArrayList<SpringPropertyElement>();
+    private List<SpringConstructorArgElement> constructorargs = new ArrayList<SpringConstructorArgElement>();
+
+    public SpringBeanElement() {
+    }
+    
+    public SpringBeanElement(String id, String className) {
+        this.id = id;
+        this.className = className;
+    }
+
+    public String getClassName() {
+        return className;
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return id;
+    }
+
+    public void setId(String id) {
+        this.id = id;
+    }
+
+    public List<SpringPropertyElement> getProperties() {
+        return properties;
+    }
+
+    public void addProperty(SpringPropertyElement property) {
+        properties.add(property);
+    }
+
+    public List<SpringConstructorArgElement> getCustructorArgs() {
+        return constructorargs;
+    }
+
+    public void addCustructorArgs(SpringConstructorArgElement args) {
+        constructorargs.add(args);
+    }
+
+    public boolean isInnerBean() {
+        return innerBean;
+    }
+
+    public void setInnerBean(boolean innerBean) {
+        this.innerBean = innerBean;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isAbstractBean() {
+        return abstractBean;
+    }
+
+    public void setAbstractBean(boolean abstractBean) {
+        this.abstractBean = abstractBean;
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasParentAttribute() {
+        return parentAttribute;
+    }
+
+    public void setParentAttribute(boolean parentAttribute) {
+        this.parentAttribute = parentAttribute;
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasFactoryBeanAttribute() {
+        return factoryBeanAttribute;
+    }
+
+    public void setFactoryBeanAttribute(boolean factoryBeanAttribute) {
+        this.factoryBeanAttribute = factoryBeanAttribute;
+    }
+
+    public boolean hasFactoryMethodAttribute() {
+        return factoryMethodAttribute;
+    }
+
+    public void setFactoryMethodAttribute(boolean factoryMethodAttribute) {
+        this.factoryMethodAttribute = factoryMethodAttribute;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringBeanElement [id=").append(id).append(", className=").append(className)
+            .append(", innerBean=").append(innerBean).append(", abstractBean=").append(abstractBean)
+            .append(", parentAttribute=").append(parentAttribute).append(", factoryBeanAttribute=")
+            .append(factoryBeanAttribute).append(", factoryMethodAttribute=").append(factoryMethodAttribute)
+            .append(", properties=").append(properties).append(", constructorargs=").append(constructorargs)
+            .append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringBeanElement
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringConstructorArgElement.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringConstructorArgElement.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a <constructor-arg> element in a Spring application-context
+ * - this has ref attribute
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringConstructorArgElement {
+
+    private String type;
+    private int autoIndex = -1;
+    private int index = -1;
+    private List<String> refs = new ArrayList<String>();
+    private List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    public SpringConstructorArgElement() {
+        
+    }
+    
+    public SpringConstructorArgElement(String type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return this.type;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getRefs() {
+        return this.refs;
+    }
+
+    public void addRef(String ref) {
+        this.refs.add(ref);
+    }
+
+    public int getIndex() {
+        return this.index;
+    }
+
+    public void setIndex(int index) {
+        this.index = index;
+    }
+
+    public int getAutoIndex() {
+        return this.autoIndex;
+    }
+
+    public void setAutoIndex(int index) {
+        this.autoIndex = index;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getValues() {
+        return this.values;
+    }
+
+    public void addValue(String value) {
+        this.values.add(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringConstructorArgElement [type=").append(type).append(", autoIndex=").append(autoIndex)
+            .append(", index=").append(index).append(", refs=").append(refs).append(", values=").append(values)
+            .append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringImplementation.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringImplementation.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Component;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.ComponentType;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Extensible;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Implementation;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Property;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Reference;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Service;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.impl.ImplementationImpl;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.InterfaceContract;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a Spring implementation.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringImplementation extends ImplementationImpl implements Implementation, Extensible {
+    public final static QName TYPE = new QName(SCA11_NS, "implementation.spring");
+    // The location attribute which points to the Spring application-context XML file
+    private String location;
+    // The application-context file as a Spring Resource
+    private List<URL> resource;
+    private ComponentType componentType;
+    // Mapping of Services to Beans
+    private Map<String, SpringBeanElement> serviceMap;
+    // Mapping of property names to Java class
+    private Map<String, Class<?>> propertyMap;
+    // List of unresolved bean property references
+    private Map<String, Reference> unresolvedBeanRef;
+    private ClassLoader classLoader;
+
+    public SpringImplementation() {
+        super(TYPE);
+        this.location = null;
+        this.resource = null;
+        setUnresolved(true);
+        serviceMap = new HashMap<String, SpringBeanElement>();
+        propertyMap = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>();
+        unresolvedBeanRef = new HashMap<String, Reference>();
+    } // end method SpringImplementation
+
+    /* Returns the location attribute for this Spring implementation */
+    public String getLocation() {
+        return location;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the location attribute for this Spring implementation
+     * location - a URI to the Spring application-context file
+     */
+    public void setLocation(String location) {
+        this.location = location;
+        return;
+    }
+
+    public void setResource(List<URL> resource) {
+        this.resource = resource;
+    }
+
+    public List<URL> getResource() {
+        return resource;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Returns the componentType for this Spring implementation
+     */
+    public ComponentType getComponentType() {
+        return componentType;
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Sets the componentType for this Spring implementation
+     */
+    public void setComponentType(ComponentType componentType) {
+        this.componentType = componentType;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Service> getServices() {
+        return componentType.getServices();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Reference> getReferences() {
+        return componentType.getReferences();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public List<Property> getProperties() {
+        return componentType.getProperties();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the Spring Bean which implements a particular service
+     * @param service the service
+     * @return the bean which implements the service, as a SpringBeanElement
+     */
+    public SpringBeanElement getBeanFromService(Service service) {
+        SpringBeanElement theBean = serviceMap.get(service.getName());
+        return theBean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the mapping from a service to the Spring Bean that implements the service
+     * @param service the service
+     * @param theBean a SpringBeanElement for the Bean implementing the service
+     */
+    public void setBeanForService(Service service, SpringBeanElement theBean) {
+        serviceMap.put(service.getName(), theBean);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a mapping from a SCA property name to a Java class for the property
+     * @param propertyName
+     * @param propertyClass
+     */
+    public void setPropertyClass(String propertyName, Class<?> propertyClass) {
+        if (propertyName == null || propertyClass == null)
+            return;
+        propertyMap.put(propertyName, propertyClass);
+        return;
+    } // end method setPropertyClass
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the Java Class for an SCA property
+     * @param propertyName - the property name
+     * @return - a Class object for the type of the property
+     */
+    public Class<?> getPropertyClass(String propertyName) {
+        return propertyMap.get(propertyName);
+    } // end method getPropertyClass
+
+    public void setUnresolvedBeanRef(String refName, Reference reference) {
+        if (refName == null || reference == null)
+            return;
+        unresolvedBeanRef.put(refName, reference);
+        return;
+    } // end method setUnresolvedBeanRef
+
+    public Reference getUnresolvedBeanRef(String refName) {
+        return unresolvedBeanRef.get(refName);
+    } // end method getUnresolvedBeanRef
+
+    /**
+     * Use preProcess to validate and map the references and properties dynamically
+     */
+    public void build(Component component) {
+
+        for (Reference reference : component.getReferences()) {
+            if (unresolvedBeanRef.containsKey(reference.getName())) {
+                Reference ref = unresolvedBeanRef.get(reference.getName());
+                componentType.getReferences().add(createReference(reference, ref.getInterfaceContract()));
+                unresolvedBeanRef.remove(reference.getName());
+            }
+        }
+
+        for (Property property : component.getProperties()) {
+            if (unresolvedBeanRef.containsKey(property.getName())) {
+                componentType.getProperties().add(createProperty(property));
+                this.setPropertyClass(property.getName(), property.getClass());
+                unresolvedBeanRef.remove(property.getName());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    protected Reference createReference(Reference reference, InterfaceContract interfaze) {
+        Reference newReference;
+        try {
+            newReference = (Reference)reference.clone();
+            if (newReference.getInterfaceContract() == null)
+                newReference.setInterfaceContract(interfaze);
+        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError(e); // should not ever happen
+        }
+        return newReference;
+    }
+
+    protected Property createProperty(Property property) {
+        Property newProperty;
+        try {
+            newProperty = (Property)property.clone();
+        } catch (CloneNotSupportedException e) {
+            throw new AssertionError(e); // should not ever happen
+        }
+        return newProperty;
+    }
+
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+        return classLoader;
+    }
+
+    public void setClassLoader(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        this.classLoader = classLoader;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int hashCode() {
+        final int prime = 31;
+        int result = super.hashCode();
+        result = prime * result + ((location == null) ? 0 : location.hashCode());
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public boolean equals(Object obj) {
+        if (this == obj) {
+            return true;
+        }
+        if (!super.equals(obj)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        if (!(obj instanceof SpringImplementation)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        SpringImplementation other = (SpringImplementation)obj;
+        if (location == null) {
+            if (other.location != null) {
+                return false;
+            }
+        } else if (!location.equals(other.location)) {
+            return false;
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringImplementation [location=").append(location).append(", resource=").append(resource)
+            .append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringImplementationBuilder.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringImplementationBuilder.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Component;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.builder.BuilderContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.builder.ImplementationBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * 
+ */
+public class SpringImplementationBuilder implements ImplementationBuilder<SpringImplementation> {
+
+    public void build(Component component, SpringImplementation implmentation, BuilderContext context) {
+        implmentation.build(component);
+    }
+
+    public QName getImplementationType() {
+        return SpringImplementation.TYPE;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringImplementationConstants.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringImplementationConstants.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+/**
+ * Constants used in Spring Application Context XML files.
+ */
+public interface SpringImplementationConstants {
+
+    String SCA_NS = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/sca";
+    String SPRING_NS = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans";
+
+    String PROPERTY = "property";
+    QName SCA_PROPERTY_ELEMENT = new QName(SCA_NS, PROPERTY);
+    QName PROPERTY_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, PROPERTY);
+
+    String SCASERVICE = "service";
+    QName SCA_SERVICE_ELEMENT = new QName(SCA_NS, SCASERVICE);
+
+    String SCAREFERENCE = "reference";
+    QName SCA_REFERENCE_ELEMENT = new QName(SCA_NS, SCAREFERENCE);
+
+    String BEANS = "beans";
+    QName BEANS_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, BEANS);
+
+    String IMPORT = "import";
+    QName IMPORT_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, IMPORT);
+
+    String BEAN = "bean";
+    QName BEAN_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, BEAN);
+
+    String CONSTRUCTORARG = "constructor-arg";
+    QName CONSTRUCTORARG_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, CONSTRUCTORARG);
+
+    String LIST = "list";
+    QName LIST_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, LIST);
+
+    String SET = "set";
+    QName SET_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, SET);
+
+    String MAP = "map";
+    QName MAP_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, MAP);
+
+    String VALUE = "value";
+    QName VALUE_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, VALUE);
+
+    String REF = "ref";
+    QName REF_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, REF);
+
+    String ENTRY = "entry";
+    QName ENTRY_ELEMENT = new QName(SPRING_NS, ENTRY);
+
+    String APPLICATION_CONTEXT = "application-context.xml";
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringPropertyElement.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringPropertyElement.java
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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a <property> element in a Spring application-context
+ * - this has name and ref attributes
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringPropertyElement {
+
+    private String name;
+    private List<String> refs = new ArrayList<String>();
+    private List<String> values = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+    public SpringPropertyElement() {
+    }
+
+    public SpringPropertyElement(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getRefs() {
+        return this.refs;
+    }
+
+    public void addRef(String ref) {
+        this.refs.add(ref);
+    }
+
+    public List<String> getValues() {
+        return this.values;
+    }
+
+    public void addValue(String value) {
+        this.values.add(value);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringPropertyElement [name=").append(name).append(", refs=").append(refs).append(", values=")
+            .append(values).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringPropertyElement
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAPropertyElement.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAPropertyElement.java
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index 0000000000..f27506f28b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAPropertyElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+/**
+ * Represents an <sca:property> element in a Spring application-context
+ * - this has name and type attributes
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$ 
+ */
+public class SpringSCAPropertyElement {
+
+    private String name;
+    private String type;
+
+    public SpringSCAPropertyElement() {
+        super();
+    }
+
+    public SpringSCAPropertyElement(String name, String type) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setType(String type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringSCAPropertyElement [name=").append(name).append(", type=").append(type).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringPropertyElement
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAReferenceElement.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAReferenceElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f06f05a46a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAReferenceElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.Intent;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.PolicySet;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a <sca:reference> element in a Spring application-context
+ * - this has id and className attributes
+ * - plus zero or more property elements as children
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringSCAReferenceElement {
+
+    private String name;
+    private String type;
+    private String defaultBean;
+    private List<Intent> intents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
+    private List<PolicySet> policySets = new ArrayList<PolicySet>();
+
+    private List<QName> intentNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+    private List<QName> policySetNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+
+    public SpringSCAReferenceElement() {
+
+    }
+
+    public SpringSCAReferenceElement(String name, String type) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setType(String type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public void setDefaultBean(String defaultBean) {
+        this.defaultBean = defaultBean;
+    }
+
+    public String getDefaultBean() {
+        return defaultBean;
+    }
+
+    public List<Intent> getRequiredIntents() {
+        return intents;
+    }
+
+    public List<PolicySet> getPolicySets() {
+        return policySets;
+    }
+
+    public List<QName> getIntentNames() {
+        return intentNames;
+    }
+
+    public List<QName> getPolicySetNames() {
+        return policySetNames;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringSCAReferenceElement [name=").append(name).append(", type=").append(type)
+            .append(", defaultBean=").append(defaultBean).append(", intents=").append(intents).append(", policySets=")
+            .append(policySets).append(", intentNames=").append(intentNames).append(", policySetNames=")
+            .append(policySetNames).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringSCAReferenceElement
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAServiceElement.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAServiceElement.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..38c124c3b4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/SpringSCAServiceElement.java
@@ -0,0 +1,105 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.Intent;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.PolicySet;
+
+/**
+ * Represents a <sca:service> element in a Spring application-context
+ * - this has id and className attributes
+ * - plus zero or more property elements as children
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringSCAServiceElement {
+
+    private String name;
+    private String type;
+    private String target;
+    private List<Intent> intents = new ArrayList<Intent>();
+    private List<PolicySet> policySets = new ArrayList<PolicySet>();
+    private List<QName> intentNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+    private List<QName> policySetNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+
+    public SpringSCAServiceElement() {
+
+    }
+
+    public SpringSCAServiceElement(String name, String target) {
+        this.name = name;
+        this.target = target;
+    }
+
+    public void setName(String name) {
+        this.name = name;
+    }
+
+    public String getName() {
+        return name;
+    }
+
+    public void setType(String type) {
+        this.type = type;
+    }
+
+    public String getType() {
+        return type;
+    }
+
+    public void setTarget(String target) {
+        this.target = target;
+    }
+
+    public String getTarget() {
+        return target;
+    }
+
+    public List<Intent> getRequiredIntents() {
+        return intents;
+    }
+
+    public List<PolicySet> getPolicySets() {
+        return policySets;
+    }
+
+    public List<QName> getIntentNames() {
+        return intentNames;
+    }
+
+    public List<QName> getPolicySetNames() {
+        return policySetNames;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public String toString() {
+        StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
+        builder.append("SpringSCAServiceElement [name=").append(name).append(", type=").append(type)
+            .append(", target=").append(target).append(", intents=").append(intents).append(", policySets=")
+            .append(policySets).append(", intentNames=").append(intentNames).append(", policySetNames=")
+            .append(policySetNames).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringSCAServiceElement
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/introspect/SpringBeanIntrospector.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/introspect/SpringBeanIntrospector.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5eaf27ab81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/introspect/SpringBeanIntrospector.java
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.introspect;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.ComponentType;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ContributionResolveException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.ExtensionPointRegistry;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.FactoryExtensionPoint;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.IntrospectionException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaImplementation;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaImplementationFactory;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringConstructorArgElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringImplementation;
+
+/**
+ * Provides introspection functions for Spring beans
+ * This version leans heavily on the implementation-java classes
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringBeanIntrospector {
+
+    private JavaImplementationFactory javaImplementationFactory;
+
+    /**
+     * The constructor sets up the various visitor elements that will be used to introspect
+     * the Spring bean and extract SCA information.
+     *
+     * @param assemblyFactory The Assembly Factory to use
+     * @param javaFactory The Java Interface Factory to use
+     * @param policyFactory The Policy Factory to use.
+     */
+    public SpringBeanIntrospector(ExtensionPointRegistry registry, List<SpringConstructorArgElement> conArgs) {
+
+        FactoryExtensionPoint factories = registry.getExtensionPoint(FactoryExtensionPoint.class);
+        javaImplementationFactory = factories.getFactory(JavaImplementationFactory.class);
+    } // end constructor 
+
+    /**
+     * Introspect a Spring Bean and extract the features important to SCA
+     * @param beanClass the Spring Bean class to introspect
+     * @param componentType the componentType that is filled in through the introspection
+     * process (assumed empty on invocation, filled on return
+     * @return a Map of property names to JavaElementImpl
+     * @throws ContributionResolveException - if there was a problem resolving the
+     * Spring Bean or its componentType
+     *
+     */
+    public JavaImplementation introspectBean(Class<?> beanClass, ComponentType componentType)
+        throws ContributionResolveException {
+        if (componentType == null)
+            throw new ContributionResolveException("Introspect Spring bean: supplied componentType is null");
+
+        // Create a Java implementation ready for the introspection
+        JavaImplementation javaImplementation = javaImplementationFactory.createJavaImplementation();
+        // Set the type to be implementation.spring to avoid heuristic introspection
+        javaImplementation.setType(SpringImplementation.TYPE);
+
+        try {
+            // Introspect the bean...the results of the introspection are placed into the Java implementation
+            javaImplementationFactory.createJavaImplementation(javaImplementation, beanClass);
+
+            // Extract the services, references & properties found through introspection
+            // put the services, references and properties into the component type
+            componentType.getServices().addAll(javaImplementation.getServices());
+            componentType.getReferences().addAll(javaImplementation.getReferences());
+            componentType.getProperties().addAll(javaImplementation.getProperties());
+
+        } catch (IntrospectionException e) {
+            throw new ContributionResolveException(e);
+        } // end try
+
+        return javaImplementation;
+
+    } // end method introspectBean
+
+} // end class SpringBeanIntrospector
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/introspect/SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/introspect/SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cca7586734
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/introspect/SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,985 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.introspect;
+
+import java.io.File;
+import java.io.FileInputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.net.MalformedURLException;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.jar.Attributes;
+import java.util.jar.JarEntry;
+import java.util.jar.JarFile;
+import java.util.jar.Manifest;
+import java.util.logging.Level;
+import java.util.logging.Logger;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.AssemblyFactory;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.ComponentType;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Multiplicity;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Property;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Reference;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Service;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.Artifact;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.ContributionFactory;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ContributionReadException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ProcessorContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.resolver.ClassReference;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.resolver.ModelResolver;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.ExtensionPointRegistry;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.FactoryExtensionPoint;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.UtilityExtensionPoint;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaConstructorImpl;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaElementImpl;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaImplementation;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.java.JavaParameterImpl;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringBeanElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringConstructorArgElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringImplementation;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringPropertyElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringSCAPropertyElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringSCAReferenceElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringSCAServiceElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.xml.SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.InvalidInterfaceException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.java.JavaInterface;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.java.JavaInterfaceContract;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.java.JavaInterfaceFactory;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.interfacedef.util.JavaXMLMapper;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Monitor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Problem;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Problem.Severity;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.Intent;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.PolicyFactory;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.policy.PolicySet;
+
+/**
+ * Introspects a Spring XML application-context configuration file to create <implementation-spring../>
+ * component type information.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader {
+    private final static Logger log = Logger.getLogger(SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader.class.getName());
+
+    private ExtensionPointRegistry registry;
+    private ContributionFactory contributionFactory;
+    private AssemblyFactory assemblyFactory;
+    private PolicyFactory policyFactory;
+    private JavaInterfaceFactory javaFactory;
+    private SpringBeanIntrospector beanIntrospector;
+
+    private SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader xmlBeanDefinitionLoader;
+
+    public SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader(ExtensionPointRegistry registry) {
+        super();
+        this.registry = registry;
+        FactoryExtensionPoint factories = registry.getExtensionPoint(FactoryExtensionPoint.class);
+        this.assemblyFactory = factories.getFactory(AssemblyFactory.class);
+        this.policyFactory = factories.getFactory(PolicyFactory.class);
+        this.javaFactory = factories.getFactory(JavaInterfaceFactory.class);
+        this.contributionFactory = factories.getFactory(ContributionFactory.class);
+        this.xmlBeanDefinitionLoader =
+            registry.getExtensionPoint(UtilityExtensionPoint.class).getUtility(SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader.class);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Report a error.
+     *
+     * @param problems
+     * @param message
+     * @param model
+     */
+    private void error(Monitor monitor, String message, Object model, Object... messageParameters) {
+        if (monitor != null) {
+            Problem problem =
+                monitor.createProblem(this.getClass().getName(),
+                                      "impl-spring-validation-messages",
+                                      Severity.ERROR,
+                                      model,
+                                      message,
+                                      (Object[])messageParameters);
+            monitor.problem(problem);
+        }
+    }
+    /**
+     * Report a error.
+     *
+     * @param problems
+     * @param message
+     * @param model
+     */
+    private void warning(Monitor monitor, String message, Object model, Object... messageParameters) {
+        if (monitor != null) {
+            Problem problem =
+                monitor.createProblem(this.getClass().getName(),
+                                      "impl-spring-validation-messages",
+                                      Severity.WARNING,
+                                      model,
+                                      message,
+                                      (Object[])messageParameters);
+            monitor.problem(problem);
+        }
+    }
+    protected Class<SpringImplementation> getImplementationClass() {
+        return SpringImplementation.class;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Base method which loads the component type from the application-context attached to the
+     * Spring implementation
+     *
+     */
+    public void load(SpringImplementation implementation, ModelResolver resolver, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws ContributionReadException {
+        //System.out.println("Spring TypeLoader - load method start");
+        ComponentType componentType = implementation.getComponentType();
+        /* Check that there is a component type object already set	*/
+        if (componentType == null) {
+            throw new ContributionReadException("SpringXMLLoader load: implementation has no ComponentType object");
+        }
+        if (componentType.isUnresolved()) {
+            /* Fetch the location of the application-context file from the implementation */
+            loadFromXML(implementation, resolver, context);
+            if (!componentType.isUnresolved())
+                implementation.setUnresolved(false);
+        } // end if
+          //System.out.println("Spring TypeLoader - load method complete");
+    } // end method load
+
+    private Class<?> resolveClass(ModelResolver resolver, String className, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws ClassNotFoundException {
+        ClassReference classReference = new ClassReference(className);
+        classReference = resolver.resolveModel(ClassReference.class, classReference, context);
+        if (classReference.isUnresolved()) {
+            throw new ClassNotFoundException(className);
+        }
+        Class<?> javaClass = classReference.getJavaClass();
+        return javaClass;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method which fills out the component type for a Spring implementation by reading the
+     * Spring application-context.xml file.
+     *
+     * @param implementation SpringImplementation into which to load the component type information
+     * @throws ContributionReadException Failed to read the contribution
+     */
+    private void loadFromXML(SpringImplementation implementation, ModelResolver resolver, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws ContributionReadException {
+        List<SpringBeanElement> beans = new ArrayList<SpringBeanElement>();
+        List<SpringSCAServiceElement> services = new ArrayList<SpringSCAServiceElement>();
+        List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> references = new ArrayList<SpringSCAReferenceElement>();
+        List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> scaproperties = new ArrayList<SpringSCAPropertyElement>();
+
+        URL resource;
+        List<URL> contextResources = new ArrayList<URL>();
+        String contextPath = implementation.getLocation();
+
+        try {
+            resource = resolveLocation(resolver, contextPath, context);
+            contextResources = getApplicationContextResource(resource);
+
+            implementation.setClassLoader(new ContextClassLoader(resolver, context));
+            implementation.setResource(contextResources);
+            // The URI is used to uniquely identify the Implementation
+            implementation.setURI(resource.toString());
+
+            List<SpringBeanElement> appCxtBeans = new ArrayList<SpringBeanElement>();
+            List<SpringSCAServiceElement> appCxtServices = new ArrayList<SpringSCAServiceElement>();
+            List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> appCxtReferences = new ArrayList<SpringSCAReferenceElement>();
+            List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> appCxtProperties = new ArrayList<SpringSCAPropertyElement>();
+
+            if (xmlBeanDefinitionLoader != null) {
+                xmlBeanDefinitionLoader.load(contextResources,
+                                                   appCxtServices,
+                                                   appCxtReferences,
+                                                   appCxtProperties,
+                                                   appCxtBeans,
+                                                   context);
+                populatePolicies(appCxtServices, appCxtReferences);
+            }
+            // Validate the beans from individual application context for uniqueness
+            validateBeans(appCxtBeans, appCxtServices, appCxtReferences, appCxtProperties, context.getMonitor());
+            // Add all the validated beans to the generic list
+            beans.addAll(appCxtBeans);
+            services.addAll(appCxtServices);
+            references.addAll(appCxtReferences);
+            scaproperties.addAll(appCxtProperties);
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new ContributionReadException(e);
+        }
+
+        /* At this point, the complete application-context.xml file has been read and its contents  */
+        /* stored in the lists of beans, services, references.  These are now used to generate      */
+        /* the implied componentType for the application context								    */
+        generateComponentType(implementation, resolver, beans, services, references, scaproperties, context);
+
+        return;
+    } // end method loadFromXML
+
+    public void populatePolicies(List<SpringSCAServiceElement> appCxtServices,
+                                 List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> appCxtReferences) {
+        for (SpringSCAReferenceElement e : appCxtReferences) {
+            for (QName qn : e.getIntentNames()) {
+                Intent intent = policyFactory.createIntent();
+                intent.setName(qn);
+                e.getRequiredIntents().add(intent);
+            }
+            for (QName qn : e.getPolicySetNames()) {
+                PolicySet ps = policyFactory.createPolicySet();
+                ps.setName(qn);
+                e.getPolicySets().add(ps);
+            }
+        }
+        
+        for (SpringSCAServiceElement e : appCxtServices) {
+            for (QName qn : e.getIntentNames()) {
+                Intent intent = policyFactory.createIntent();
+                intent.setName(qn);
+                e.getRequiredIntents().add(intent);
+            }
+            for (QName qn : e.getPolicySetNames()) {
+                PolicySet ps = policyFactory.createPolicySet();
+                ps.setName(qn);
+                e.getPolicySets().add(ps);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    private URL resolveLocation(ModelResolver resolver, String contextPath, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws MalformedURLException, ContributionReadException {
+        URL resource = null;
+        URI uri = URI.create(contextPath);
+        if (!uri.isAbsolute()) {
+            Artifact parent = context.getArtifact();
+            if (parent != null && parent.getURI() != null) {
+                URI base = URI.create("/" + parent.getURI());
+                uri = base.resolve(uri);
+                // Remove the leading / to make artifact resolver happy
+                if (uri.toString().startsWith("/")) {
+                    uri = URI.create(uri.toString().substring(1));
+                }
+            }
+            Artifact artifact = contributionFactory.createArtifact();
+            artifact.setUnresolved(true);
+            artifact.setURI(uri.toString());
+            artifact = resolver.resolveModel(Artifact.class, artifact, context);
+            if (!artifact.isUnresolved()) {
+                resource = new URL(artifact.getLocation());
+            } else {
+                throw new ContributionReadException("Location cannot be resloved: " + contextPath);
+            }
+        } else {
+            resource = new URL(contextPath);
+        }
+        return resource;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Generates the Spring implementation component type from the configuration contained in the
+     * lists of beans, services, references and scaproperties derived from the application context
+     */
+    private void generateComponentType(SpringImplementation implementation,
+                                       ModelResolver resolver,
+                                       List<SpringBeanElement> beans,
+                                       List<SpringSCAServiceElement> services,
+                                       List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> references,
+                                       List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> scaproperties,
+                                       ProcessorContext context) throws ContributionReadException {
+        /*
+         * 1. Each sca:service becomes a service in the component type
+         * 2. Each sca:reference becomes a reference in the component type
+         * 3. Each sca:property becomes a property in the component type
+         * 4. IF there are no explicit service elements, each bean becomes a service
+         * 5. Each bean property which is a reference not pointing at another bean in the
+         *    application context becomes a reference unless it is pointing at one of the references
+         * 6. Each bean property which is not a reference and which is not pointing
+         *    at another bean in the application context becomes a property in the component type
+         */
+
+        JavaImplementation javaImplementation = null;
+        ComponentType componentType = implementation.getComponentType();
+
+        try {
+            // Deal with the services first....
+            Iterator<SpringSCAServiceElement> its = services.iterator();
+            while (its.hasNext()) {
+                SpringSCAServiceElement serviceElement = its.next();
+                Class<?> interfaze = resolveClass(resolver, serviceElement.getType(), context);
+                Service theService = createService(interfaze, serviceElement.getName());
+                // Spring allows duplication of bean definitions in multiple context scenario,
+                // in such cases, the latest bean definition overrides the older ones, hence 
+                // we will remove any older definition and use the latest.
+                Service duplicate = null;
+                for (Service service : componentType.getServices()) {
+                    if (service.getName().equals(theService.getName()))
+                        duplicate = service;
+                }
+                if (duplicate != null)
+                    componentType.getServices().remove(duplicate);
+
+                componentType.getServices().add(theService);
+                // Add this service to the Service / Bean map
+                String beanName = serviceElement.getTarget();
+                boolean found = false;
+                for (SpringBeanElement beanElement : beans) {
+                    if (beanName.equals(beanElement.getId())) {
+                        if (isValidBeanForService(beanElement)) {
+                            // add the required intents and policySets for the service
+                            theService.getRequiredIntents().addAll(serviceElement.getRequiredIntents());
+                            theService.getPolicySets().addAll(serviceElement.getPolicySets());
+                            implementation.setBeanForService(theService, beanElement);
+                            found = true;
+                            break;
+                        }
+                    }
+                } // end for
+                
+                if (!found) {
+                    // REVIEW: Adding a SpringBeanElement "proxy" so that the bean id can be used at runtime to look
+                    // up the bean instance from the parent context
+                    implementation.setBeanForService(theService,
+                                                     new SpringBeanElement(serviceElement.getTarget(), null));
+                }
+            } // end while
+
+            // Next handle the references
+            Iterator<SpringSCAReferenceElement> itr = references.iterator();
+            while (itr.hasNext()) {
+                SpringSCAReferenceElement referenceElement = itr.next();
+                Class<?> interfaze = resolveClass(resolver, referenceElement.getType(), context);
+                Reference theReference = createReference(interfaze, referenceElement.getName());
+                // Override the older bean definition with the latest ones
+                // for the duplicate definitions found.
+                Reference duplicate = null;
+                for (Reference reference : componentType.getReferences()) {
+                    if (reference.getName().equals(theReference.getName()))
+                        duplicate = reference;
+                }
+                if (duplicate != null)
+                    componentType.getReferences().remove(duplicate);
+
+                // add the required intents and policySets for this reference
+                theReference.getRequiredIntents().addAll(referenceElement.getRequiredIntents());
+                theReference.getPolicySets().addAll(referenceElement.getPolicySets());
+                componentType.getReferences().add(theReference);
+            } // end while
+
+            // Next handle the properties
+            Iterator<SpringSCAPropertyElement> itsp = scaproperties.iterator();
+            while (itsp.hasNext()) {
+                SpringSCAPropertyElement scaproperty = itsp.next();
+                // Create a component type property if the SCA property element has a name
+                // and a type declared...
+                if (scaproperty.getType() != null && scaproperty.getName() != null) {
+                    Property theProperty = assemblyFactory.createProperty();
+                    theProperty.setName(scaproperty.getName());
+                    // Get the Java class and then an XSD element type for the property
+                    Class<?> propType = Class.forName(scaproperty.getType());
+                    theProperty.setXSDType(JavaXMLMapper.getXMLType(propType));
+                    // Override the older bean definition with the latest ones
+                    // for the duplicate definitions found.
+                    Property duplicate = null;
+                    for (Property property : componentType.getProperties()) {
+                        if (property.getName().equals(theProperty.getName()))
+                            duplicate = property;
+                    }
+                    if (duplicate != null)
+                        componentType.getProperties().remove(duplicate);
+
+                    componentType.getProperties().add(theProperty);
+                    // Remember the Java Class (ie the type) for this property
+                    implementation.setPropertyClass(theProperty.getName(), propType);
+                } // end if
+            } // end while
+
+            // Finally deal with the beans
+            Iterator<SpringBeanElement> itb;
+            // If there are no explicit service elements, then expose all the beans
+            if (services.isEmpty()) {
+                itb = beans.iterator();
+                // Loop through all the beans found
+                while (itb.hasNext()) {
+                    SpringBeanElement beanElement = itb.next();
+
+                    // If its not a valid bean for service, ignore it
+                    if (!isValidBeanForService(beanElement)) {
+                        continue;
+                    }
+                    try {
+                        // Load the Spring bean class
+                        Class<?> beanClass = resolveClass(resolver, beanElement.getClassName(), context);
+                        // Introspect the bean
+                        beanIntrospector = new SpringBeanIntrospector(registry, beanElement.getCustructorArgs());
+                        ComponentType beanComponentType = assemblyFactory.createComponentType();
+                        javaImplementation = beanIntrospector.introspectBean(beanClass, beanComponentType);
+                        // Set the service name as bean name
+                        for (Service componentService : beanComponentType.getServices()) {
+                            componentService.setName(beanElement.getId());
+                        }
+                        // Get the service interface defined by this Spring Bean and add to
+                        // the component type of the Spring Assembly
+                        List<Service> beanServices = beanComponentType.getServices();
+                        componentType.getServices().addAll(beanServices);
+                        // Add these services to the Service / Bean map
+                        for (Service beanService : beanServices) {
+                            implementation.setBeanForService(beanService, beanElement);
+                        }
+                    } catch (Throwable e) {
+                        // [rfeng] FIXME: Some Spring beans have constructors that take pararemters injected by Spring and
+                        // Tuscany is not happy with that during the introspection
+                        log.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage(), e);
+                    }
+                } // end while
+            } // end if
+
+            itb = beans.iterator();
+            while (itb.hasNext()) {
+                SpringBeanElement beanElement = itb.next();
+
+                // If its not a valid bean for service, ignore it
+                if (!isValidBeanForService(beanElement)) {
+                    continue;
+                }
+                // Ignore if the bean has no properties and constructor arguments
+                if (beanElement.getProperties().isEmpty() && beanElement.getCustructorArgs().isEmpty())
+                    continue;
+
+                ComponentType beanComponentType = assemblyFactory.createComponentType();
+
+                try {
+                    Class<?> beanClass = resolveClass(resolver, beanElement.getClassName(), context);
+                    // Introspect the bean
+                    beanIntrospector = new SpringBeanIntrospector(registry, beanElement.getCustructorArgs());
+                    javaImplementation = beanIntrospector.introspectBean(beanClass, beanComponentType);
+                } catch (Exception e) {
+                    // [rfeng] FIXME: Some Spring beans have constructors that take pararemters injected by Spring and
+                    // Tuscany is not happy with that during the introspection
+                    log.log(Level.SEVERE, e.getMessage(), e);
+                    continue;
+                }
+                Map<String, JavaElementImpl> propertyMap = javaImplementation.getPropertyMembers();
+                JavaConstructorImpl constructor = javaImplementation.getConstructor();
+                // Get the references by this Spring Bean and add the unresolved ones to
+                // the component type of the Spring Assembly
+                List<Reference> beanReferences = beanComponentType.getReferences();
+                List<Property> beanProperties = beanComponentType.getProperties();
+
+                Set<String> excludedNames = new HashSet<String>();
+                Iterator<SpringPropertyElement> itp = beanElement.getProperties().iterator();
+                while (itp.hasNext()) {
+                    SpringPropertyElement propertyElement = itp.next();
+                    // Exclude the reference that is also known as a spring property
+                    excludedNames.add(propertyElement.getName());
+                    for (String propertyRef : propertyElement.getRefs()) {
+                        if (propertyRefUnresolved(propertyRef, beans, references, scaproperties)) {
+                            // This means an unresolved reference from the spring bean...
+                            for (Reference reference : beanReferences) {
+                                if (propertyElement.getName().equals(reference.getName())) {
+                                    // The name of the reference in this case is the string in
+                                    // the @ref attribute of the Spring property element, NOT the
+                                    // name of the field in the Spring bean....
+                                    reference.setName(propertyRef);
+                                    componentType.getReferences().add(reference);
+                                    break;
+                                } // end if
+                            } // end for
+
+                            // Store the unresolved references as unresolvedBeanRef in the Spring Implementation type
+                            for (Property scaproperty : beanProperties) {
+                                if (propertyElement.getName().equals(scaproperty.getName())) {
+                                    // The name of the reference in this case is the string in
+                                    // the @ref attribute of the Spring property element, NOT the
+                                    // name of the field in the Spring bean....
+                                    Class<?> interfaze =
+                                        resolveClass(resolver,
+                                                     (propertyMap.get(propertyElement.getName()).getType()).getName(),
+                                                     context);
+                                    Reference theReference = createReference(interfaze, propertyRef);
+                                    implementation.setUnresolvedBeanRef(propertyRef, theReference);
+                                    break;
+                                } // end if
+                            } // end for
+                        } // end if 
+                    } // end for
+                } // end while
+
+                Iterator<SpringConstructorArgElement> itcr = beanElement.getCustructorArgs().iterator();
+                while (itcr.hasNext()) {
+                    SpringConstructorArgElement conArgElement = itcr.next();
+                    for (String constructorArgRef : conArgElement.getRefs()) {
+                        if (propertyRefUnresolved(constructorArgRef, beans, references, scaproperties)) {
+                            for (JavaParameterImpl parameter : constructor.getParameters()) {
+                                String paramType = parameter.getType().getName();
+                                Class<?> interfaze = resolveClass(resolver, paramType, context);
+                                // Create a component type reference/property if the constructor-arg element has a
+                                // type attribute OR index attribute declared...
+                                if ((conArgElement.getType() != null && paramType.equals(conArgElement.getType())) || (conArgElement
+                                    .getIndex() != -1 && (conArgElement.getIndex() == parameter.getIndex()))) {
+                                    // [rfeng] Commenting out the following code as the constructor parameter based SCA
+                                    // references are added already
+                                    /*
+                                    if (parameter.getClassifer() == org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Reference.class) {
+                                        Reference theReference = createReference(interfaze, constructorArgRef);
+                                        componentType.getReferences().add(theReference);
+                                    }
+                                    */
+                                    if (parameter.getClassifer() == org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Property.class) {
+                                        // Store the unresolved references as unresolvedBeanRef in the Spring Implementation type
+                                        // we might need to verify with the component definition later.
+                                        Reference theReference = createReference(interfaze, constructorArgRef);
+                                        implementation.setUnresolvedBeanRef(constructorArgRef, theReference);
+                                    }
+                                }
+                            } // end for
+                        } // end if
+                    } // end for
+                } // end while
+
+                // [rfeng] Add the remaining introspected references (w/ @Reference but without Spring property ref)
+                for (Reference ref : beanReferences) {
+                    if (!excludedNames.contains(ref.getName()) && componentType.getReference(ref.getName()) == null) {
+                        // Only add the ones that not listed by sca:reference
+                        componentType.getReferences().add(ref);
+                    }
+                }
+
+            } // end while
+
+        } catch (ClassNotFoundException e) {
+            // Means that either an interface class, property class or a bean was not found
+            throw new ContributionReadException(e);
+        } catch (InvalidInterfaceException e) {
+            throw new ContributionReadException(e);
+        } // end try
+
+        // If we get here, the Spring assembly component type is resolved
+        componentType.setUnresolved(false);
+        implementation.setComponentType(componentType);
+        return;
+    } // end method generateComponentType
+
+    /*
+     * Determines whether a reference attribute of a Spring property element is resolved either
+     * by a bean in the application context or by an SCA reference element or by an SCA property
+     * element
+     * @param ref - a String containing the name of the reference - may be null
+     * @param beans - a List of SpringBean elements
+     * @param references - a List of SCA reference elements
+     * @return true if the property is not resolved, false if it is resolved
+     */
+    private boolean propertyRefUnresolved(String ref,
+                                          List<SpringBeanElement> beans,
+                                          List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> references,
+                                          List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> scaproperties) {
+        boolean unresolved = true;
+
+        if (ref != null) {
+            // Scan over the beans looking for a match
+            Iterator<SpringBeanElement> itb = beans.iterator();
+            while (itb.hasNext()) {
+                SpringBeanElement beanElement = itb.next();
+                // Does the bean name match the ref?
+                if (ref.equals(beanElement.getId())) {
+                    unresolved = false;
+                    break;
+                } // end if
+            } // end while
+              // Scan over the SCA reference elements looking for a match
+            if (unresolved) {
+                Iterator<SpringSCAReferenceElement> itr = references.iterator();
+                while (itr.hasNext()) {
+                    SpringSCAReferenceElement referenceElement = itr.next();
+                    if (ref.equals(referenceElement.getName())) {
+                        unresolved = false;
+                        break;
+                    } // end if
+                } // end while
+            } // end if
+              // Scan over the SCA property elements looking for a match
+            if (unresolved) {
+                Iterator<SpringSCAPropertyElement> itsp = scaproperties.iterator();
+                while (itsp.hasNext()) {
+                    SpringSCAPropertyElement propertyElement = itsp.next();
+                    if (ref.equals(propertyElement.getName())) {
+                        unresolved = false;
+                        break;
+                    } // end if
+                } // end while
+            } // end if
+        } else {
+            // In the case where ref = null, the property is not going to be a reference of any
+            // kind and can be ignored
+            unresolved = false;
+        } // end if
+
+        return unresolved;
+
+    } // end method propertyRefUnresolved
+
+    /**
+     * Validates whether the <sca:service>, <sca:reference> and <sca:property> elements
+     * has unique names within the application context.
+     */
+    private void validateBeans(List<SpringBeanElement> beans,
+                               List<SpringSCAServiceElement> services,
+                               List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> references,
+                               List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> scaproperties,
+                               Monitor monitor) throws ContributionReadException {
+
+        // The @target attribute of a <service/> subelement of a <beans/> element 
+        // MUST have the value of the @name attribute of one of the <bean/> 
+        // subelements of the <beans/> element.    	
+        Iterator<SpringSCAServiceElement> its = services.iterator();
+        while (its.hasNext()) {
+            SpringSCAServiceElement serviceElement = its.next();
+            boolean targetBeanExists = false;
+            Iterator<SpringBeanElement> itb = beans.iterator();
+            while (itb.hasNext()) {
+                SpringBeanElement beanElement = itb.next();
+                if (serviceElement.getTarget().equals(beanElement.getId()))
+                    targetBeanExists = true;
+            }
+            if (!targetBeanExists) {
+                // REVIEW: [rfeng] The target bean can exist in the parent Spring application context which we don't know
+                // until runtime
+                warning(monitor, "TargetBeanDoesNotExist", beans);
+            }
+        } // end while
+
+        // The value of the @name attribute of an <sca:reference/> subelement of a <beans/> 
+        // element MUST be unique amongst the @name attributes of the <sca:property/> 
+        // subelements and the <bean/> subelements of the <beans/> element.
+        // 									AND
+        // The @default attribute of a <sca:reference/> subelement of a <beans/>  
+        // element MUST have the value of the @name attribute of one of the <bean/> 
+        // subelements of the <beans/> element.
+        Iterator<SpringSCAReferenceElement> itr = references.iterator();
+        while (itr.hasNext()) {
+            SpringSCAReferenceElement referenceElement = itr.next();
+            boolean defaultBeanExists = true;
+            boolean isUniqueReferenceName = true;
+            Iterator<SpringBeanElement> itb = beans.iterator();
+            while (itb.hasNext()) {
+                SpringBeanElement beanElement = itb.next();
+                if (referenceElement.getDefaultBean() != null)
+                    if (referenceElement.getDefaultBean().equals(beanElement.getId()))
+                        defaultBeanExists = false;
+                if (referenceElement.getName().equals(beanElement.getId()))
+                    isUniqueReferenceName = false;
+            }
+            Iterator<SpringSCAPropertyElement> itp = scaproperties.iterator();
+            while (itp.hasNext()) {
+                SpringSCAPropertyElement propertyElement = itp.next();
+                if (referenceElement.getName().equals(propertyElement.getName()))
+                    isUniqueReferenceName = false;
+            }
+            if (!defaultBeanExists)
+                error(monitor, "DefaultBeanDoesNotExist", beans);
+            if (!isUniqueReferenceName)
+                error(monitor, "ScaReferenceNameNotUnique", beans);
+        } // end while
+
+        // The value of the @name attribute of an <sca:property/> subelement of a <beans/> 
+        // element MUST be unique amongst the @name attributes of the <sca:reference/> 
+        // subelements and the <bean/> subelements of the <beans/> element.    	
+        Iterator<SpringSCAPropertyElement> itp = scaproperties.iterator();
+        while (itp.hasNext()) {
+            SpringSCAPropertyElement propertyElement = itp.next();
+            boolean isUniquePropertyName = true;
+            Iterator<SpringBeanElement> itb = beans.iterator();
+            while (itb.hasNext()) {
+                SpringBeanElement beanElement = itb.next();
+                if (propertyElement.getName().equals(beanElement.getId()))
+                    isUniquePropertyName = false;
+            }
+            Iterator<SpringSCAReferenceElement> itrp = references.iterator();
+            while (itrp.hasNext()) {
+                SpringSCAReferenceElement referenceElement = itrp.next();
+                if (propertyElement.getName().equals(referenceElement.getName()))
+                    isUniquePropertyName = false;
+            }
+            if (!isUniquePropertyName)
+                error(monitor, "ScaPropertyNameNotUnique", beans);
+        } // end while
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Validates whether a bean definition is valid for exposing as service.
+     */
+    private boolean isValidBeanForService(SpringBeanElement beanElement) {
+
+        if (beanElement.isInnerBean())
+            return false;
+        if (beanElement.hasParentAttribute())
+            return false;
+        if (beanElement.hasFactoryMethodAttribute())
+            return false;
+        if (beanElement.hasFactoryBeanAttribute())
+            return false;
+        if (beanElement.getClassName() == null)
+            return false;
+        if (beanElement.getClassName().startsWith("org.springframework"))
+            return false;
+        // return true otherwise	
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets hold of the application-context.xml file as a Spring resource
+     * @param locationAttr - the location attribute from the <implementation.spring../> element
+     * @param cl - the ClassLoader for the Spring implementation
+     */
+    protected List<URL> getApplicationContextResource(URL url) throws ContributionReadException {
+        File manifestFile = null;
+        File appXmlFile;
+        File appXmlFolder;
+        File locationFile = null;
+        List<URL> appCtxResources = new ArrayList<URL>();
+
+        if (url != null) {
+            String path = url.getPath();
+            locationFile = new File(path);
+        } else {
+            throw new ContributionReadException(
+                                                "SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader getApplicationContextResource: " + "unable to find resource file "
+                                                    + url);
+        }
+
+        if (locationFile.isDirectory()) {
+            try {
+                manifestFile = new File(locationFile, "META-INF" + File.separator + "MANIFEST.MF");
+                if (manifestFile.exists()) {
+                    Manifest mf = new Manifest(new FileInputStream(manifestFile));
+                    Attributes mainAttrs = mf.getMainAttributes();
+                    String appCtxPath = mainAttrs.getValue("Spring-Context");
+                    if (appCtxPath != null) {
+                        String[] cxtPaths = appCtxPath.split(";");
+                        for (String path : cxtPaths) {
+                            appXmlFile = new File(locationFile, path.trim());
+                            if (appXmlFile.exists()) {
+                                appCtxResources.add(appXmlFile.toURI().toURL());
+                            }
+                        }
+                        return appCtxResources;
+                    }
+                }
+                // No MANIFEST.MF file OR no manifest-specified Spring context , then read all the 
+                // xml files available in the META-INF/spring folder.
+                appXmlFolder = new File(locationFile, "META-INF" + File.separator + "spring");
+                if (appXmlFolder.exists()) {
+                    File[] files = appXmlFolder.listFiles();
+                    for (File appFile : files) {
+                        if (appFile.getName().endsWith(".xml")) {
+                            appCtxResources.add(appFile.toURI().toURL());
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return appCtxResources;
+                }
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new ContributionReadException("Error reading manifest " + manifestFile);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (locationFile.isFile() && locationFile.getName().endsWith(".jar")) {
+                try {
+                    JarFile jf = new JarFile(locationFile);
+                    JarEntry je;
+                    Manifest mf = jf.getManifest();
+                    if (mf != null) {
+                        Attributes mainAttrs = mf.getMainAttributes();
+                        String appCtxPath = mainAttrs.getValue("Spring-Context");
+                        if (appCtxPath != null) {
+                            String[] cxtPaths = appCtxPath.split(";");
+                            for (String path : cxtPaths) {
+                                je = jf.getJarEntry(path.trim());
+                                if (je != null)
+                                    appCtxResources.add(new URL("jar:" + locationFile.toURI().toURL()
+                                        + "!/"
+                                        + appCtxPath));
+                            }
+                            return appCtxResources;
+                        }
+                    }
+                    // No MANIFEST.MF file OR no manifest-specified Spring context , then read all the 
+                    // .xml files available in the META-INF/spring folder.
+                    Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jf.entries();
+                    while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
+                        je = entries.nextElement();
+                        if (je.getName().startsWith("META-INF/spring/") && je.getName().endsWith(".xml")) {
+                            appCtxResources.add(new URL("jar:" + locationFile.toURI().toURL() + "!/" + je.getName()));
+                        }
+                    }
+                    return appCtxResources;
+                } catch (IOException e) {
+                    // TODO: create a more appropriate exception type
+                    throw new ContributionReadException(
+                                                        "SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader getApplicationContextResource: " + " IO exception reading context file.",
+                                                        e);
+                }
+            } else {
+                if (locationFile.getName().endsWith(".xml")) {
+                    appCtxResources.add(url);
+                    return appCtxResources;
+                } else {
+                    // Deal with the directory inside a jar file, in case the contribution itself is a JAR file.
+                    try {
+                        if (locationFile.getPath().indexOf(".jar") > 0) {
+                            String jarPath = url.getPath().substring(5, url.getPath().indexOf("!"));
+                            JarFile jf = new JarFile(jarPath);
+                            JarEntry je =
+                                jf.getJarEntry(url.getPath().substring(url.getPath().indexOf("!/") + 2) + "/"
+                                    + "META-INF"
+                                    + "/"
+                                    + "MANIFEST.MF");
+                            if (je != null) {
+                                Manifest mf = new Manifest(jf.getInputStream(je));
+                                Attributes mainAttrs = mf.getMainAttributes();
+                                String appCtxPath = mainAttrs.getValue("Spring-Context");
+                                if (appCtxPath != null) {
+                                    String[] cxtPaths = appCtxPath.split(";");
+                                    for (String path : cxtPaths) {
+                                        je =
+                                            jf.getJarEntry(url.getPath().substring(url.getPath().indexOf("!/") + 2) + "/"
+                                                + path.trim());
+                                        if (je != null) {
+                                            appCtxResources.add(new URL("jar:" + url.getPath() + "/" + path.trim()));
+                                        }
+                                    }
+                                    return appCtxResources;
+                                }
+                            }
+                            // No MANIFEST.MF file OR no manifest-specified Spring context , then read all the 
+                            // .xml files available in the META-INF/spring folder.
+                            Enumeration<JarEntry> entries = jf.entries();
+                            while (entries.hasMoreElements()) {
+                                je = entries.nextElement();
+                                if (je.getName().startsWith("META-INF/spring/") && je.getName().endsWith(".xml")) {
+                                    appCtxResources.add(new URL("jar:" + url.getPath() + "/" + je.getName()));
+                                }
+                            }
+                            return appCtxResources;
+                        }
+                    } catch (IOException e) {
+                        throw new ContributionReadException("Error reading manifest " + manifestFile);
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        throw new ContributionReadException(
+                                            "SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader getApplicationContextResource: " + "unable to read resource file "
+                                                + url);
+    } // end method getApplicationContextResource
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a Service for the component type based on its name and Java interface
+     */
+    public Service createService(Class<?> interfaze, String name) throws InvalidInterfaceException {
+        Service service = assemblyFactory.createService();
+        JavaInterfaceContract interfaceContract = javaFactory.createJavaInterfaceContract();
+        service.setInterfaceContract(interfaceContract);
+
+        // Set the name for the service
+        service.setName(name);
+
+        // Set the call interface and, if present, the callback interface
+        JavaInterface callInterface = javaFactory.createJavaInterface(interfaze);
+        service.getInterfaceContract().setInterface(callInterface);
+        if (callInterface.getCallbackClass() != null) {
+            JavaInterface callbackInterface = javaFactory.createJavaInterface(callInterface.getCallbackClass());
+            service.getInterfaceContract().setCallbackInterface(callbackInterface);
+        }
+        return service;
+    } // end method createService
+
+    /**
+     * Creates a Reference for the component type based on its name and Java interface
+     */
+    private org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Reference createReference(Class<?> interfaze, String name)
+        throws InvalidInterfaceException {
+        org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.Reference reference = assemblyFactory.createReference();
+        JavaInterfaceContract interfaceContract = javaFactory.createJavaInterfaceContract();
+        reference.setInterfaceContract(interfaceContract);
+
+        // Set the name of the reference to the supplied name and the multiplicity of the reference
+        // to 1..1 - for Spring implementations, this is the only multiplicity supported
+        reference.setName(name);
+        reference.setMultiplicity(Multiplicity.ONE_ONE);
+
+        // Set the call interface and, if present, the callback interface
+        JavaInterface callInterface = javaFactory.createJavaInterface(interfaze);
+        reference.getInterfaceContract().setInterface(callInterface);
+        if (callInterface.getCallbackClass() != null) {
+            JavaInterface callbackInterface = javaFactory.createJavaInterface(callInterface.getCallbackClass());
+            reference.getInterfaceContract().setCallbackInterface(callbackInterface);
+        }
+
+        return reference;
+    }
+
+    private class ContextClassLoader extends ClassLoader {
+        public ContextClassLoader(ModelResolver resolver, ProcessorContext context) {
+            super();
+            this.resolver = resolver;
+            this.context = context;
+        }
+
+        private ModelResolver resolver;
+        private ProcessorContext context;
+
+        @Override
+        protected Class<?> findClass(String name) throws ClassNotFoundException {
+            return SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader.this.resolveClass(resolver, name, context);
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected URL findResource(String name) {
+            try {
+                return resolveLocation(resolver, name, context);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                return null;
+            }
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        protected Enumeration<URL> findResources(String name) throws IOException {
+            URL url = findResource(name);
+            if (url != null) {
+                return Collections.enumeration(Arrays.asList(url));
+            } else {
+                Collection<URL> urls = Collections.emptyList();
+                return Collections.enumeration(urls);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+} // end class SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/xml/SpringImplementationProcessor.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/xml/SpringImplementationProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4b4144f0c8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/xml/SpringImplementationProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,244 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.xml;
+
+import static javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamConstants.END_ELEMENT;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamException;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamReader;
+import javax.xml.stream.XMLStreamWriter;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.AssemblyFactory;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.ComponentType;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.xml.Constants;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.xml.PolicySubjectProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.BaseStAXArtifactProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ContributionReadException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ContributionResolveException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ContributionWriteException;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ProcessorContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.StAXArtifactProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.resolver.ModelResolver;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.ExtensionPointRegistry;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.core.FactoryExtensionPoint;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringImplementation;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.introspect.SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Monitor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Problem;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.monitor.Problem.Severity;
+
+/**
+ * SpringArtifactProcessor is responsible for processing the XML of an <implementation.spring.../>
+ * element in an SCA SCDL file.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SpringImplementationProcessor extends BaseStAXArtifactProcessor implements
+    StAXArtifactProcessor<SpringImplementation> {
+
+    private static final String LOCATION = "location";
+    private static final String IMPLEMENTATION_SPRING = "implementation.spring";
+    private static final QName IMPLEMENTATION_SPRING_QNAME = new QName(Constants.SCA11_NS, IMPLEMENTATION_SPRING);
+    private static final String MSG_LOCATION_MISSING = "Reading implementation.spring - location attribute missing";
+
+    private ExtensionPointRegistry registry;
+    private AssemblyFactory assemblyFactory;
+    private PolicySubjectProcessor policyProcessor;
+
+    private FactoryExtensionPoint factories;
+
+    public SpringImplementationProcessor(ExtensionPointRegistry registry) {
+        this.registry = registry;
+        this.factories = registry.getExtensionPoint(FactoryExtensionPoint.class);
+        this.assemblyFactory = factories.getFactory(AssemblyFactory.class);
+        this.policyProcessor = new PolicySubjectProcessor(registry);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Report a exception.
+     *
+     * @param problems
+     * @param message
+     * @param model
+     */
+    private void error(Monitor monitor, String message, Object model, Exception ex) {
+        if (monitor != null) {
+            Problem problem =
+                monitor.createProblem(this.getClass().getName(),
+                                      "impl-spring-validation-messages",
+                                      Severity.ERROR,
+                                      model,
+                                      message,
+                                      ex);
+            monitor.problem(problem);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Report a error.
+     *
+     * @param problems
+     * @param message
+     * @param model
+     */
+    private void error(Monitor monitor, String message, Object model, Object... messageParameters) {
+        if (monitor != null) {
+            Problem problem =
+                monitor.createProblem(this.getClass().getName(),
+                                      "impl-spring-validation-messages",
+                                      Severity.ERROR,
+                                      model,
+                                      message,
+                                      (Object[])messageParameters);
+            monitor.problem(problem);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /*
+     * Read the XML and parse out the attributes.
+     *
+     * <implementation.spring.../> has a single required attribute:
+     * "location" - which is the target URI of of an archive file or a directory that contains the Spring
+     * application context files.
+     * If the resource identified by the location attribute is an archive file, then the file
+     * META-INF/MANIFEST.MF is read from the archive.
+     * If the location URI identifies a directory, then META-INF/MANIFEST.MF must exist
+     * underneath that directory.
+     * If the manifest file contains a header "Spring-Context" of the format:
+     *    Spring-Context ::= path ( ';' path )*
+     *
+     * Where path is a relative path with respect to the location URI, then the set of paths
+     * specified in the header identify the context configuration files.
+     * If there is no MANIFEST.MF file or no Spring-Context header within that file,
+     * then the default behaviour is to build an application context using all the *.xml files
+     * in the META-INF/spring directory.
+     */
+    public SpringImplementation read(XMLStreamReader reader, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws ContributionReadException, XMLStreamException {
+
+        // Create the Spring implementation
+        SpringImplementation springImplementation = null;
+
+        // Read the location attribute for the spring implementation
+        String springLocation = getURIString(reader, LOCATION);
+        if (springLocation != null) {
+            springImplementation = new SpringImplementation();
+            springImplementation.setLocation(springLocation);
+            springImplementation.setUnresolved(true);
+            processComponentType(springImplementation);
+        } else {
+            error(context.getMonitor(), "LocationAttributeMissing", reader);
+            //throw new ContributionReadException(MSG_LOCATION_MISSING);
+        }
+
+        // Read policies
+        policyProcessor.readPolicies(springImplementation, reader);
+
+        // Skip to end element
+        while (reader.hasNext()) {
+            if (reader.next() == END_ELEMENT && IMPLEMENTATION_SPRING_QNAME.equals(reader.getName())) {
+                break;
+            }
+        } // end while
+
+        return springImplementation;
+    } // end read
+
+    /*
+     * Handles the component type for the Spring implementation
+     * @param springImplementation - a Spring implementation.  The component type information
+     * is created for this implementation
+     *
+     */
+    private void processComponentType(SpringImplementation springImplementation) {
+
+        // Create a ComponentType and mark it unresolved
+        ComponentType componentType = assemblyFactory.createComponentType();
+        componentType.setUnresolved(true);
+        springImplementation.setComponentType(componentType);
+    } // end processComponentType
+
+    /*
+     * Write out the XML representation of the Spring implementation
+     * <implementation.spring location="..." />
+     */
+    public void write(SpringImplementation springImplementation, XMLStreamWriter writer, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws ContributionWriteException, XMLStreamException {
+
+        // Write <implementation.spring>
+        writer.writeStartElement(Constants.SCA11_NS, IMPLEMENTATION_SPRING);
+        policyProcessor.writePolicyAttributes(springImplementation, writer);
+
+        if (springImplementation.getLocation() != null) {
+            writer.writeAttribute(LOCATION, springImplementation.getLocation());
+        }
+
+        writer.writeEndElement();
+
+    } // end write
+
+    /**
+     * Resolves the Spring implementation - loads the Spring application-context XML and
+     * derives the spring implementation componentType from it
+     */
+    public void resolve(SpringImplementation springImplementation, ModelResolver resolver, ProcessorContext context)
+        throws ContributionResolveException {
+
+        if (springImplementation == null)
+            return;
+
+        Monitor monitor = context.getMonitor();
+        /* Load the Spring component type by reading the Spring application context */
+        SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader springLoader = new SpringXMLComponentTypeLoader(registry);
+        try {
+            // Load the Spring Implementation information from its application context file...
+            springLoader.load(springImplementation, resolver, context);
+        } catch (ContributionReadException e) {
+            ContributionResolveException ce = new ContributionResolveException(e);
+            error(monitor, "ContributionResolveException", resolver, ce);
+            throw ce;
+        }
+
+        ComponentType ct = springImplementation.getComponentType();
+        if (ct.isUnresolved()) {
+            // If the introspection fails to resolve, try to find a side file...
+            ComponentType componentType = resolver.resolveModel(ComponentType.class, ct, context);
+            if (componentType.isUnresolved()) {
+                error(monitor, "UnableToResolveComponentType", resolver);
+                //throw new ContributionResolveException("SpringArtifactProcessor: unable to resolve componentType for Spring component");
+            } else {
+                springImplementation.setComponentType(componentType);
+                springImplementation.setUnresolved(false);
+            }
+
+        } // end if
+
+    } // end method resolve
+
+    public QName getArtifactType() {
+        return IMPLEMENTATION_SPRING_QNAME;
+    }
+
+    public Class<SpringImplementation> getModelType() {
+        return SpringImplementation.class;
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringArtifactProcessor
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/xml/SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader.java b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/xml/SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..a3dc353ffc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/xml/SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader.java
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+ */
+
+package org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.xml;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.ProcessorContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringBeanElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringSCAPropertyElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringSCAReferenceElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringSCAServiceElement;
+
+/**
+ * The utility interface to load Spring XML bean definitions into an application context 
+ */
+public interface SpringXMLBeanDefinitionLoader {
+    /**
+     * @param resources
+     * @param serviceElements
+     * @param referenceElements
+     * @param propertyElements
+     * @param beanElements
+     * @param context
+     * @return
+     */
+    Object load(List<URL> resources,
+                List<SpringSCAServiceElement> serviceElements,
+                List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> referenceElements,
+                List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> propertyElements,
+                List<SpringBeanElement> beanElements,
+                ProcessorContext context);
+}
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.builder.ImplementationBuilder b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.builder.ImplementationBuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..7ea615051e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.assembly.builder.ImplementationBuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one

+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file

+# distributed with this work for additional information

+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file

+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the

+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance

+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

+# 

+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

+# 

+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,

+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an

+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY

+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the

+# specific language governing permissions and limitations

+# under the License. 

+org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringImplementationBuilder;qname=http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912#implementation.spring

+

diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.StAXArtifactProcessor b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.StAXArtifactProcessor
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..880d6fade0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.contribution.processor.StAXArtifactProcessor
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one

+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file

+# distributed with this work for additional information

+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file

+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the

+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance

+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

+# 

+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

+# 

+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,

+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an

+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY

+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the

+# specific language governing permissions and limitations

+# under the License. 

+

+# Implementation class for the artifact processor extension

+org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.xml.SpringImplementationProcessor;qname=http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912#implementation.spring,model=org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.SpringImplementation

+

diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.definitions.xml.Definitions b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.definitions.xml.Definitions
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..4a9270d094
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/META-INF/services/org.apache.tuscany.sca.definitions.xml.Definitions
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+# Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one

+# or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file

+# distributed with this work for additional information

+# regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file

+# to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the

+# "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance

+# with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at

+#

+#   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

+#

+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,

+# software distributed under the License is distributed on an

+# "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY

+# KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the

+# specific language governing permissions and limitations

+# under the License.

+org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/definitions.xml

diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/impl-spring-validation-messages.properties b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/impl-spring-validation-messages.properties
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..28bd31ca11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/impl-spring-validation-messages.properties
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+#
+#
+#    Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+#    or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file
+#    distributed with this work for additional information
+#    regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file
+#    to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+#    "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+#    with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+#    Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+#    software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+#    "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+#    KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the
+#    specific language governing permissions and limitations
+#    under the License.
+#
+#
+LocationAttributeMissing = Reading implementation.spring - location attribute missing
+ContributionResolveException = ContributionResolveException occured due to: 
+UnableToResolveComponentType = SpringArtifactProcessor: unable to resolve componentType for Spring component
+ScaServiceNameNotUnique = The value of the @name attribute of an <sca:service/> element MUST be unique amongst the <sca:service/> subelements of the <beans/> element
+ScaReferenceNameNotUnique = The value of the @name attribute of an <sca:reference/> element MUST be unique amongst the <sca:reference/> subelements of the <beans/> element
+ScaPropertyNameNotUnique = The value of the @name attribute of an <sca:property/> element MUST be unique amongst the <sca:property/> subelements of the <beans/> element
+DefaultBeanDoesNotExist = The @default attribute of a <sca:reference/> element MUST have the value of the @name attribute of one of the <bean/> subelements of the <beans/> element.
+TargetBeanDoesNotExist = The @target attribute of a <sca:service/> element MUST have the value of the @name attribute of one of the <bean/> subelements of the <beans/> element.
diff --git a/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/definitions.xml b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/definitions.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..18e7b1e60a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sandbox/sebastien/java/extend/modules/implementation-spring/src/main/resources/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/definitions.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.    
+-->
+
+<!-- $Rev$ $Date$ -->
+
+<sca:definitions xmlns="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912"
+            targetNamespace="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912"
+            xmlns:sca="http://docs.oasis-open.org/ns/opencsa/sca/200912"
+            xmlns:tuscany="http://tuscany.apache.org/xmlns/sca/1.1">
+            
+    <sca:implementationType type="sca:implementation.spring"  mayProvide="" alwaysProvides=""/>
+
+ </sca:definitions>