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diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SCAGenericApplicationContext.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SCAGenericApplicationContext.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.context.tie;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Array;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringBeanElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringConstructorArgElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringElementTie;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringPropertyElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringSCAPropertyElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringSCAReferenceElement;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringSCAServiceElement;
+import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
+import org.springframework.beans.PropertyValue;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanReference;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.TypedStringValue;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+
+public class SCAGenericApplicationContext extends GenericApplicationContext {
+
+    private ClassLoader classloader = null;
+    private List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> propertyElements = new ArrayList<SpringSCAPropertyElement>();
+    private List<SpringSCAServiceElement> serviceElements = new ArrayList<SpringSCAServiceElement>();
+    private List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> referenceElements = new ArrayList<SpringSCAReferenceElement>();
+    private List<SpringBeanElement> beanElements;
+
+    public SCAGenericApplicationContext(DefaultListableBeanFactory beanFactory,
+                                        ApplicationContext parent,
+                                        ClassLoader classloader) {
+        super(beanFactory, parent);
+        this.classloader = classloader;
+    }
+
+    public SCAGenericApplicationContext(ApplicationContext parent, ClassLoader classloader) {
+        super(parent);
+        this.classloader = classloader;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected void postProcessBeanFactory(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
+        beanFactory.setBeanClassLoader(classloader);
+    }
+
+    public void addSCAPropertyElement(SpringSCAPropertyElement propertyElement) {
+        propertyElements.add(propertyElement);
+    }
+
+    public void addSCAServiceElement(SpringSCAServiceElement serviceElement) {
+        serviceElements.add(serviceElement);
+    }
+
+    public void addSCAReferenceElement(SpringSCAReferenceElement referenceElement) {
+        referenceElements.add(referenceElement);
+    }
+
+    public synchronized List<SpringBeanElement> getBeanElements() {
+        if (beanElements == null) {
+            beanElements = new ArrayList<SpringBeanElement>();
+            for (String name : getBeanDefinitionNames()) {
+                BeanDefinition def = getBeanDefinition(name);
+                SpringBeanElement beanElement = new SpringBeanElement(name, def.getBeanClassName());
+                beanElements.add(beanElement);
+                beanElement.setAbstractBean(def.isAbstract());
+                beanElement.setFactoryBeanAttribute(def.getFactoryBeanName() != null);
+                beanElement.setFactoryMethodAttribute(def.getFactoryMethodName() != null);
+                beanElement.setParentAttribute(def.getParentName() != null);
+                beanElement.setInnerBean(beanElement.getId() == null);
+
+                ConstructorArgumentValues args = def.getConstructorArgumentValues();
+                for (Map.Entry<Integer, ValueHolder> e: args.getIndexedArgumentValues().entrySet()) {
+                    ValueHolder holder = e.getValue();
+                    SpringConstructorArgElement arg = new SpringConstructorArgElement(holder.getType());
+                    arg.setIndex(e.getKey());
+                    beanElement.addCustructorArgs(arg);
+                }
+
+                MutablePropertyValues values = def.getPropertyValues();
+                for (PropertyValue p : values.getPropertyValueList()) {
+                    SpringPropertyElement propertyElement = new SpringPropertyElement(p.getName());
+                    Object value = p.getValue();
+                    configurePropertyElement(propertyElement, value);
+                    beanElement.getProperties().add(propertyElement);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return beanElements;
+    }
+
+    public void configurePropertyElement(SpringPropertyElement propertyElement, Object value) {
+        if (value instanceof BeanReference) {
+            BeanReference beanRef = (BeanReference)value;
+            propertyElement.addRef(beanRef.getBeanName());
+        } else if (value instanceof Collection) {
+            Collection collection = (Collection)value;
+            for (Object item : collection) {
+                configurePropertyElement(propertyElement, item);
+            }
+        } else if (value instanceof TypedStringValue) {
+            TypedStringValue stringValue = (TypedStringValue)value;
+            propertyElement.addValue(stringValue.getValue());
+        } else {
+            if (value != null) {
+                propertyElement.addValue(value.toString());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    public List<SpringSCAPropertyElement> getPropertyElements() {
+        return propertyElements;
+    }
+
+    public List<SpringSCAServiceElement> getServiceElements() {
+        return serviceElements;
+    }
+
+    public List<SpringSCAReferenceElement> getReferenceElements() {
+        return referenceElements;
+    }
+
+    public <T> T[] getElements(Class<T> type) {
+        if (type.getSimpleName().equals(SpringSCAPropertyElement.class.getSimpleName())) {
+            T[] elements = (T[])Array.newInstance(type, getPropertyElements().size());
+            for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+                elements[i] = SpringElementTie.copy(getPropertyElements().get(i), type, type);
+            }
+            return elements;
+        } else if (type.getSimpleName().equals(SpringSCAReferenceElement.class.getSimpleName())) {
+            T[] elements = (T[])Array.newInstance(type, getReferenceElements().size());
+            for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+                elements[i] = SpringElementTie.copy(getReferenceElements().get(i), type, type);
+            }
+            return elements;
+        } else if (type.getSimpleName().equals(SpringSCAServiceElement.class.getSimpleName())) {
+            T[] elements = (T[])Array.newInstance(type, getServiceElements().size());
+            for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+                elements[i] = SpringElementTie.copy(getServiceElements().get(i), type, type);
+            }
+            return elements;
+        } else if (type.getSimpleName().equals(SpringBeanElement.class.getSimpleName())) {
+            T[] elements = (T[])Array.newInstance(type, getBeanElements().size());
+            for (int i = 0; i < elements.length; i++) {
+                elements[i] = SpringElementTie.copy(getBeanElements().get(i), type, type);
+            }
+            return elements;
+        } else {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(type + " is not supported");
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SCAParentApplicationContext.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SCAParentApplicationContext.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.context.tie;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.Locale;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.AutowireCapableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationEvent;
+import org.springframework.context.MessageSourceResolvable;
+import org.springframework.context.NoSuchMessageException;
+import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+
+/**
+ * A Spring ParentApplicationContext for a given Spring Implementation
+ *
+ * The Parent application context is responsible for handling those entities within a Spring
+ * application context that actually belong to SCA rather than to Spring.  The principal things
+ * are Properties and References.  These may be present either through explicit <sca:property/>
+ * and <sca:reference/> elements in the application context or they may be implicit through
+ * unresolved Spring bean <property.../> elements.  In either case, it is the Parent application
+ * context that must provide Spring beans that correspond to the property or reference, as derived
+ * from the SCA composite in which the Spring application context is an implementation.
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SCAParentApplicationContext implements ApplicationContext {
+
+    // The Spring implementation for which this is the parent application context
+    private SpringImplementationStub implementation;
+
+    private static final String[] EMPTY_ARRAY = new String[0];
+
+    public SCAParentApplicationContext(SpringImplementationStub implementation) {
+        this.implementation = implementation;
+    } // end constructor
+
+    public Object getBean(String name) throws BeansException {
+        return getBean(name, (Class)null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a Bean for a reference or for a property.
+     *
+     * @param name - the name of the Bean required
+     * @param requiredType - the required type of the Bean (either a Java class or a Java interface)
+     * @return Object - a Bean which matches the requested bean
+     */
+    public Object getBean(String name, Class requiredType) throws BeansException {
+        Object bean = implementation.getBean(name, requiredType);
+        if (bean == null && getParent() != null) {
+            bean = getParent().getBean(name, requiredType);
+        }
+        if (bean == null) {
+            throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException("Unable to find Bean with name " + name);
+        } else {
+            return bean;
+        }
+    } // end method getBean( String, Class )
+
+    public Object getBean(String name, Object[] args) throws BeansException {
+        return getBean(name, ((Class)null));
+    }
+
+    public <T> T getBean(Class<T> clazz) throws BeansException {
+        return clazz.cast(getBean(clazz.getName(), clazz));
+    }
+
+    public Map<String, Object> getBeansWithAnnotation(Class<? extends Annotation> clazz) throws BeansException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public <A extends Annotation> A findAnnotationOnBean(String arg0, Class<A> clazz) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean containsBean(String name) {
+        // TODO
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSingleton(String name) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+        // TODO
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isTypeMatch(String name, Class targetType) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+        throw new UnsupportedOperationException();
+    }
+
+    public Class getType(String name) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String[] getAliases(String name) throws NoSuchBeanDefinitionException {
+        return EMPTY_ARRAY;
+    }
+
+    public AutowireCapableBeanFactory getAutowireCapableBeanFactory() throws IllegalStateException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String getId() {
+        return this.toString();
+    }
+
+    public String getDisplayName() {
+        return implementation.getURI();
+    }
+
+    public long getStartupDate() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public boolean containsBeanDefinition(String beanName) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public int getBeanDefinitionCount() {
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+    public String[] getBeanDefinitionNames() {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
+    public String[] getBeanNamesForType(Class type) {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
+    public String[] getBeanNamesForType(Class type, boolean includePrototypes, boolean includeFactoryBeans) {
+        return new String[0];
+    }
+
+    public Map getBeansOfType(Class type) throws BeansException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public Map getBeansOfType(Class type, boolean includePrototypes, boolean includeFactoryBeans) throws BeansException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isPrototype(String theString) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public BeanFactory getParentBeanFactory() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean containsLocalBean(String name) {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage(String code, Object[] args, String defaultMessage, Locale locale) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage(String code, Object[] args, Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public String getMessage(MessageSourceResolvable resolvable, Locale locale) throws NoSuchMessageException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void publishEvent(ApplicationEvent event) {
+
+    }
+
+    public Resource[] getResources(String locationPattern) throws IOException {
+        return new Resource[0];
+    }
+
+    public Resource getResource(String location) {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+        // REVIEW: this is almost certainly flawed, but it's not clear how the SCA runtime's
+        // resource loading mechanism is exposed right now.
+        return this.getClass().getClassLoader();
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public ApplicationContext getParent() {
+        return implementation.getParentApplicationContext();
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SpringContextTie.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SpringContextTie.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.context.tie;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.ComponentNameAnnotationProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.ComponentStub;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.ConstructorAnnotationProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.PropertyAnnotationProcessor;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.PropertyValueStub;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.processor.tie.ReferenceAnnotationProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConfigurableListableBeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.GenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+
+/**
+ * This is the runtime side tie for the corresponding tuscany side stub class.
+ * It enables the Tuscany code to invoke methods on a Spring context without
+ * needing to know about any Spring classes. See the SpringContextStub class
+ * in the implementation-spring module for what the stub does. 
+ */
+public class SpringContextTie {
+
+    private AbstractApplicationContext springContext;
+    private SpringImplementationStub implementation;
+
+    public SpringContextTie(SpringImplementationStub implementation, List<URL> resource) {
+        this.implementation = implementation;
+        SCAParentApplicationContext scaParentContext = new SCAParentApplicationContext(implementation);
+        springContext = createApplicationContext(scaParentContext, resource);
+    }
+    
+    public ApplicationContext getApplicationContext() {
+        return springContext;
+    }
+
+    public void start() {
+        // Do refresh here to ensure that Spring Beans are not touched before the SCA config process is complete...
+        springContext.refresh();
+        springContext.start();
+    }
+
+    public void close() {
+        springContext.close();
+        if (springContext instanceof GenericApplicationContext) {
+            springContext.stop();
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Include BeanPostProcessor to deal with SCA Annotations in Spring Bean
+     */
+    private AbstractApplicationContext createApplicationContext(SCAParentApplicationContext scaParentContext,
+                                                                List<URL> resources) {
+
+        GenericApplicationContext appCtx =
+            new SCAGenericApplicationContext(scaParentContext, implementation.getClassLoader());
+        XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(appCtx);
+        
+        // REVIEW: [rfeng] How do we control the schema validation 
+        xmlReader.setValidating(false);
+        
+        for (URL resource : resources) {
+            xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new UrlResource(resource));
+        }
+        xmlReader.setBeanClassLoader(implementation.getClassLoader());
+        includeAnnotationProcessors(appCtx.getBeanFactory());
+        return appCtx;
+
+    }
+
+    public Object getBean(String id) throws BeansException {
+        return springContext.getBean(id);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Include BeanPostProcessor to deal with SCA Annotations in Spring Bean
+     */
+    private void includeAnnotationProcessors(ConfigurableListableBeanFactory beanFactory) {
+
+        // Processor to deal with @Init and @Destroy SCA Annotations
+        BeanPostProcessor initDestroyProcessor = new InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor();
+        beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(initDestroyProcessor);
+
+        // Processor to deal with @Reference SCA Annotations
+        ComponentStub component = new ComponentStub(implementation.getComponentTie());
+        BeanPostProcessor referenceProcessor = new ReferenceAnnotationProcessor(component);
+        beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(referenceProcessor);
+
+        // Processor to deal with @Property SCA Annotations
+        PropertyValueStub pvs = new PropertyValueStub(implementation.getPropertyValueTie());
+        BeanPostProcessor propertyProcessor = new PropertyAnnotationProcessor(pvs);
+        beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(propertyProcessor);
+
+        // Processor to deal with @ComponentName SCA Annotations
+        BeanPostProcessor componentNameProcessor =
+            new ComponentNameAnnotationProcessor(implementation.getComponentName());
+        beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(componentNameProcessor);
+
+        // Processor to deal with @Constructor SCA Annotations
+        BeanPostProcessor constructorProcessor = new ConstructorAnnotationProcessor();
+        beanFactory.addBeanPostProcessor(constructorProcessor);
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SpringImplementationStub.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/context/tie/SpringImplementationStub.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.context.tie;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * This is the runtime side stub for the corresponding Tuscany-side stub class.
+ * It enables the Spring code in the runtime module to invoke methods on a
+ * Tuscany SpringImplementation without the Spring runtime module
+ * needing to know about any Tuscany classes. See the SpringImplementationTie class
+ * in the implementation-spring module for what the tie does. 
+ */
+public class SpringImplementationStub {
+
+    Object tie;
+    Method getURI;
+    Method getBean;
+    Method getComponentName;
+    Method getComponentTie;
+    Method getPropertyValueTie;
+    Method getClassLoader;
+    Method getParentApplicationContext;
+
+    public SpringImplementationStub(Object tie) {
+        this.tie = tie;
+        Class<?> tieClass = tie.getClass();
+        try {
+            getURI = tieClass.getMethod("getURI", new Class<?>[] {});
+            getBean = tieClass.getMethod("getBean", new Class<?>[] {String.class, Class.class});
+            getComponentName = tieClass.getMethod("getComponentName");
+            getComponentTie = tieClass.getMethod("getComponentTie");
+            getPropertyValueTie = tieClass.getMethod("getPropertyValueTie");
+            getClassLoader = tieClass.getMethod("getClassLoader");
+            getParentApplicationContext = tieClass.getMethod("getParentApplicationContext");
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getURI() {
+        try {
+
+            return (String)getURI.invoke(tie);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get a Bean for a reference or for a property.
+     *
+     * @param name - the name of the Bean required
+     * @param requiredType - the required type of the Bean (either a Java class or a Java interface)
+     * @return Object - a Bean which matches the requested bean
+     */
+    public Object getBean(String name, Class<?> requiredType) throws BeansException {
+        try {
+
+            Object bean = getBean.invoke(tie, new Object[] {name, requiredType});
+//            if (bean == null) {
+//                throw new NoSuchBeanDefinitionException("Unable to find Bean with name " + name);
+//            }
+            return bean;
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getComponentName() {
+        try {
+
+            return (String)getComponentName.invoke(tie);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object getComponentTie() {
+        try {
+
+            return getComponentTie.invoke(tie);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object getPropertyValueTie() {
+        try {
+
+            return getPropertyValueTie.invoke(tie);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public ClassLoader getClassLoader() {
+        try {
+
+            return (ClassLoader)getClassLoader.invoke(tie);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+    
+    /**
+     * Get the parent Spring application context set by the Tuscany runtime
+     * @return
+     */
+    public ApplicationContext getParentApplicationContext() {
+        try {
+
+            return (ApplicationContext)getParentApplicationContext.invoke(tie);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringBeanElement.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/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.elements.tie;
+
+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(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/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringConstructorArgElement.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/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.elements.tie;
+
+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(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);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringElementTie.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringElementTie.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.elements.tie;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.ParameterizedType;
+import java.lang.reflect.Type;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collection;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * A hacking utility to copy beans field by field between two class loaders
+ */
+public class SpringElementTie {
+    public static <T> T copy(Object source, Class<T> cls, Type genericType) {
+        if (source == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        if (cls.isPrimitive()) {
+            return (T)source;
+        }
+        if (Collection.class.isAssignableFrom(cls)) {
+            ParameterizedType pType = (ParameterizedType)genericType;
+            Type itemType = pType.getActualTypeArguments()[0];
+            Collection col = (Collection)source;
+            List target = new ArrayList();
+            for (Object item : col) {
+                target.add(copy(item, (Class<?>)itemType, itemType));
+            }
+            return (T)target;
+        }
+        if (cls.isInstance(source)) {
+            return cls.cast(source);
+        }
+        try {
+            Class<?> sourceClass = source.getClass();
+            T target = cls.newInstance();
+            for (Field sourceField : sourceClass.getDeclaredFields()) {
+                sourceField.setAccessible(true);
+                Field targetField = cls.getDeclaredField(sourceField.getName());
+                targetField.setAccessible(true);
+                Object sourceFieldValue = sourceField.get(source);
+                Object targetFieldValue = copy(sourceFieldValue, targetField.getType(), targetField.getGenericType());
+                targetField.set(target, targetFieldValue);
+            }
+            return target;
+        } catch (Throwable e) {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringPropertyElement.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/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.elements.tie;
+
+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(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/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringSCAPropertyElement.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringSCAPropertyElement.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.elements.tie;
+
+/**
+ * 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(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/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringSCAReferenceElement.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringSCAReferenceElement.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.elements.tie;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+
+/**
+ * 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<QName> intentNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+    private List<QName> policySetNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+
+
+    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<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(", intentNames=").append(intentNames)
+            .append(", policySetNames=").append(policySetNames).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+
+} // end class SpringSCAReferenceElement
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringSCAServiceElement.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/elements/tie/SpringSCAServiceElement.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.elements.tie;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+
+/**
+ * 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<QName> intentNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+    private List<QName> policySetNames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+
+
+    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<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(", intentNames=").append(intentNames)
+            .append(", policySetNames=").append(policySetNames).append("]");
+        return builder.toString();
+    }
+
+} // end class SpringSCAServiceElement
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/SCANamespaceHandlerResolver.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/SCANamespaceHandlerResolver.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.namespace.tie;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler;
+
+/**
+ * Overrides the default Spring namespace resolver to automatically register
+ * {@link ScaNamespaceHandler} instead of requiring a value to be supplied in a
+ * Spring configuration
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class SCANamespaceHandlerResolver extends DefaultNamespaceHandlerResolver {
+    private static final String SCA_NAMESPACE = "http://www.springframework.org/schema/sca";
+
+    private ScaNamespaceHandler handler;
+
+    public SCANamespaceHandlerResolver(ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        super(classLoader);
+        handler = new ScaNamespaceHandler(/*componentType*/);
+    }
+
+    public SCANamespaceHandlerResolver(String handlerMappingsLocation, ClassLoader classLoader) {
+        super(classLoader, handlerMappingsLocation);
+        handler = new ScaNamespaceHandler(/*componentType*/);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public NamespaceHandler resolve(String namespaceUri) {
+        if (SCA_NAMESPACE.equals(namespaceUri)) {
+            return handler;
+        }
+        return super.resolve(namespaceUri);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaNamespaceHandler.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaNamespaceHandler.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ *
+ * Licensed 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.namespace.tie;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.StringTokenizer;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+/**
+ * Handler for the &lt;sca:&gt; namespace in an application context
+ * 
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class ScaNamespaceHandler extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
+
+    public ScaNamespaceHandler() {
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public void init() {
+        registerBeanDefinitionParser("reference", new ScaReferenceBeanDefinitionParser());
+        registerBeanDefinitionParser("service", new ScaServiceBeanDefinitionParser());
+        registerBeanDefinitionParser("property", new ScaPropertyBeanDefinitionParser());
+    }
+
+    private static String getNamespaceURI(Element element, String prefix) { 
+        if (element == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        String name = ("".equals(prefix)) ? "xmlns" : "xmlns:" + prefix;
+        String ns = element.getAttribute(name);
+        if (ns != null && !"".equals(ns)) {
+            return ns;
+        }
+        Node parent = element.getParentNode();
+        if (parent instanceof Element) {
+            return getNamespaceURI((Element)parent, prefix);
+        } else {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    public static List<QName> resolve(Element element, String listOfNames) {
+        List<QName> qnames = new ArrayList<QName>();
+        StringTokenizer tokenizer = new StringTokenizer(listOfNames);
+        while (tokenizer.hasMoreTokens()) {
+            String qname = tokenizer.nextToken();
+            String prefix = "";
+            String local = qname;
+            int index = qname.indexOf(':');
+            if (index != -1) {
+                local = qname.substring(index + 1);
+                prefix = qname.substring(0, index);
+            }
+            String ns = getNamespaceURI(element, prefix);
+            if (ns != null) {
+                qnames.add(new QName(ns, local, prefix));
+            } else {
+                throw new IllegalArgumentException("Prefix " + prefix + "is not bound to a namespace");
+            }
+        }
+        return qnames;
+    }
+
+    public static String getAttribute(Element element, String name) {
+        String attr = element.getAttributeNS(null, name);
+        if ("".equals(attr)) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return attr;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaPropertyBeanDefinitionParser.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaPropertyBeanDefinitionParser.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed 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.namespace.tie;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.context.tie.SCAGenericApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringSCAPropertyElement;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for the &lt;sca:reference&gt; element
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class ScaPropertyBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
+
+    public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+        BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
+        if (registry instanceof SCAGenericApplicationContext) {
+            SCAGenericApplicationContext context = (SCAGenericApplicationContext)registry;
+            SpringSCAPropertyElement propertyElement =
+                new SpringSCAPropertyElement(element.getAttributeNS(null, "name"), element.getAttributeNS(null, "type"));
+            context.addSCAPropertyElement(propertyElement);
+        }
+        // do nothing, this is handled by Tuscany
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaReferenceBeanDefinitionParser.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaReferenceBeanDefinitionParser.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed 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.namespace.tie;
+
+import static org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.namespace.tie.ScaNamespaceHandler.getAttribute;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.context.tie.SCAGenericApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringSCAReferenceElement;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for the &lt;sca:reference&gt; element
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class ScaReferenceBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
+
+    public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+        BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
+        if (registry instanceof SCAGenericApplicationContext) {
+            SCAGenericApplicationContext context = (SCAGenericApplicationContext)registry;
+            SpringSCAReferenceElement referenceElement =
+                new SpringSCAReferenceElement(getAttribute(element, "name"), getAttribute(element, "type"));
+            referenceElement.setDefaultBean(getAttribute(element, "default"));
+
+            String requires = getAttribute(element, "requires");
+            if (requires != null) {
+                List<QName> qnames = ScaNamespaceHandler.resolve(element, requires);
+                referenceElement.getIntentNames().addAll(qnames);
+            }
+
+            String policySets = getAttribute(element, "policySets");
+            if (policySets != null) {
+                List<QName> qnames = ScaNamespaceHandler.resolve(element, policySets);
+                referenceElement.getPolicySetNames().addAll(qnames);
+            }
+
+            context.addSCAReferenceElement(referenceElement);
+        }
+
+        // do nothing, this is handled by Tuscany
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/namespace/tie/ScaServiceBeanDefinitionParser.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2006 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed 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.namespace.tie;
+
+import static org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.namespace.tie.ScaNamespaceHandler.getAttribute;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.xml.namespace.QName;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.context.tie.SCAGenericApplicationContext;
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.elements.tie.SpringSCAServiceElement;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionRegistry;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+
+/**
+ * Parser for the &lt;sca:service/&gt; element
+ *
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class ScaServiceBeanDefinitionParser implements BeanDefinitionParser {
+
+    public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+        BeanDefinitionRegistry registry = parserContext.getRegistry();
+        if (registry instanceof SCAGenericApplicationContext) {
+            SCAGenericApplicationContext context = (SCAGenericApplicationContext)registry;
+            SpringSCAServiceElement serviceElement =
+                new SpringSCAServiceElement(getAttribute(element, "name"), getAttribute(element, "target"));
+            serviceElement.setType(getAttribute(element, "type"));
+
+            String requires = getAttribute(element, "requires");
+            if (requires != null) {
+                List<QName> qnames = ScaNamespaceHandler.resolve(element, requires);
+                serviceElement.getIntentNames().addAll(qnames);
+            }
+
+            String policySets = getAttribute(element, "policySets");
+            if (policySets != null) {
+                List<QName> qnames = ScaNamespaceHandler.resolve(element, policySets);
+                serviceElement.getPolicySetNames().addAll(qnames);
+            }
+
+            context.addSCAServiceElement(serviceElement);
+        }
+        // do nothing, handled by Tuscany
+        return null;
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ComponentNameAnnotationProcessor.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ComponentNameAnnotationProcessor.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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.ref.Reference;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.ComponentName;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+
+public class ComponentNameAnnotationProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
+
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> componentNameAnnotationType = ComponentName.class;
+
+    private String componentName;
+
+    public ComponentNameAnnotationProcessor(String componentName) {
+        this.componentName = componentName;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets componentName annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getComponentNameAnnotationType() {
+        return this.componentNameAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets componentName annotation type.
+     */
+    public void setComponentNameAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> componentNameAnnotationType) {
+        Assert.notNull(componentNameAnnotationType, "'componentNameAnnotationType' type must not be null.");
+        this.componentNameAnnotationType = componentNameAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute before a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessBeforeInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        processAnnotation(bean);
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute after a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessAfterInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Processes a beans fields for injection if it has a {@link Reference} annotation.</p>
+     */
+    protected void processAnnotation(final Object bean) {
+
+        final Class<?> clazz = bean.getClass();
+
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.FieldCallback() {
+            public void doWith(Field field) {
+                Annotation annotation = field.getAnnotation(getComponentNameAnnotationType());
+
+                if (annotation != null) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("ComponentName annotation is not supported on static fields");
+                    }
+
+                    if (Modifier.isPrivate(field.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("ComponentName annotation is not supported on private fields");
+                    }
+
+                    ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
+
+                    if (field.getType().getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+                        Object nameObj = componentName;
+                        if (nameObj != null)
+                            ReflectionUtils.setField(field, bean, nameObj);
+                    } else {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                                                        "ComponentName annotation is supported only on java.lang.String field type.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
+            public void doWith(Method method) {
+                Annotation annotation = method.getAnnotation(getComponentNameAnnotationType());
+
+                if (annotation != null) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("ComponentName annotation is not supported on static methods");
+                    }
+
+                    if (Modifier.isPrivate(method.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("ComponentName annotation is not supported on private methods");
+                    }
+
+                    if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                                                        "ComponentName annotation requires at least one argument: " + method);
+                    }
+
+                    PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(method);
+
+                    if (pd.getPropertyType().getName().equals("java.lang.String")) {
+                        Object nameObj = componentName;
+                        if (nameObj != null) {
+                            try {
+                                pd.getWriteMethod().invoke(bean, new Object[] {nameObj});
+                            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                                throw new FatalBeanException("Problem injecting reference:  " + e.getMessage(), e);
+                            }
+                        }
+                    } else {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                                                        "ComponentName annotation is supported only on java.lang.String field type.");
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ComponentStub.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ComponentStub.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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * This is the Spring runtime side stub for the corresponding Tuscany tie class.
+ * It enables the Tuscany code to invoke methods on a Spring context without
+ * needing to know about any Spring classes. See the ComponentTie class
+ * in the implementation-spring module for what the tie does. 
+ */
+public class ComponentStub {
+
+    private Object tie;
+    private Method getService;
+
+    public ComponentStub(Object tie) {
+        this.tie = tie;
+        Class<?> tieClass = tie.getClass();
+        try {
+            getService = tieClass.getMethod("getService", new Class<?>[] {Class.class, String.class});
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object getService(Class<?> type, String name) {
+        try {
+
+            return getService.invoke(tie, type, name);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ConstructorAnnotationProcessor.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ConstructorAnnotationProcessor.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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+public class ConstructorAnnotationProcessor extends InstantiationAwareBeanPostProcessorAdapter {
+
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> constructorAnnotationType = org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Constructor.class;
+
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> autowiredAnnotationType = Autowired.class;
+
+    public ConstructorAnnotationProcessor() {
+        // Default constructor.
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the 'autowired' annotation type, to be used on constructors, fields,
+     * setter methods and arbitrary config methods.
+     */
+    public void setAutowiredAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> autowiredAnnotationType) {
+        Assert.notNull(autowiredAnnotationType, "'autowiredAnnotationType' must not be null");
+        this.autowiredAnnotationType = autowiredAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the 'autowired' annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getAutowiredAnnotationType() {
+        return this.autowiredAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the 'constructor' annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getConstructorAnnotationType() {
+        return this.constructorAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets the 'constructor' annotation type.
+     */
+    public void setConstructorAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> constructorAnnotationType) {
+        Assert.notNull(constructorAnnotationType, "'constructorAnnotationType' type must not be null.");
+        this.constructorAnnotationType = constructorAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute before a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessBeforeInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute after a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessAfterInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    public Constructor[] determineCandidateConstructors(Class beanClass, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        /*Constructor[] declaredConstructors = beanClass.getDeclaredConstructors();                
+        Method[] declaredMethods = beanClass.getDeclaredMethods();
+        List candidates = new ArrayList(declaredConstructors.length);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < declaredMethods.length; i++) {
+            Method method = declaredMethods[i];
+            Annotation annotation = method.getAnnotation(getConstructorAnnotationType());
+            if (annotation != null) {
+                if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("Constructor annotation is not supported on static methods");
+                }
+                
+                if (candidates.size() == 1) {
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("Only one method is allowed to have constructor annotation in a bean: " + method);
+                }
+                
+                candidates.add(method);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return (Constructor[]) candidates.toArray(new Constructor[candidates.size()]);*/
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..390ee040f2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+/*
+ * 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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+
+import org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Destroy;
+import org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Init;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor;
+
+public class InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor extends InitDestroyAnnotationBeanPostProcessor {
+
+    private static final long serialVersionUID = 0;
+
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> initAnnotationType = Init.class;
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> destroyAnnotationType = Destroy.class;
+
+    /**
+     * Gets init annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getInitAnnotationType() {
+        return this.initAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets init annotation type.
+     */
+    /*
+     * public void setInitAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation>
+     * initAnnotationType) { Assert.notNull(initAnnotationType,
+     * "Init annotation type must not be null."); this.initAnnotationType =
+     * initAnnotationType; }
+     */
+
+    /**
+     * Gets destroy annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getDestroyAnnotationType() {
+        return this.destroyAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets destroy annotation type.
+     */
+    /*
+     * public void setDestroyAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation>
+     * destroyAnnotationType) { Assert.notNull(destroyAnnotationType,
+     * "Destroy annotation type must not be null."); this.destroyAnnotationType
+     * = destroyAnnotationType; }
+     */
+
+    public InitDestroyAnnotationProcessor() {
+        // Set the @Init annotation type
+        setInitAnnotationType(initAnnotationType);
+
+        // Set the @Destroy annotation type
+        setDestroyAnnotationType(destroyAnnotationType);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/PropertyAnnotationProcessor.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/PropertyAnnotationProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ce3aafd3ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/PropertyAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,163 @@
+/*
+ * 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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Property;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+
+public class PropertyAnnotationProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
+
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> propertyAnnotationType = Property.class;
+
+    private PropertyValueStub propertyValue;
+
+    public PropertyAnnotationProcessor(PropertyValueStub propertyValue) {
+        this.propertyValue = propertyValue;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets property annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getPropertyAnnotationType() {
+        return this.propertyAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets property annotation type.
+     */
+    public void setPropertyAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> propertyAnnotationType) {
+        Assert.notNull(propertyAnnotationType, "'propertyAnnotationType' type must not be null.");
+        this.propertyAnnotationType = propertyAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute before a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessBeforeInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        processAnnotation(bean);
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute after a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessAfterInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Processes a beans fields for injection if it has a {@link Property} annotation.</p>
+     */
+    protected void processAnnotation(final Object bean) {
+
+        final Class<?> clazz = bean.getClass();
+
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
+            public void doWith(Method method) {
+
+                Property annotation = (Property)method.getAnnotation(getPropertyAnnotationType());
+
+                if (annotation != null) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Property annotation is not supported on static methods");
+                    }
+
+                    /*
+                    if (Modifier.isPrivate(method.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Property annotation is not supported on private methods");
+                    }
+                    */
+
+                    if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Property annotation requires at least one argument: " + method);
+                    }
+
+                    PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(method);
+                    if (pd != null) {
+                        String propName = annotation.name();
+                        if ("".equals(propName)) {
+                            injectProperty(bean, pd, propertyValue.getPropertyObj(pd.getPropertyType(), pd.getName()));
+                        } else {
+                            injectProperty(bean, pd, propertyValue.getPropertyObj(pd.getPropertyType(), propName));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.FieldCallback() {
+            public void doWith(Field field) {
+
+                Property annotation = (Property)field.getAnnotation(getPropertyAnnotationType());
+
+                if (annotation != null) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Property annotation is not supported on static fields");
+                    }
+
+                    /*
+                    if (Modifier.isPrivate(field.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Property annotation is not supported on private fields");
+                    }
+                    */
+
+                    ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
+
+                    Object propertyObj = null;
+                    String propName = annotation.name();
+                    if ("".equals(propName)) {
+                        propertyObj = propertyValue.getPropertyObj(field.getType(), field.getName());
+                    } else {
+                        propertyObj = propertyValue.getPropertyObj(field.getType(), propName);
+                    }
+
+                    if (propertyObj != null)
+                        ReflectionUtils.setField(field, bean, propertyObj);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    public void injectProperty(Object bean, PropertyDescriptor pd, Object propertyObj) {
+
+        if (propertyObj != null) {
+            try {
+                pd.getWriteMethod().invoke(bean, new Object[] {propertyObj});
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                throw new FatalBeanException("Problem injecting property:  " + e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/PropertyValueStub.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/PropertyValueStub.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5a4b57ce81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/PropertyValueStub.java
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * 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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * This is the Spring runtime side stub for the corresponding Tuscany tie class.
+ * It enables the Tuscany code to invoke methods on a Spring context without
+ * needing to know about any Spring classes. See the PropertyValueTie class
+ * in the implementation-spring module for what the tie does. 
+ */
+public class PropertyValueStub {
+
+    private Object tie;
+    private Method getPropertyObj;
+
+    public PropertyValueStub(Object tie) {
+        this.tie = tie;
+        Class<?> tieClass = tie.getClass();
+        try {
+            getPropertyObj = tieClass.getMethod("getPropertyObj", new Class<?>[] {Class.class, String.class});
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Object getPropertyObj(Class<?> propertyType, String name) {
+        try {
+
+            return getPropertyObj.invoke(tie, propertyType, name);
+
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            throw new RuntimeException(e);
+        }
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ReferenceAnnotationProcessor.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ReferenceAnnotationProcessor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..24761d2cfa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/ReferenceAnnotationProcessor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * 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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.beans.PropertyDescriptor;
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.lang.reflect.Field;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.lang.reflect.Modifier;
+
+import org.oasisopen.sca.annotation.Reference;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeanUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.FatalBeanException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.ReflectionUtils;
+
+public class ReferenceAnnotationProcessor implements BeanPostProcessor {
+
+    private Class<? extends Annotation> referenceAnnotationType = Reference.class;
+    private ComponentStub component;
+
+    public ReferenceAnnotationProcessor(ComponentStub component) {
+        this.component = component;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets referece annotation type.
+     */
+    protected Class<? extends Annotation> getReferenceAnnotationType() {
+        return this.referenceAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Sets referece annotation type.
+     */
+    public void setReferenceAnnotationType(Class<? extends Annotation> referenceAnnotationType) {
+        Assert.notNull(referenceAnnotationType, "'referenceAnnotationType' type must not be null.");
+        this.referenceAnnotationType = referenceAnnotationType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute before a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessBeforeInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessBeforeInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        processAnnotation(bean);
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * This method is used to execute after a bean's initialization callback.
+     * 
+     * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanPostProcessor#postProcessAfterInitialization(java.lang.Object, java.lang.String)
+     */
+    public Object postProcessAfterInitialization(Object bean, String beanName) throws BeansException {
+        return bean;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * <p>Processes a beans fields for injection if it has a {@link Reference} annotation.</p>
+     */
+    protected void processAnnotation(final Object bean) {
+
+        final Class<?> clazz = bean.getClass();
+
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithMethods(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.MethodCallback() {
+            public void doWith(Method method) {
+
+                Reference annotation = (Reference)method.getAnnotation(getReferenceAnnotationType());
+
+                if (annotation != null) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(method.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Reference annotation is not supported on static methods");
+                    }
+
+                    /*
+                    if (Modifier.isPrivate(method.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Reference annotation is not supported on private methods");
+                    }
+                    */
+
+                    if (method.getParameterTypes().length == 0) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException(
+                                                        "Reference annotation requires at least one argument: " + method);
+                    }
+
+                    PropertyDescriptor pd = BeanUtils.findPropertyForMethod(method);
+                    if (pd != null) {
+                        String refName = annotation.name();
+                        if ("".equals(refName)) {
+                            injectReference(bean, pd, pd.getName());
+                        } else {
+                            injectReference(bean, pd, refName);
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        });
+
+        ReflectionUtils.doWithFields(clazz, new ReflectionUtils.FieldCallback() {
+            public void doWith(Field field) {
+
+                Reference annotation = (Reference)field.getAnnotation(getReferenceAnnotationType());
+
+                if (annotation != null) {
+                    if (Modifier.isStatic(field.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Reference annotation is not supported on static fields");
+                    }
+
+                    /*
+                    if (Modifier.isPrivate(field.getModifiers())) {
+                        throw new IllegalStateException("Reference annotation is not supported on private fields");
+                    }
+                    */
+
+                    ReflectionUtils.makeAccessible(field);
+
+                    Object referenceObj = null;
+                    String refName = annotation.name();
+                    if ("".equals(refName)) {
+                        referenceObj = component.getService(field.getType(), field.getName());
+                    } else {
+                        referenceObj = component.getService(field.getType(), refName);
+                    }
+
+                    if (referenceObj != null)
+                        ReflectionUtils.setField(field, bean, referenceObj);
+                }
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Processes a property descriptor to inject a service.
+     */
+    public void injectReference(Object bean, PropertyDescriptor pd, String name) {
+
+        Object referenceObj = component.getService(pd.getPropertyType(), name);
+
+        if (referenceObj != null) {
+            try {
+                pd.getWriteMethod().invoke(bean, new Object[] {referenceObj});
+            } catch (Throwable e) {
+                throw new FatalBeanException("Problem injecting reference:  " + e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/SpringXMLLoaderTie.java b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/SpringXMLLoaderTie.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..82aa176219
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/java/org/apache/tuscany/sca/implementation/spring/processor/tie/SpringXMLLoaderTie.java
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+/*
+ * 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.processor.tie;
+
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.context.tie.SCAGenericApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+
+/**
+ * A tie that allows Tuscany to call Spring library to load the application context for the purpose of introspection
+ */
+public class SpringXMLLoaderTie {
+
+    public static ApplicationContext createApplicationContext(Object scaParentContext,
+                                                              ClassLoader classLoader,
+                                                              List<URL> resources) {
+        if (classLoader == null) {
+            classLoader = Thread.currentThread().getContextClassLoader();
+        }
+
+        SCAGenericApplicationContext appCtx =
+            new SCAGenericApplicationContext((ApplicationContext)scaParentContext, classLoader);
+        XmlBeanDefinitionReader xmlReader = new XmlBeanDefinitionReader(appCtx);
+
+        // REVIEW: [rfeng] How do we control the schema validation 
+        xmlReader.setValidating(false);
+
+        for (URL resource : resources) {
+            xmlReader.loadBeanDefinitions(new UrlResource(resource));
+        }
+
+        return appCtx;
+
+    }
+
+}
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e7b61bfe48
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+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/sca=org.apache.tuscany.sca.implementation.spring.namespace.tie.ScaNamespaceHandler

diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..249cc21c13
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.schemas
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+http\://www.osoa.org/xmlns/sca/1.0/spring-sca.xsd=org/springframework/sca/xml/spring-sca.xsd
diff --git a/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/org/springframework/sca/xml/spring-sca.xsd b/sca-java-2.x/branches/2.0-Beta1/modules/implementation-spring-tie/src/main/resources/org/springframework/sca/xml/spring-sca.xsd
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!--
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+    * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+    * distributed with this work for additional information
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+    * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+    * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
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+    *   http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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+    * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+    * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
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+-->
+<xsd:schema xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/sca" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema"
+    attributeFormDefault="unqualified" elementFormDefault="qualified"
+    targetNamespace="http://www.springframework.org/schema/sca">
+
+    <xsd:element name="reference">
+        <xsd:complexType>
+            <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="type" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="default" use="optional">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+        </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+
+    <xsd:element name="property">
+        <xsd:complexType>
+            <xsd:attribute name="id" use="optional">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="type" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+        </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+
+    <xsd:element name="service">
+        <xsd:complexType>
+            <xsd:attribute name="name" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="type" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+            <xsd:attribute name="target" use="required">
+                <xsd:simpleType>
+                    <xsd:restriction base="xsd:string" />
+                </xsd:simpleType>
+            </xsd:attribute>
+        </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+
+</xsd:schema>