NoSuchBeanDefinitionException when using @Inject annotation

I am writing a library that should be usable with Spring as well as Java EE 6. Hence for autowiring I am using @Inject which, as I understand, is supported by both frameworks. However Spring is throwing a NoSuchBeanDefinitionException when resolving injected dependencies. For example:

Quote:

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org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefini tionException: No matching bean of type [test.SecurityService] found for dependency:
expected at least 1 bean which qualifies as autowire candidate for this dependency. Dependency annotations: {@javax.inject.Inject()}

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My bean is declared as follows. Spring is not picking it up because it has no annotation. On the other hand, Java EE 6 (CDI) has no issues with it because POJOs in CDI are automatically managed beans (section 3.1.1 JSR 299):

Code:

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public class SecurityService {
    ...
}

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I do not want to introduce Spring specific annotations in this library. So I can think of two workarounds:

1) Put @Named annotation on the bean and Spring will pick it up

2) Declare the bean in applicationContext.xml

Is there a more elegant way that I may be missing?

Thanks.
Naresh