(I'm running the spring.jar and spring-sandbox.jar updated from the Spring RCP CVS as of tonight)
In my standalone application test setup, I have this in order to load some DBUnit data set:
Code:
  <bean id="data-set-input-stream" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.config.MethodInvokingFactoryBean">
    <property name="staticMethod"><value>java.lang.ClassLoader.getSystemResourceAsStream</value></property>
    <property name="arguments">
      <list>
        <value>/default-dataset.xml</value>
      </list>
    </property>
  </bean>

  <bean id="direct-input-stream" class="java.io.FileInputStream">
    <constructor-arg><value>E&#58;\default-dataset.xml</value></constructor-arg>
  </bean>

  <bean id="data-set" class="org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet">
    <constructor-arg type="java.io.InputStream"><ref bean="data-set-input-stream"/></constructor-arg>
    <constructor-arg type="boolean"><value>false</value></constructor-arg>
  </bean>
Upon loading this app context, I got a bean instantiation error because no matching constructors were found -
Code:
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.File,boolean&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 0 of type &#91;java.io.File&#93;&#58; Did you specify the correct bean references as generic constructor arguments?
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.net.URL,boolean&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 0 of type &#91;java.net.URL&#93;&#58; Did you specify the correct bean references as generic constructor arguments?
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.Reader,boolean&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 0 of type &#91;java.io.Reader&#93;&#58; Did you specify the correct bean references as generic constructor arguments?
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.Reader,java.io.Reader&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 0 of type &#91;java.io.Reader&#93;&#58; Did you specify the correct bean references as generic constructor arguments?
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.Reader,org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; Unsatisfied dependency expressed through constructor argument with index 0 of type &#91;java.io.Reader&#93;&#58; Did you specify the correct bean references as generic constructor arguments?
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.InputStream,boolean&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Failed to convert property value of type &#91;org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker$VoidType&#93; to required type &#91;java.io.InputStream&#93;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.InputStream,java.io.InputStream&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Failed to convert property value of type &#91;org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker$VoidType&#93; to required type &#91;java.io.InputStream&#93;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.InputStream,org.dbunit.dataset.IDataSet&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Failed to convert property value of type &#91;org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker$VoidType&#93; to required type &#91;java.io.InputStream&#93;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;org.xml.sax.InputSource&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; 2 constructor arguments specified but no matching constructor found in bean 'data-set' &#40;hint&#58; specify index arguments for simple parameters to avoid type ambiguities&#41;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.File&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; 2 constructor arguments specified but no matching constructor found in bean 'data-set' &#40;hint&#58; specify index arguments for simple parameters to avoid type ambiguities&#41;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.net.URL&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; 2 constructor arguments specified but no matching constructor found in bean 'data-set' &#40;hint&#58; specify index arguments for simple parameters to avoid type ambiguities&#41;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.Reader&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; 2 constructor arguments specified but no matching constructor found in bean 'data-set' &#40;hint&#58; specify index arguments for simple parameters to avoid type ambiguities&#41;
04 Nov 2004 22&#58;14&#58;56,953 DEBUG &#91;main&#93; org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory  - Ignoring constructor &#91;public org.dbunit.dataset.xml.FlatXmlDataSet&#40;java.io.InputStream&#41; throws java.io.IOException,org.dbunit.dataset.DataSetException&#93; of bean 'data-set'&#58; could not satisfy dependencies. Detail&#58; Error creating bean with name 'data-set' defined in class path resource &#91;global-context.xml&#93;&#58; 2 constructor arguments specified but no matching constructor found in bean 'data-set' &#40;hint&#58; specify index arguments for simple parameters to avoid type ambiguities&#41;
However if I change the first constructor-arg reference to "direct-input-stream", the bean is instantiated successfully.

I wonder what I'm missing here?
Thanks.