Hi

We are migrating from websphere 6 to 7. The app works fine in websphere 6. But when I tried to start the app in websphere 7 it threw an exception. We are using Spring 2.5. Java version is 6. Any idea why this is occuring?

[CODE]org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanCreationExce ption: Error creating bean with name 'org.springframework.context.annotation.internalPe rsistenceAnnotationProcessor': Initialization of bean failed; nested exception is java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAu towireCapableBeanFactory.java:478)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireC apableBeanFactory.java:409)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Access Controller.java:224)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.createBean(AbstractAuto wireCapableBeanFactory.java:380)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory$1.getObject(AbstractBeanFactory.java:2 64)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultS ingletonBeanRegistry.getSingleton(DefaultSingleton BeanRegistry.java:220)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:261 )
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:185)
at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract BeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:164)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.registerBeanPostProcessors(AbstractAp plicationContext.java:579)
at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplic ationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.ja va:366)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.crea teWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:255)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.init WebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:199)
at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListe ner.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java: 45)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.notifyServle tContextCreated(WebApp.java:1681)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebApp.commonInitia lizationFinish(WebApp.java:374)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebAppImpl.initiali ze(WebAppImpl.java:299)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.webapp.WebGroupImpl.addWeb Application(WebGroupImpl.java:100)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.VirtualHostImpl.addWebAppl ication(VirtualHostImpl.java:166)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.addWebApp(W SWebContainer.java:731)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.WSWebContainer.addWebAppli cation(WSWebContainer.java:616)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl .install(WebContainerImpl.java:376)
at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.component.WebContainerImpl .start(WebContainerImpl.java:668)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st art(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1122)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationIm pl.fireDeployedObjectStart(DeployedApplicationImpl .java:1315)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedModuleImpl.st art(DeployedModuleImpl.java:623)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.DeployedApplicationIm pl.start(DeployedApplicationImpl.java:940)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st artApplication(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:725)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl$1. run(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1266)
at com.ibm.ws.security.auth.ContextManagerImpl.runAs( ContextManagerImpl.java:4509)
at com.ibm.ws.security.auth.ContextManagerImpl.runAsS ystem(ContextManagerImpl.java:4687)
at com.ibm.ws.security.core.SecurityContext.runAsSyst em(SecurityContext.java:255)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st artApplicationDynamically(ApplicationMgrImpl.java: 1271)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st art(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:2043)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.CompositionUnitMgrImp l.start(CompositionUnitMgrImpl.java:439)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.CompositionUnitImpl.s tart(CompositionUnitImpl.java:123)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.CompositionUnitMgrImp l.start(CompositionUnitMgrImpl.java:382)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.CompositionUnitMgrImp l.startCompositionUnit(CompositionUnitMgrImpl.java :653)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.CompositionUnitMgrImp l.startCompositionUnit(CompositionUnitMgrImpl.java :615)
at com.ibm.ws.runtime.component.ApplicationMgrImpl.st artApplication(ApplicationMgrImpl.java:1177)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Nativ e Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Native MethodAccessorImpl.java:48)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
at sun.reflect.misc.Trampoline.invoke(MethodUtil.java :37)
at sun.reflect.GeneratedMethodAccessor7.invoke(Unknow n Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(De legatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:37)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:600)
at sun.reflect.misc.MethodUtil.invoke(MethodUtil.java :244)
at javax.management.modelmbean.RequiredModelMBean.inv okeMethod(RequiredModelMBean.java:1086)
at javax.management.modelmbean.RequiredModelMBean.inv oke(RequiredModelMBean.java:967)
at com.sun.jmx.interceptor.DefaultMBeanServerIntercep tor.invoke(DefaultMBeanServerInterceptor.java:848)
at com.sun.jmx.mbeanserver.JmxMBeanServer.invoke(JmxM BeanServer.java:773)
at com.ibm.ws.management.AdminServiceImpl$1.run(Admin ServiceImpl.java:1320)
at com.ibm.ws.security.util.AccessController.doPrivil eged(AccessController.java:118)
at com.ibm.ws.management.AdminServiceImpl.invoke(Admi nServiceImpl.java:1213)
at com.ibm.ws.management.commands.AdminServiceCommand s$InvokeCmd.execute(AdminServiceCommands.java:251)
at com.ibm.ws.console.core.mbean.MBeanHelper.invoke(M BeanHelper.java:239)