I am facing the following issue while trying to create a Spring JMS application which uses Websphere 7.0 default messaging (EIS).

The exception I am getting at the startup of the application is :

[2/6/13 14:04:58:641 EST] 00000024 ContextLoader E org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader initWebApplicationContext Context initialization failed 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.IllegalArgumentException: Method must not be null at** org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory.doCreateBean(AbstractAu towireCapableBeanFactory.java:480) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.Abstract AutowireCapableBeanFactory$1.run(AbstractAutowireC apableBeanFactory.java:409)

Below are the pieces of my code and Spring configuration :

Spring config file :

Code:
<context:component-scan base-package="com.company.poc.asynch.logging" />
    <context:annotation-config/>

    <bean id="jndiTemplate" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate">
    <property name="environment">
        <props>
            <prop key="java.naming.factory.initial">
                com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory
            </prop>
            <prop key="java.naming.provider.url">
                iiop://localhost:2810


<context:component-scan base-package="com.company.poc.asynch.logging" />
    <context:annotation-config/>

    <bean id="jndiTemplate" class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiTemplate">
    <property name="environment">
        <props>
            <prop key="java.naming.factory.initial">
                com.ibm.websphere.naming.WsnInitialContextFactory
            </prop>
            <prop key="java.naming.provider.url">
                iiop://localhost:2810
            </prop>
        </props>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="jmsQueueConnectionFactory"
      class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
    <property name="jndiTemplate">
        <ref bean="jndiTemplate"/>
    </property>
    <property name="jndiName">
        <value>jms/ReDConnectionFactory</value>
    </property>
</bean>

<bean id="destination"
    class="org.springframework.jndi.JndiObjectFactoryBean">
    <property name="jndiTemplate">
        <ref bean="jndiTemplate"/>
    </property>
    <property name="jndiName">
        <value>jms/ReDMessageProviderQueue</value>
    </property>
</bean>


<bean id="jmsTemplate" class="org.springframework.jms.core.JmsTemplate">
        <property name="connectionFactory" ref="jmsQueueConnectionFactory" />
        <property name="defaultDestination" ref="destination" />
    </bean>


<bean id="logListener" class="com.company.poc.asynch.logging.LogListener"/>

    <jms:listener-container  connection-factory="connectionFactory" container-type="default" acknowledge="auto">
        <jms:listener destination="loggingQueue" ref="logListener" method="onMessage" />
    </jms:listener-container>
Java Sender class :

Code:
@Service("logSender")
public class LogSender {

    @Autowired
    private JmsTemplate jmsTemplate;

    public void sendLog(final String logText){
        jmsTemplate.send(
        new MessageCreator() {
          public Message createMessage(Session session) throws JMSException {
              TextMessage logMessage = session.createTextMessage();
               logMessage.setText(logText);
               return logMessage;
          }
        }
        );
    }
}
Java message listener :


Code:
@Component("logListener")
public class LogListener implements MessageListener {

    //private static Logger regularLogger = Logger.getLogger("regularLogger");

    public void onMessage(Message message) {
        TextMessage msg = (TextMessage) message;
         System.out.println("Log message recieved by the listener:" + msg);

      }
}

The Configuration of the queue, connection factory and bus is setup correctly int eh websphere admin console, as I use the same configuration in my stand alone java application without any issue.
However, this Spring application fails to initialize and throws the above said exception at the startup. I have no clue what am I missing here, any help would be greately appreciated.

Thanks.