I have the message source configured and I can access the messages with the <spring:message /> tag from within jsps however I would like to access messages from within controllers or other application classes. I have tried a few ways of getting at the messages and I would think they would be exposed in fairly striaght-forward manner. Therfore rather than beat my head to a bloody pulp I figured I would ask the group.

Therefore how do you access messages from the message source from within application classes?

Thank you for your help.
-Derrick