Problem with geBeanNamesForType(java.lang.reflect.Proxy.class)

[martingoros]

Hi, In my ApplicationContext I'm creating a client for calling a Jax-RPC web service using JaxRpcPortProxyFactoryBean. Then in a Listener called after the context gets created I want to dynamically get all the beans created to access web services, so I do this:
ctx.getBeanNamesForType(Proxy.class)
But the bean name I want doesn't como as a result (but another proxies like XFire ones do come as a result here)

The weird thing is that if I do this:
String[] ctxObjects = ctx.getBeanNamesForType(Object.class)
I get the bean name correctly.
Then if I do:
Object myWebService = ctx.getBean("MyWebServiceName")
I get the correct instance
And this:
myWebService instanceof Proxy
returns true
Also I can call a myWebService method correctly by doing:
MyWebServiceInterface myws = (MyWebServiceInterface) myWebService
myws.runmethod(methodParameters go here...)

I hope somebody can help me with this as I really don't know why this is happening.

Thanks in advanced,

Martin G

[Rod Johnson]

Trying to filter by beans of the Proxy class is not a good idea. It's not guaranteed to work--for example, you might have CGLIB proxies. And it's too implementation dependent.

I would consider using a naming convention. Or an AOP introduction (additional interface) implemented by your web service proxies.