PropertyAccessExceptionsException and ref local Class

[nmcloughlin]

I'm hoping someone can shed some light on this for me. Why does the following throw a PropertyAccessExceptionsException:

<bean id="myJob" class="com.blahblah.myJob"></bean>

<bean id="myJobDetail" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailBean">
	<property name="jobClass">
		<ref local="myJob"/>
	</property>
</bean>

and this doesn't (it works fine):

<bean id="myJob" class="com.blahblah.myJob"></bean>

<bean id="myJobDetail" class="org.springframework.scheduling.quartz.JobDetailBean">
	<property name="jobClass">
		<value>com.blahblah.myJob</value>
	</property>
</bean>

Is there a way to reference the myJob bean class? Here's the exception thrown from the former configuration:

Error setting property values; nested exception is org.springframework.beans.PropertyAccessExceptionsException:
PropertyAccessExceptionsException (1 errors);
nested propertyAccessExceptions are:
[org.springframework.beans.TypeMismatchException:
Failed to convert property value of type [com.blahblah.myJob] to
required type [java.lang.Class] for property 'jobClass']

What can I do to set the jobClass property to myJob's class? Is it even possible? Muchas gracias in advance!

[nmcloughlin]

So, a little more research and I find that there is just no easy way to do this. Sorry Quartz, you failed the ease of implementation test. Back to timer.

[Andreas Senft]

You could use MethodInvokingFactoryBean to invoke the (inherited) getClass() method of the "myJob" bean. Have a look at the API documentation of MethodInvokingFactoryBean for details.

Regards,
Andreas