Bean creation problem

[jelgolfnut]

I have a bean that's defined in the applicationContext that uses the getInstance method of the class (the class was developed elsewhere).

In another context file (for acegi) I have a bean that references the bean from the application context. Initialization fails because the definition in the acegi file can't find the bean. I use it in the applicationContext just fine. I'm guessing that it's not getting created in time to use it, but I don't know how to force it.
Thanks

[karldmoore]

Is it possible to see the exception. I'm not sure what you mean when you say it can't find it. If you are using container heirarchies that could be your issue.

[jelgolfnut]

one of the config files was being picked up by the default naming convention. When I explicitly listed it, the problem disappeared.