you try to put the line above you have mentioned
<bean
efine id="test" value="james"/>
i think you forgot to initilize the variable
test regards
amir
[ February 25, 2008: Message edited by: Amirtharaj Chinnaraj ]
[ February 25, 2008: Message edited by: Amirtharaj Chinnaraj ]
[ February 25, 2008: Message edited by: Amirtharaj Chinnaraj ]