Hi, To answer your questions :
Karaf version : 2.3.0 And the NPE Stack Trace : org.osgi.service.blueprint.container.ComponentDefinitionException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.ReferenceRecipe.internalCreate(ReferenceRecipe.java:116)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe$1.call(AbstractRecipe.java:79)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)[:1.6.0_27] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe.create(AbstractRecipe.java:88)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.setProperty(BeanRecipe.java:933)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.setProperties(BeanRecipe.java:907)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.setProperties(BeanRecipe.java:888)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.internalCreate2(BeanRecipe.java:820)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BeanRecipe.internalCreate(BeanRecipe.java:787)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe$1.call(AbstractRecipe.java:79)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)[:1.6.0_27] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.di.AbstractRecipe.create(AbstractRecipe.java:88)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createInstances(BlueprintRepository.java:245)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.createInstance(BlueprintRepository.java:230)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintRepository.create(BlueprintRepository.java:155)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.processProcessors(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:496)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.doRun(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:338)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.BlueprintContainerImpl.run(BlueprintContainerImpl.java:252)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.utils.threading.impl.DiscardableRunnable.run(DiscardableRunnable.java:48)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at java.util.concurrent.Executors$RunnableAdapter.call(Executors.java:441)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:303)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:138)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.access$301(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:98)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor$ScheduledFutureTask.run(ScheduledThreadPoolExecutor.java:206)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.runTask(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:886)[:1.6.0_27] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:908)[:1.6.0_27] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:662)[:1.6.0_27] Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.findClassOrResourceByDelegation(BundleWiringImpl.java:1432) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl.access$400(BundleWiringImpl.java:72) at org.apache.felix.framework.BundleWiringImpl$BundleClassLoader.loadClass(BundleWiringImpl.java:1843) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:295)[:1.6.0_27] at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:247)[:1.6.0_27] at java.lang.Class.forName0(Native Method)[:1.6.0_27] at java.lang.Class.forName(Class.java:247)[:1.6.0_27] at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.interfaces.ProxyClassLoader.isInvalid(ProxyClassLoader.java:109)[12:org.apache.aries.proxy.impl:1.0.0] at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.interfaces.InterfaceProxyGenerator.getProxyInstance(InterfaceProxyGenerator.java:84)[12:org.apache.aries.proxy.impl:1.0.0] at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.AsmProxyManager.createNewProxy(AsmProxyManager.java:72)[12:org.apache.aries.proxy.impl:1.0.0] at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.AbstractProxyManager.createDelegatingInterceptingProxy(AbstractProxyManager.java:75)[12:org.apache.aries.proxy.impl:1.0.0] at org.apache.aries.proxy.impl.AbstractProxyManager.createDelegatingProxy(AbstractProxyManager.java:40)[12:org.apache.aries.proxy.impl:1.0.0] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.AbstractServiceReferenceRecipe.createProxy(AbstractServiceReferenceRecipe.java:299)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] at org.apache.aries.blueprint.container.ReferenceRecipe.internalCreate(ReferenceRecipe.java:100)[7:org.apache.aries.blueprint.core:1.0.1] ... 28 more and my test configuration: <blueprint xmlns="http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:camel="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint" xmlns:cm="http://aries.apache.org/blueprint/xmlns/blueprint-cm/v1.1.0" xsi:schemaLocation=" http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.1.0 http://www.osgi.org/xmlns/blueprint/v1.1.0/blueprint.xsd http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint/camel-blueprint.xsd http://aries.apache.org/blueprint/xmlns/blueprint-cm/ http://aries.apache.org/schemas/blueprint-cm/blueprint-cm-1.1.0.xsd "> <cm:property-placeholder persistent-id="fr.spinwin.test"> <cm:default-properties> <cm:property name="blabla" value="test" /> </cm:default-properties> </cm:property-placeholder> <bean id="helloBean" class="fr.spinwin.test.HelloBean"> <property name="say" value="${blabla}" /> </bean> <camelContext id="blueprintContext" trace="false" xmlns="http://camel.apache.org/schema/blueprint"> <route id="timerToLog"> <from uri="timer:foo?period=5000" /> <setBody> <method ref="helloBean" method="hello" /> </setBody> <log message="The message contains ${body}" /> </route> </camelContext> </blueprint> I used this test from the maven archetype "camel-archetype-blueprint." 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