Yeah, I just tried removing the cxf.xml import again and this is what I get. As you can see - it's the CXFServlet that is expecting the registered bean.
Caused by: org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException: *No bean named 'cxf' is defined* at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.DefaultListableBeanFactory.getBeanDefinition(DefaultListableBeanFactory.java:529) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getMergedLocalBeanDefinition(AbstractBeanFactory.java:1094) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.doGetBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:276) at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanFactory.getBean(AbstractBeanFactory.java:196) at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.getBean(AbstractApplicationContext.java:1079) at *org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFServlet.loadBus(CXFServlet.java:77)* at org.apache.cxf.transport.servlet.CXFNonSpringServlet.init(CXFNonSpringServlet.java:71) at com.ibm.ws.webcontainer.servlet.ServletWrapper.init(ServletWrapper.java:358) -- View this message in context: http://camel.465427.n5.nabble.com/camel-cxf-in-WebSphere-without-geronimo-jetty-depdendencies-possible-tp5726490p5726530.html Sent from the Camel - Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.