spring - Component Scan not finding @Component's in a JAR in Tomcat webapp -

i filed bug in spring bugsystem ( https://jira.springsource.org/browse/spr-8551 ), still unsure if missing something

i tracked down problem <context:component-scan/> statement. given 2 following classes in same jar in web-inf/lib of web application (the jar file has directory structure):

test/thebean.java:

package test; @component public class thebean{ } 

test/beansearcher.java:

package test; public class beansearcher{    public void init(){      annotationconfigapplicationcontext ctx = new annotationconfigapplicationcontext();      ctx.scan("test");      ctx.refresh();      thebean b=  ctx.getbean(thebean.class);      // value of b?    } } 

if run new beansearcher().init() in junit test case or other type of standalone application, b getting assigned instance of thebean, if run it, say, in jsp, ctx.getbean() returning null.

so, doing wrong or not taking account, bug...?

edit 8/8/2011: seems work tried simplify problem, still, when try make work, in initialization of opencms, fails. trying differences between working versions , 1 doesn't work. (classloader, ubication of relevant classes in different jars or directly in web-inf/classes, calls via reflection, etc.)

as wrote in comment, solution given answer here: spring annotation-based controllers not working if inside jar file

when export jar file using export utility in eclipse there option called add directory entries.