How can I use a list as reference in Spring configuration for JAX-WS handlers? - spring

Question

I am using the Spring extension for JAX-WS and have a problem to use a list in my Spring configuration:
This is the working configuration:
<wss:binding url="/services/demo">
<wss:service>
<ws:service bean="#demoEndpoint">
<ws:handlers>
<ref bean="handler1"/>
<ref bean="handler2"/>
</ws:handlers>
</ws:service>
</wss:service>
</wss:binding>
As I have more endpoint, which should use the same set of handlers, I want to define the list of handlers in a single configuration.
But this config doesn't work:
<util:list id="myHandlers">
<ref bean="handler1"/>
<ref bean="handler2"/>
</util:list>
<wss:binding url="/services/demo">
<wss:service>
<ws:service bean="#demoEndpoint">
<ws:handlers>
<ref bean="myHandlers"/>
</ws:handlers>
</ws:service>
</wss:service>
</wss:binding>
I get the following exception:
Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException: Cannot convert value of type [java.util.ArrayList] to required type [javax.xml.ws.handler.Handler] for property 'handlers[0]': no matching editors or conversion strategy found
at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:264)
at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertToTypedCollection(TypeConverterDelegate.java:559)
at org.springframework.beans.TypeConverterDelegate.convertIfNecessary(TypeConverterDelegate.java:199)
at org.springframework.beans.BeanWrapperImpl.convertIfNecessary(BeanWrapperImpl.java:448)
... 66 more
This is the corresponding setter in org.jvnet.jax_ws_commons.spring.SpringService:
public void setHandlers(List<Handler> handlers) {
this.handlers = handlers;
}