diff -ur mule-2.0.2.20080813/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/events/MuleEventMulticaster.java mule-2.0.2/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/events/MuleEventMulticaster.java
--- mule-2.0.2.20080813/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/events/MuleEventMulticaster.java	2008-07-11 04:30:31.000000000 -0400
+++ mule-2.0.2/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/events/MuleEventMulticaster.java	2011-12-20 10:39:47.822676214 -0500
@@ -250,6 +250,34 @@
         listeners.remove(listener);
     }
 
+    public void addApplicationListenerBean(String s)
+    {
+        Object listener = applicationContext.getBean(s);
+        if(listener instanceof ApplicationListener)
+        {
+            addApplicationListener((ApplicationListener)listener);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(SpringMessages.beanNotInstanceOfApplicationListener(s).getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    public void removeApplicationListenerBean(String s)
+    {
+        Object listener = applicationContext.getBean(s);
+        if(listener instanceof ApplicationListener)
+        {
+            removeApplicationListener((ApplicationListener)listener);
+        }
+        else
+        {
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException(SpringMessages.beanNotInstanceOfApplicationListener(s).getMessage());
+        }
+    }
+
+
     /**
      * Removes all the listeners from the multicaster
      */
diff -ur mule-2.0.2.20080813/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/i18n/SpringMessages.java mule-2.0.2/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/i18n/SpringMessages.java
--- mule-2.0.2.20080813/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/i18n/SpringMessages.java	2008-02-12 15:04:43.000000000 -0500
+++ mule-2.0.2/modules/spring-extras/src/main/java/org/mule/module/spring/i18n/SpringMessages.java	2011-12-20 10:42:15.453666113 -0500
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@
     {
         return createMessage(BUNDLE_PATH, 1);
     }
+
+    public static Message beanNotInstanceOfApplicationListener(String name)
+    {
+        return createMessage(BUNDLE_PATH, 12, name);
+    }
 }