Null pointer in Initialising NamedParameterJdbcTemplate bean

If i do the code in controller with

final DataSource dataSource = (DataSource) getApplicationContext().getBean("dataSource", DataSource.class);
final JdbcTemplate jdbcTemplate = new JdbcTemplate(jdbcDataSource);
final NamedParameterJdbcTemplate namedParameterJdbcTemplate = new NamedParameterJdbcTemplate(jdbcTemplate);

This will work fine

If i have to attain the same in Spring application context

<bean id="jdbcTemplate"  class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate" autowire="constructor" />  

<bean class="org.springframework.jdbc.core.namedparam.NamedParameterJdbcTemplate" id="namedParameterJdbcTemplate">  
  <constructor-arg ref="jdbcTemplate" />    
  </bean> 

In Hibernate Repository Class

private NamedParameterJdbcTemplate namedParameterJdbcTemplate; 
   public void setNamedParameterJdbcTemplate(NamedParameterJdbcTemplate namedParameterJdbcTemplate) {  
     this.namedParameterJdbcTemplate = namedParameterJdbcTemplate;  
    } 

This throws error

Is there any way to make the object namedParameterJdbcTemplate working in Repository class