Factory object with a dependency on a bean

My problem is quite straightforward. I want to build a factory, but the kind of object returned depends on a value read from a bean that is somehow a cache. So of course, I can't call the bean's method from the static method in the factory:

public interface FinderService
{
    public String find(String name);
}



public class GeneralFinderService implements FinderService
{
    @Override
    public String find(String name)
    {
        return "general name";
    }
}


public class NorthFinderService implements FinderService
{
    @Override
    public String find(String name)
    {
        return "place in the north";
    }
}


public class SouthFinder implements FinderService
{
    @Override
    public String find(String name)
    {
        return "guy in the south";
    }
}

public class TestFinder
{
    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        FinderService finderService = FinderFactory.getFinderService("my location");
        finderService.find("some guy");
    }
}

The options I think I have right now are either make the factory a bean, or use AppContext.getBean to get the bean in the factory. I like neither of them.

Option 1: make the factory a bean

import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

@Component("finderFactory")
public class FinderFactory
{
    @Autowired
    private LocationCache locationCache;

    public FinderService getFinderService(String location)
    {
        if (locationCache.isInNorth(location))
        {
            return new NorthFinderService();
        }
        else if (locationCache.isInSouth(location))
        {
            return new SouthFinder();
        }
        else
        {
            return new GeneralFinderService();
        }
    }
}

Option 2: get the bean from the appcontext

import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;

public class FinderFactory
{
    private static LocationCache locationCache = (LocationCache) new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext().getBean("locationCache");

    public static FinderService getFinderService(String location)
    {
        if (locationCache.isInNorth(location))
        {
            return new NorthFinderService();
        }
        else if (locationCache.isInSouth(location))
        {
            return new SouthFinder();
        }
        else
        {
            return new GeneralFinderService();
        }
    }
}

Is there a better approach?