diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/rabbitmq/amqp/AmqpMessageProducer.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/rabbitmq/amqp/AmqpMessageProducer.java
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+package org.springframework.batch.sample.rabbitmq.amqp;
+
+import org.springframework.amqp.core.AmqpTemplate;
+import org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.ConfigurableApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Simple producer class that sends {@link String} messages to the configured queue to be processed.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class AmqpMessageProducer {
+    public static final int SEND_MESSAGE_COUNT = 10;
+    public static final String[] BEAN_CONFIG = { "classpath:/META-INF/spring/jobs/messaging/rabbitmq-beans.xml",
+            "classpath:/META-INF/spring/config-beans.xml" };
+
+    public static void main(String[] args) {
+        ApplicationContext applicationContext = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext(BEAN_CONFIG);
+        AmqpTemplate amqpTemplate = applicationContext.getBean("inboundAmqpTemplate", RabbitTemplate.class);
+
+        for (int i = 0; i < SEND_MESSAGE_COUNT; i++ ) {
+            amqpTemplate.convertAndSend("foo message: " + i);
+        }
+
+        ((ConfigurableApplicationContext) applicationContext).close();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/rabbitmq/processor/MessageProcessor.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/rabbitmq/processor/MessageProcessor.java
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/rabbitmq/processor/MessageProcessor.java
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+package org.springframework.batch.sample.rabbitmq.processor;
+
+import org.springframework.batch.item.ItemProcessor;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+
+/**
+ * <p>
+ * Simple {@link ItemProcessor} implementation to append a "processed on" {@link Date} to a received message.
+ * </p>
+ */
+public class MessageProcessor implements ItemProcessor<String, String> {
+
+    public String process(String message) throws Exception {
+        return "Message: \"" + message + "\" processed on: " + new Date();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/batch-beans.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/batch-beans.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/batch-beans.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans:beans
+    xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+    xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+	xmlns:jdbc="http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc"
+    xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc http://www.springframework.org/schema/jdbc/spring-jdbc-3.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <!-- Default batch context. Uses HSQL as the datasource and initalizes it. -->
+
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:default.properties" />
+
+    <jdbc:initialize-database data-source="dataSource">
+        <jdbc:script location="${batch.schema.script}" />
+    </jdbc:initialize-database>
+
+    <batch:job-repository id="jobRepository" />
+
+    <beans:bean id="dataSource" class="org.apache.commons.dbcp.BasicDataSource"
+        p:driverClassName="${batch.jdbc.driver}"
+        p:url="${batch.jdbc.url}"
+        p:username="${batch.jdbc.user}"
+        p:password="${batch.jdbc.password}"/>
+
+    <beans:bean id="transactionManager" class="org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.DataSourceTransactionManager"
+        p:dataSource-ref="dataSource"/>
+
+    <beans:bean id="jobLauncher" class="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.SimpleJobLauncher"
+        p:jobRepository-ref="jobRepository"/>
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/config-beans.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/config-beans.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/config-beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans:beans
+        xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xmlns:context="http://www.springframework.org/schema/context"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/context http://www.springframework.org/schema/context/spring-context-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <!-- Property values used in the application -->
+    <context:property-placeholder location="classpath:default.amqp.properties" />
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job-beans.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job-beans.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job-beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans:beans
+        xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <beans:bean id="amqpItemReader" class="org.springframework.batch.item.amqp.AmqpItemReader">
+        <beans:constructor-arg ref="inboundAmqpTemplate"/>
+    </beans:bean>
+
+    <beans:bean id="amqpItemProcessor" class="org.springframework.batch.sample.rabbitmq.processor.MessageProcessor"/>
+
+    <beans:bean id="amqpItemWriter" class="org.springframework.batch.item.amqp.AmqpItemWriter">
+        <beans:constructor-arg ref="outboundAmqpTemplate"/>
+    </beans:bean>
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans:beans
+    xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/config-beans.xml"/>
+ <!--    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/batch-beans.xml"/> -->
+    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/jobs/messaging/rabbitmq-beans.xml"/>
+    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job-beans.xml"/>
+
+    <batch:job id="amqp-example-job">
+        <batch:step id="processQueue">
+            <batch:tasklet>
+                <batch:chunk reader="amqpItemReader" processor="amqpItemProcessor" writer="amqpItemWriter" commit-interval="10"/>
+            </batch:tasklet>
+        </batch:step>
+    </batch:job>
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/messaging/rabbitmq-beans.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/messaging/rabbitmq-beans.xml
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/jobs/messaging/rabbitmq-beans.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans:beans
+        xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+        xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+        xmlns:rabbit="http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit"
+        xmlns:p="http://www.springframework.org/schema/p"
+        xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit http://www.springframework.org/schema/rabbit/spring-rabbit-1.0.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <rabbit:connection-factory id="rabbitConnectionFactory" port="${rabbitmq.port}" host="${rabbitmq.host}"/>
+    <rabbit:admin connection-factory="rabbitConnectionFactory"/>
+
+    <rabbit:queue name="${rabbitmq.inbound.queue}"/>
+    <rabbit:queue name="${rabbitmq.outbound.queue}"/>
+
+    <beans:bean id="inboundAmqpTemplate" class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate"
+                p:connectionFactory-ref="rabbitConnectionFactory" p:routingKey="${rabbitmq.inbound.queue}"
+                p:queue="${rabbitmq.inbound.queue}"/>
+
+    <beans:bean id="outboundAmqpTemplate" class="org.springframework.amqp.rabbit.core.RabbitTemplate"
+                p:connectionFactory-ref="rabbitConnectionFactory" p:routingKey="${rabbitmq.outbound.queue}"/>
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/default.amqp.properties b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/default.amqp.properties
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/default.amqp.properties
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+rabbitmq.port=5672
+rabbitmq.host=127.0.0.1
+rabbitmq.inbound.queue=test.inbound
+rabbitmq.outbound.queue=test.outbound
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/amqp-example-job.xml b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/amqp-example-job.xml
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index 000000000..3c5b7ffdc
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/main/resources/jobs/amqp-example-job.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+<beans:beans
+    xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+    xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+    xmlns:batch="http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch"
+    xsi:schemaLocation="
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch http://www.springframework.org/schema/batch/spring-batch-2.1.xsd
+        http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans-3.1.xsd">
+
+    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/config-beans.xml"/>
+<!--  <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/batch-beans.xml"/>  -->   
+    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/jobs/messaging/rabbitmq-beans.xml"/>
+    <beans:import resource="classpath:/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job-beans.xml"/>
+
+    <batch:job id="amqp-example-job">
+        <batch:step id="processQueue">
+            <batch:tasklet>
+                <batch:chunk reader="amqpItemReader" processor="amqpItemProcessor" writer="amqpItemWriter" commit-interval="10"/>
+            </batch:tasklet>
+        </batch:step>
+    </batch:job>
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/AMQPJobFunctionalTests.java b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/AMQPJobFunctionalTests.java
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+++ b/spring-batch-samples/src/test/java/org/springframework/batch/sample/AMQPJobFunctionalTests.java
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+package org.springframework.batch.sample;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.batch.core.explore.JobExplorer;
+import org.springframework.batch.test.JobLauncherTestUtils;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.simple.SimpleJdbcTemplate;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/** 
+ * Run the job to read from the "test.inbound" queue, process the messages and write them to the "test.outbound" queue:
+ * mvn -q exec:java -Dexec.mainClass="org.springframework.batch.core.launch.support.CommandLineJobRunner" \
+ *    -Dexec.arguments="classpath*:/META-INF/spring/jobs/amqp/amqp-example-job.xml,amqp-example-job"
+*/
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration(locations = { "/simple-job-launcher-context.xml", "/jobs/amqp-example-job.xml", "/job-runner-context.xml" })
+public class AMQPJobFunctionalTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private JobLauncherTestUtils jobLauncherTestUtils;
+	private SimpleJdbcTemplate simpleJdbcTemplate;
+	@Autowired
+	private JobExplorer jobExplorer;
+	
+	@Autowired
+	public void setDataSource(DataSource dataSource) {
+		this.simpleJdbcTemplate = new SimpleJdbcTemplate(dataSource);
+	}
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void testLaunchJob() throws Exception {
+		
+		jobLauncherTestUtils.launchJob();
+		
+		int count = jobExplorer.getJobInstances("amqp-example-job", 0, 1).size();
+
+		assertTrue(count > 0);
+
+	}
+
+}