diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/ListenerExecutionFailedException.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/ListenerExecutionFailedException.java
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..cb47028bf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/ListenerExecutionFailedException.java
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * 
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ * 
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ * 
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+package org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.adapter;
+
+import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
+
+/**
+ * Exception thrown when the execution of a listener method failed. 
+ * 
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ * @see MessageListenerAdapter
+ */
+public class ListenerExecutionFailedException extends InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException {
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new <code>ListenerExecutionFailedException</code> instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param msg
+	 * @param cause
+	 */
+	public ListenerExecutionFailedException(String msg, Throwable cause) {
+		super(msg, cause);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new <code>ListenerExecutionFailedException</code> instance.
+	 *
+	 * @param msg
+	 */
+	public ListenerExecutionFailedException(String msg) {
+		super(msg);
+	}
+}
diff --git a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/MessageListenerAdapter.java b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/MessageListenerAdapter.java
index 4763a33f4..ba3dfe171 100644
--- a/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/MessageListenerAdapter.java
+++ b/spring-data-redis/src/main/java/org/springframework/data/keyvalue/redis/listener/adapter/MessageListenerAdapter.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
  * 
  * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,12 +15,17 @@
  */
 package org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.listener.adapter;
 
+import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.dao.DataAccessException;
+import org.springframework.dao.InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException;
 import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.Message;
 import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.connection.MessageListener;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.serializer.JdkSerializationRedisSerializer;
+import org.springframework.data.keyvalue.redis.serializer.RedisSerializer;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.MethodInvoker;
 import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
@@ -34,87 +39,33 @@ import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
  * <p/>Modeled as much as possible after the JMS MessageListenerAdapter in
  * Spring Framework.
  *
- * <p>By default, the content of incoming JMS messages gets extracted before
+ * <p>By default, the content of incoming Redis messages gets extracted before
  * being passed into the target listener method, to let the target method
  * operate on message content types such as String or byte array instead of
  * the raw {@link Message}. Message type conversion is delegated to a Spring
- * JMS {@link MessageConverter}. By default, a {@link SimpleMessageConverter}
+ * Data {@link RedisSerializer}. By default, the {@link JdkSerializationRedisSerializer}
  * will be used. (If you do not want such automatic message conversion taking
- * place, then be sure to set the {@link #setMessageConverter MessageConverter}
+ * place, then be sure to set the {@link #setSerializer Serializer}
  * to <code>null</code>.)
  *
- * <p>If a target listener method returns a non-null object (typically of a
- * message content type such as <code>String</code> or byte array), it will get
- * wrapped in a JMS <code>Message</code> and sent to the response destination
- * (either the JMS "reply-to" destination or a
- * {@link #setDefaultResponseDestination(javax.jms.Destination) specified default
- * destination}).
- *
- * <p><b>Note:</b> The sending of response messages is only available when
- * using the {@link SessionAwareMessageListener} entry point (typically through a
- * Spring message listener container). Usage as standard JMS {@link MessageListener}
- * does <i>not</i> support the generation of response messages.
- *
  * <p>Find below some examples of method signatures compliant with this
  * adapter class. This first example handles all <code>Message</code> types
  * and gets passed the contents of each <code>Message</code> type as an
- * argument. No <code>Message</code> will be sent back as all of these
- * methods return <code>void</code>.
+ * argument.
  *
  * <pre class="code">public interface MessageContentsDelegate {
  *    void handleMessage(String text);
- *    void handleMessage(Map map);
  *    void handleMessage(byte[] bytes);
- *    void handleMessage(Serializable obj);
+ *    void handleMessage(Person obj);
  * }</pre>
  *
- * This next example handles all <code>Message</code> types and gets
- * passed the actual (raw) <code>Message</code> as an argument. Again, no
- * <code>Message</code> will be sent back as all of these methods return
- * <code>void</code>.
- *
- * <pre class="code">public interface RawMessageDelegate {
- *    void handleMessage(TextMessage message);
- *    void handleMessage(MapMessage message);
- *    void handleMessage(BytesMessage message);
- *    void handleMessage(ObjectMessage message);
- * }</pre>
- *
- * This next example illustrates a <code>Message</code> delegate
- * that just consumes the <code>String</code> contents of
- * {@link javax.jms.TextMessage TextMessages}. Notice also how the
- * name of the <code>Message</code> handling method is different from the
- * {@link #ORIGINAL_DEFAULT_LISTENER_METHOD original} (this will have to
- * be configured in the attandant bean definition). Again, no <code>Message</code>
- * will be sent back as the method returns <code>void</code>.
- *
- * <pre class="code">public interface TextMessageContentDelegate {
- *    void onMessage(String text);
- * }</pre>
- *
- * This final example illustrates a <code>Message</code> delegate
- * that just consumes the <code>String</code> contents of
- * {@link javax.jms.TextMessage TextMessages}. Notice how the return type
- * of this method is <code>String</code>: This will result in the configured
- * {@link MessageListenerAdapter} sending a {@link javax.jms.TextMessage} in response.
- *
- * <pre class="code">public interface ResponsiveTextMessageContentDelegate {
- *    String handleMessage(String text);
- * }</pre>
- *
- * For further examples and discussion please do refer to the Spring
+ * For further examples and discussion please do refer to the Spring Data
  * reference documentation which describes this class (and it's attendant
  * XML configuration) in detail.
  *
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
- * @since 2.0
- * @see #setDelegate
- * @see #setDefaultListenerMethod
- * @see #setDefaultResponseDestination
- * @see #setMessageConverter
- * @see org.springframework.jms.support.converter.SimpleMessageConverter
- * @see org.springframework.jms.listener.SessionAwareMessageListener
- * @see org.springframework.jms.listener.AbstractMessageListenerContainer#setMessageListener
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ * @see org.springframework.jms.listener.adapter.MessageListenerAdapter
  */
 public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 
@@ -131,7 +82,7 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 
 	private String defaultListenerMethod = ORIGINAL_DEFAULT_LISTENER_METHOD;
 
-	private MessageConverter messageConverter;
+	private RedisSerializer<?> serializer;
 
 
 	/**
@@ -144,6 +95,7 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new {@link MessageListenerAdapter} for the given delegate.
+	 * 
 	 * @param delegate the delegate object
 	 */
 	public MessageListenerAdapter(Object delegate) {
@@ -158,6 +110,8 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 	 * <p>If no explicit delegate object has been specified, listener
 	 * methods are expected to present on this adapter instance, that is,
 	 * on a custom subclass of this adapter, defining listener methods.
+	 * 
+	 * @param delegate delegate object
 	 */
 	public void setDelegate(Object delegate) {
 		Assert.notNull(delegate, "Delegate must not be null");
@@ -165,9 +119,11 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the target object to delegate message listening to.
+	 * Returns the target object to delegate message listening to.
+	 * 
+	 * @return message listening delegation
 	 */
-	protected Object getDelegate() {
+	public Object getDelegate() {
 		return this.delegate;
 	}
 
@@ -189,77 +145,32 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Set the converter that will convert incoming JMS messages to
-	 * listener method arguments, and objects returned from listener
-	 * methods back to JMS messages.
-	 * <p>The default converter is a {@link SimpleMessageConverter}, which is able
-	 * to handle {@link javax.jms.BytesMessage BytesMessages},
-	 * {@link javax.jms.TextMessage TextMessages} and
-	 * {@link javax.jms.ObjectMessage ObjectMessages}.
+	 * Set the serializer that will convert incoming raw Redis messages to
+	 * listener method arguments.
+	 * <p>The default converter is a {@link JdkSerializationRedisSerializer}, which is able
+	 * to handle {@link Serializable} objects.
 	 */
-	public void setMessageConverter(MessageConverter messageConverter) {
-		this.messageConverter = messageConverter;
+	public void setSerializer(RedisSerializer<?> serializer) {
+		this.serializer = serializer;
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Return the converter that will convert incoming JMS messages to
-	 * listener method arguments, and objects returned from listener
-	 * methods back to JMS messages.
-	 */
-	protected MessageConverter getMessageConverter() {
-		return this.messageConverter;
-	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Standard JMS {@link MessageListener} entry point.
+	 * Standard Redis {@link MessageListener} entry point.
 	 * <p>Delegates the message to the target listener method, with appropriate
 	 * conversion of the message argument. In case of an exception, the
 	 * {@link #handleListenerException(Throwable)} method will be invoked.
-	 * <p><b>Note:</b> Does not support sending response messages based on
-	 * result objects returned from listener methods. Use the
-	 * {@link SessionAwareMessageListener} entry point (typically through a Spring
-	 * message listener container) for handling result objects as well.
-	 * @param message the incoming JMS message
+	 * 
+	 * @param message the incoming Redis message
 	 * @see #handleListenerException
-	 * @see #onMessage(javax.jms.Message, javax.jms.Session)
-	 */
-	public void onMessage(Message message) {
-		try {
-			onMessage(message, null);
-		} catch (Throwable ex) {
-			handleListenerException(ex);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Spring {@link SessionAwareMessageListener} entry point.
-	 * <p>Delegates the message to the target listener method, with appropriate
-	 * conversion of the message argument. If the target method returns a
-	 * non-null object, wrap in a JMS message and send it back.
-	 * @param message the incoming JMS message
-	 * @param session the JMS session to operate on
-	 * @throws JMSException if thrown by JMS API methods
 	 */
+	@Override
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public void onMessage(Message message, Session session) throws JMSException {
+	public void onMessage(Message message, byte[] pattern) {
 		// Check whether the delegate is a MessageListener impl itself.
 		// In that case, the adapter will simply act as a pass-through.
-		Object delegate = getDelegate();
 		if (delegate != this) {
-			if (delegate instanceof SessionAwareMessageListener) {
-				if (session != null) {
-					((SessionAwareMessageListener) delegate).onMessage(message, session);
-					return;
-				}
-				else if (!(delegate instanceof MessageListener)) {
-					throw new javax.jms.IllegalStateException("MessageListenerAdapter cannot handle a "
-							+ "SessionAwareMessageListener delegate if it hasn't been invoked with a Session itself");
-				}
-			}
 			if (delegate instanceof MessageListener) {
-				((MessageListener) delegate).onMessage(message);
-				return;
+				((MessageListener) delegate).onMessage(message, pattern);
 			}
 		}
 
@@ -267,40 +178,24 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 		Object convertedMessage = extractMessage(message);
 		String methodName = getListenerMethodName(message, convertedMessage);
 		if (methodName == null) {
-			throw new javax.jms.IllegalStateException("No default listener method specified: "
+			throw new InvalidDataAccessApiUsageException("No default listener method specified: "
 					+ "Either specify a non-null value for the 'defaultListenerMethod' property or "
 					+ "override the 'getListenerMethodName' method.");
 		}
 
 		// Invoke the handler method with appropriate arguments.
 		Object[] listenerArguments = buildListenerArguments(convertedMessage);
-		Object result = invokeListenerMethod(methodName, listenerArguments);
-		if (result != null) {
-			handleResult(result, message, session);
-		}
-		else {
-			logger.trace("No result object given - no result to handle");
-		}
+		invokeListenerMethod(methodName, listenerArguments);
 	}
 
-	public String getSubscriptionName() {
-		Object delegate = getDelegate();
-		if (delegate != this && delegate instanceof SubscriptionNameProvider) {
-			return ((SubscriptionNameProvider) delegate).getSubscriptionName();
-		}
-		else {
-			return delegate.getClass().getName();
-		}
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * Initialize the default implementations for the adapter's strategies.
-	 * @see #setMessageConverter
-	 * @see org.springframework.jms.support.converter.SimpleMessageConverter
+	 * 
+	 * @see #setSerializer(RedisSerializer)
+	 * @see JdkSerializationRedisSerializer
 	 */
 	protected void initDefaultStrategies() {
-		setMessageConverter(new SimpleMessageConverter());
+		setSerializer(new JdkSerializationRedisSerializer());
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -321,12 +216,10 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 	 * @param message the JMS <code>Message</code>
 	 * @return the content of the message, to be passed into the
 	 * listener method as argument
-	 * @throws JMSException if thrown by JMS API methods
 	 */
-	protected Object extractMessage(Message message) throws JMSException {
-		MessageConverter converter = getMessageConverter();
-		if (converter != null) {
-			return converter.fromMessage(message);
+	protected Object extractMessage(Message message) {
+		if (serializer != null) {
+			return serializer.deserialize(message.getPayload());
 		}
 		return message;
 	}
@@ -336,14 +229,13 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 	 * handle the given message.
 	 * <p>The default implementation simply returns the configured
 	 * default listener method, if any.
-	 * @param originalMessage the JMS request message
-	 * @param extractedMessage the converted JMS request message,
+	 * @param originalMessage the Redis request message
+	 * @param extractedMessage the converted Redis request message,
 	 * to be passed into the listener method as argument
 	 * @return the name of the listener method (never <code>null</code>)
-	 * @throws JMSException if thrown by JMS API methods
 	 * @see #setDefaultListenerMethod
 	 */
-	protected String getListenerMethodName(Message originalMessage, Object extractedMessage) throws JMSException {
+	protected String getListenerMethodName(Message originalMessage, Object extractedMessage) {
 		return getDefaultListenerMethod();
 	}
 
@@ -371,11 +263,10 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 	 * @param methodName the name of the listener method
 	 * @param arguments the message arguments to be passed in
 	 * @return the result returned from the listener method
-	 * @throws JMSException if thrown by JMS API methods
 	 * @see #getListenerMethodName
 	 * @see #buildListenerArguments
 	 */
-	protected Object invokeListenerMethod(String methodName, Object[] arguments) throws JMSException {
+	protected Object invokeListenerMethod(String methodName, Object[] arguments) {
 		try {
 			MethodInvoker methodInvoker = new MethodInvoker();
 			methodInvoker.setTargetObject(getDelegate());
@@ -385,8 +276,8 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 			return methodInvoker.invoke();
 		} catch (InvocationTargetException ex) {
 			Throwable targetEx = ex.getTargetException();
-			if (targetEx instanceof JMSException) {
-				throw (JMSException) targetEx;
+			if (targetEx instanceof DataAccessException) {
+				throw (DataAccessException) targetEx;
 			}
 			else {
 				throw new ListenerExecutionFailedException("Listener method '" + methodName + "' threw exception",
@@ -397,27 +288,4 @@ public class MessageListenerAdapter implements MessageListener {
 					+ "' with arguments " + ObjectUtils.nullSafeToString(arguments), ex);
 		}
 	}
-
-
-	/**
-	 * Build a JMS message to be sent as response based on the given result object.
-	 * @param session the JMS Session to operate on
-	 * @param result the content of the message, as returned from the listener method
-	 * @return the JMS <code>Message</code> (never <code>null</code>)
-	 * @throws JMSException if thrown by JMS API methods
-	 * @see #setMessageConverter
-	 */
-	protected Message buildMessage(Session session, Object result) throws JMSException {
-		MessageConverter converter = getMessageConverter();
-		if (converter != null) {
-			return converter.toMessage(result, session);
-		}
-		else {
-			if (!(result instanceof Message)) {
-				throw new MessageConversionException("No MessageConverter specified - cannot handle message [" + result
-						+ "]");
-			}
-			return (Message) result;
-		}
-	}
 }
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