diff --git a/org.springframework.web/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/context/request/requestScopeTests.xml b/org.springframework.web/src/test/resources/org/springframework/web/context/request/requestScopeTests.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="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-2.0.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="requestScopedObject" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean" scope="request">
+        <property name="name" value="#{request.contextPath}"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="requestScopedDisposableObject" class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean" scope="request"/>
+
+	<bean id="requestScopedFactoryBean" class="org.springframework.beans.factory.DummyFactory" scope="request"/>
+
+	<bean id="requestScopedObjectCircle1" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean" scope="request">
+		<property name="spouse" ref="requestScopedObjectCircle2"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<bean id="requestScopedObjectCircle2" class="org.springframework.beans.TestBean" scope="request">
+		<property name="spouse" ref="requestScopedObjectCircle1"/>
+	</bean>
+
+  <bean id="requestScopedOuterBean" class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean" scope="request">
+    <property name="name" value="outer"/>
+    <property name="spouse">
+      <bean class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean">
+        <property name="name" value="inner"/>
+      </bean>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+  <bean id="singletonOuterBean" class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean" lazy-init="true">
+    <property name="name" value="outer"/>
+    <property name="spouse">
+      <bean class="org.springframework.beans.DerivedTestBean" scope="request">
+        <property name="name" value="inner"/>
+      </bean>
+    </property>
+  </bean>
+
+</beans>