diff --git a/basic/jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/jdbc/PersonMapper.java b/basic/jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/jdbc/PersonMapper.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ * 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.integration.samples.jdbc;
+
+import java.sql.ResultSet;
+import java.sql.SQLException;
+
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper;
+
+/**
+ * The result set mapper that will map the {@link ResultSet} to the {@link Person} instance 
+ * @author Amol Nayak
+ *
+ */
+public class PersonMapper implements RowMapper<Person> {
+
+	/* (non-Javadoc)
+	 * @see org.springframework.jdbc.core.RowMapper#mapRow(java.sql.ResultSet, int)
+	 */	
+	public Person mapRow(ResultSet rs, int rowNum) throws SQLException {
+		Person person = new Person();
+		person.setPersonId(rs.getInt("id"));
+		person.setName(rs.getString("name"));
+		person.setGender(Gender.getGenderByIdentifier(rs.getString("gender")));
+		person.setDateOfBirth(rs.getDate("dateOfBirth"));
+		return person;
+	}
+}
diff --git a/basic/jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/jdbc/service/PersonService.java b/basic/jdbc/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/jdbc/service/PersonService.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ * 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.integration.samples.jdbc.service;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.samples.jdbc.Person;
+
+/**
+ * The Service used to create Person instance in database
+ * @author Amol Nayak
+ *
+ */
+public interface PersonService {
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a {@link Person} instance from the {@link Person} instance passed
+	 * 
+	 * @param the created person instance, it will contain the generated primary key and the formated name
+	 * @return
+	 */
+	Person createPerson(Person person);
+
+}
diff --git a/basic/jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/jdbc/OutboundGatewayTest.java b/basic/jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/samples/jdbc/OutboundGatewayTest.java
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+/*
+ * 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.
+ * 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.integration.samples.jdbc;
+
+import java.util.Calendar;
+
+import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
+import org.junit.Assert;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.samples.jdbc.service.PersonService;
+
+/**
+ * The test class for jdbc outbound gateway
+ * @author Amol Nayak
+ *
+ */
+public class OutboundGatewayTest {
+
+	private Logger logger = Logger.getLogger(OutboundGatewayTest.class);	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void insertPersonRecord() {	
+		ApplicationContext context
+        = new ClassPathXmlApplicationContext("/META-INF/spring/integration/spring-integration-context.xml");
+		PersonService service = context.getBean(PersonService.class);
+		logger.info("Creating person Instance");
+		Person person = new Person();
+		Calendar dateOfBirth = Calendar.getInstance();
+		dateOfBirth.set(1980, 0, 1);
+		person.setDateOfBirth(dateOfBirth.getTime());
+		person.setName("Name Of The Person");
+		person.setGender(Gender.MALE);
+		person = service.createPerson(person);
+		Assert.assertNotNull("Expected a non null instance of Person, got null", person);
+		logger.info("\n\tGenerated person with id: " + person.getPersonId() + ", with name: " + person.getName());
+	}
+	
+}