INT-1528 IntegrationNamespaceUtils.parseInnerHandlerDefinition(..) no longer registers the inner bean definition. Relatedly, all polling inbound adapter parsers now return BeanMetadataElement rather than a pre-registered bean's name (flexibility: RuntimeBeanReference, BeanDefintion, etc.)

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/InnerBeanConfigTests-context.xml

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+			http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd">
+
+	<!-- see INT-1528 -->
+	<service-activator id="testEndpoint" input-channel="input">
+		<beans:bean class="org.springframework.integration.config.xml.InnerBeanConfigTests$TestBean"/>
+	</service-activator>
+
+</beans:beans>

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/InnerBeanConfigTests.java

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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.config.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.NoSuchBeanDefinitionException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.endpoint.EventDrivenConsumer;
+import org.springframework.integration.test.util.TestUtils;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+public class InnerBeanConfigTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private EventDrivenConsumer testEndpoint;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private ApplicationContext context;
+
+
+	// INT-1528: the inner bean should not be registered in the context
+	@Test(expected = NoSuchBeanDefinitionException.class)
+	public void checkInnerBean() {
+		Object innerBean = TestUtils.getPropertyValue(testEndpoint, "handler.processor.delegate.targetObject");
+		assertNotNull(innerBean);
+		context.getBean(TestBean.class);		
+	}
+
+
+	public static class TestBean {
+		public String echo(String value) {
+			return value;
+		}
+	}
+	
+}