diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
index 603d87db4b..871ce57e47 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/spring-integration-core-1.0.xsd
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@
 					<xsd:element ref="poller" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 					<xsd:element name="interceptors" type="endpointInterceptorsType" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
 				</xsd:all>
-				<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
+				<xsd:attribute name="ref" type="xsd:string"/>
 				<xsd:attribute name="method" type="xsd:string"/>
 				<xsd:attribute name="input-channel" type="xsd:string" use="required"/>
 				<xsd:attribute name="selector" type="xsd:string"/>
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterMessageHandlerTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterMessageHandlerTests.java
index e5d47ce733..e0137fb17a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterMessageHandlerTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterMessageHandlerTests.java
@@ -40,6 +40,42 @@ public class SplitterMessageHandlerTests {
 	private SplitterTestBean testBean = new SplitterTestBean();
 
 
+	@Test
+	public void splitMessageWithArrayPayload() throws Exception {
+		String[] payload = new String[] { "x", "y", "z" };
+		Message<String[]> message = MessageBuilder.fromPayload(payload).build();
+		SplitterMessageHandler handler = new SplitterMessageHandler();
+		List<Message<?>> replies = invokeHandler(handler, message);
+		assertEquals(3, replies.size());
+		Message<?> reply1 = replies.get(0);
+		assertNotNull(reply1);
+		assertEquals("x", reply1.getPayload());
+		Message<?> reply2 = replies.get(1);
+		assertNotNull(reply2);
+		assertEquals("y", reply2.getPayload());
+		Message<?> reply3 = replies.get(2);
+		assertNotNull(reply3);
+		assertEquals("z", reply3.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void splitMessageWithCollectionPayload() throws Exception {
+		List<String> payload = Arrays.asList(new String[] { "x", "y", "z" });
+		Message<List<String>> message = MessageBuilder.fromPayload(payload).build();
+		SplitterMessageHandler handler = new SplitterMessageHandler();
+		List<Message<?>> replies = invokeHandler(handler, message);
+		assertEquals(3, replies.size());
+		Message<?> reply1 = replies.get(0);
+		assertNotNull(reply1);
+		assertEquals("x", reply1.getPayload());
+		Message<?> reply2 = replies.get(1);
+		assertNotNull(reply2);
+		assertEquals("y", reply2.getPayload());
+		Message<?> reply3 = replies.get(2);
+		assertNotNull(reply3);
+		assertEquals("z", reply3.getPayload());
+	}
+
 	@Test
 	public void splitStringToStringArray() throws Exception {
 		StringMessage message = new StringMessage("foo.bar");