diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:beans="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-2.5.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration-1.0.xsd">
+	<channel id="inAnnotated" />
+	<channel id="inDefault" />
+	<channel id="inMethodInvoking" />
+	<channel id="out" />
+	<beans:bean id="splitterBean"
+		class="org.springframework.integration.splitter.SplitterIntegrationTests" />
+	<splitter ref="splitterBean" input-channel="inMethodInvoking"
+		method="split" output-channel="out" />
+	<!-- <splitter input-channel="inDefault" output-channel="outDefault" /> -->
+</beans:beans>
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diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterIntegrationTests.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/SplitterIntegrationTests.java
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+package org.springframework.integration.splitter;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.junit.Ignore;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Qualifier;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.MessageEndpoint;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.ServiceActivator;
+import org.springframework.integration.annotation.Splitter;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+@ContextConfiguration
+@MessageEndpoint
+public class SplitterIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("inAnnotated")
+	MessageChannel inAnnotated;
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("inMethodInvoking")
+	MessageChannel inMethodInvoking;
+
+	@Autowired
+	@Qualifier("inDefault")
+	MessageChannel inDefault;
+
+	private String sentence = "The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog";
+
+	private List<String> words = Arrays.asList(sentence.split("\\s"));
+
+	private List<String> receivedWords = new ArrayList<String>();
+
+	@Test
+	public void configOk() throws Exception {
+		// just checking the parsing
+	}
+
+	@Splitter(inputChannel = "inAnnotated", outputChannel = "out")
+	public List<String> split(String sentence) {
+		return Arrays.asList(sentence.split("\\s"));
+	}
+
+	@Test @Ignore
+	public void annotated() throws Exception {
+		inAnnotated.send(new GenericMessage<String>("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"));
+		assertTrue(this.receivedWords.containsAll(words));
+		assertTrue(words.containsAll(this.receivedWords));
+	}
+
+	@ServiceActivator(inputChannel = "out")
+	public void deliveredWords(String string) {
+		this.receivedWords.add(string);
+	}
+
+	@Test @Ignore
+	public void methodInvoking() throws Exception {
+		inMethodInvoking.send(new GenericMessage<String>("The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog"));
+		assertTrue(this.receivedWords.containsAll(words));
+		assertTrue(words.containsAll(this.receivedWords));
+	}
+
+	@Test @Ignore
+	public void defaultSplitter() throws Exception {
+		inDefault.send(new GenericMessage<List<String>>(words));
+		assertTrue(this.receivedWords.containsAll(words));
+		assertTrue(words.containsAll(this.receivedWords));
+	}
+
+}