diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/ExpressionBinding.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/ExpressionBinding.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.aop;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation that provides the variable names to use when constructing the
+ * evaluation context for a MessagePublishingInterceptor.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+@Target({ElementType.METHOD, ElementType.TYPE})
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+public @interface ExpressionBinding {
+
+ /**
+ * Names of the arguments as a comma-separated list. If not provided, the
+ * names will be discovered automatically if enabled by the compiler settings.
+ * These names will be used as the keys in the argument Map.
+ */
+ String argNames() default "";
+
+ /**
+ * Name of the variable in the context that refers to the Map of arguments.
+ *
The default is "args".
+ */
+ String argumentMapName() default ExpressionSource.DEFAULT_ARGUMENT_MAP_NAME;
+
+ /**
+ * Name of the variable in the context that refers to the return value, if any.
+ *
The default is "return".
+ */
+ String returnValueName() default ExpressionSource.DEFAULT_RETURN_VALUE_NAME;
+
+ /**
+ * Name of the variable in the context that refers to any exception thrown
+ * by the method invocation that is being intercepted.
+ *
The default is "exception".
+ */
+ String exceptionName() default ExpressionSource.DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_NAME;
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/ExpressionSource.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/ExpressionSource.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.aop;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+
+/**
+ * Strategy for determining the expression string and evaluation context
+ * variable names from a Method.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+interface ExpressionSource {
+
+ static final String DEFAULT_ARGUMENT_MAP_NAME = "args";
+
+ static final String DEFAULT_RETURN_VALUE_NAME = "return";
+
+ static final String DEFAULT_EXCEPTION_NAME = "exception";
+
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the expression string to be evaluated.
+ */
+ String getExpressionString(Method method);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the variable names to be associated with the intercepted method
+ * invocation's argument array.
+ */
+ String[] getArgumentNames(Method method);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the variable name to use in the evaluation context for the Map
+ * of arguments. The keys in this map will be determined by the result of
+ * the {@link #getArgumentNames(Method)} method.
+ */
+ String getArgumentMapName(Method method);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the variable name to use in the evaluation context for any
+ * return value resulting from the method invocation.
+ */
+ String getReturnValueName(Method method);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the variable name to use in the evaluation context for any
+ * exception thrown from the method invocation.
+ */
+ String getExceptionName(Method method);
+
+ /**
+ * Returns the channel name to which Messages should be published
+ * for this particular method invocation.
+ */
+ String getChannelName(Method method);
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/MessagePublishingInterceptor.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/aop/MessagePublishingInterceptor.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.aop;
+
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInterceptor;
+import org.aopalliance.intercept.MethodInvocation;
+
+import org.springframework.aop.support.AopUtils;
+import org.springframework.context.expression.MapAccessor;
+import org.springframework.expression.EvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.expression.Expression;
+import org.springframework.expression.ExpressionParser;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.SpelExpressionParserFactory;
+import org.springframework.expression.spel.support.StandardEvaluationContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.ChannelResolver;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessageChannelTemplate;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.gateway.SimpleMessageMapper;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.InboundMessageMapper;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * A {@link MethodInterceptor} that publishes Messages to a channel. The
+ * payload of the published Message can be derived from arguments or any return
+ * value or exception resulting from the method invocation. That mapping is the
+ * responsibility of the EL expression provided by the ExpressionSource.
+ *
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public class MessagePublishingInterceptor implements MethodInterceptor {
+
+ private final MessageChannelTemplate channelTemplate = new MessageChannelTemplate();
+
+ private final ExpressionSource expressionSource;
+
+ private final ExpressionParser parser = SpelExpressionParserFactory.getParser();
+
+ private final InboundMessageMapper