diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/AbstractHttpRequestExecutor.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/AbstractHttpRequestExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bfeafbd758
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/AbstractHttpRequestExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * 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.http;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
+/**
+ * Base class for {@link HttpRequestExecutor} implementations.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @since 1.0.2
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractHttpRequestExecutor implements HttpRequestExecutor {
+
+	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE = "Accept-Language";
+
+	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING = "Accept-Encoding";
+
+	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING = "Content-Encoding";
+
+	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
+
+	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH = "Content-Length";
+
+	protected static final String ENCODING_GZIP = "gzip";
+
+
+	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+
+	private boolean acceptGzipEncoding = true;
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Set whether to accept GZIP encoding, that is, whether to
+	 * send the HTTP "Accept-Encoding" header with "gzip" as value.
+	 * <p>Default is "true". Turn this flag off if you do not want
+	 * GZIP response compression even if enabled on the HTTP server.
+	 */
+	public void setAcceptGzipEncoding(boolean acceptGzipEncoding) {
+		this.acceptGzipEncoding = acceptGzipEncoding;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return whether to accept GZIP encoding, that is, whether to
+	 * send the HTTP "Accept-Encoding" header with "gzip" as its value.
+	 */
+	public boolean isAcceptGzipEncoding() {
+		return this.acceptGzipEncoding;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute a request to send its content to its target URL.
+	 * @param request the request to execute
+	 * @return the InputStream result
+	 * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O operations
+	 * @throws Exception in case of general errors
+	 */
+	public final InputStream executeRequest(HttpRequest request) throws Exception {
+		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+			StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder("Sending HTTP request to [" + request.getTargetUrl() + "]");
+			Integer contentLength = request.getContentLength();
+			if (contentLength != null) {
+				sb.append(", with size " + contentLength);
+			}
+			logger.debug(sb.toString());
+		}
+		return doExecuteRequest(request);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Subclasses must implement this method to execute the request.
+	 */
+	protected abstract InputStream doExecuteRequest(HttpRequest request) throws Exception;
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DataBindingRequestMapper.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DataBindingInboundRequestMapper.java
similarity index 78%
rename from org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DataBindingRequestMapper.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DataBindingInboundRequestMapper.java
index a34535f598..585a1d2601 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DataBindingRequestMapper.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DataBindingInboundRequestMapper.java
@@ -32,18 +32,18 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebBindingInitializer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.DispatcherServletWebRequest;
 
 /**
- * RequestMapper implementation that binds the request parameter map to a
- * target instance. The target instance may be a non-singleton bean as
+ * InboundRequestMapper implementation that binds the request parameter map to
+ * a target instance. The target instance may be a non-singleton bean as
  * specified by the {@link #setTargetBeanName(String) 'targetBeanName'}
- * property. Otherwise, this transformer's target type must provide a
- * default no-arg constructor.
+ * property. Otherwise, this mapper's target type must provide a default,
+ * no-arg constructor.
  * 
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @since 1.0.2
  */
-public class DataBindingRequestMapper implements RequestMapper, BeanFactoryAware, InitializingBean {
+public class DataBindingInboundRequestMapper implements InboundRequestMapper, BeanFactoryAware, InitializingBean {
 
-	private final Class<?> targetType;
+	private volatile Class<?> targetType = Object.class;
 
 	private volatile String targetBeanName;
 
@@ -54,12 +54,20 @@ public class DataBindingRequestMapper implements RequestMapper, BeanFactoryAware
 	private volatile boolean validated;
 
 
-	public DataBindingRequestMapper(Class<?> targetType) {
+	public DataBindingInboundRequestMapper() {
+		this.targetType = Object.class;
+	}
+
+	public DataBindingInboundRequestMapper(Class<?> targetType) {
 		Assert.notNull(targetType, "targetType must not be null");
 		this.targetType = targetType;
 	}
 
 
+	public void setTargetType(Class<?> targetType) {
+		this.targetType = targetType;
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify the name of a bean definition to use when creating the target
 	 * instance. The bean must <em>not</em> be a singleton, and it must be
@@ -89,6 +97,10 @@ public class DataBindingRequestMapper implements RequestMapper, BeanFactoryAware
 	}
 
 	public final void afterPropertiesSet() {
+		if (this.targetBeanName == null && Object.class.equals(this.targetType)) {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"When no 'targetBeanName' is provided, the 'targetType' must be more specific than Object.");
+		}
 		this.validateTargetBeanIfNecessary();
 	}
 
@@ -98,12 +110,16 @@ public class DataBindingRequestMapper implements RequestMapper, BeanFactoryAware
 			if (this.beanFactory.isSingleton(this.targetBeanName)) {
 				throw new IllegalArgumentException("binding target bean must not be a singleton");
 			}
+			Class<?> beanType = this.beanFactory.getType(this.targetBeanName);
+			if (beanType != null) {
+				Assert.isAssignable(this.targetType, beanType);
+			}
 			this.validated = true;
 		}
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	public Message<?> mapRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
+	public Message<?> toMessage(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
 		ServletRequestDataBinder binder = new ServletRequestDataBinder(getTarget());
 		this.initBinder(binder, request);
 		binder.bind(request);
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultRequestMapper.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultInboundRequestMapper.java
similarity index 93%
rename from org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultRequestMapper.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultInboundRequestMapper.java
index 84af1a9697..cd09351e29 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultRequestMapper.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultInboundRequestMapper.java
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.http;
 
 import java.io.BufferedReader;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.ObjectInputStream;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -39,7 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
 
 /**
- * Default implementation of {@link RequestMapper} for inbound HttpServletRequests.
+ * Default implementation of {@link InboundRequestMapper} for inbound HttpServletRequests.
  * The request will be mapped according to the following rules:
  * <ul>
  * <li>For a GET request, the parameter Map will be copied as the payload.
@@ -64,16 +63,16 @@ import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageBuilder;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @since 1.0.2
  */
-public class DefaultRequestMapper implements RequestMapper {
+public class DefaultInboundRequestMapper implements InboundRequestMapper {
 
 	private Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
 
 
-	public Message<?> mapRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws ServletException, IOException, ResponseStatusCodeException {
+	public Message<?> toMessage(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
 		Message<?> message = null;
 		String contentType = request.getContentType();
 		if (request.getMethod().equals("GET")) {
-			message = this.mapGetRequest(request);
+			message = this.createMessageFromGetRequest(request);
 		}
 		else {
 			Object payload = null;
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ public class DefaultRequestMapper implements RequestMapper {
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	private Message<?> mapGetRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
+	private Message<?> createMessageFromGetRequest(HttpServletRequest request) {
 		if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
 			logger.debug("received GET request, using parameter map as payload");
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultOutboundRequestMapper.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultOutboundRequestMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..30fa818739
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/DefaultOutboundRequestMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,139 @@
+/*
+ * 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.http;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
+import java.io.Serializable;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Default implementation of {@link OutboundRequestMapper}.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
+ */
+public class DefaultOutboundRequestMapper implements OutboundRequestMapper {
+
+	private final URL defaultUrl;
+
+	private volatile String charset = "UTF-8";
+
+
+	public DefaultOutboundRequestMapper(URL defaultUrl) {
+		Assert.notNull(defaultUrl, "default URL must not be null");
+		this.defaultUrl = defaultUrl;
+	}
+
+
+	/**
+	 * Specify the charset name to use for converting String-typed payloads to
+	 * bytes. The default is 'UTF-8'.
+	 */
+	public void setCharset(String charset) {
+		Assert.isTrue(Charset.isSupported(charset), "unsupported charset '" + charset + "'");
+		this.charset = charset;
+	}
+
+	public HttpRequest fromMessage(Message<?> message) throws Exception {
+		Assert.notNull(message, "message must not be null");
+		Object payload = message.getPayload();
+		Assert.notNull(payload, "payload must not be null");
+		String contentType = null;
+		byte[] bytes = null;
+		if (payload instanceof byte[]) {
+			bytes = (byte[]) payload;
+		}
+		else if (payload instanceof String) {
+			bytes = ((String) payload).getBytes(this.charset);
+			contentType = "text/plain";
+		}
+		else if (payload instanceof Serializable) {
+			ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			ObjectOutputStream objectStream = new ObjectOutputStream(byteStream);
+			objectStream.writeObject(payload);
+			objectStream.flush();
+			objectStream.close();
+			bytes = byteStream.toByteArray();
+			contentType = "application/x-java-serialized-object";
+		}
+		else {
+			throw new IllegalArgumentException(
+					"payload must be a byte array, String, or Serializable object");
+		}
+		URL url = this.resolveUrl(message);
+		String method = "POST"; // TODO: support GET for Map payload
+		return new DefaultHttpRequest(url, method, bytes, contentType);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Resolve the request URL for the given Message. This implementation
+	 * simply returns the default URL as provided to the constructor.  
+	 */
+	protected URL resolveUrl(Message<?> message) {
+		return this.defaultUrl;
+	}
+
+
+	class DefaultHttpRequest implements HttpRequest {
+
+		private final URL targetUrl;
+
+		private final String requestMethod;
+
+		private final ByteArrayOutputStream requestBody;
+
+		private final String contentType;
+
+
+		DefaultHttpRequest(URL targetUrl, String requestMethod, byte[] content, String contentType) throws IOException {
+			Assert.notNull(targetUrl, "target url must not be null");
+			this.targetUrl = targetUrl;
+			ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+			baos.write(content);
+			this.requestBody = baos;
+			this.contentType = contentType;
+			this.requestMethod = (requestMethod != null) ? requestMethod : "POST";
+		}
+
+		public URL getTargetUrl() {
+			return this.targetUrl;
+		}
+
+		public String getRequestMethod() {
+			return this.requestMethod;
+		}
+
+		public ByteArrayOutputStream getBody() {
+			return this.requestBody;
+		}
+
+		public Integer getContentLength() {
+			return this.requestBody.size();
+		}
+
+		public String getContentType() {
+			return this.contentType;
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpExchanger.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpExchanger.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 25174cd73b..0000000000
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpExchanger.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-package org.springframework.integration.http;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-
-/**
- * Strategy that will allow a http request response exchange a with a remote
- * server.
- * 
- * 
- * @author Iwein Fuld
- * 
- */
-public interface HttpExchanger {
-
-	InputStream exchange(ByteArrayOutputStream requestBody) throws IOException;
-
-	void setContentType(String contentType);
-
-}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpoint.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpoint.java
index f2a679d8e6..b25edfd3b5 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpoint.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpoint.java
@@ -42,11 +42,11 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.View;
  * By default GET and POST requests are accepted, but the 'supportedMethods'
  * property may be set to include others or limit the options (e.g. POST only).
  * By default the request will be converted to a Message payload according to
- * the rules of the {@link DefaultRequestMapper}.
+ * the rules of the {@link DefaultInboundRequestMapper}.
  * <p/>
  * To customize the mapping of the request to the Message payload, provide
- * a reference to a {@link RequestMapper} implementation to the
- * {@link #setRequestMapper(RequestMapper)} method.
+ * a reference to an {@link InboundRequestMapper} implementation to the
+ * {@link #setRequestMapper(InboundRequestMapper)} method.
  * <p/>
  * The value for {@link #expectReply} is <code>false</code> by default.
  * This means that as soon as the Message is created and passed to the
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ public class HttpInboundEndpoint extends SimpleMessagingGateway implements HttpR
 
 	private volatile boolean expectReply;
 
-	private volatile RequestMapper requestMapper = new DefaultRequestMapper();
+	private volatile InboundRequestMapper requestMapper = new DefaultInboundRequestMapper();
 
 	private volatile boolean extractReplyPayload = true;
 
@@ -120,11 +120,11 @@ public class HttpInboundEndpoint extends SimpleMessagingGateway implements HttpR
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Specify a {@link RequestMapper} implementation to map from the
+	 * Specify a {@link InboundRequestMapper} implementation to map from the
 	 * inbound HTTP request to a Message. The default implementation
-	 * is {@link DefaultRequestMapper}.
+	 * is {@link DefaultInboundRequestMapper}.
 	 */
-	public void setRequestMapper(RequestMapper requestMapper) {
+	public void setRequestMapper(InboundRequestMapper requestMapper) {
 		Assert.notNull(requestMapper, "requestMapper must not be null");
 		this.requestMapper = requestMapper;
 	}
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ public class HttpInboundEndpoint extends SimpleMessagingGateway implements HttpR
 			return;
 		}
 		try {
-			Message<?> requestMessage = this.requestMapper.mapRequest(request);
+			Message<?> requestMessage = this.requestMapper.toMessage(request);
 			Object reply = this.handleRequestMessage(requestMessage);
 			this.generateResponse(requestMessage, reply, request, response);
 		}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpOutboundEndpoint.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpOutboundEndpoint.java
index c6b2932997..cb8d53b00a 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpOutboundEndpoint.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpOutboundEndpoint.java
@@ -17,112 +17,47 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.http;
 
 import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.io.ObjectOutputStream;
-import java.io.Serializable;
-import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.net.URL;
 
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.handler.ReplyMessageHolder;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.MessageHandlingException;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
 
 /**
+ * An outbound endpoint for executing an HTTP request and mapping the response
+ * to a reply Message.
+ * 
  * @author Mark Fisher
- * @author Juergen Hoeller
- * @author Iwein Fuld
  * @since 1.0.2
  */
 public class HttpOutboundEndpoint extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 
-	private volatile String charset = "UTF-8";
+	private final OutboundRequestMapper requestMapper;
 
-	private volatile boolean acceptGzipEncoding = true;
+	private volatile HttpRequestExecutor requestExecutor;
 
-	private volatile HttpExchanger exchanger;
 
-	public HttpOutboundEndpoint(String url) {
-		this.exchanger = new SimpleHttpExchanger(url);
+	public HttpOutboundEndpoint(URL url) {
+		this.requestMapper = new DefaultOutboundRequestMapper(url);
+		this.requestExecutor = new SimpleHttpRequestExecutor();
 	}
 
-	/**
-	 * Specify the charset name to use for converting String-typed payloads to
-	 * bytes. The default is 'UTF-8'.
-	 */
-	public void setCharset(String charset) {
-		Assert.isTrue(Charset.isSupported(charset), "unsupported charset '"
-				+ charset + "'");
-		this.charset = charset;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Specify the content type to use for sending HTTP requests.
-	 * <p>
-	 * Default is "application/x-java-serialized-object".
-	 */
-	public void setContentType(String contentType) {
-		Assert.notNull(contentType, "'contentType' must not be null");
-		this.exchanger.setContentType(contentType);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Set whether to accept GZIP encoding, that is, whether to send the HTTP
-	 * "Accept-Encoding" header with "gzip" as value.
-	 * <p>
-	 * Default is "true". Turn this flag off if you do not want GZIP response
-	 * compression even if enabled on the HTTP server.
-	 */
-	public void setAcceptGzipEncoding(boolean acceptGzipEncoding) {
-		this.acceptGzipEncoding = acceptGzipEncoding;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Return whether to accept GZIP encoding, that is, whether to send the HTTP
-	 * "Accept-Encoding" header with "gzip" as value.
-	 */
-	public boolean isAcceptGzipEncoding() {
-		return this.acceptGzipEncoding;
-	}
 
 	@Override
-	protected void handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage,
-			ReplyMessageHolder replyMessageHolder) {
-		Object payload = requestMessage.getPayload();
-		byte[] bytes = null;
+	protected void handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage, ReplyMessageHolder replyMessageHolder) {
 		try {
-			if (payload instanceof byte[]) {
-				bytes = (byte[]) payload;
-			}
-			else if (payload instanceof String) {
-				bytes = ((String) payload).getBytes(this.charset);
-			}
-			else if (payload instanceof Serializable) {
-				ByteArrayOutputStream byteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-				ObjectOutputStream objectStream = new ObjectOutputStream(
-						byteStream);
-				objectStream.writeObject(payload);
-				objectStream.flush();
-				objectStream.close();
-				bytes = byteStream.toByteArray();
-			}
-			else {
-				throw new IllegalArgumentException(
-						"payload must be a byte array, String, or Serializable object");
-			}
-			ByteArrayOutputStream requestByteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-			requestByteStream.write(bytes);
-
+			HttpRequest request = this.requestMapper.fromMessage(requestMessage);
+			InputStream responseBody = this.requestExecutor.executeRequest(request);
 			ByteArrayOutputStream responseByteStream = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
-			InputStream responseBody = exchanger.exchange(requestByteStream);
 			FileCopyUtils.copy(responseBody, responseByteStream);
 			replyMessageHolder.set(responseByteStream.toByteArray());
 		}
-		catch (IOException e) {
+		catch (Exception e) {
 			throw new MessageHandlingException(requestMessage,
-					"failed to send HTTP request", e);
+					"failed to execute HTTP request", e);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpRequest.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpRequest.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..70cfe68c74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpRequest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/*
+ * 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.http;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.net.URL;
+
+/**
+ * Representation of an HTTP request to be executed by an implementation of
+ * the {@link HttpRequestExecutor} strategy.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
+ */
+public interface HttpRequest {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the target URL for this request.
+	 */
+	URL getTargetUrl();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the request method ("GET", "POST", etc).
+	 */
+	String getRequestMethod();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the content type for requests.
+	 */
+	String getContentType();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the content length if known, else <code>null</code>.
+	 */
+	Integer getContentLength();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the request body as a {@link ByteArrayOutputStream}.
+	 */
+	ByteArrayOutputStream getBody();
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpRequestExecutor.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpRequestExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..707b37879b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpRequestExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/*
+ * 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.http;
+
+import java.io.InputStream;
+
+/**
+ * Strategy that will allow a http request response exchange with a remote
+ * server.
+ * 
+ * @author Iwein Fuld
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
+ */
+public interface HttpRequestExecutor {
+
+	InputStream executeRequest(HttpRequest request) throws Exception;
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/RequestMapper.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/InboundRequestMapper.java
similarity index 82%
rename from org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/RequestMapper.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/InboundRequestMapper.java
index c2d38a9e89..670a877148 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/RequestMapper.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/InboundRequestMapper.java
@@ -18,16 +18,15 @@ package org.springframework.integration.http;
 
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 
-import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.InboundMessageMapper;
 
 /**
  * Strategy interface for mapping from an inbound {@link HttpServletRequest}
  * to a Message.
  * 
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
  */
-public interface RequestMapper {
-
-	Message<?> mapRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception;
+public interface InboundRequestMapper extends InboundMessageMapper<HttpServletRequest> {
 
 }
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/OutboundRequestMapper.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/OutboundRequestMapper.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9a88a5b4ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/OutboundRequestMapper.java
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/*
+ * 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.http;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.message.OutboundMessageMapper;
+
+/**
+ * Strategy for mapping to an {@link HttpRequest} from a message.
+ * 
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
+ */
+public interface OutboundRequestMapper extends OutboundMessageMapper<HttpRequest> {
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/ResponseStatusCodeException.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/ResponseStatusCodeException.java
index 256537d8c5..edf991ba56 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/ResponseStatusCodeException.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/ResponseStatusCodeException.java
@@ -18,9 +18,10 @@ package org.springframework.integration.http;
 
 /**
  * Exception that provides a response status code. This can be used by
- * {@link RequestMapper} implementations to indicate an error.
+ * {@link InboundRequestMapper} implementations to indicate an error.
  * 
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
  */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class ResponseStatusCodeException extends Exception {
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/SimpleHttpExchanger.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/SimpleHttpExchanger.java
deleted file mode 100644
index b8594c9910..0000000000
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/SimpleHttpExchanger.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,200 +0,0 @@
-package org.springframework.integration.http;
-
-import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.io.InputStream;
-import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
-import java.net.MalformedURLException;
-import java.net.URL;
-import java.net.URLConnection;
-import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
-
-import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContext;
-import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-
-public class SimpleHttpExchanger implements HttpExchanger {
-
-	/**
-	 * Default content type: "application/x-java-serialized-object"
-	 */
-	public static final String CONTENT_TYPE_SERIALIZED_OBJECT = "application/x-java-serialized-object";
-
-	protected static final String HTTP_METHOD_POST = "POST";
-
-	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE = "Accept-Language";
-
-	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING = "Accept-Encoding";
-
-	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING = "Content-Encoding";
-
-	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE = "Content-Type";
-
-	protected static final String HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH = "Content-Length";
-
-	protected static final String ENCODING_GZIP = "gzip";
-
-	private volatile String contentType = CONTENT_TYPE_SERIALIZED_OBJECT;
-
-	private final URL url;
-
-	private volatile boolean acceptGzipEncoding = true;
-
-	public SimpleHttpExchanger(String url) {
-		Assert.notNull(url, "url must not be null");
-		try {
-			this.url = new URL(url);
-		}
-		catch (MalformedURLException e) {
-			throw new IllegalArgumentException(e);
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Specify the content type to use for sending HTTP requests.
-	 * <p>
-	 * Default is "application/x-java-serialized-object".
-	 */
-	public void setContentType(String contentType) {
-		Assert.notNull(contentType, "'contentType' must not be null");
-		this.contentType = contentType;
-	}
-	
-	/**
-	 * Return the content type used for sending HTTP requests.
-	 */
-	public String getContentType() {
-		return contentType;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Set whether to accept GZIP encoding, that is, whether to send the HTTP
-	 * "Accept-Encoding" header with "gzip" as value.
-	 * <p>
-	 * Default is "true". Turn this flag off if you do not want GZIP response
-	 * compression even if enabled on the HTTP server.
-	 */
-	public void setAcceptGzipEncoding(boolean acceptGzipEncoding) {
-		this.acceptGzipEncoding = acceptGzipEncoding;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Return whether to accept GZIP encoding, that is, whether to send the HTTP
-	 * "Accept-Encoding" header with "gzip" as value.
-	 */
-	public boolean isAcceptGzipEncoding() {
-		return this.acceptGzipEncoding;
-	}
-
-	public InputStream exchange(ByteArrayOutputStream requestBody) throws IOException {
-		HttpURLConnection connection = this.openConnection();
-		this.prepareConnection(connection, requestBody.size());
-		this.writeRequestBody(connection, requestBody);
-		this.validateResponse(connection);
-		return this.readResponseBody(connection);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Open an HttpURLConnection for this gateway's URL.
-	 * @return the HttpURLConnection for the given request
-	 * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
-	 * @see java.net.URL#openConnection()
-	 */
-	private HttpURLConnection openConnection() throws IOException {
-		URLConnection con = this.url.openConnection();
-		if (!(con instanceof HttpURLConnection)) {
-			throw new IOException("Service URL [" + this.url
-					+ "] is not an HTTP URL");
-		}
-		return (HttpURLConnection) con;
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Prepare the given HTTP connection.
-	 * <p>
-	 * This implementation specifies POST as method,
-	 * "application/x-java-serialized-object" as "Content-Type" header, and the
-	 * given content length as "Content-Length" header.
-	 * @param con the HTTP connection to prepare
-	 * @param contentLength the length of the content to send
-	 * @throws IOException if thrown by HttpURLConnection methods
-	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#setRequestMethod
-	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#setRequestProperty
-	 */
-	private void prepareConnection(HttpURLConnection con, int contentLength)
-			throws IOException {
-		con.setDoOutput(true);
-		con.setRequestMethod(HTTP_METHOD_POST);
-		con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE, getContentType());
-		con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH, Integer
-				.toString(contentLength));
-		LocaleContext locale = LocaleContextHolder.getLocaleContext();
-		if (locale != null) {
-			con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE, StringUtils
-					.toLanguageTag(locale.getLocale()));
-		}
-		if (isAcceptGzipEncoding()) {
-			con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private void writeRequestBody(HttpURLConnection con,
-			ByteArrayOutputStream baos) throws IOException {
-		baos.writeTo(con.getOutputStream());
-	}
-
-	private void validateResponse(HttpURLConnection con) throws IOException {
-		if (con.getResponseCode() >= 300) {
-			throw new IOException(
-					"Did not receive successful HTTP response: status code = "
-							+ con.getResponseCode() + ", status message = ["
-							+ con.getResponseMessage() + "]");
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Extract the response body from the given executed remote invocation
-	 * request.
-	 * <p>
-	 * This implementation simply reads the serialized invocation from the
-	 * HttpURLConnection's InputStream. If the response is recognized as GZIP
-	 * response, the InputStream will get wrapped in a GZIPInputStream.
-	 * @param config the HTTP invoker configuration that specifies the target
-	 * service
-	 * @param con the HttpURLConnection to read the response body from
-	 * @return an InputStream for the response body
-	 * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
-	 * @see #isGzipResponse
-	 * @see java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
-	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#getInputStream()
-	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#getHeaderField(int)
-	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#getHeaderFieldKey(int)
-	 */
-	private InputStream readResponseBody(HttpURLConnection con)
-			throws IOException {
-		if (isGzipResponse(con)) {
-			// GZIP response found - need to unzip.
-			return new GZIPInputStream(con.getInputStream());
-		}
-		else {
-			// Plain response found.
-			return con.getInputStream();
-		}
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Determine whether the given response is a GZIP response.
-	 * <p>
-	 * This implementation checks whether the HTTP "Content-Encoding" header
-	 * contains "gzip" (in any casing).
-	 * @param con the HttpURLConnection to check
-	 */
-	private boolean isGzipResponse(HttpURLConnection con) {
-		String encodingHeader = con
-				.getHeaderField(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING);
-		return (encodingHeader != null && encodingHeader.toLowerCase().indexOf(
-				ENCODING_GZIP) != -1);
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/SimpleHttpRequestExecutor.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/SimpleHttpRequestExecutor.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0d5d6ce91d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/http/SimpleHttpRequestExecutor.java
@@ -0,0 +1,148 @@
+/*
+ * 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.http;
+
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.HttpURLConnection;
+import java.net.URL;
+import java.net.URLConnection;
+import java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream;
+
+import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContext;
+import org.springframework.context.i18n.LocaleContextHolder;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Implementation of {@link HttpRequestExecutor} that uses {@link HttpURLConnection}
+ * directly. This version has limited functionality but no additional dependencies.
+ * For more features, see {@link CommonsHttpRequestExecutor}. (TODO)
+ * 
+ * @author Juergen Hoeller
+ * @author Iwein Fuld
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 1.0.2
+ */
+public class SimpleHttpRequestExecutor extends AbstractHttpRequestExecutor {
+
+	@Override
+	protected InputStream doExecuteRequest(HttpRequest request) throws Exception {
+		HttpURLConnection connection = this.openConnection(request.getTargetUrl());
+		this.prepareConnection(connection, request);
+		this.writeRequestBody(connection, request.getBody());
+		this.validateResponse(connection);
+		return this.readResponseBody(connection);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Open an HttpURLConnection for the given request URL.
+	 * @return the HttpURLConnection for the given request
+	 * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
+	 * @see java.net.URL#openConnection()
+	 */
+	private HttpURLConnection openConnection(URL url) throws IOException {
+		URLConnection con = url.openConnection();
+		if (!(con instanceof HttpURLConnection)) {
+			throw new IOException("target URL [" + url + "] is not an HTTP URL");
+		}
+		return (HttpURLConnection) con;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Prepare the given HTTP connection.
+	 * <p>
+	 * The request method (e.g. "POST), "Content-Type" header, and content
+	 * length will be determined from the provided {@link HttpRequest}. 
+	 * @param request HttpRequest for which the connection should be prepared
+	 * @throws IOException if thrown by HttpURLConnection methods
+	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#setRequestMethod
+	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#setRequestProperty
+	 */
+	private void prepareConnection(HttpURLConnection con, HttpRequest request) throws IOException {
+		con.setDoOutput(true);
+		con.setRequestMethod(request.getRequestMethod());
+		String contentType = request.getContentType();
+		if (contentType != null) {
+			con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_TYPE, contentType);
+		}
+		Integer contentLength = request.getContentLength();
+		if (contentLength != null) {
+			con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_LENGTH, contentLength.toString());
+		}
+		LocaleContext locale = LocaleContextHolder.getLocaleContext();
+		if (locale != null) {
+			con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_LANGUAGE,
+					StringUtils.toLanguageTag(locale.getLocale()));
+		}
+		if (isAcceptGzipEncoding()) {
+			con.setRequestProperty(HTTP_HEADER_ACCEPT_ENCODING, ENCODING_GZIP);
+		}
+	}
+
+	private void writeRequestBody(HttpURLConnection con, ByteArrayOutputStream baos) throws IOException {
+		baos.writeTo(con.getOutputStream());
+	}
+
+	private void validateResponse(HttpURLConnection con) throws IOException {
+		if (con.getResponseCode() >= 300) {
+			throw new IOException(
+					"Did not receive successful HTTP response: status code = "
+							+ con.getResponseCode() + ", status message = ["
+							+ con.getResponseMessage() + "]");
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extract the response body from the connection after the request has
+	 * been successfully executed.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This implementation simply reads the HttpURLConnection's InputStream.
+	 * If the response is recognized as GZIP response, the InputStream will be
+	 * wrapped in a GZIPInputStream.
+	 * @param con the HttpURLConnection to read the response body from
+	 * @return an InputStream for the response body
+	 * @throws IOException if thrown by I/O methods
+	 * @see #isGzipResponse
+	 * @see java.util.zip.GZIPInputStream
+	 * @see java.net.HttpURLConnection#getInputStream()
+	 */
+	private InputStream readResponseBody(HttpURLConnection con) throws IOException {
+		if (isGzipResponse(con)) {
+			// GZIP response found - need to unzip.
+			return new GZIPInputStream(con.getInputStream());
+		}
+		else {
+			// Plain response found.
+			return con.getInputStream();
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Determine whether the given response is a GZIP response.
+	 * <p>
+	 * This implementation checks whether the HTTP "Content-Encoding" header
+	 * contains "gzip" (in any casing).
+	 * @param con the HttpURLConnection to check
+	 */
+	private boolean isGzipResponse(HttpURLConnection con) {
+		String encodingHeader = con.getHeaderField(HTTP_HEADER_CONTENT_ENCODING);
+		return (encodingHeader != null
+				&& encodingHeader.toLowerCase().indexOf(ENCODING_GZIP) != -1);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpointTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpointTests.java
index ebecca7a4e..fca65658ac 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpointTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/HttpInboundEndpointTests.java
@@ -157,8 +157,8 @@ public class HttpInboundEndpointTests {
 	@Test
 	public void handleRequest_withCustomRequestMapper_requestObjectIsInPayload()
 			throws ServletException, IOException {
-		endpoint.setRequestMapper(new RequestMapper() {
-			public Message<?> mapRequest(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
+		endpoint.setRequestMapper(new InboundRequestMapper() {
+			public Message<?> toMessage(HttpServletRequest request) throws Exception {
 				return new StringMessage(request.getRequestURI());
 			}
 		});
diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/mapper/DataBindingRequestMapperTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/mapper/DataBindingInboundRequestMapperTests.java
similarity index 84%
rename from org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/mapper/DataBindingRequestMapperTests.java
rename to org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/mapper/DataBindingInboundRequestMapperTests.java
index 82251b5543..f1b661505e 100644
--- a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/mapper/DataBindingRequestMapperTests.java
+++ b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/mapper/DataBindingInboundRequestMapperTests.java
@@ -24,22 +24,22 @@ import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.MutablePropertyValues;
 import org.springframework.context.support.StaticApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
-import org.springframework.integration.http.DataBindingRequestMapper;
+import org.springframework.integration.http.DataBindingInboundRequestMapper;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.support.ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer;
 
 /**
  * @author Mark Fisher
  */
-public class DataBindingRequestMapperTests {
+public class DataBindingInboundRequestMapperTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void bindToType() throws Exception {
-		DataBindingRequestMapper mapper = new DataBindingRequestMapper(TestBean.class);
+		DataBindingInboundRequestMapper mapper = new DataBindingInboundRequestMapper(TestBean.class);
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		request.setParameter("name", "testBean");
 		request.setParameter("age", "42");
-		Message<?> result = mapper.mapRequest(request);
+		Message<?> result = mapper.toMessage(request);
 		assertNotNull(result);
 		assertEquals(TestBean.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
 		TestBean payload = (TestBean) result.getPayload();
@@ -49,14 +49,14 @@ public class DataBindingRequestMapperTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void bindToTypeWithBindingInitializer() throws Exception {
-		DataBindingRequestMapper mapper = new DataBindingRequestMapper(TestBean.class);
+		DataBindingInboundRequestMapper mapper = new DataBindingInboundRequestMapper(TestBean.class);
 		ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer initializer = new ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer();
 		initializer.setDirectFieldAccess(true);
 		mapper.setWebBindingInitializer(initializer);
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		request.setParameter("name", "testBean");
 		request.setParameter("age", "42");
-		Message<?> result = mapper.mapRequest(request);
+		Message<?> result = mapper.toMessage(request);
 		assertNotNull(result);
 		assertEquals(TestBean.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
 		TestBean payload = (TestBean) result.getPayload();
@@ -70,12 +70,12 @@ public class DataBindingRequestMapperTests {
 		MutablePropertyValues properties = new MutablePropertyValues();
 		properties.addPropertyValue("name", "prototype");
 		context.registerPrototype("prototypeTarget", TestBean.class, properties);
-		DataBindingRequestMapper mapper = new DataBindingRequestMapper(TestBean.class);
+		DataBindingInboundRequestMapper mapper = new DataBindingInboundRequestMapper(TestBean.class);
 		mapper.setTargetBeanName("prototypeTarget");
 		mapper.setBeanFactory(context);
 		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
 		request.setParameter("age", "42");
-		Message<?> result = mapper.mapRequest(request);
+		Message<?> result = mapper.toMessage(request);
 		assertNotNull(result);
 		assertEquals(TestBean.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
 		TestBean payload = (TestBean) result.getPayload();