diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/transformer/ServletRequestBindingTransformerTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.http/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/http/transformer/ServletRequestBindingTransformerTests.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.http.transformer;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+
+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.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.support.ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+public class ServletRequestBindingTransformerTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void bindToType() {
+		ServletRequestBindingTransformer<TestBean> transformer =
+				new ServletRequestBindingTransformer<TestBean>(TestBean.class);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setParameter("name", "testBean");
+		request.setParameter("age", "42");
+		Message<ServletRequest> message = new GenericMessage<ServletRequest>(request);
+		Message<?> result = transformer.transform(message);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(TestBean.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
+		TestBean payload = (TestBean) result.getPayload();
+		assertEquals("testBean", payload.name);
+		assertEquals(84, payload.age);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void bindToTypeWithBindingInitializer() {
+		ServletRequestBindingTransformer<TestBean> transformer =
+				new ServletRequestBindingTransformer<TestBean>(TestBean.class);
+		ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer initializer = new ConfigurableWebBindingInitializer();
+		initializer.setDirectFieldAccess(true);
+		transformer.setWebBindingInitializer(initializer);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setParameter("name", "testBean");
+		request.setParameter("age", "42");
+		Message<ServletRequest> message = new GenericMessage<ServletRequest>(request);
+		Message<?> result = transformer.transform(message);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(TestBean.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
+		TestBean payload = (TestBean) result.getPayload();
+		assertEquals("testBean", payload.name);
+		assertEquals(42, payload.age);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void bindToPrototypeBean() {
+		StaticApplicationContext context = new StaticApplicationContext();
+		MutablePropertyValues properties = new MutablePropertyValues();
+		properties.addPropertyValue("name", "prototype");
+		context.registerPrototype("prototypeTarget", TestBean.class, properties);
+		ServletRequestBindingTransformer<TestBean> transformer =
+				new ServletRequestBindingTransformer<TestBean>(TestBean.class);
+		transformer.setTargetBeanName("prototypeTarget");
+		transformer.setBeanFactory(context);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setParameter("age", "42");
+		Message<ServletRequest> message = new GenericMessage<ServletRequest>(request);
+		Message<?> result = transformer.transform(message);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(TestBean.class, result.getPayload().getClass());
+		TestBean payload = (TestBean) result.getPayload();
+		assertEquals("prototype", payload.name);
+		assertEquals(84, payload.age);
+	}
+
+
+	static class TestBean {
+
+		String name;
+
+		int age;
+
+		public void setName(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		public void setAge(int age) {
+			this.age = age * 2;
+		}
+	}
+
+}