INT-2269 Add ReplyChannelRegistry

Allows reply channel resolution after a message has been serialized
somewhere in a flow. Previously, the reply channel was lost.

With this change, the reply channel can be registered and the header
becomes a string (channel name) that can be serialized.

JIRA: https://jira.springsource.org/browse/INT-2269

INT-2269 Rename Registry to HeaderChannelRegistry

- Extract interface
- DefaultHeaderChannelRgistry

INT-2269 Polishing; PR Comments

- Add errorChannel registration as well.

INT-2269 HeaderChannelRegistry - Fix

The internal BridgeHandler in MessagingGatewaySupport did not have
a channel resolver. When a reply was explicitly routed to the gateway's
reply channel, the String representation of the reply channel could
not be resolved to a channel.

Set the BeanFactory on the bridge handler.

Add tests.

INT-2269 HeaderChannelRegistry - Fix JMS/Enricher

The JMS inbound gateway and ContentEnricher instantiate a
MessagingGatewaySupport internally it does not get a
reference to the BeanFactory. This means that the internal
BridgeHandler cannot resolve the String representation of
the reply channel to a channel.

Make ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener BeanFactory aware, and
propagate the bean factory to the MGS.

Set the MGS bean factory in the ContentEnricher (which is already
BFA).

INT-2269: Polishing

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/registry/DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,249 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.channel.registry;
+
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Map.Entry;
+import java.util.UUID;
+import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
+import java.util.concurrent.ScheduledFuture;
+import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicLong;
+
+import org.springframework.context.SmartLifecycle;
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationObjectSupport;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.channel.BeanFactoryChannelResolver;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * Converts a channel to a name, retaining a reference to the channel keyed by the name.
+ * Allows a downstream {@link BeanFactoryChannelResolver} to find the channel by name
+ * in the event that the flow serialized the message at some point.
+ * Channels are expired after a configurable delay (60 seconds by default).
+ * The actual average expiry time will be 1.5x the delay.
+ *
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 3.0
+ *
+ */
+public class DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry extends IntegrationObjectSupport
+		implements HeaderChannelRegistry, SmartLifecycle, Runnable {
+
+	private static final int DEFAULT_REAPER_DELAY = 60000;
+
+	private final Map<String, MessageChannelWrapper> channels = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry.MessageChannelWrapper>();
+
+	private static final AtomicLong id = new AtomicLong();
+
+	private final String uuid = UUID.randomUUID().toString() + ":";
+
+	private volatile long reaperDelay;
+
+	private volatile ScheduledFuture<?> reaperScheduledFuture;
+
+	private volatile boolean running;
+
+	private volatile int phase;
+
+	private volatile boolean autoStartup = true;
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a registry with the default delay for channel expiry.
+	 */
+	public DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry() {
+		this(DEFAULT_REAPER_DELAY);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a registry with the provided delay (milliseconds) for
+	 * channel expiry.
+	 *
+	 * @param reaperDelay the delay in milliseconds.
+	 */
+	public DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry(long reaperDelay) {
+		this.setReaperDelay(reaperDelay);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Set the reaper delay.
+	 *
+	 * @param reaperDelay the delay in milliseconds.
+	 */
+	public final void setReaperDelay(long reaperDelay) {
+		Assert.isTrue(reaperDelay > 0, "'reaperDelay' must be > 0");
+		this.reaperDelay = reaperDelay;
+	}
+
+	public final long getReaperDelay() {
+		return reaperDelay;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void setTaskScheduler(TaskScheduler taskScheduler) {
+		super.setTaskScheduler(taskScheduler);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int getPhase() {
+		return this.phase;
+	}
+
+	public final void setPhase(int phase) {
+		this.phase = phase;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isAutoStartup() {
+		return this.autoStartup;
+	}
+
+	public final void setAutoStartup(boolean autoStartup) {
+		this.autoStartup = autoStartup;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public final int size() {
+		return this.channels.size();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	protected void onInit() throws Exception {
+		super.onInit();
+		Assert.notNull(this.getTaskScheduler(), "a task scheduler is required");
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public synchronized void start() {
+		if (!this.running) {
+			Assert.notNull(this.getTaskScheduler(), "a task scheduler is required");
+			this.reaperScheduledFuture = this.getTaskScheduler().schedule(this,
+					new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + this.reaperDelay));
+			this.running = true;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public synchronized void stop() {
+		this.running = false;
+		if (this.reaperScheduledFuture != null) {
+			this.reaperScheduledFuture.cancel(true);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void stop(Runnable callback) {
+		this.stop();
+		callback.run();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean isRunning() {
+		return this.running;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object channelToChannelName(Object channel) {
+		if (channel != null && channel instanceof MessageChannel) {
+			String name = this.uuid + DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry.id.incrementAndGet();
+			channels.put(name, new MessageChannelWrapper((MessageChannel) channel));
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+				logger.debug("Registered " + channel + " as " + name);
+			}
+			return name;
+		}
+		else {
+			return channel;
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public MessageChannel channelNameToChannel(String name) {
+		if (name != null) {
+			MessageChannelWrapper messageChannelWrapper = this.channels.get(name);
+			if (logger.isDebugEnabled() && messageChannelWrapper != null) {
+				logger.debug("Retrieved " + messageChannelWrapper.getChannel() + " with " + name);
+			}
+			return messageChannelWrapper == null ? null : messageChannelWrapper.getChannel();
+		}
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Cancel the scheduled reap task and run immediately; then reschedule.
+	 */
+	@Override
+	public void runReaper() {
+		synchronized(this) {
+			this.reaperScheduledFuture.cancel(false);
+			this.reaperScheduledFuture = null;
+		}
+		this.run();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public void run() {
+		this.reaperScheduledFuture = null;
+		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			logger.trace("Reaper started; channels size=" + this.channels.size());
+		}
+		Iterator<Entry<String, MessageChannelWrapper>> iterator = this.channels.entrySet().iterator();
+		long threshold = System.currentTimeMillis() - this.reaperDelay;
+		while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+			Entry<String, MessageChannelWrapper> entry = iterator.next();
+			if (entry.getValue().getCreated() < threshold) {
+				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+					logger.debug("Expiring " + entry.getKey() + " (" + entry.getValue().getChannel() + ")");
+				}
+				iterator.remove();
+			}
+		}
+		synchronized (this) {
+			if (this.reaperScheduledFuture == null) {
+				this.reaperScheduledFuture = this.getTaskScheduler().schedule(this,
+						new Date(System.currentTimeMillis() + this.reaperDelay));
+			}
+		}
+		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
+			logger.trace("Reaper completed; channels size=" + this.channels.size());
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private class MessageChannelWrapper {
+
+		private final MessageChannel channel;
+
+		private final long created;
+
+		private MessageChannelWrapper(MessageChannel channel) {
+			this.channel = channel;
+			this.created = System.currentTimeMillis();
+		}
+
+		public final long getCreated() {
+			return created;
+		}
+
+		public final MessageChannel getChannel() {
+			return channel;
+		}
+
+	}
+
+}

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/registry/HeaderChannelRegistry.java

@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.channel.registry;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.channel.BeanFactoryChannelResolver;
+import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedAttribute;
+import org.springframework.jmx.export.annotation.ManagedOperation;
+
+/**
+ * Implementations convert a channel to a name, retaining a reference to the channel keyed by the name.
+ * Allows a downstream {@link BeanFactoryChannelResolver} to find the channel by name in
+ * the event that the flow serialized the message at some point.
+ *
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 3.0
+ *
+ */
+public interface HeaderChannelRegistry {
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the channel to a name (String). If the channel is not a
+	 * {@link MessageChannel}, it is returned unchanged.
+	 *
+	 * @param channel The channel.
+	 * @return The channel name, or the channel if it is not a MessageChannel.
+	 */
+	public abstract Object channelToChannelName(Object channel);
+
+	/**
+	 * Converts the channel name back to a {@link MessageChannel} (if it is
+	 * registered).
+	 * @param name The name of the channel.
+	 * @return The channel, or null if there is no channel registered with the name.
+	 */
+	public abstract MessageChannel channelNameToChannel(String name);
+
+	/**
+	 * @return the current size of the registry
+	 */
+	@ManagedAttribute
+	public abstract int size();
+
+	/**
+	 * Cancel the scheduled reap task and run immediately; then reschedule.
+	 */
+	@ManagedOperation(description = "Cancel the scheduled reap task and run immediately; then reschedule.")
+	public abstract void runReaper();
+
+}

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler.java

@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
-import static org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME;
-
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.w3c.dom.Element;
@@ -35,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.BeanDefinitionParser;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandler;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.NamespaceHandlerSupport;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.IntegrationEvaluationContextFactoryBean;
 import org.springframework.integration.config.xml.ChannelInitializer.AutoCreateCandidatesCollector;
 import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils;
@@ -68,15 +67,18 @@ public abstract class AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHa
 	private final NamespaceHandlerDelegate delegate = new NamespaceHandlerDelegate();
 
 
+	@Override
 	public final BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		this.verifySchemaVersion(element, parserContext);
 		this.registerImplicitChannelCreator(parserContext);
 		this.registerIntegrationEvaluationContext(parserContext);
+		this.registerHeaderChannelRegistry(parserContext);
 		this.registerBuiltInBeans(parserContext);
 		this.registerDefaultConfiguringBeanFactoryPostProcessorIfNecessary(parserContext);
 		return this.delegate.parse(element, parserContext);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public final BeanDefinitionHolder decorate(Node source, BeanDefinitionHolder definition, ParserContext parserContext) {
 		return this.delegate.decorate(source, definition, parserContext);
 	}
@@ -127,10 +129,11 @@ public abstract class AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHa
 			// unlike DefaultConfiguringBeanFactoryPostProcessor, we need one of these per registry
 			// therefore we need to call containsBeanDefinition(..) which does not consider the parent registry
 			alreadyRegistered = ((ListableBeanFactory) parserContext.getRegistry()).containsBeanDefinition(
-					INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME);
+					IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME);
 		}
 		else {
-			alreadyRegistered = parserContext.getRegistry().isBeanNameInUse(INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME);
+			alreadyRegistered = parserContext.getRegistry().isBeanNameInUse(
+					IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME);
 		}
 		if (!alreadyRegistered) {
 			BeanDefinitionBuilder integrationEvaluationContextBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder
@@ -195,6 +198,33 @@ public abstract class AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHa
 		}
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Register a DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry in the given BeanDefinitionRegistry, if necessary.
+	 */
+	private void registerHeaderChannelRegistry(ParserContext parserContext) {
+		boolean alreadyRegistered = false;
+		if (parserContext.getRegistry() instanceof ListableBeanFactory) {
+			alreadyRegistered = ((ListableBeanFactory) parserContext.getRegistry())
+					.containsBean(IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME);
+		}
+		else {
+			alreadyRegistered = parserContext.getRegistry().isBeanNameInUse(
+					IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME);
+		}
+		if (!alreadyRegistered) {
+			if (logger.isInfoEnabled()) {
+					logger.info("No bean named '" + IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME +
+									"' has been explicitly defined. Therefore, a default DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry will be created.");
+			}
+			BeanDefinitionBuilder schedulerBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry.class);
+			BeanDefinitionHolder replyChannelRegistryComponent = new BeanDefinitionHolder(
+					schedulerBuilder.getBeanDefinition(),
+					IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME);
+			BeanDefinitionReaderUtils.registerBeanDefinition(replyChannelRegistryComponent, parserContext.getRegistry());
+		}
+	}
+
+
 	protected final void registerBeanDefinitionDecorator(String elementName, BeanDefinitionDecorator decorator) {
 		this.delegate.doRegisterBeanDefinitionDecorator(elementName, decorator);
 	}
@@ -225,6 +255,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHa
 
 	private class NamespaceHandlerDelegate extends NamespaceHandlerSupport {
 
+		@Override
 		public void init() {
 			AbstractIntegrationNamespaceHandler.this.init();
 		}

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser.java

@@ -37,7 +37,6 @@ import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
 public abstract class AbstractPollingInboundChannelAdapterParser extends AbstractChannelAdapterParser {
 
 	@Override
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	protected AbstractBeanDefinition doParse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext, String channelName) {
 		BeanMetadataElement source = this.parseSource(element, parserContext);
 		if (source == null) {

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/HeaderEnricherParserSupport.java

@@ -29,11 +29,12 @@ import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.TypedStringValue;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.ManagedMap;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.ParserContext;
+import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils;
+import org.springframework.integration.expression.DynamicExpression;
+import org.springframework.integration.transformer.HeaderEnricher;
 import org.springframework.util.ClassUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.xml.DomUtils;
-import org.springframework.integration.expression.DynamicExpression;
-import org.springframework.integration.transformer.HeaderEnricher;
 
 /**
  * Base support class for 'header-enricher' parsers.
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ import org.springframework.integration.transformer.HeaderEnricher;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  * @author Artem Bilan
+ * @author Gary Russell
  * @since 2.0
  */
 public abstract class HeaderEnricherParserSupport extends AbstractTransformerParser {
@@ -49,6 +51,16 @@ public abstract class HeaderEnricherParserSupport extends AbstractTransformerPar
 
 	private final Map<String, Class<?>> elementToTypeMap = new HashMap<String, Class<?>>();
 
+	private final static Map<String, String[][]> cannedHeaderElementExpressions = new HashMap<String, String[][]>();
+
+	static {
+		cannedHeaderElementExpressions.put("header-channels-to-string", new String[][] {
+				{"replyChannel", "@" + IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME
+						+ ".channelToChannelName(headers.replyChannel)" },
+				{"errorChannel", "@" + IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME
+						+ ".channelToChannelName(headers.errorChannel)" },
+		});
+	}
 
 	@Override
 	protected final String getTransformerClassName() {
@@ -86,6 +98,8 @@ public abstract class HeaderEnricherParserSupport extends AbstractTransformerPar
 				Element headerElement = (Element) node;
 				String elementName = node.getLocalName();
 				Class<?> headerType = null;
+				String expression = null;
+				String overwrite = headerElement.getAttribute("overwrite");
 				if ("header".equals(elementName)) {
 					headerName = headerElement.getAttribute(NAME_ATTRIBUTE);
 				}
@@ -114,135 +128,157 @@ public abstract class HeaderEnricherParserSupport extends AbstractTransformerPar
 						}
 					}
 				}
-				if (headerName != null) {
-					String value = headerElement.getAttribute("value");
-					String ref = headerElement.getAttribute(REF_ATTRIBUTE);
-					String method = headerElement.getAttribute(METHOD_ATTRIBUTE);
-					String expression = headerElement.getAttribute(EXPRESSION_ATTRIBUTE);
-
-					Element beanElement = null;
-					Element scriptElement = null;
-					Element expressionElement = null;
-
-					List<Element> subElements = DomUtils.getChildElements(headerElement);
-					if (!subElements.isEmpty()) {
-						Element subElement = subElements.get(0);
-						String subElementLocalName = subElement.getLocalName();
-						if ("bean".equals(subElementLocalName)) {
-							beanElement = subElement;
-						}
-						else if ("script".equals(subElementLocalName)) {
-							scriptElement = subElement;
-						}
-						else if ("expression".equals(subElementLocalName)) {
-							expressionElement = subElement;
-						}
-						if (beanElement == null && scriptElement == null && expressionElement == null) {
-							parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Only 'bean', 'script' or 'expression' can be defined as a sub-element", element);
+				if (headerName == null) {
+					if (cannedHeaderElementExpressions.containsKey(elementName)) {
+						for (int j = 0; j < cannedHeaderElementExpressions.get(elementName).length; j++) {
+							headerName = cannedHeaderElementExpressions.get(elementName)[j][0];
+							expression = cannedHeaderElementExpressions.get(elementName)[j][1];
+							overwrite = "true";
+							this.addHeader(element, headers, parserContext, headerName, headerElement, headerType,
+									expression, overwrite);
 						}
 					}
-					if (StringUtils.hasText(expression) && expressionElement != null) {
-						parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The 'expression' attribute and sub-element are mutually exclusive", element);
-					}
-
-					boolean isValue = StringUtils.hasText(value);
-					boolean isRef = StringUtils.hasText(ref);
-					boolean hasMethod = StringUtils.hasText(method);
-					boolean isExpression = StringUtils.hasText(expression) || expressionElement != null;
-					boolean isScript = scriptElement != null;
-
-					BeanDefinition innerComponentDefinition = null;
-
-					if (beanElement != null) {
-						innerComponentDefinition = parserContext.getDelegate().parseBeanDefinitionElement(beanElement).getBeanDefinition();
-					}
-					else if (isScript) {
-						innerComponentDefinition = parserContext.getDelegate().parseCustomElement(scriptElement);
-					}
-
-					boolean isCustomBean = innerComponentDefinition != null;
-
-					if (hasMethod && isScript) {
-						parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The 'method' attribute cannot be used when a 'script' sub-element is defined", element);
-					}
-
-					if (!(isValue ^ (isRef ^ (isExpression ^ isCustomBean)))) {
-						parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
-								"Exactly one of the 'ref', 'value', 'expression' or inner bean is required.", element);
-					}
-					BeanDefinitionBuilder valueProcessorBuilder = null;
-					if (isValue) {
-						if (hasMethod) {
-							parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
-									"The 'method' attribute cannot be used with the 'value' attribute.", element);
-						}
-						Object headerValue = (headerType != null) ?
-								new TypedStringValue(value, headerType) : value;
-						valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-								IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.StaticHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
-						valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(headerValue);
-					}
-					else if (isExpression) {
-						if (hasMethod) {
-							parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
-									"The 'method' attribute cannot be used with the 'expression' attribute.", element);
-						}
-						valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-								IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.ExpressionEvaluatingHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
-						if (expressionElement != null) {
-							BeanDefinitionBuilder dynamicExpressionBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(DynamicExpression.class);
-							dynamicExpressionBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(expressionElement.getAttribute("key"));
-							dynamicExpressionBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(expressionElement.getAttribute("source"));
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(dynamicExpressionBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
-						}
-						else {
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(expression);
-						}
-						valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(headerType);
-					}
-					else if (isCustomBean) {
-						if (StringUtils.hasText(headerElement.getAttribute("type"))) {
-							parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
-									"The 'type' attribute cannot be used with an inner bean.", element);
-						}
-						if (hasMethod || isScript) {
-							valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-									IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.MessageProcessingHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(innerComponentDefinition);
-							if (hasMethod) {
-								valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(method);
-							}
-						}
-						else {
-							valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-									IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.StaticHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(innerComponentDefinition);
-						}
-					}
-					else {
-						if (StringUtils.hasText(headerElement.getAttribute("type"))) {
-							parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
-									"The 'type' attribute cannot be used with the 'ref' attribute.", element);
-						}
-						if (hasMethod) {
-							valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-									IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.MessageProcessingHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ref);
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(method);
-						}
-						else {
-							valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
-									IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.StaticHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
-							valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ref);
-						}
-					}
-					IntegrationNamespaceUtils.setValueIfAttributeDefined(valueProcessorBuilder, headerElement, "overwrite");
-					headers.put(headerName, valueProcessorBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
+				}
+				else {
+					this.addHeader(element, headers, parserContext, headerName, headerElement, headerType, expression,
+							overwrite);
 				}
 			}
 		}
 	}
 
+	private void addHeader(Element element, ManagedMap<String, Object> headers, ParserContext parserContext,
+			String headerName, Element headerElement, Class<?> headerType, String expression, String overwrite) {
+
+		String value = headerElement.getAttribute("value");
+		String ref = headerElement.getAttribute(REF_ATTRIBUTE);
+		String method = headerElement.getAttribute(METHOD_ATTRIBUTE);
+		if (expression == null) {
+			expression = headerElement.getAttribute(EXPRESSION_ATTRIBUTE);
+		}
+
+		Element beanElement = null;
+		Element scriptElement = null;
+		Element expressionElement = null;
+
+		List<Element> subElements = DomUtils.getChildElements(headerElement);
+		if (!subElements.isEmpty()) {
+			Element subElement = subElements.get(0);
+			String subElementLocalName = subElement.getLocalName();
+			if ("bean".equals(subElementLocalName)) {
+				beanElement = subElement;
+			}
+			else if ("script".equals(subElementLocalName)) {
+				scriptElement = subElement;
+			}
+			else if ("expression".equals(subElementLocalName)) {
+				expressionElement = subElement;
+			}
+			if (beanElement == null && scriptElement == null && expressionElement == null) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error("Only 'bean', 'script' or 'expression' can be defined as a sub-element", element);
+			}
+		}
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(expression) && expressionElement != null) {
+			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The 'expression' attribute and sub-element are mutually exclusive", element);
+		}
+
+		boolean isValue = StringUtils.hasText(value);
+		boolean isRef = StringUtils.hasText(ref);
+		boolean hasMethod = StringUtils.hasText(method);
+		boolean isExpression = StringUtils.hasText(expression) || expressionElement != null;
+		boolean isScript = scriptElement != null;
+
+		BeanDefinition innerComponentDefinition = null;
+
+		if (beanElement != null) {
+			innerComponentDefinition = parserContext.getDelegate().parseBeanDefinitionElement(beanElement).getBeanDefinition();
+		}
+		else if (isScript) {
+			innerComponentDefinition = parserContext.getDelegate().parseCustomElement(scriptElement);
+		}
+
+		boolean isCustomBean = innerComponentDefinition != null;
+
+		if (hasMethod && isScript) {
+			parserContext.getReaderContext().error("The 'method' attribute cannot be used when a 'script' sub-element is defined", element);
+		}
+
+		if (!(isValue ^ (isRef ^ (isExpression ^ isCustomBean)))) {
+			parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+					"Exactly one of the 'ref', 'value', 'expression' or inner bean is required.", element);
+		}
+		BeanDefinitionBuilder valueProcessorBuilder = null;
+		if (isValue) {
+			if (hasMethod) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+						"The 'method' attribute cannot be used with the 'value' attribute.", element);
+			}
+			Object headerValue = (headerType != null) ?
+					new TypedStringValue(value, headerType) : value;
+			valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+					IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.StaticHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
+			valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(headerValue);
+		}
+		else if (isExpression) {
+			if (hasMethod) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+						"The 'method' attribute cannot be used with the 'expression' attribute.", element);
+			}
+			valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+					IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.ExpressionEvaluatingHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
+			if (expressionElement != null) {
+				BeanDefinitionBuilder dynamicExpressionBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(DynamicExpression.class);
+				dynamicExpressionBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(expressionElement.getAttribute("key"));
+				dynamicExpressionBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(expressionElement.getAttribute("source"));
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(dynamicExpressionBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
+			}
+			else {
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(expression);
+			}
+			valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(headerType);
+		}
+		else if (isCustomBean) {
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(headerElement.getAttribute("type"))) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+						"The 'type' attribute cannot be used with an inner bean.", element);
+			}
+			if (hasMethod || isScript) {
+				valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+						IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.MessageProcessingHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(innerComponentDefinition);
+				if (hasMethod) {
+					valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(method);
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+						IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.StaticHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(innerComponentDefinition);
+			}
+		}
+		else {
+			if (StringUtils.hasText(headerElement.getAttribute("type"))) {
+				parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+						"The 'type' attribute cannot be used with the 'ref' attribute.", element);
+			}
+			if (hasMethod) {
+				valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+						IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.MessageProcessingHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ref);
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgValue(method);
+			}
+			else {
+				valueProcessorBuilder = BeanDefinitionBuilder.genericBeanDefinition(
+						IntegrationNamespaceUtils.BASE_PACKAGE + ".transformer.support.StaticHeaderValueMessageProcessor");
+				valueProcessorBuilder.addConstructorArgReference(ref);
+			}
+		}
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(overwrite)) {
+			valueProcessorBuilder.addPropertyValue("overwrite", overwrite);
+		}
+		headers.put(headerName, valueProcessorBuilder.getBeanDefinition());
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * Subclasses may override this method to provide any additional processing.
 	 */

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/context/IntegrationContextUtils.java

@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ public abstract class IntegrationContextUtils {
 
 	public static final String INTEGRATION_EVALUATION_CONTEXT_BEAN_NAME = "integrationEvaluationContext";
 
+	public static final String INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME = "integrationHeaderChannelRegistry";
+
+
 	/**
 	 * Return the {@link MetadataStore} bean whose name is "metadataStore".
 	 * @param beanFactory BeanFactory for lookup, must not be null.

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/gateway/MessagingGatewaySupport.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2010 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ package org.springframework.integration.gateway;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessagingException;
-import org.springframework.integration.core.MessageHandler;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.SubscribableChannel;
@@ -41,8 +40,9 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * {@link MessageChannel}s for sending, receiving, or request-reply operations.
  * Exposes setters for configuring request and reply {@link MessageChannel}s as
  * well as the timeout values for sending and receiving Messages.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @author Gary Russell
  */
 public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implements TrackableComponent {
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 
 	/**
 	 * Set the request channel.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param requestChannel the channel to which request messages will be sent
 	 */
 	public void setRequestChannel(MessageChannel requestChannel) {
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 	/**
 	 * Set the reply channel. If no reply channel is provided, this gateway will
 	 * always use an anonymous, temporary channel for handling replies.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param replyChannel the channel from which reply messages will be received
 	 */
 	public void setReplyChannel(MessageChannel replyChannel) {
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 	/**
 	 * Set the timeout value for sending request messages. If not
 	 * explicitly configured, the default is one second.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param requestTimeout the timeout value in milliseconds
 	 */
 	public void setRequestTimeout(long requestTimeout) {
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 	/**
 	 * Set the timeout value for receiving reply messages. If not
 	 * explicitly configured, the default is one second.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param replyTimeout the timeout value in milliseconds
 	 */
 	public void setReplyTimeout(long replyTimeout) {
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 	 * Specify whether this gateway should be tracked in the Message History
 	 * of Messages that originate from its send or sendAndReceive operations.
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void setShouldTrack(boolean shouldTrack) {
 		this.historyWritingPostProcessor.setShouldTrack(shouldTrack);
 	}
@@ -283,7 +284,11 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 				return;
 			}
 			AbstractEndpoint correlator = null;
-			MessageHandler handler = new BridgeHandler();
+			BridgeHandler handler = new BridgeHandler();
+			if (this.getBeanFactory() != null) {
+				handler.setBeanFactory(this.getBeanFactory());
+			}
+			handler.afterPropertiesSet();
 			if (this.replyChannel instanceof SubscribableChannel) {
 				correlator = new EventDrivenConsumer(
 						(SubscribableChannel) this.replyChannel, handler);
@@ -320,6 +325,7 @@ public abstract class MessagingGatewaySupport extends AbstractEndpoint implement
 
 	private static class DefaultRequestMapper implements InboundMessageMapper<Object> {
 
+		@Override
 		public Message<?> toMessage(Object object) throws Exception {
 			if (object instanceof Message<?>) {
 				return (Message<?>) object;

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/support/channel/BeanFactoryChannelResolver.java

@@ -16,25 +16,33 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.support.channel;
 
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+
 import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistry;
+import org.springframework.integration.context.IntegrationContextUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 
 /**
  * {@link ChannelResolver} implementation based on a Spring {@link BeanFactory}.
- * 
+ *
  * <p>Will lookup Spring managed beans identified by bean name,
  * expecting them to be of type {@link MessageChannel}.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @see org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory
  */
 public class BeanFactoryChannelResolver implements ChannelResolver, BeanFactoryAware {
 
+	private final static Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(BeanFactoryChannelResolver.class);
+
 	private volatile BeanFactory beanFactory;
 
+	private volatile HeaderChannelRegistry replyChannelRegistry;
 
 	/**
 	 * Create a new instance of the {@link BeanFactoryChannelResolver} class.
@@ -53,25 +61,45 @@ public class BeanFactoryChannelResolver implements ChannelResolver, BeanFactoryA
 	 * replaced by the {@link BeanFactory} that creates it (c.f. the
 	 * {@link BeanFactoryAware} contract). So only use this constructor if you
 	 * are instantiating this object explicitly rather than defining a bean.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param beanFactory the bean factory to be used to lookup {@link MessageChannel}s.
 	 */
 	public BeanFactoryChannelResolver(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		Assert.notNull(beanFactory, "BeanFactory must not be null");
-		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+		this.lookupHeaderChannelRegistry(beanFactory);
 	}
 
-
+	@Override
 	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
 		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+		this.lookupHeaderChannelRegistry(beanFactory);
 	}
 
+	private void lookupHeaderChannelRegistry(BeanFactory beanFactory) {
+		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+		try {
+			this.replyChannelRegistry = beanFactory.getBean(
+					IntegrationContextUtils.INTEGRATION_HEADER_CHANNEL_REGISTRY_BEAN_NAME,
+					HeaderChannelRegistry.class);
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			logger.warn("No HeaderChannelRegistry found", e);
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Override
 	public MessageChannel resolveChannelName(String name) {
 		Assert.state(this.beanFactory != null, "BeanFactory is required");
 		try {
 			return this.beanFactory.getBean(name, MessageChannel.class);
 		}
 		catch (BeansException e) {
+			if (this.replyChannelRegistry != null) {
+				MessageChannel channel = this.replyChannelRegistry.channelNameToChannel(name);
+				if (channel != null) {
+					return channel;
+				}
+			}
 			throw new ChannelResolutionException(
 					"failed to look up MessageChannel bean with name '" + name + "'", e);
 		}

spring-integration-core/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/transformer/ContentEnricher.java

@@ -214,6 +214,10 @@ public class ContentEnricher extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler implem
 				this.gateway.setReplyChannel(replyChannel);
 			}
 
+			if (this.getBeanFactory() != null) {
+				this.gateway.setBeanFactory(this.getBeanFactory());
+			}
+
 			this.gateway.afterPropertiesSet();
 		}
 
@@ -294,6 +298,7 @@ public class ContentEnricher extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler implem
 	 * Lifecycle implementation. If no requestChannel is defined, this method
 	 * has no effect as in that case no Gateway is initialized.
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void start() {
 		if (this.gateway != null) {
 			this.gateway.start();
@@ -304,6 +309,7 @@ public class ContentEnricher extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler implem
 	 * Lifecycle implementation. If no requestChannel is defined, this method
 	 * has no effect as in that case no Gateway is initialized.
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public void stop() {
 		if (this.gateway != null) {
 			this.gateway.stop();
@@ -314,6 +320,7 @@ public class ContentEnricher extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler implem
 	 * Lifecycle implementation. If no requestChannel is defined, this method
 	 * will return always return true as no Gateway is initialized.
 	 */
+	@Override
 	public boolean isRunning() {
 		if (this.gateway != null) {
 			return this.gateway.isRunning();

spring-integration-core/src/main/resources/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/spring-integration-3.0.xsd

@@ -1853,6 +1853,15 @@
 					</xsd:documentation>
 				</xsd:annotation>
 			</xsd:element>
+			<xsd:element name="header-channels-to-string">
+				<xsd:annotation>
+					<xsd:documentation>
+					Converts the 'replyChannel' and 'errorChannel' headers to a String after registering it in the HeaderChannelRegistry.
+					Use this when a message is serialized for any reason. No changes are made
+					if the header does not exist, or if the header does not currently reference a MessageChannel.
+					</xsd:documentation>
+				</xsd:annotation>
+			</xsd:element>
 			<xsd:element name="error-channel" type="referenceOrValueHeaderType">
 				<xsd:annotation>
 					<xsd:documentation>

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/registry/HeaderChannelRegistryTests-context.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd">
+
+	<int:channel id="input" />
+
+	<int:header-enricher input-channel="input" output-channel="next">
+		<int:header-channels-to-string />
+	</int:header-enricher>
+
+	<int:transformer input-channel="next">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistryTests$Foo" />
+	</int:transformer>
+
+	<int:channel id="inputPolled">
+		<int:queue />
+	</int:channel>
+
+	<int:header-enricher input-channel="inputPolled" output-channel="nextPolled">
+		<int:header-channels-to-string />
+		<int:poller fixed-delay="100" />
+	</int:header-enricher>
+
+	<int:transformer input-channel="nextPolled">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistryTests$Foo" />
+	</int:transformer>
+
+	<int:channel id="alreadyAString">
+		<int:queue />
+	</int:channel>
+
+	<int:channel id="alreadyAnotherString">
+		<int:queue />
+	</int:channel>
+
+	<int:gateway id="gatewayNoReplyChannel"
+		service-interface="org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistryTests$Gateway"
+		default-request-channel="inputGateNoReplyChannel" />
+
+	<int:channel id="inputGateNoReplyChannel" />
+
+	<int:header-enricher input-channel="inputGateNoReplyChannel" output-channel="nextGateNoReplyChannel">
+		<int:header-channels-to-string />
+	</int:header-enricher>
+
+	<int:transformer input-channel="nextGateNoReplyChannel">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistryTests$Foo" />
+	</int:transformer>
+
+	<int:gateway id="gatewayExplicitReplyChannel"
+		service-interface="org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistryTests$Gateway"
+		default-request-channel="inputGateExplicitReplyChannel" default-reply-channel="reply" />
+
+	<int:channel id="inputGateExplicitReplyChannel" />
+
+	<int:header-enricher input-channel="inputGateExplicitReplyChannel" output-channel="nextGateExplicitReplyChannel">
+		<int:header-channels-to-string />
+	</int:header-enricher>
+
+	<int:transformer input-channel="nextGateExplicitReplyChannel" output-channel="reply">
+		<bean class="org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.HeaderChannelRegistryTests$Foo" />
+	</int:transformer>
+
+	<int:channel id="reply" />
+
+</beans>

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/channel/registry/HeaderChannelRegistryTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,167 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.channel.registry;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.instanceOf;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import org.hamcrest.Matchers;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.integration.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.MessagePublishingErrorHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.ErrorMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
+import org.springframework.scheduling.TaskScheduler;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 3.0
+ *
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class HeaderChannelRegistryTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	MessageChannel input;
+
+	@Autowired
+	MessageChannel inputPolled;
+
+	@Autowired
+	QueueChannel alreadyAString;
+
+	@Autowired
+	TaskScheduler taskScheduler;
+
+	@Autowired
+	Gateway gatewayNoReplyChannel;
+
+	@Autowired
+	Gateway gatewayExplicitReplyChannel;
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReplace() {
+		MessagingTemplate template = new MessagingTemplate();
+		template.setDefaultChannel(this.input);
+		Message<?> reply = template.sendAndReceive(new GenericMessage<String>("foo"));
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("echo:foo", reply.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReplaceGatewayWithNoReplyChannel() {
+		String reply = this.gatewayNoReplyChannel.exchange("foo");
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("echo:foo", reply);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testReplaceGatewayWithExplicitReplyChannel() {
+		String reply = this.gatewayExplicitReplyChannel.exchange("foo");
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("echo:foo", reply);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * MessagingTemplate sets the errorChannel to the replyChannel so it gets any async
+	 * exceptions via the default {@link MessagePublishingErrorHandler}.
+	 */
+	@Test
+	public void testReplaceError() {
+		MessagingTemplate template = new MessagingTemplate();
+		template.setDefaultChannel(this.inputPolled);
+		Message<?> reply = template.sendAndReceive(new GenericMessage<String>("bar"));
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertTrue(reply instanceof ErrorMessage);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testAlreadyAString() {
+		Message<String> requestMessage = MessageBuilder.withPayload("foo")
+				.setReplyChannelName("alreadyAString")
+				.setErrorChannelName("alreadyAnotherString")
+				.build();
+		this.input.send(requestMessage);
+		Message<?> reply = alreadyAString.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("echo:foo", reply.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testNull() {
+		Message<String> requestMessage = MessageBuilder.withPayload("foo")
+				.build();
+		try {
+			this.input.send(requestMessage);
+			fail("expected exception");
+		}
+		catch (Exception e) {
+			assertThat(e.getMessage(), Matchers.containsString("no output-channel or replyChannel"));
+		}
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void testExpire() throws Exception {
+		DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry registry = new DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry(50);
+		registry.setTaskScheduler(this.taskScheduler);
+		registry.start();
+		Thread.sleep(200);
+		String id = (String) registry.channelToChannelName(new DirectChannel());
+		Thread.sleep(300);
+		assertNull(registry.channelNameToChannel(id));
+		registry.stop();
+	}
+
+	public static class Foo extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
+
+		@Override
+		protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+			assertThat(requestMessage.getHeaders().getReplyChannel(),
+					Matchers.anyOf(instanceOf(String.class), Matchers.nullValue()));
+			assertThat(requestMessage.getHeaders().getErrorChannel(),
+					Matchers.anyOf(instanceOf(String.class), Matchers.nullValue()));
+			if (requestMessage.getPayload().equals("bar")) {
+				throw new RuntimeException("intentional");
+			}
+			return "echo:" + requestMessage.getPayload();
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	public interface Gateway {
+
+		String exchange(String foo);
+
+	}
+
+}

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ControlBusTests.java

@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
-import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 
 import java.util.Date;
@@ -30,6 +30,9 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.support.ClassPathXmlApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.registry.DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.MessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
 import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
 import org.springframework.integration.support.MessageBuilder;
@@ -52,6 +55,9 @@ public class ControlBusTests {
 	@Autowired
 	private PollableChannel output;
 
+	@Autowired
+	private DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry registry;
+
 	@Test
 	public void testDefaultEvaluationContext() {
 		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload("@service.convert('aardvark')+headers.foo").setHeader("foo", "bar").build();
@@ -71,6 +77,27 @@ public class ControlBusTests {
 		assertNotNull(outputChannel.receive(1000));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void testControlHeaderChannelReaper() throws InterruptedException {
+		MessagingTemplate messagingTemplate = new MessagingTemplate();
+		messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(input, "@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.size()");
+		Message<?> result = this.output.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(0, result.getPayload());
+		this.registry.setReaperDelay(10);
+		this.registry.channelToChannelName(new DirectChannel());
+		messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(input, "@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.size()");
+		result = this.output.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(1, result.getPayload());
+		Thread.sleep(100);
+		messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(input, "@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.runReaper()");
+		messagingTemplate.convertAndSend(input, "@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.size()");
+		result = this.output.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(result);
+		assertEquals(0, result.getPayload());
+		this.registry.setReaperDelay(60000);
+	}
 
 	public static class Service {
 
@@ -78,12 +105,14 @@ public class ControlBusTests {
 		public String convert(String input) {
 			return "cat";
 		}
+
 	}
 
 	public static class AdapterService {
 		public Message<String> receive() {
 			return new GenericMessage<String>(new Date().toString());
 		}
+
 	}
 
 }

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/EnricherParserTests-context.xml

@@ -13,11 +13,17 @@
 		<queue />
 	</channel>
 
+	<header-enricher input-channel="requests1" output-channel="requests">
+		<header-channels-to-string />
+	</header-enricher>
+
 	<channel id="requests"/>
 
+	<channel id="replies"/>
+
 	<enricher id="enricher" input-channel="input"
-	                        request-channel="requests" request-timeout="1234"
-	                        reply-timeout="9876"
+	                        request-channel="requests1" request-timeout="1234"
+	                        reply-timeout="9876" reply-channel="replies"
 	                        order="99" should-clone-payload="true" output-channel="output">
 		<property name="name" expression="payload.sourceName"/>
 		<property name="age" value="42"/>

spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/EnricherParserTests.java

@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.integration.config.xml;
 
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotSame;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
@@ -79,6 +80,7 @@ public class EnricherParserTests {
 		assertEquals(context.getBean("output"), accessor.getPropertyValue("outputChannel"));
 		assertEquals(true, accessor.getPropertyValue("shouldClonePayload"));
 		assertNull(accessor.getPropertyValue("requestPayloadExpression"));
+		assertNotNull(TestUtils.getPropertyValue(enricher, "gateway.beanFactory"));
 
 		Map<Expression, Expression> propertyExpressions = (Map<Expression, Expression>) accessor.getPropertyValue("propertyExpressions");
 		for (Map.Entry<Expression, Expression> e : propertyExpressions.entrySet()) {
@@ -125,12 +127,15 @@ public class EnricherParserTests {
 	@Test
 	public void integrationTest() {
 		SubscribableChannel requests = context.getBean("requests", SubscribableChannel.class);
-		requests.subscribe(new AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler() {
+		class Foo extends AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler {
 			@Override
 			protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
 				return new Source("foo");
 			}
-		});
+		};
+		Foo foo = new Foo();
+		foo.setOutputChannel(context.getBean("replies", MessageChannel.class));
+		requests.subscribe(foo);
 		Target original = new Target();
 		Message<?> request = MessageBuilder.withPayload(original)
 				.setHeader("sourceName", "test")

spring-integration-jms/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener.java

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright 2002-2011 the original author or authors.
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.
@@ -28,6 +28,9 @@ import javax.jms.Session;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
 import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 
+import org.springframework.beans.BeansException;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryAware;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.InitializingBean;
 import org.springframework.integration.Message;
 import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
@@ -47,18 +50,18 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * Message and sends that Message to a channel. If the 'expectReply' value is
  * <code>true</code>, it will also wait for a Spring Integration reply Message
  * and convert that into a JMS reply.
- * 
+ *
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @author Juergen Hoeller
  * @author Oleg Zhurakousky
  */
-public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener 
-		implements SessionAwareMessageListener<javax.jms.Message>, InitializingBean, TrackableComponent {
-	
+public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
+		implements SessionAwareMessageListener<javax.jms.Message>, InitializingBean, TrackableComponent, BeanFactoryAware {
+
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-	
+
 	private volatile boolean expectReply;
-	
+
 	private volatile MessageConverter messageConverter = new SimpleMessageConverter();
 
 	private volatile boolean extractRequestPayload = true;
@@ -80,9 +83,11 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 	private volatile DestinationResolver destinationResolver = new DynamicDestinationResolver();
 
 	private volatile JmsHeaderMapper headerMapper = new DefaultJmsHeaderMapper();
-	
+
 	private final GatewayDelegate gatewayDelegate = new GatewayDelegate();
 
+	private volatile BeanFactory beanFactory;
+
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether a JMS reply Message is expected.
 	 */
@@ -93,39 +98,42 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 	public void setComponentName(String componentName){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setComponentName(componentName);
 	}
-	
+
 	public void setRequestChannel(MessageChannel requestChannel){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setRequestChannel(requestChannel);
 	}
-	
+
 	public void setReplyChannel(MessageChannel replyChannel){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setReplyChannel(replyChannel);
 	}
-	
+
 	public void setErrorChannel(MessageChannel errorChannel){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setErrorChannel(errorChannel);
 	}
-	
+
 	public void setRequestTimeout(long requestTimeout){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setRequestTimeout(requestTimeout);
 	}
-	
+
 	public void setReplyTimeout(long replyTimeout){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setReplyTimeout(replyTimeout);
 	}
-	
+
+	@Override
 	public void setShouldTrack(boolean shouldTrack) {
 		this.gatewayDelegate.setShouldTrack(shouldTrack);
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public String getComponentName() {
 		return this.gatewayDelegate.getComponentName();
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public String getComponentType() {
 		return this.gatewayDelegate.getComponentType();
 	}
-	
+
 	/**
 	 * Set the default reply destination to send reply messages to. This will
 	 * be applied in case of a request message that does not carry a
@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 	 * JMSMessageID from the request will be copied into the JMSCorrelationID of the reply
 	 * unless there is already a value in the JMSCorrelationID property of the newly created
 	 * reply Message in which case nothing will be copied. If the JMSCorrelationID of the
-	 * request Message should be copied into the JMSCorrelationID of the reply Message 
+	 * request Message should be copied into the JMSCorrelationID of the reply Message
 	 * instead, then this value should be set to "JMSCorrelationID".
 	 * Any other value will be treated as a JMS String Property to be copied as-is
 	 * from the request Message into the reply Message with the same property name.
@@ -200,7 +208,7 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 
 	/**
 	 * Specify whether explicit QoS should be enabled for replies
-	 * (for timeToLive, priority, and deliveryMode settings). 
+	 * (for timeToLive, priority, and deliveryMode settings).
 	 */
 	public void setExplicitQosEnabledForReplies(boolean explicitQosEnabledForReplies) {
 		this.explicitQosEnabledForReplies = explicitQosEnabledForReplies;
@@ -224,7 +232,7 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 	 * converting between JMS Messages and Spring Integration Messages.
 	 * If none is provided, a {@link SimpleMessageConverter} will
 	 * be used.
-	 * 
+	 *
 	 * @param messageConverter
 	 */
 	public void setMessageConverter(MessageConverter messageConverter) {
@@ -260,6 +268,12 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 		this.extractReplyPayload = extractReplyPayload;
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public void setBeanFactory(BeanFactory beanFactory) throws BeansException {
+		this.beanFactory = beanFactory;
+	}
+
+	@Override
 	public void onMessage(javax.jms.Message jmsMessage, Session session) throws JMSException {
 		Object result = jmsMessage;
 		if (this.extractRequestPayload) {
@@ -268,10 +282,10 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 				logger.debug("converted JMS Message [" + jmsMessage + "] to integration Message payload [" + result + "]");
 			}
 		}
-	
+
 		Map<String, Object> headers = headerMapper.toHeaders(jmsMessage);
 		Message<?> requestMessage = (result instanceof Message<?>) ?
-				MessageBuilder.fromMessage((Message<?>) result).copyHeaders(headers).build() : 
+				MessageBuilder.fromMessage((Message<?>) result).copyHeaders(headers).build() :
 				MessageBuilder.withPayload(result).copyHeaders(headers).build();
 		if (!this.expectReply) {
 			this.gatewayDelegate.send(requestMessage);
@@ -305,18 +319,22 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 		}
 	}
 
+	@Override
 	public void afterPropertiesSet()  {
+		if (this.beanFactory != null) {
+			this.gatewayDelegate.setBeanFactory(this.beanFactory);
+		}
 		this.gatewayDelegate.afterPropertiesSet();
 	}
-	
+
 	protected void start(){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.start();
 	}
-	
+
 	protected void stop(){
 		this.gatewayDelegate.stop();
 	}
-	
+
 	private void copyCorrelationIdFromRequestToReply(javax.jms.Message requestMessage, javax.jms.Message replyMessage) throws JMSException {
 		if (this.correlationKey != null) {
 			if (this.correlationKey.equals("JMSCorrelationID")) {
@@ -416,17 +434,20 @@ public class ChannelPublishingJmsMessageListener
 			this.isTopic = isTopic;
 		}
 	}
-	
+
 	private class GatewayDelegate extends MessagingGatewaySupport {
 
+		@Override
 		protected void send(Object request) {
 			super.send(request);
 		}
-		
+
+		@Override
 		protected Message<?> sendAndReceiveMessage(Object request) {
 			return super.sendAndReceiveMessage(request);
 		}
 
+		@Override
 		public String getComponentType() {
 			if (expectReply) {
 				return "jms:inbound-gateway";

spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/request_reply/GatewaySerializedReplyChannelTests-context.xml

@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:int="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:int-jms="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/spring-integration.xsd
+		http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration/jms/spring-integration-jms.xsd">
+
+	<bean id="connectionFactory" class="org.apache.activemq.ActiveMQConnectionFactory">
+		<property name="brokerURL" value="vm://localhost"/>
+	</bean>
+
+	<int:channel id="input" />
+
+	<int:channel id="output">
+		<int:queue />
+	</int:channel>
+
+	<int-jms:outbound-gateway request-channel="input" reply-channel="output"
+		connection-factory="connectionFactory"
+		request-destination-name="serialized.reply.channel" />
+
+	<int-jms:inbound-gateway request-channel="foo" reply-channel="baz"
+		request-destination-name="serialized.reply.channel"
+		connection-factory="connectionFactory"/>
+
+	<int:header-enricher input-channel="foo" output-channel="bar">
+		<int:header-channels-to-string />
+	</int:header-enricher>
+
+	<int:transformer input-channel="bar" output-channel="baz"
+		expression="'echo:' + payload" />
+
+	<int:channel id="baz" />
+		
+</beans>

spring-integration-jms/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/jms/request_reply/GatewaySerializedReplyChannelTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2013 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.jms.request_reply;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.annotation.Autowired;
+import org.springframework.integration.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.MessageChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.PollableChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.GenericMessage;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Gary Russell
+ * @since 3.0
+ *
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class GatewaySerializedReplyChannelTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	MessageChannel input;
+
+	@Autowired
+	PollableChannel output;
+
+	@Test
+	public void test() {
+		input.send(new GenericMessage<String>("foo"));
+		Message<?> reply = output.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("echo:foo", reply.getPayload());
+	}
+
+}

src/reference/docbook/content-enrichment.xml

@@ -73,10 +73,10 @@
 			using generic <emphasis>&lt;header&gt;</emphasis> sub-elements where
 			you would have to provide both header 'name' and 'value', you can use
 			convenient sub-elements to set those values directly.
-	    </para>
+		</para>
 
 	    <para>
-	    	<emphasis>POJO Support</emphasis>
+	    	<emphasis role="bold">POJO Support</emphasis>
 	    </para>
 
 	    <para>
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
 </int:header-enricher>]]></programlisting>
 
 	    <para>
-	    	<emphasis>SpEL Support</emphasis>
+	    	<emphasis role="bold">SpEL Support</emphasis>
 	    </para>
 	    <para>
 	        In Spring Integration 2.0 we have introduced the convenience of the
@@ -147,6 +147,51 @@
 			are bound to the SpEL Evaluation Context, giving you full access to
 			the incoming Message.
 	    </para>
+
+		<para><emphasis role="bold">Header Channel Registry</emphasis></para>
+
+		<para>
+			Starting with <emphasis>Spring Integration 3.0</emphasis>, a new sub-element
+			<code>&lt;int:header-channels-to-string/&gt;</code> is available; it has no attributes.
+			This converts existing <code>replyChannel</code> and <code>errorChannel</code>
+			headers (when they are a
+			<classname>MessageChannel</classname>) to a String and stores the channel(s) in
+			a registry for later resolution when it is time to send a reply, or handle an error.
+			This is useful
+			for cases where the headers might be lost; for example when
+			serializing a message into a message store or when transporting the message
+			over JMS. If the header does not already exist, or it
+			is not a <classname>MessageChannel</classname>, no changes are made.
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+			Use of this functionality requires the presence of a <classname>HeaderChannelRegistry</classname>
+			bean. By default, the framework creates a <classname>DefaultHeaderChannelRegistry</classname>
+			with the default expiry (60 seconds). Channels
+			are removed from the registry after this time. To change this, simply define a bean
+			with id <code>integrationHeaderChannelRegistry</code> and configure the required delay using
+			a constructor argument (milliseconds).
+		</para>
+
+		<para>
+			The <classname>HeaderChannelRegistry</classname> has a <code>size()</code> method to
+			determine the current size of the registry. The <code>runReaper()</code> method
+			cancels the current scheduled task and runs the reaper immediately; the task is
+			then scheduled to run again based on the current delay. These methods can be invoked
+			directly by getting a reference to the registry, or you can send a message with, for example,
+			the following content to a control bus:
+		</para>
+
+		<programlisting><![CDATA["@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.runReaper()"]]></programlisting>
+
+		<para>
+			This sub-element is a convenience only, and is the equivalent of specifying:
+		</para>
+		<programlisting language="xml"><![CDATA[<int:reply-channel
+	expression="@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.channelToChannelName(headers.replyChannel)"/>
+<int:error-channel
+	expression="@integrationHeaderChannelRegistry.channelToChannelName(headers.errorChannel)"/>]]></programlisting>
+
 		<tip>
 			For more examples for configuring header enrichers, see
 			<ulink url="https://github.com/SpringSource/spring-integration/wiki/Header-Enricher-Advanced-Configuration">

src/reference/docbook/message-store.xml

@@ -75,21 +75,21 @@
          For example, if one of the headers contains an instance of some <emphasis>Spring Bean</emphasis>, upon deserialization you may end
          up with a different instance of that bean,
          which directly affects some of the implicit headers created by the framework (e.g., REPLY_CHANNEL or ERROR_CHANNEL).
-         Currently they are not serializable, but even if they were the deserialized channel would not represent the expected instance.
-         As a workaround we suggest to remove bean-ref headers via a <literal>&lt;header-filter/&gt;</literal>
-         before sending a message to an endpoint backed by a persistent <classname>MessageStore</classname>.
-         Also, we recommend using channel names instead of channel instances when setting those types of headers,
-         thus allowing it to be resolved in real time by the <classname>ChannelResolver</classname>.
+         Currently they are not serializable, but even if they were, the deserialized channel would not represent the expected instance.
       </para>
       <para>
-        Also avoid configuration of a message-flow like this:
+         Beginning with <emphasis>Spring Integration version 3.0</emphasis>, this issue can be resolved with a header enricher,
+         configured to replace these headers with a name after registering the channel with the <classname>HeaderChannelRegistry</classname>.
+      </para>
+      <para>
+        Also when configuring a message-flow like this:
         <emphasis>gateway -&gt; queue-channel (backed by a persistent Message Store) -&gt; service-activator</emphasis>
-        That gateway creates a <emphasis>Temporary Reply Channel</emphasis> in the background, and it will be lost by the time the
-        service-activator's poller reads from the queue, because it has been deserialized by another thread on the sending side.
+        That gateway creates a <emphasis>Temporary Reply Channel</emphasis>, and it will be lost by the time the
+        service-activator's poller reads from the queue. Again, you can use the header enricher to replace the headers with a
+        String representation.
       </para>
       <para>
-         Nevertheless we are constantly thinking about potential improvements to the framework, such as a way to provide some
-         robust default serialization strategy for messages in these cases.
+        For more information, refer to the <xref linkend="header-enricher"/>.
       </para>
     </important>
   </para>

src/reference/docbook/whats-new.xml

@@ -166,6 +166,16 @@
 				For more information see <xref linkend="redis" />.
 			</para>
 		</section>
+		<section id="3.0-hcr">
+			<title>Header Channel Registry</title>
+			<para>
+				It is now possible to instruct the framework to store reply and error channels
+				in a registry for later resolution. This is useful for cases where
+				the <code>replyChannel</code> or <code>errorChannel</code> might be lost; for example
+				when serializing
+				a message. See <xref linkend="header-enricher"/> for more information.
+			</para>
+		</section>
 	</section>
 
 	<section id="3.0-general">