diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/DynamicExpressionSplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/DynamicExpressionSplitterIntegrationTests-context.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans:beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/integration"
+	xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xmlns:beans="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+	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">
+
+	<channel id="output">
+		<queue/>
+	</channel>
+
+	<splitter input-channel="input" output-channel="output">
+		<expression key="split.lessThan5" source="testExpressionSource"/> 
+	</splitter>
+
+	<beans:bean id="testExpressionSource" class="org.springframework.integration.expression.ReloadableResourceBundleExpressionSource">
+		<beans:property name="basename" value="org/springframework/integration/splitter/expressions"/>
+	</beans:bean>
+
+</beans:beans>
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/DynamicExpressionSplitterIntegrationTests.java b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/DynamicExpressionSplitterIntegrationTests.java
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+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/DynamicExpressionSplitterIntegrationTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2010 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.splitter;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+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.support.MessageBuilder;
+import org.springframework.test.context.ContextConfiguration;
+import org.springframework.test.context.junit4.SpringJUnit4ClassRunner;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ */
+@ContextConfiguration
+@RunWith(SpringJUnit4ClassRunner.class)
+public class DynamicExpressionSplitterIntegrationTests {
+
+	@Autowired
+	private MessageChannel input;
+
+	@Autowired
+	private PollableChannel output;
+
+
+	@Test
+	public void simple() {
+		Message<?> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload(new TestBean()).setHeader("foo", "foo").build();
+		this.input.send(message);
+		Message<?> one = output.receive(0);
+		Message<?> two = output.receive(0);
+		Message<?> three = output.receive(0);
+		Message<?> four = output.receive(0);
+		assertEquals(new Integer(1), one.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("foo", one.getHeaders().get("foo"));
+		assertEquals(new Integer(2), two.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("foo", two.getHeaders().get("foo"));
+		assertEquals(new Integer(3), three.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("foo", three.getHeaders().get("foo"));
+		assertEquals(new Integer(4), four.getPayload());
+		assertEquals("foo", four.getHeaders().get("foo"));
+		assertNull(output.receive(0));
+	}
+
+
+	static class TestBean {
+
+		private final List<Integer> numbers = new ArrayList<Integer>();
+
+		public TestBean() {
+			for (int i = 1; i <= 10; i++) {
+				this.numbers.add(i);
+			}
+		}
+
+		public List<Integer> getNumbers() {
+			return this.numbers;
+		}
+
+		public String[] split(String s) {
+			return s.split(",");
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/expressions.properties b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/expressions.properties
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+++ b/spring-integration-core/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/splitter/expressions.properties
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+split.lessThan5=payload.numbers.?[#this < 5]
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