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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.http;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.DirectChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.channel.QueueChannel;
+import org.springframework.integration.core.Message;
+import org.springframework.integration.handler.AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 2.0
+ */
+public class HttpRequestHandlingControllerTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void sendOnly() throws Exception {
+		QueueChannel requestChannel = new QueueChannel();
+		HttpRequestHandlingController controller = new HttpRequestHandlingController(false);
+		controller.setRequestChannel(requestChannel);
+		controller.setViewName("foo");
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setMethod("POST");
+		request.setContent("hello".getBytes());
+		request.setContentType("text/plain");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		ModelAndView modelAndView = controller.handleRequest(request, response);
+		assertEquals("foo", modelAndView.getViewName());
+		assertEquals(0, modelAndView.getModel().size());
+		Message<?> requestMessage = requestChannel.receive(0);
+		assertNotNull(requestMessage);
+		assertEquals("hello", requestMessage.getPayload());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestReply() throws Exception {
+		DirectChannel requestChannel = new DirectChannel();
+		AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler handler = new AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler() {
+			@Override
+			protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+				return requestMessage.getPayload().toString().toUpperCase();
+			}
+		};
+		requestChannel.subscribe(handler);
+		HttpRequestHandlingController controller = new HttpRequestHandlingController(true);
+		controller.setRequestChannel(requestChannel);
+		controller.setViewName("foo");
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setMethod("POST");
+		request.setContent("hello".getBytes());
+		request.setContentType("text/plain");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		ModelAndView modelAndView = controller.handleRequest(request, response);
+		assertEquals("foo", modelAndView.getViewName());
+		assertEquals(1, modelAndView.getModel().size());
+		Object reply = modelAndView.getModel().get("reply");
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertEquals("HELLO", reply);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestReplyWithCustomReplyKey() throws Exception {
+		DirectChannel requestChannel = new DirectChannel();
+		AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler handler = new AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler() {
+			@Override
+			protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+				return requestMessage.getPayload().toString().toUpperCase();
+			}
+		};
+		requestChannel.subscribe(handler);
+		HttpRequestHandlingController controller = new HttpRequestHandlingController(true);
+		controller.setRequestChannel(requestChannel);
+		controller.setViewName("foo");
+		controller.setReplyKey("myReply");
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setMethod("POST");
+		request.setContent("howdy".getBytes());
+		request.setContentType("text/plain");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		ModelAndView modelAndView = controller.handleRequest(request, response);
+		assertEquals("foo", modelAndView.getViewName());
+		assertEquals(1, modelAndView.getModel().size());
+		assertNull(modelAndView.getModel().get("reply"));
+		Object reply = modelAndView.getModel().get("myReply");
+		assertEquals("HOWDY", reply);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void requestReplyWithFullMessageInModel() throws Exception {
+		DirectChannel requestChannel = new DirectChannel();
+		AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler handler = new AbstractReplyProducingMessageHandler() {
+			@Override
+			protected Object handleRequestMessage(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+				return requestMessage.getPayload().toString().toUpperCase();
+			}
+		};
+		requestChannel.subscribe(handler);
+		HttpRequestHandlingController controller = new HttpRequestHandlingController(true);
+		controller.setRequestChannel(requestChannel);
+		controller.setViewName("foo");
+		controller.setExtractReplyPayload(false);
+		MockHttpServletRequest request = new MockHttpServletRequest();
+		request.setMethod("POST");
+		request.setContent("abc".getBytes());
+		request.setContentType("text/plain");
+		MockHttpServletResponse response = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		ModelAndView modelAndView = controller.handleRequest(request, response);
+		assertEquals("foo", modelAndView.getViewName());
+		assertEquals(1, modelAndView.getModel().size());
+		Object reply = modelAndView.getModel().get("reply");
+		assertNotNull(reply);
+		assertTrue(reply instanceof Message<?>);
+		assertEquals("ABC", ((Message<?>) reply).getPayload());
+	}
+
+}