diff --git a/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ThreadPoolTaskExecutorParser.java b/org.springframework.integration/src/main/java/org/springframework/integration/config/xml/ThreadPoolTaskExecutorParser.java
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-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2008 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.config.xml;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.RejectedExecutionHandler;
-import java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor;
-
-import org.w3c.dom.Element;
-
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.support.BeanDefinitionBuilder;
-import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser;
-import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
-
-/**
- * Parser for the 'thread-pool-task-executor' element.
- * 
- * @author Mark Fisher
- */
-public class ThreadPoolTaskExecutorParser extends AbstractSimpleBeanDefinitionParser {
-
-	private static final String REJECTION_POLICY_ATTRIBUTE = "rejection-policy";
-
-	private static final String CORE_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE = "core-size";
-
-	private static final String MAX_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE = "max-size";
-
-
-	@Override
-	protected String getBeanClassName(Element element) {
-		return "org.springframework.scheduling.concurrent.ThreadPoolTaskExecutor";
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected boolean isEligibleAttribute(String attributeName) {
-		return !REJECTION_POLICY_ATTRIBUTE.equals(attributeName)
-				&& !CORE_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE.equals(attributeName)
-				&& !MAX_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE.equals(attributeName)
-				&& super.isEligibleAttribute(attributeName);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	protected void postProcess(BeanDefinitionBuilder builder, Element element) {
-		String policyName = element.getAttribute(REJECTION_POLICY_ATTRIBUTE);
-		builder.addPropertyValue("rejectedExecutionHandler", createRejectedExecutionHandler(policyName));
-		builder.addPropertyValue("corePoolSize", element.getAttribute(CORE_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE));
-		String maxSize = element.getAttribute(MAX_SIZE_ATTRIBUTE);
-		if (StringUtils.hasText(maxSize)) {
-			builder.addPropertyValue("maxPoolSize", maxSize);
-		}
-	}
-
-	private RejectedExecutionHandler createRejectedExecutionHandler(String policyName) {
-		if (policyName.equals("ABORT")) {
-			return new ThreadPoolExecutor.AbortPolicy();
-		}
-		if (policyName.equals("DISCARD")) {
-			return new ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardPolicy();
-		}
-		if (policyName.equals("DISCARD_OLDEST")) {
-			return new ThreadPoolExecutor.DiscardOldestPolicy();
-		}
-		return new ThreadPoolExecutor.CallerRunsPolicy();
-	}
-
-}