diff --git a/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/StringSourceTests.java b/org.springframework.integration.xml/src/test/java/org/springframework/integration/xml/source/StringSourceTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2007 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.xml.source;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+
+import java.io.BufferedReader;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.integration.message.MessagingException;
+import org.springframework.integration.xml.util.XmlTestUtil;
+import org.springframework.xml.transform.StringSource;
+import org.w3c.dom.Document;
+
+public class StringSourceTests {
+	
+	StringSourceFactory sourceFactory;
+	
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception{
+		sourceFactory = new StringSourceFactory();
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testWithDocument() throws Exception{
+		String docString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><item>one</item>";
+		Document doc = XmlTestUtil.getDocumentForString(docString);
+		StringSource source = (StringSource)sourceFactory.createSource(doc);
+		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(source.getReader());
+		String docAsString =reader.readLine();
+		assertEquals("Wrong content in StringSource","<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><item>one</item>", docAsString);
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testWithString() throws Exception{
+		String docString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><item>one</item>";
+		StringSource source = (StringSource)sourceFactory.createSource(docString);
+		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(source.getReader());
+		String docAsString =reader.readLine();
+		assertEquals("Wrong content in StringSource","<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><item>one</item>", docAsString);
+	}
+	
+	
+	@Test(expected=MessagingException.class)
+	public void testWithUnsupportedPayload() throws Exception{
+		String docString = "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><item>one</item>";
+		StringBuffer buffer = new StringBuffer(docString);
+		StringSource source = (StringSource)sourceFactory.createSource(buffer);
+		BufferedReader reader = new BufferedReader(source.getReader());
+		String docAsString =reader.readLine();
+		assertEquals("Wrong content in StringSource","<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?><item>one</item>", docAsString);
+	}
+
+}