diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/DiffMatcher.java b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/DiffMatcher.java
index a7b545b8..7871a121 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/DiffMatcher.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/DiffMatcher.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
 import org.springframework.xml.transform.TransformerObjectSupport;
 
 import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.Diff;
+import org.custommonkey.xmlunit.XMLUnit;
 
 import static org.springframework.ws.mock.client.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.springframework.ws.mock.client.Assert.fail;
@@ -35,6 +36,11 @@ import static org.springframework.ws.mock.client.Assert.fail;
  */
 abstract class DiffMatcher extends TransformerObjectSupport implements RequestMatcher {
 
+    static {
+        XMLUnit.setIgnoreWhitespace(true);
+    }
+    
+
     public final void match(URI uri, WebServiceMessage request) throws IOException, AssertionError {
         try {
             Diff diff = createDiff(request);
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/MockWebServiceMessageSender.java b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/MockWebServiceMessageSender.java
index 563814a9..b0fc8308 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/MockWebServiceMessageSender.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/MockWebServiceMessageSender.java
@@ -56,15 +56,18 @@ class MockWebServiceMessageSender implements WebServiceMessageSender {
         return currentConnection;
     }
 
-    /** Always returns {@code true}. */
+    /**
+     * Always returns {@code true}.
+     */
     public boolean supports(URI uri) {
         return true;
     }
 
     MockSenderConnection expectNewConnection() {
+        Assert.state(connectionIterator == null, "Can not expect another connection, the test is already underway");
         MockSenderConnection connection = new MockSenderConnection();
         expectedConnections.add(connection);
         return connection;
     }
 
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMock.java b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMock.java
index ae2b0bb2..fd500f13 100644
--- a/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMock.java
+++ b/test/src/main/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMock.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import javax.xml.transform.Source;
 
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.ws.WebServiceMessage;
 import org.springframework.ws.client.core.WebServiceTemplate;
 import org.springframework.xml.transform.ResourceSource;
 import org.springframework.xml.validation.XmlValidator;
@@ -65,6 +66,18 @@ public abstract class WebServiceMock {
 
     // RequestMatchers
 
+    /**
+     * Expects any request.
+     *
+     * @return the request matcher
+     */
+    public static RequestMatcher anything() {
+        return new RequestMatcher() {
+            public void match(URI uri, WebServiceMessage request) throws IOException, AssertionError {
+            }
+        };
+    }
+
     /**
      * Expects the given {@link Source} XML payload.
      *
@@ -121,7 +134,7 @@ public abstract class WebServiceMock {
     /**
      * Expects the given XPath expression to (not) exist or be evaluated to a value.
      *
-     * @param xpathExpression the XPath expression
+     * @param xpathExpression  the XPath expression
      * @param namespaceMapping the namespaces
      * @return the XPath expectations, to be further configured
      */
diff --git a/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMockTest.java b/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMockTest.java
index 21575fe5..0f68649a 100644
--- a/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMockTest.java
+++ b/test/src/test/java/org/springframework/ws/mock/client/WebServiceMockTest.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ public class WebServiceMockTest {
         template.sendSourceAndReceiveToResult(new StringSource("<request xmlns='http://example.com'/>"),
                 new StringResult());
     }
-    
+
     @Test(expected = AssertionError.class)
     public void xpathExistsNonMatch() throws Exception {
         final Map<String, String> ns = Collections.singletonMap("ns", "http://example.com");
@@ -214,5 +214,32 @@ public class WebServiceMockTest {
                 new StringResult());
     }
 
+    @Test
+    public void anythingMatch() throws Exception {
+        Source request = new StringSource("<request xmlns='http://example.com'/>");
+        Source response = new StringSource("<response xmlns='http://example.com'/>");
+
+        expect(anything()).andRespond(withPayload(response));
+
+        StringResult result = new StringResult();
+        template.sendSourceAndReceiveToResult(request, result);
+        assertXMLEqual(result.toString(), response.toString());
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = IllegalStateException.class)
+    public void recordWhenReplay() throws Exception {
+        Source request = new StringSource("<request xmlns='http://example.com'/>");
+        Source response = new StringSource("<response xmlns='http://example.com'/>");
+
+        expect(anything()).andRespond(withPayload(response));
+        expect(anything()).andRespond(withPayload(response));
+
+        StringResult result = new StringResult();
+        template.sendSourceAndReceiveToResult(request, result);
+        assertXMLEqual(result.toString(), response.toString());
+
+        expect(anything()).andRespond(withPayload(response));
+    }
+
 
 }