diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate.java
index d8e606dad3..f9fc531edc 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate.java
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @since 4.0
  */
-public abstract class AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate<D> extends AbstractMessagingTemplate<D>
+public abstract class AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate<D> extends AbstractReceivingMessagingTemplate<D>
 		implements ResolvableDestinationMessageReceivingOperations<D> {
 
 	private volatile DestinationResolver<D> destinationResolver;
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractMessagingTemplate.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractMessagingTemplate.java
index 3aafe8b32d..be56cd3a96 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractMessagingTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractMessagingTemplate.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @since 4.0
  */
-public abstract class AbstractMessagingTemplate<D> implements MessageReceivingOperations<D> {
+public abstract class AbstractMessagingTemplate<D> implements MessageSendingOperations<D> {
 
 	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(this.getClass());
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessagingTemplate<D> implements MessageReceivingOp
 		this.send(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), message);
 	}
 
-	private D getRequiredDefaultDestination() {
+	protected final D getRequiredDefaultDestination() {
 		Assert.state(this.defaultDestination != null,
 				"No 'defaultDestination' specified for MessagingTemplate. "
 				+ "Unable to invoke method without an explicit destination argument.");
@@ -98,68 +98,4 @@ public abstract class AbstractMessagingTemplate<D> implements MessageReceivingOp
 		this.send(destination, message);
 	}
 
-
-	@Override
-	public <P> Message<P> receive() {
-		return this.receive(getRequiredDefaultDestination());
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <P> Message<P> receive(D destination) {
-		return this.doReceive(destination);
-	}
-
-	protected abstract <P> Message<P> doReceive(D destination);
-
-
-	@Override
-	public Object receiveAndConvert() {
-		return this.receiveAndConvert(getRequiredDefaultDestination());
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object receiveAndConvert(D destination) {
-		Message<Object> message = this.doReceive(destination);
-		return (message != null) ? this.converter.fromMessage(message) : null;
-	}
-
-
-	@Override
-	public Message<?> sendAndReceive(Message<?> requestMessage) {
-		return this.sendAndReceive(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), requestMessage);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Message<?> sendAndReceive(D destination, Message<?> requestMessage) {
-		return this.doSendAndReceive(destination, requestMessage);
-	}
-
-	protected abstract <S, R> Message<R> doSendAndReceive(D destination, Message<S> requestMessage);
-
-
-	@Override
-	public Object convertSendAndReceive(Object request) {
-		return this.convertSendAndReceive(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), request);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object convertSendAndReceive(D destination, Object request) {
-		return this.convertSendAndReceive(destination, request, null);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object convertSendAndReceive(Object request, MessagePostProcessor postProcessor) {
-		return this.convertSendAndReceive(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), request, postProcessor);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public Object convertSendAndReceive(D destination, Object request, MessagePostProcessor postProcessor) {
-		Message<?> requestMessage = this.converter.toMessage(request);
-		if (postProcessor != null) {
-			requestMessage = postProcessor.postProcessMessage(requestMessage);
-		}
-		Message<?> replyMessage = this.sendAndReceive(destination, requestMessage);
-		return this.converter.fromMessage(replyMessage);
-	}
-
 }
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractReceivingMessagingTemplate.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractReceivingMessagingTemplate.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..cb142953f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/AbstractReceivingMessagingTemplate.java
@@ -0,0 +1,92 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2013 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.messaging.core;
+
+import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
+
+
+/**
+ * @author Mark Fisher
+ * @since 4.0
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractReceivingMessagingTemplate<D>
+		extends AbstractMessagingTemplate<D> implements MessageReceivingOperations<D> {
+
+
+	@Override
+	public <P> Message<P> receive() {
+		return this.receive(getRequiredDefaultDestination());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <P> Message<P> receive(D destination) {
+		return this.doReceive(destination);
+	}
+
+	protected abstract <P> Message<P> doReceive(D destination);
+
+
+	@Override
+	public Object receiveAndConvert() {
+		return this.receiveAndConvert(getRequiredDefaultDestination());
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object receiveAndConvert(D destination) {
+		Message<Object> message = this.doReceive(destination);
+		return (message != null) ? this.converter.fromMessage(message) : null;
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public Message<?> sendAndReceive(Message<?> requestMessage) {
+		return this.sendAndReceive(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), requestMessage);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Message<?> sendAndReceive(D destination, Message<?> requestMessage) {
+		return this.doSendAndReceive(destination, requestMessage);
+	}
+
+	protected abstract <S, R> Message<R> doSendAndReceive(D destination, Message<S> requestMessage);
+
+
+	@Override
+	public Object convertSendAndReceive(Object request) {
+		return this.convertSendAndReceive(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), request);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object convertSendAndReceive(D destination, Object request) {
+		return this.convertSendAndReceive(destination, request, null);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object convertSendAndReceive(Object request, MessagePostProcessor postProcessor) {
+		return this.convertSendAndReceive(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), request, postProcessor);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public Object convertSendAndReceive(D destination, Object request, MessagePostProcessor postProcessor) {
+		Message<?> requestMessage = this.converter.toMessage(request);
+		if (postProcessor != null) {
+			requestMessage = postProcessor.postProcessMessage(requestMessage);
+		}
+		Message<?> replyMessage = this.sendAndReceive(destination, requestMessage);
+		return this.converter.fromMessage(replyMessage);
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/IntegrationTemplate.java b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/DefaultMessagingTemplate.java
similarity index 98%
rename from spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/IntegrationTemplate.java
rename to spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/DefaultMessagingTemplate.java
index 6552871237..fe9a8754e7 100644
--- a/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/IntegrationTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-context/src/main/java/org/springframework/messaging/core/DefaultMessagingTemplate.java
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import org.springframework.util.Assert;
  * @author Mark Fisher
  * @since 4.0
  */
-public class IntegrationTemplate extends AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate<MessageChannel>
+public class DefaultMessagingTemplate extends AbstractDestinationResolvingMessagingTemplate<MessageChannel>
 		implements BeanFactoryAware {
 
 	private volatile long sendTimeout = -1;
diff --git a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/PublishSubscibeChannelTests.java b/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/PublishSubscibeChannelTests.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 990ee1c5bd..0000000000
--- a/spring-context/src/test/java/org/springframework/messaging/PublishSubscibeChannelTests.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,144 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2002-2013 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.messaging;
-
-import java.util.concurrent.Executor;
-
-import org.junit.Before;
-import org.junit.Rule;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
-import org.mockito.ArgumentCaptor;
-import org.mockito.Captor;
-import org.mockito.Mock;
-import org.mockito.MockitoAnnotations;
-import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
-
-import static org.hamcrest.Matchers.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
-import static org.mockito.BDDMockito.*;
-
-/**
- * Tests for {@link PublishSubscribeChannel}.
- *
- * @author Phillip Webb
- */
-public class PublishSubscibeChannelTests {
-
-	@Rule
-	public ExpectedException thrown = ExpectedException.none();
-
-
-	private PublishSubscribeChannel channel = new PublishSubscribeChannel();
-
-	@Mock
-	private MessageHandler handler;
-
-	private final Object payload = new Object();
-
-	private final Message<Object> message = MessageBuilder.withPayload(this.payload).build();
-
-	@Captor
-	private ArgumentCaptor<Runnable> runnableCaptor;
-
-
-	@Before
-	public void setup() {
-		MockitoAnnotations.initMocks(this);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void messageMustNotBeNull() throws Exception {
-		thrown.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
-		thrown.expectMessage("Message must not be null");
-		this.channel.send(null);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void payloadMustNotBeNull() throws Exception {
-		Message<?> message = mock(Message.class);
-		thrown.expect(IllegalArgumentException.class);
-		thrown.expectMessage("Message payload must not be null");
-		this.channel.send(message);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void sendWithoutExecutor() {
-		this.channel.subscribe(this.handler);
-		this.channel.send(this.message);
-		verify(this.handler).handleMessage(this.message);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void sendWithExecutor() throws Exception {
-		Executor executor = mock(Executor.class);
-		this.channel = new PublishSubscribeChannel(executor);
-		this.channel.subscribe(this.handler);
-		this.channel.send(this.message);
-		verify(executor).execute(this.runnableCaptor.capture());
-		verify(this.handler, never()).handleMessage(this.message);
-		this.runnableCaptor.getValue().run();
-		verify(this.handler).handleMessage(this.message);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void subscribeTwice() throws Exception {
-		assertThat(this.channel.subscribe(this.handler), equalTo(true));
-		assertThat(this.channel.subscribe(this.handler), equalTo(false));
-		this.channel.send(this.message);
-		verify(this.handler, times(1)).handleMessage(this.message);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void unsubscribeTwice() throws Exception {
-		this.channel.subscribe(this.handler);
-		assertThat(this.channel.unsubscribe(this.handler), equalTo(true));
-		assertThat(this.channel.unsubscribe(this.handler), equalTo(false));
-		this.channel.send(this.message);
-		verify(this.handler, never()).handleMessage(this.message);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void failurePropagates() throws Exception {
-		RuntimeException ex = new RuntimeException();
-		willThrow(ex).given(this.handler).handleMessage(this.message);
-		MessageHandler secondHandler = mock(MessageHandler.class);
-		this.channel.subscribe(this.handler);
-		this.channel.subscribe(secondHandler);
-		try {
-			this.channel.send(message);
-		}
-		catch(RuntimeException actualException) {
-			assertThat(actualException, equalTo(ex));
-		}
-		verifyZeroInteractions(secondHandler);
-	}
-
-	@Test
-	public void concurrentModification() throws Exception {
-		this.channel.subscribe(new MessageHandler() {
-			@Override
-			public void handleMessage(Message<?> message) throws MessagingException {
-				channel.unsubscribe(handler);
-			}
-		});
-		this.channel.subscribe(this.handler);
-		this.channel.send(this.message);
-		verify(this.handler).handleMessage(this.message);
-	}
-
-}
diff --git a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/messaging/support/WebMessagingTemplate.java b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/messaging/support/WebMessagingTemplate.java
index 0eb3478efd..451e469fb3 100644
--- a/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/messaging/support/WebMessagingTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-websocket/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/messaging/support/WebMessagingTemplate.java
@@ -3,23 +3,16 @@ package org.springframework.web.messaging.support;
 import org.springframework.messaging.Message;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageChannel;
 import org.springframework.messaging.MessageDeliveryException;
-import org.springframework.messaging.converter.DefaultMessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.messaging.converter.MessageConverter;
-import org.springframework.messaging.core.MessagePostProcessor;
-import org.springframework.messaging.core.MessageSendingOperations;
+import org.springframework.messaging.core.AbstractMessagingTemplate;
 import org.springframework.messaging.support.MessageBuilder;
 import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.web.messaging.MessageType;
 
 
-public class WebMessagingTemplate implements MessageSendingOperations<String> {
+public class WebMessagingTemplate extends AbstractMessagingTemplate<String> {
 
 	private final MessageChannel outputChannel;
 
-	protected volatile MessageConverter converter = new DefaultMessageConverter();
-
-	private volatile String defaultDestination;
-
 	private volatile long sendTimeout = -1;
 
 
@@ -29,16 +22,6 @@ public class WebMessagingTemplate implements MessageSendingOperations<String> {
 	}
 
 
-	/**
-	 * Set the {@link MessageConverter} that is to be used to convert
-	 * between Messages and objects for this template.
-	 * <p>The default is {@link SimpleMessageConverter}.
-	 */
-	public void setMessageConverter(MessageConverter messageConverter) {
-		Assert.notNull(messageConverter, "'messageConverter' must not be null");
-		this.converter = messageConverter;
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Specify the timeout value to use for send operations.
 	 *
@@ -48,72 +31,34 @@ public class WebMessagingTemplate implements MessageSendingOperations<String> {
 		this.sendTimeout = sendTimeout;
 	}
 
-	public void setDefaultDestination(String defaultDestination) {
-		this.defaultDestination = defaultDestination;
-	}
-
 
 	@Override
 	public <P> void send(Message<P> message) {
+		// TODO: maybe look up destination of current message (via ThreadLocal)
 		this.send(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), message);
 	}
 
-	private String getRequiredDefaultDestination() {
-
-		// TODO: maybe look up destination of current message (via ThreadLocal)
-
-		Assert.state(this.defaultDestination != null,
-				"No 'defaultDestination' specified for WebMessagingTemplate. " +
-				"Unable to invoke method without an explicit destination argument.");
-
-		return this.defaultDestination;
-	}
-
 	@Override
-	public <P> void send(String destinationName, Message<P> message) {
-		Assert.notNull(destinationName, "destinationName is required");
-		message = addDestinationToMessage(message, destinationName);
+	protected void doSend(String destination, Message<?> message) {
+		Assert.notNull(destination, "destination is required");
+		message = addDestinationToMessage(message, destination);
 		long timeout = this.sendTimeout;
 		boolean sent = (timeout >= 0)
 				? this.outputChannel.send(message, timeout)
 				: this.outputChannel.send(message);
 		if (!sent) {
 			throw new MessageDeliveryException(message,
-					"failed to send message to destination '" + destinationName + "' within timeout: " + timeout);
+					"failed to send message to destination '" + destination + "' within timeout: " + timeout);
 		}
 	}
 
-	protected <P> Message<P> addDestinationToMessage(Message<P> message, String destinationName) {
-		Assert.notNull(destinationName, "destinationName is required");
+	protected <P> Message<P> addDestinationToMessage(Message<P> message, String destination) {
+		Assert.notNull(destination, "destination is required");
 		WebMessageHeaderAccesssor headers = WebMessageHeaderAccesssor.create(MessageType.MESSAGE);
 		headers.copyHeaders(message.getHeaders());
-		headers.setDestination(destinationName);
+		headers.setDestination(destination);
 		message = MessageBuilder.withPayload(message.getPayload()).copyHeaders(headers.toMap()).build();
 		return message;
 	}
 
-	@Override
-	public <T> void convertAndSend(T object) {
-		this.convertAndSend(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), object);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <T> void convertAndSend(String destinationName, T object) {
-		this.convertAndSend(destinationName, object, null);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <T> void convertAndSend(T object, MessagePostProcessor postProcessor) {
-		this.convertAndSend(getRequiredDefaultDestination(), object, postProcessor);
-	}
-
-	@Override
-	public <T> void convertAndSend(String destinationName, T object, MessagePostProcessor postProcessor) {
-		Message<?> message = this.converter.toMessage(object);
-		if (postProcessor != null) {
-			message = postProcessor.postProcessMessage(message);
-		}
-		this.send(destinationName, message);
-	}
-
 }