diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandler.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandler.java
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+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandler.java
@@ -0,0 +1,151 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 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.beans.factory.xml;
+
+import java.util.Collection;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinition;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.BeanDefinitionHolder;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.RuntimeBeanReference;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.config.ConstructorArgumentValues.ValueHolder;
+import org.springframework.core.Conventions;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+import org.w3c.dom.Attr;
+import org.w3c.dom.Element;
+import org.w3c.dom.Node;
+
+/**
+ * Simple <code>NamespaceHandler</code> implementation that maps custom
+ * attributes directly through to bean properties. An important point to note is
+ * that this <code>NamespaceHandler</code> does not have a corresponding schema
+ * since there is no way to know in advance all possible attribute names.
+ * 
+ * <p>
+ * An example of the usage of this <code>NamespaceHandler</code> is shown below:
+ * 
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * &lt;bean id=&quot;author&quot; class=&quot;..TestBean&quot; c:name=&quot;Enescu&quot; c:work-ref=&quot;compositions&quot;/&gt;
+ * </pre>
+ * 
+ * Here the '<code>c:name</code>' corresponds directly to the '<code>name</code>
+ * ' argument declared on the constructor of class '<code>TestBean</code>'. The
+ * '<code>c:work-ref</code>' attributes corresponds to the '<code>work</code>'
+ * argument and, rather than being the concrete value, it contains the name of
+ * the bean that will be considered as a parameter.
+ * 
+ * <b>Note</b>: This implementation supports only named parameters - there is no
+ * support for indexes or types. Further more, the names are used as hints by
+ * the container which, by default, does type introspection.
+ * 
+ * @see SimplePropertyNamespaceHandler
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandler implements NamespaceHandler {
+
+	private static final String REF_SUFFIX = "-ref";
+	private static final String DELIMITER_PREFIX = "_";
+
+	public void init() {
+	}
+
+	public BeanDefinition parse(Element element, ParserContext parserContext) {
+		parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+				"Class [" + getClass().getName() + "] does not support custom elements.", element);
+		return null;
+	}
+
+	public BeanDefinitionHolder decorate(Node node, BeanDefinitionHolder definition, ParserContext parserContext) {
+		if (node instanceof Attr) {
+			Attr attr = (Attr) node;
+			String argName = StringUtils.trimWhitespace(parserContext.getDelegate().getLocalName(attr));
+			String argValue = StringUtils.trimWhitespace(attr.getValue());
+
+			ConstructorArgumentValues cvs = definition.getBeanDefinition().getConstructorArgumentValues();
+			boolean ref = false;
+
+			// handle -ref arguments
+			if (argName.endsWith(REF_SUFFIX)) {
+				ref = true;
+				argName = argName.substring(0, argName.length() - REF_SUFFIX.length());
+			}
+
+			ValueHolder valueHolder = new ValueHolder(ref ? new RuntimeBeanReference(argValue) : argValue);
+			valueHolder.setSource(parserContext.getReaderContext().extractSource(attr));
+
+			// handle "escaped"/"_" arguments
+			if (argName.startsWith(DELIMITER_PREFIX)) {
+				String arg = argName.substring(1).trim();
+
+				// fast default check 
+				if (!StringUtils.hasText(arg)) {
+					cvs.addGenericArgumentValue(valueHolder);
+				}
+				// assume an index otherwise
+				else {
+					int index = -1;
+					try {
+						index = Integer.parseInt(arg);
+					} catch (NumberFormatException ex) {
+						parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+								"Constructor argument '" + argName + "' specifies an invalid integer", attr);
+					}
+					if (index < 0) {
+						parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+								"Constructor argument '" + argName + "' specifies a negative index", attr);
+					}
+					
+					if (cvs.hasIndexedArgumentValue(index)){
+						parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+								"Constructor argument '" + argName + "' with index "+ index+" already defined using <constructor-arg>." +
+								" Only one approach may be used per argument.", attr);
+					}
+					
+					cvs.addIndexedArgumentValue(index, valueHolder);
+				}
+			}
+			// no escaping -> ctr name
+			else {
+				String name = Conventions.attributeNameToPropertyName(argName);
+				if (containsArgWithName(name, cvs)){
+					parserContext.getReaderContext().error(
+							"Constructor argument '" + argName + "' already defined using <constructor-arg>." +
+							" Only one approach may be used per argument.", attr);
+				}
+				valueHolder.setName(Conventions.attributeNameToPropertyName(argName));
+				cvs.addGenericArgumentValue(valueHolder);
+			}
+		}
+		return definition;
+	}
+
+	private boolean containsArgWithName(String name, ConstructorArgumentValues cvs) {
+		if (!checkName(name, cvs.getGenericArgumentValues())) {
+			return checkName(name, cvs.getIndexedArgumentValues().values());
+		}
+
+		return true;
+	}
+	
+	private boolean checkName(String name, Collection<ValueHolder> values) {
+		for (ValueHolder holder : values) {
+			if (name.equals(holder.getName())) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
index 8fda43f0c7..80f1923094 100644
--- a/org.springframework.beans/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring.handlers
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+http\://www.springframework.org/schema/c=org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandler
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/p=org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.SimplePropertyNamespaceHandler
 http\://www.springframework.org/schema/util=org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.UtilNamespaceHandler
diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.java b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..86ddda5642
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/java/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+/*
+ * 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.beans.factory.xml;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanDefinitionStoreException;
+import org.springframework.core.LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+
+import test.beans.DummyBean;
+import test.beans.TestBean;
+
+/**
+ * @author Costin Leau
+ */
+public class SimpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void simpleValue() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		String name = "simple";
+		//		beanFactory.getBean("simple1", DummyBean.class);
+		DummyBean nameValue = beanFactory.getBean(name, DummyBean.class);
+		assertEquals("simple", nameValue.getValue());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void simpleRef() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		String name = "simple-ref";
+		//		beanFactory.getBean("name-value1", TestBean.class);
+		DummyBean nameValue = beanFactory.getBean(name, DummyBean.class);
+		assertEquals(beanFactory.getBean("name"), nameValue.getValue());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void nameValue() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		String name = "name-value";
+		//		beanFactory.getBean("name-value1", TestBean.class);
+		TestBean nameValue = beanFactory.getBean(name, TestBean.class);
+		assertEquals(name, nameValue.getName());
+		assertEquals(10, nameValue.getAge());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void nameRef() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		TestBean nameValue = beanFactory.getBean("name-value", TestBean.class);
+		DummyBean nameRef = beanFactory.getBean("name-ref", DummyBean.class);
+
+		assertEquals("some-name", nameRef.getName());
+		assertEquals(nameValue, nameRef.getSpouse());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void typeIndexedValue() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		DummyBean typeRef = beanFactory.getBean("indexed-value", DummyBean.class);
+
+		assertEquals("at", typeRef.getName());
+		assertEquals("austria", typeRef.getValue());
+		assertEquals(10, typeRef.getAge());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void typeIndexedRef() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		DummyBean typeRef = beanFactory.getBean("indexed-ref", DummyBean.class);
+
+		assertEquals("some-name", typeRef.getName());
+		assertEquals(beanFactory.getBean("name-value"), typeRef.getSpouse());
+	}
+
+	@Test(expected = BeanDefinitionStoreException.class)
+	public void ambiguousConstructor() throws Exception {
+		new XmlBeanFactory(new ClassPathResource("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTestsWithErrors.xml", getClass()));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void constructorWithNameEndingInRef() throws Exception {
+		XmlBeanFactory beanFactory = createFactory("simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml");
+		DummyBean derivedBean = beanFactory.getBean("beanWithRefConstructorArg", DummyBean.class);
+		assertEquals(10, derivedBean.getAge());
+		assertEquals("silly name", derivedBean.getName());
+	}
+
+	private XmlBeanFactory createFactory(String resourceName) {
+		XmlBeanFactory fact = new XmlBeanFactory(new ClassPathResource(resourceName, getClass()));
+		fact.setParameterNameDiscoverer(new LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer());
+		return fact;
+	}
+}
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diff --git a/org.springframework.beans/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f245c964dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/org.springframework.beans/src/test/resources/org/springframework/beans/factory/xml/simpleConstructorNamespaceHandlerTests.xml
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<beans xmlns="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans"
+		xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+		xmlns:c="http://www.springframework.org/schema/c"
+		xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans http://www.springframework.org/schema/beans/spring-beans.xsd">
+
+ <!-- 
+	<bean id="simple1" class="test.beans.DummyBean">
+		<constructor-arg value="name"/>
+	</bean>
+ -->	
+	<bean id="simple" class="test.beans.DummyBean" c:_="simple"/>
+
+<!-- 
+	<bean id="simple1-ref" class="test.beans.DummyBean">
+		<constructor-arg ref="name"/>
+	</bean>
+ -->
+	<bean id="simple-ref" class="test.beans.DummyBean" c:_-ref="name"/>
+
+	<bean id="name" class="java.lang.String">
+		<constructor-arg type="java.lang.String" value="some-name" index="0"/>
+	</bean>
+	
+<!-- 
+	<bean id="name-value1" class="test.beans.TestBean">
+		<constructor-arg name="name" value="foo"/>
+		<constructor-arg name="age" value="10"/>
+	</bean>
+ -->	
+	<bean id="name-value" class="test.beans.TestBean" c:age="10" c:name="name-value"/>
+
+<!-- 	
+	<bean id="name-ref1" class="test.beans.DummyBean">
+		<constructor-arg name="name" ref="name"/>
+		<constructor-arg name="spouse" ref="name-value"/>
+	</bean>
+ -->
+	<bean id="name-ref" class="test.beans.DummyBean" c:name-ref="name" c:spouse-ref="name-value"/>
+	
+	<bean id="indexed-value" class="test.beans.DummyBean" c:_1="austria" c:_0="at" c:_2="10"/>
+	
+	<bean id="indexed-ref" class="test.beans.DummyBean" c:_0-ref="name" c:_1-ref="name-value"/>
+ 
+	<bean id="beanWithRefConstructorArg" class="test.beans.DummyBean" c:nameRef="silly name" c:ageRef="10"/>
+
+</beans>
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