diff --git a/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBeanTests.java b/org.springframework.jdbc/src/test/java/org/springframework/jdbc/datasource/embedded/EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBeanTests.java
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+package org.springframework.jdbc.datasource.embedded;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.sql.DataSource;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
+import org.springframework.jdbc.core.JdbcTemplate;
+
+public class EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBeanTests {
+	
+	@Test
+	public void testFactoryBeanLifecycle() throws Exception {
+		EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean bean = new EmbeddedDatabaseFactoryBean();
+		ResourceDatabasePopulator populator = new ResourceDatabasePopulator();
+		populator.addScript(new ClassPathResource("db-schema.sql", getClass()));
+		populator.addScript(new ClassPathResource("db-test-data.sql", getClass()));
+		bean.setDatabasePopulator(populator);
+		bean.afterPropertiesSet();
+		DataSource ds = bean.getObject();
+		JdbcTemplate template = new JdbcTemplate(ds);
+		assertEquals("Keith", template.queryForObject("select NAME from T_TEST", String.class));
+		bean.destroy();
+	}
+}