diff --git a/spring-core/pom.xml b/spring-core/pom.xml
index 9b94ba7b35..9b6addf0f4 100644
--- a/spring-core/pom.xml
+++ b/spring-core/pom.xml
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
             <artifactId>javax.inject</artifactId>
             <version>1</version>
         </dependency>
+        <dependency>
+            <groupId>junit</groupId>
+            <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+            <version>4.12</version>
+        </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
     <build>
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/BeanFactoryWithClassPathResource.java b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/BeanFactoryWithClassPathResource.java
index aff425a87b..bb9309f394 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/BeanFactoryWithClassPathResource.java
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/BeanFactoryWithClassPathResource.java
@@ -1,16 +1,31 @@
 package com.baeldung.beanfactory;
 
+import org.junit.Test;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 public class BeanFactoryWithClassPathResource {
 
+    Resource res = new ClassPathResource("spring-app.xml");
+    BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(res);
+
+    @Test
     public void createBeanFactory() {
 
-        Resource res = new ClassPathResource("spring-app.xml");
-        BeanFactory factory = new XmlBeanFactory(res);
         Employee emp = (Employee) factory.getBean("employee");
+
+        assertFalse(factory.isSingleton("employee"));
+
+        assertTrue(factory.getBean("employee") instanceof Employee);
+
+        assertTrue(factory.isTypeMatch("employee", Employee.class));
+
+        //we have empalias as an alias for employee
+        assertTrue(factory.getAliases("employee").length > 0);
     }
 }
diff --git a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/spring-app.xml b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/spring-app.xml
index 5bdc3e601a..7b3d4f29ed 100644
--- a/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/spring-app.xml
+++ b/spring-core/src/main/java/com/baeldung/beanfactory/spring-app.xml
@@ -8,4 +8,6 @@
         <constructor-arg name="name" value="Hello! My name is Java"/>
         <constructor-arg name="age" value="18"/>
     </bean>
+    
+    <alias name="employee" alias="empalias" />
 </beans>
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