diff --git a/apiman-it-commons/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/DeployedServices.java b/apiman-it-commons/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/DeployedServices.java
index 58d18c0..cce9564 100644
--- a/apiman-it-commons/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/DeployedServices.java
+++ b/apiman-it-commons/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/DeployedServices.java
@@ -30,11 +30,12 @@ public class DeployedServices {
     public static final String STATUS_CODE_ENDPOINT = REST_ROOT + "/status";
 
     public static final String RESPONSE_REST_ROOT = REST_ROOT + "/response";
+    public static final String TRANSFORM_REST_ROOT = REST_ROOT + "/transform";
     public static final String REWRITING_REST_ROOT = REST_ROOT + "/url_rewriting";
 
     public static final String DELAYED_RESPONSE = RESPONSE_REST_ROOT + "/delayedResponse";
 
-    public static final String JSON_DATA = RESPONSE_REST_ROOT + "/json";
-    public static final String XML_DATA = RESPONSE_REST_ROOT + "/xml";
+    public static final String JSON_DATA = TRANSFORM_REST_ROOT + "/json";
+    public static final String XML_DATA = TRANSFORM_REST_ROOT + "/xml";
     public static final String URL_REWRITING_DATA = REWRITING_REST_ROOT + "/get_data_to_rewrite";
 }
diff --git a/apiman-it-deployments/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/deployment/rest/TransformationService.java b/apiman-it-deployments/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/deployment/rest/TransformationService.java
index d0b30f5..739146d 100644
--- a/apiman-it-deployments/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/deployment/rest/TransformationService.java
+++ b/apiman-it-deployments/src/main/java/io/apiman/test/integration/deployment/rest/TransformationService.java
@@ -16,19 +16,20 @@
 
 package io.apiman.test.integration.deployment.rest;
 
-
-
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestData;
 
+import javax.ws.rs.Consumes;
 import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
 import javax.ws.rs.Path;
 import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.Response;
 
 /**
  * @author opontes
  */
-@Path("/response")
+@Path("/transform")
 public class TransformationService {
 
     @GET @Path("/json") @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
@@ -36,8 +37,18 @@ public TestData getJSON(){
         return new TestData();
     }
 
+    @POST @Path("/json") @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response postJSON(TestData testData){
+        return Response.status((testData.equals(new TestData())) ? 200 : 500).build();
+    }
+
     @GET @Path("/xml") @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
     public TestData getXML(){
         return new TestData();
     }
+
+    @POST @Path("/xml") @Consumes(MediaType.APPLICATION_XML)
+    public Response postXML(TestData testData){
+        return Response.status((testData.equals(new TestData())) ? 200 : 500).build();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/apiman-it-rest/pom.xml b/apiman-it-rest/pom.xml
index 5bce294..eb02518 100644
--- a/apiman-it-rest/pom.xml
+++ b/apiman-it-rest/pom.xml
@@ -50,8 +50,10 @@
       <version>${version.jackson}</version>
       <scope>test</scope>
     </dependency>
-
-
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <build>
diff --git a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/AbstractTransformationIT.java b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/AbstractTransformationIT.java
index ee21ed5..9a651d9 100644
--- a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/AbstractTransformationIT.java
+++ b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/AbstractTransformationIT.java
@@ -19,6 +19,8 @@
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.dataformat.xml.XmlMapper;
 import com.jayway.restassured.http.ContentType;
+import com.jayway.restassured.response.Response;
+
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.AbstractApiTest;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestData;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.runner.annotations.entity.Plugin;
@@ -60,6 +62,26 @@ protected String getJsonFromGateway(String link) {
                    prettyPrint();
     }
 
+    protected void postJsonToGateway(String link, String json){
+        givenGateway().
+            contentType(ContentType.JSON).
+            body(json).
+        when().
+            post(link).
+        then().
+            statusCode(200);
+    }
+
+    protected void postXMLToGateway(String link, String xml){
+         givenGateway().
+            contentType(ContentType.XML).
+            body(xml).
+        when().
+            post(link).
+        then().
+            statusCode(200);
+    }
+
     protected String getXmlFromTestService(String link) {
         return givenTestServices().
                    accept("application/xml").
diff --git a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToJsonIT.java b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToJsonIT.java
index 60ecefd..d4b499a 100644
--- a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToJsonIT.java
+++ b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToJsonIT.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package io.apiman.test.integration.rest.plugins.policies.transformplugin;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
 import io.apiman.test.integration.DeployedServices;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestData;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.categories.PluginTest;
@@ -28,7 +31,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
@@ -45,10 +47,16 @@ public class JsonToJsonIT extends AbstractTransformationIT {
     private String endpointJsonToJson;
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldNotMakeChangesOnJsonToJsonTransform() throws IOException {
-        TestData client = jsonToTestDataObject(getJsonFromTestService(DeployedServices.JSON_DATA));
-        TestData server = jsonToTestDataObject(getJsonFromGateway(endpointJsonToJson));
-        Assert.assertNotNull(client);
-        Assert.assertEquals(client, server);
+    public void shouldNotMakeChangesOnJsonToJsonTransformServerToClient() throws IOException {
+        TestData server = jsonToTestDataObject(getJsonFromTestService(DeployedServices.JSON_DATA));
+        TestData client = jsonToTestDataObject(getJsonFromGateway(endpointJsonToJson));
+
+        assertThat(server, is(not(null)));
+        assertThat(server, is(equalTo(client)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotMakeChangesOnJsonToJsonTransformClientToServer(){
+        postJsonToGateway(endpointJsonToJson, getJsonFromTestService(DeployedServices.JSON_DATA));
     }
 }
diff --git a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToXmlIT.java b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToXmlIT.java
index 56a0b84..54df6f5 100644
--- a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToXmlIT.java
+++ b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/JsonToXmlIT.java
@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@
 
 import static io.apiman.test.integration.runner.RestAssuredUtils.givenGateway;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.equalTo;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.is;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
 import io.apiman.test.integration.DeployedServices;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestData;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.categories.PluginTest;
@@ -30,7 +34,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
@@ -48,11 +51,16 @@ public class JsonToXmlIT extends AbstractTransformationIT {
     private String endpointJsonToXml;
 
     @Test
-    public void canTransformJsonToXml() throws IOException {
-        TestData client = jsonToTestDataObject(getJsonFromTestService(DeployedServices.JSON_DATA));
-        TestData server = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromGateway(endpointJsonToXml));
+    public void canTransformJsonToXmlServerToClient() throws IOException {
+        TestData server = jsonToTestDataObject(getJsonFromTestService(DeployedServices.JSON_DATA));
+        TestData client = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromGateway(endpointJsonToXml));
+
+        assertThat(server, is(equalTo(client)));
+    }
 
-        Assert.assertEquals(client, server);
+    @Test
+    public void canTransformJsonToXmlClientToServer(){
+        postXMLToGateway(endpointJsonToXml, getXmlFromTestService(DeployedServices.XML_DATA));
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToJsonIT.java b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToJsonIT.java
index 2eb0ae2..b46e6a0 100644
--- a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToJsonIT.java
+++ b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToJsonIT.java
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@
 
 package io.apiman.test.integration.rest.plugins.policies.transformplugin;
 
-import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
-import io.apiman.manager.api.beans.apis.ApiVersionBean;
-import io.apiman.manager.api.beans.apis.EndpointContentType;
+import static io.apiman.test.integration.runner.RestAssuredUtils.givenGateway;
+
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
 import io.apiman.test.integration.DeployedServices;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestData;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestDataRoot;
@@ -28,13 +30,14 @@
 import io.apiman.test.integration.runner.annotations.misc.ManagedEndpoint;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.runner.annotations.misc.Policies;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.runner.annotations.version.ApiVersion;
-import org.junit.Assert;
-import org.junit.Test;
-import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
+import io.apiman.manager.api.beans.apis.ApiVersionBean;
+import io.apiman.manager.api.beans.apis.EndpointContentType;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import static io.apiman.test.integration.runner.RestAssuredUtils.givenGateway;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.ObjectMapper;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
 /**
  * @author opontes
@@ -50,12 +53,17 @@ public class XmlToJsonIT extends AbstractTransformationIT {
     private String endpointXmlToJson;
 
     @Test
-    public void canTransformXmlToJson() throws IOException {
-        TestData client = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromTestService(DeployedServices.XML_DATA));
-        TestDataRoot server = jsonToTestDataRootObject(getJsonFromGateway(endpointXmlToJson));
+    public void canTransformXmlToJsonServerToClient() throws IOException {
+        TestData server = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromTestService(DeployedServices.XML_DATA));
+        TestDataRoot client = jsonToTestDataRootObject(getJsonFromGateway(endpointXmlToJson));
+
+        assertThat(server, is(not(null)));
+        assertThat(server, is(equalTo(client)));
+    }
 
-        Assert.assertNotNull(client);
-        Assert.assertEquals(client, server.getTestData());
+    @Test
+    public void canTransformXmlToJsonClientToServer(){
+        postJsonToGateway(endpointXmlToJson, getJsonFromTestService(DeployedServices.JSON_DATA));
     }
 
     protected TestDataRoot jsonToTestDataRootObject(String json) throws IOException {
diff --git a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToXmlIT.java b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToXmlIT.java
index f77f0d7..80de24a 100644
--- a/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToXmlIT.java
+++ b/apiman-it-rest/src/test/java/io/apiman/test/integration/rest/plugins/policies/transformplugin/XmlToXmlIT.java
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
 
 package io.apiman.test.integration.rest.plugins.policies.transformplugin;
 
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
+
 import io.apiman.test.integration.DeployedServices;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.base.entity.TestData;
 import io.apiman.test.integration.categories.PluginTest;
@@ -29,7 +32,6 @@
 
 import java.io.IOException;
 
-import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.experimental.categories.Category;
 
@@ -47,10 +49,16 @@ public class XmlToXmlIT extends AbstractTransformationIT {
     private String endpointXmlToXml;
 
     @Test
-    public void shouldNotMakeChangesOnXmlToXmlTransform() throws IOException {
-        TestData client = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromTestService(DeployedServices.XML_DATA));
-        TestData server = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromGateway(endpointXmlToXml));
-        Assert.assertNotNull(client);
-        Assert.assertEquals(client, server);
+    public void shouldNotMakeChangesOnXmlToXmlTransformServerToClient() throws IOException {
+        TestData server = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromTestService(DeployedServices.XML_DATA));
+        TestData client = xmlToTestDataObject(getXmlFromGateway(endpointXmlToXml));
+
+        assertThat(server, is(not(null)));
+        assertThat(server, is(equalTo(client)));
+    }
+
+    @Test
+    public void shouldNotMakeChangesOnXmlToXmlTransformClientToServer(){
+        postXMLToGateway(endpointXmlToXml, getXmlFromTestService(DeployedServices.XML_DATA));
     }
 }
diff --git a/apiman-it-ui/pom.xml b/apiman-it-ui/pom.xml
index 4f7ff48..b7ca381 100644
--- a/apiman-it-ui/pom.xml
+++ b/apiman-it-ui/pom.xml
@@ -62,6 +62,10 @@
       <groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
       <artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
     </dependency>
+    <dependency>
+      <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+      <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+    </dependency>
   </dependencies>
 
   <description>Automated UI tests for Apiman (API Management) by JBoss.</description>
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 9164cc1..ee6e9fc 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
     <version.restassred>2.9.0</version.restassred>
     <version.jackson>2.6.3</version.jackson>
     <version.jacoco>0.7.5.201505241946</version.jacoco>
+    <version.hamcrest>1.3</version.hamcrest>
     <!-- Build influencing properties -->
     <groups></groups>
     <groups.exclude></groups.exclude>
@@ -91,6 +92,13 @@
         <artifactId>commons-io</artifactId>
         <version>${version.commons-io}</version>
       </dependency>
+      <!-- Assertion -->
+      <dependency>
+        <groupId>org.hamcrest</groupId>
+        <artifactId>hamcrest-core</artifactId>
+        <version>${version.hamcrest}</version>
+      </dependency>
+
     </dependencies>
   </dependencyManagement>