diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Item.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Item.java
index 70ca2e55897..4e4a20fc1e9 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Item.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Item.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/**
- *    Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
+/*
+ *    Copyright 2009-2012 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.
@@ -19,6 +19,16 @@ public class Item {
   private Integer id;
   private String name;
 
+  public String toString(){
+    return new StringBuilder()
+            .append("Item(")
+            .append(id)
+            .append(", ")
+            .append(name)
+            .append(" )")
+            .toString();
+  }
+
   public Integer getId() {
     return id;
   }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.java
index b786e03ff70..bda7b6b3cfe 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/**
- *    Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
+/*
+ *    Copyright 2009-2012 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.
@@ -20,4 +20,5 @@
 public interface Mapper {
   List<Person> getPersons();
   List<Person> getPersonsWithItemsOrdered();
+  List<PersonItemPair> getPersonItemPairs();
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.xml b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.xml
index 380179c449a..b5eb012ee6b 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.xml
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Mapper.xml
@@ -40,4 +40,23 @@
 		where p.id = i.owner
 		order by i.name
 	</select>
+
+	<select id="getPersonItemPairs" resultMap="personItemPairResult">
+		select p.id as person_id, p.name as person_name, i.id as item_id, i.name as item_name
+		from persons p, items i
+		where p.id = i.owner
+		order by p.id, i.id
+	</select>
+
+	<resultMap id="personItemPairResult" type="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.nestedresulthandler.PersonItemPair">
+		<association property="person" javaType="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.nestedresulthandler.Person">
+			<id property="id" column="person_id" />
+			<result property="name" column="person_name"/>
+		</association>
+		<association property="item" javaType="org.apache.ibatis.submitted.nestedresulthandler.Item">
+			<id property="id" column="item_id"/>
+			<result property="name" column="item_name"/>
+		</association>
+	</resultMap>
+
 </mapper>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/NestedResultHandlerTest.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/NestedResultHandlerTest.java
index e4b6acb1432..d741592ee57 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/NestedResultHandlerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/NestedResultHandlerTest.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/**
- *    Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
+/*
+ *    Copyright 2009-2012 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.
@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@
 import org.apache.ibatis.session.SqlSessionFactoryBuilder;
 import org.junit.Assert;
 import org.junit.BeforeClass;
+import org.junit.Ignore;
 import org.junit.Test;
 
 public class NestedResultHandlerTest {
@@ -87,7 +88,6 @@ public void testGetPersonWithHandler() {
     SqlSession sqlSession = sqlSessionFactory.openSession();
     try {
       sqlSession.select("getPersons", new ResultHandler() {
-        @Override
         public void handleResult(ResultContext context) {
           Person person = (Person) context.getResultObject();
           if ("grandma".equals(person.getName())) {
@@ -105,7 +105,6 @@ public void testUnorderedGetPersonWithHandler() {
     SqlSession sqlSession = sqlSessionFactory.openSession();
     try {
       sqlSession.select("getPersonsWithItemsOrdered", new ResultHandler() {
-        @Override
         public void handleResult(ResultContext context) {
           Person person = (Person) context.getResultObject();
           if ("grandma".equals(person.getName())) {
@@ -152,4 +151,25 @@ public void testGetPersonOrderedByItem() {
     }
   }
 
+  @Ignore
+  @Test //reopen issue 39? (not a bug?)
+  public void testGetPersonItemPairs(){
+    SqlSession sqlSession = sqlSessionFactory.openSession();
+    try{
+      Mapper mapper = sqlSession.getMapper(Mapper.class);
+      List<PersonItemPair> pairs = mapper.getPersonItemPairs();
+
+      Assert.assertNotNull( pairs );
+//      System.out.println( new StringBuilder().append("selected pairs: ").append(pairs) );
+
+      Assert.assertEquals(5, pairs.size() );
+      Assert.assertNotNull(pairs.get(0).getPerson());
+      Assert.assertEquals(pairs.get(0).getPerson().getId(), Integer.valueOf(1));
+      Assert.assertNotNull(pairs.get(0).getItem());
+      Assert.assertEquals( pairs.get(0).getItem().getId(), Integer.valueOf(1));
+    } finally{
+      sqlSession.close();
+    }
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Person.java b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Person.java
index d76b66cf3a9..401be16db3c 100644
--- a/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Person.java
+++ b/src/test/java/org/apache/ibatis/submitted/nestedresulthandler/Person.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
-/**
- *    Copyright 2009-2015 the original author or authors.
+/*
+ *    Copyright 2009-2012 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.
@@ -22,7 +22,19 @@
 public class Person {
   private Integer id;
   private String name;
-  private List<Item> items=new ArrayList<Item>(); 
+  private List<Item> items=new ArrayList<Item>();
+
+  public String toString(){
+    return new StringBuilder()
+            .append("Person(")
+            .append(id)
+            .append(", ")
+            .append(name)
+            .append(", ")
+            .append(items)
+            .append(" )")
+            .toString();
+  }
 
   public Integer getId() {
     return id;