SPR-8483 Add support for @RequestPart annotated method parameters

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerAdapter.java

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.DefaultMeth
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.HttpEntityMethodProcessor;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.ModelAndViewMethodReturnValueHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.PathVariableMethodArgumentResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.ServletCookieValueMethodArgumentResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor;
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerAdapter extends AbstractHandlerMethodAdapter i
 		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new PathVariableMethodArgumentResolver());
 		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new ServletModelAttributeMethodProcessor(false));
 		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor(messageConverters));
+		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver(messageConverters));
 		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new RequestHeaderMethodArgumentResolver(beanFactory));
 		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new RequestHeaderMapMethodArgumentResolver());
 		argumentResolvers.addResolver(new ServletCookieValueMethodArgumentResolver(beanFactory));

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,137 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.LinkedHashSet;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Set;
+
+import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
+
+import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
+import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
+import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.web.HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver;
+
+/**
+ * A base class for resolving method argument values by reading from the body of a request with {@link HttpMessageConverter}s.
+ *
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public abstract class AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver implements HandlerMethodArgumentResolver {
+
+	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
+	
+	protected final List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters;
+	
+	protected final List<MediaType> allSupportedMediaTypes;
+
+	public AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
+		Assert.notEmpty(messageConverters, "'messageConverters' must not be empty");
+		this.messageConverters = messageConverters;
+		this.allSupportedMediaTypes = getAllSupportedMediaTypes(messageConverters);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the media types supported by all provided message converters preserving their ordering and 
+	 * further sorting by specificity via {@link MediaType#sortBySpecificity(List)}. 
+	 */
+	private static List<MediaType> getAllSupportedMediaTypes(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
+		Set<MediaType> allSupportedMediaTypes = new LinkedHashSet<MediaType>();
+		for (HttpMessageConverter<?> messageConverter : messageConverters) {
+			allSupportedMediaTypes.addAll(messageConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes());
+		}
+		List<MediaType> result = new ArrayList<MediaType>(allSupportedMediaTypes);
+		MediaType.sortBySpecificity(result);
+		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
+	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Creates the method argument value of the expected parameter type by reading from the given request.
+	 * 
+	 * @param <T> the expected type of the argument value to be created 
+	 * @param webRequest the current request
+	 * @param methodParam the method argument
+	 * @param paramType the type of the argument value to be created
+	 * @return the created method argument value
+	 * @throws IOException if the reading from the request fails
+	 * @throws HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException if no suitable message converter is found
+	 */
+	protected <T> Object readWithMessageConverters(NativeWebRequest webRequest, MethodParameter methodParam, Class<T> paramType) throws IOException,
+			HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException {
+			
+				HttpInputMessage inputMessage = createInputMessage(webRequest);
+				return readWithMessageConverters(inputMessage, methodParam, paramType);
+			}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates the method argument value of the expected parameter type by reading from the given HttpInputMessage. 
+	 * 
+	 * @param <T> the expected type of the argument value to be created 
+	 * @param inputMessage the HTTP input message representing the current request
+	 * @param methodParam the method argument
+	 * @param paramType the type of the argument value to be created
+	 * @return the created method argument value
+	 * @throws IOException if the reading from the request fails
+	 * @throws HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException if no suitable message converter is found
+	 */
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	protected <T> Object readWithMessageConverters(HttpInputMessage inputMessage, MethodParameter methodParam, Class<T> paramType) throws IOException,
+			HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException {
+			
+				MediaType contentType = inputMessage.getHeaders().getContentType();
+				if (contentType == null) {
+					contentType = MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM;
+				}
+			
+				for (HttpMessageConverter<?> messageConverter : this.messageConverters) {
+					if (messageConverter.canRead(paramType, contentType)) {
+						if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
+							logger.debug("Reading [" + paramType.getName() + "] as \"" + contentType + "\" using [" +
+									messageConverter + "]");
+						}
+						return ((HttpMessageConverter<T>) messageConverter).read(paramType, inputMessage);
+					}
+				}
+			
+				throw new HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException(contentType, allSupportedMediaTypes);
+			}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link HttpInputMessage} from the given {@link NativeWebRequest}.
+	 *
+	 * @param webRequest the web request to create an input message from
+	 * @return the input message
+	 */
+	protected ServletServerHttpRequest createInputMessage(NativeWebRequest webRequest) {
+		HttpServletRequest servletRequest = webRequest.getNativeRequest(HttpServletRequest.class);
+		return new ServletServerHttpRequest(servletRequest);
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor.java

@@ -27,8 +27,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
 
-import org.apache.commons.logging.Log;
-import org.apache.commons.logging.LogFactory;
 import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
@@ -36,90 +34,27 @@ import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpResponse;
-import org.springframework.util.Assert;
 import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.HttpMediaTypeNotAcceptableException;
-import org.springframework.web.HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
-import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodArgumentResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.method.support.HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.HandlerMapping;
 
 /**
- * A base class for resolving method argument values by reading from the body of a request with {@link
+ * Extends {@link AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver} with the ability to handle method return 
- * HttpMessageConverter}s and for handling method return values by writing to the response with {@link
+ * values by writing to the response with {@link HttpMessageConverter}s.
- * HttpMessageConverter}s.
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
  * @since 3.1
  */
-public abstract class AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor
+public abstract class AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor extends AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver
-		implements HandlerMethodArgumentResolver, HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler {
+		implements HandlerMethodReturnValueHandler {
 
 	private static final MediaType MEDIA_TYPE_APPLICATION = new MediaType("application");
 
-	protected final Log logger = LogFactory.getLog(getClass());
-
-	private final List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters;
-
-	private final List<MediaType> allSupportedMediaTypes;
-
 	protected AbstractMessageConverterMethodProcessor(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
-		Assert.notEmpty(messageConverters, "'messageConverters' must not be empty");
+		super(messageConverters);
-		this.messageConverters = messageConverters;
-		this.allSupportedMediaTypes = getAllSupportedMediaTypes(messageConverters);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Returns the media types supported by all provided message converters preserving their ordering and 
-	 * further sorting by specificity via {@link MediaType#sortBySpecificity(List)}. 
-	 */
-	private static List<MediaType> getAllSupportedMediaTypes(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
-		Set<MediaType> allSupportedMediaTypes = new LinkedHashSet<MediaType>();
-		for (HttpMessageConverter<?> messageConverter : messageConverters) {
-			allSupportedMediaTypes.addAll(messageConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes());
-		}
-		List<MediaType> result = new ArrayList<MediaType>(allSupportedMediaTypes);
-		MediaType.sortBySpecificity(result);
-		return Collections.unmodifiableList(result);
-	}
-
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-	protected <T> Object readWithMessageConverters(NativeWebRequest webRequest,
-												   MethodParameter methodParam,
-												   Class<T> paramType)
-			throws IOException, HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException {
-
-		HttpInputMessage inputMessage = createInputMessage(webRequest);
-
-		MediaType contentType = inputMessage.getHeaders().getContentType();
-		if (contentType == null) {
-			contentType = MediaType.APPLICATION_OCTET_STREAM;
-		}
-
-		for (HttpMessageConverter<?> messageConverter : this.messageConverters) {
-			if (messageConverter.canRead(paramType, contentType)) {
-				if (logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
-					logger.debug("Reading [" + paramType.getName() + "] as \"" + contentType + "\" using [" +
-							messageConverter + "]");
-				}
-				return ((HttpMessageConverter<T>) messageConverter).read(paramType, inputMessage);
-			}
-		}
-
-		throw new HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException(contentType, allSupportedMediaTypes);
-	}
-
-	/**
-	 * Creates a new {@link HttpInputMessage} from the given {@link NativeWebRequest}.
-	 *
-	 * @param webRequest the web request to create an input message from
-	 * @return the input message
-	 */
-	protected ServletServerHttpRequest createInputMessage(NativeWebRequest webRequest) {
-		HttpServletRequest servletRequest = webRequest.getNativeRequest(HttpServletRequest.class);
-		return new ServletServerHttpRequest(servletRequest);
 	}
 
 	/**

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver.java

@@ -0,0 +1,124 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Annotation;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import javax.servlet.ServletRequest;
+
+import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
+import org.springframework.validation.Validator;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver;
+import org.springframework.web.util.WebUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Resolves method arguments annotated with @{@link RequestPart} expecting the request to be a 
+ * {@link MultipartHttpServletRequest} and binding the method argument to a specific part of the multipart request.
+ * The name of the part is derived either from the {@link RequestPart} annotation or from the name of the method
+ * argument as a fallback.
+ * 
+ * <p>An @{@link RequestPart} method argument will be validated if annotated with {@code @Valid}. In case of 
+ * validation failure, a {@link RequestPartNotValidException} is thrown and can be handled automatically through
+ * the {@link DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver}. A {@link Validator} can be configured globally in XML configuration 
+ * with the Spring MVC namespace or in Java-based configuration with @{@link EnableWebMvc}.
+ * 
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public class RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver extends AbstractMessageConverterMethodArgumentResolver {
+
+	public RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver(List<HttpMessageConverter<?>> messageConverters) {
+		super(messageConverters);
+	}
+
+	public boolean supportsParameter(MethodParameter parameter) {
+		return parameter.hasParameterAnnotation(RequestPart.class);
+	}
+
+	public Object resolveArgument(MethodParameter parameter, 
+								  ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer,
+								  NativeWebRequest webRequest, 
+								  WebDataBinderFactory binderFactory) throws Exception {
+
+		ServletRequest servletRequest = webRequest.getNativeRequest(ServletRequest.class);
+		MultipartHttpServletRequest multipartServletRequest = 
+			WebUtils.getNativeRequest(servletRequest, MultipartHttpServletRequest.class);
+		if (multipartServletRequest == null) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException(
+					"Current request is not of type " + MultipartRequest.class.getName());
+		}
+		
+		String partName = getPartName(parameter);
+		HttpInputMessage inputMessage = new RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest(multipartServletRequest, partName);
+
+		Object arg = readWithMessageConverters(inputMessage, parameter, parameter.getParameterType());
+		
+		if (isValidationApplicable(arg, parameter)) {
+			WebDataBinder binder = binderFactory.createBinder(webRequest, arg, partName);
+			binder.validate();
+			Errors errors = binder.getBindingResult();
+			if (errors.hasErrors()) {
+				throw new RequestPartNotValidException(errors);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		return arg;
+	}
+
+	private String getPartName(MethodParameter parameter) {
+		RequestPart annot = parameter.getParameterAnnotation(RequestPart.class);
+		String partName = annot.value();
+		if (partName.length() == 0) {
+			partName = parameter.getParameterName();
+			Assert.notNull(partName, "Request part name for argument type [" + parameter.getParameterType().getName()
+					+ "] not available, and parameter name information not found in class file either.");
+		}
+		return partName;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Whether to validate the given @{@link RequestPart} method argument. The default implementation checks 
+	 * if the parameter is also annotated with {@code @Valid}.
+	 * @param argumentValue the validation candidate
+	 * @param parameter the method argument declaring the validation candidate
+	 * @return {@code true} if validation should be invoked, {@code false} otherwise.
+	 */
+	protected boolean isValidationApplicable(Object argumentValue, MethodParameter parameter) {
+		Annotation[] annotations = parameter.getParameterAnnotations();
+		for (Annotation annot : annotations) {
+			if ("Valid".equals(annot.annotationType().getSimpleName())) {
+				return true;
+			}
+		}
+		return false;
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/RequestPartNotValidException.java

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support;
+
+import org.springframework.validation.Errors;
+import org.springframework.validation.ObjectError;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
+
+/**
+ * Thrown by {@link RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver} when an @{@link RequestPart} argument also annotated with 
+ * {@code @Valid} results in validation errors.
+ * 
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+@SuppressWarnings("serial")
+public class RequestPartNotValidException extends RuntimeException {
+
+	private final Errors errors;
+
+	/**
+	 * @param errors contains the results of validating an @{@link RequestBody} argument.
+	 */
+	public RequestPartNotValidException(Errors errors) {
+		this.errors = errors;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns an Errors instance with validation errors. 
+	 */
+	public Errors getErrors() {
+		return errors;
+	}
+	
+	@Override
+	public String getMessage() {
+		StringBuilder sb = new StringBuilder(
+				"Validation of the content of request part '" + errors.getObjectName() + "' failed: ");
+		sb.append(errors.getErrorCount()).append(" errors");
+		for (ObjectError error : errors.getAllErrors()) {
+			sb.append('\n').append(error);
+		}
+		return sb.toString();
+	}
+	
+}

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor.java

@@ -33,14 +33,16 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
 import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
 import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.config.annotation.EnableWebMvc;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.support.DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver;
 
 /**
  * Resolves method arguments annotated with @{@link RequestBody} and handles return values from methods 
  * annotated with {@link ResponseBody}. 
  * 
- * <p>An @{@link RequestBody} method argument will be validated if annotated with {@code @Valid}. A 
+ * <p>An @{@link RequestBody} method argument will be validated if annotated with {@code @Valid}. In case of 
- * {@link Validator} instance can be configured globally in XML configuration with the Spring MVC namespace 
+ * validation failure, a {@link RequestBodyNotValidException} is thrown and can be handled automatically through
- * or in Java-based configuration with @{@link EnableWebMvc}.
+ * the {@link DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver}. A {@link Validator} can be configured globally in XML configuration 
+ * with the Spring MVC namespace or in Java-based configuration with @{@link EnableWebMvc}.
  * 
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
@@ -65,9 +67,9 @@ public class RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor extends AbstractMessageConverter
 								  NativeWebRequest webRequest,
 								  WebDataBinderFactory binderFactory) throws Exception {
 		Object arg = readWithMessageConverters(webRequest, parameter, parameter.getParameterType());
-		if (shouldValidate(parameter, arg)) {
+		if (isValidationApplicable(arg, parameter)) {
-			String argName = Conventions.getVariableNameForParameter(parameter);
+			String name = Conventions.getVariableNameForParameter(parameter);
-			WebDataBinder binder = binderFactory.createBinder(webRequest, arg, argName);
+			WebDataBinder binder = binderFactory.createBinder(webRequest, arg, name);
 			binder.validate();
 			Errors errors = binder.getBindingResult();
 			if (errors.hasErrors()) {
@@ -80,11 +82,11 @@ public class RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor extends AbstractMessageConverter
 	/**
 	 * Whether to validate the given @{@link RequestBody} method argument. The default implementation checks 
 	 * if the parameter is also annotated with {@code @Valid}.
-	 * @param parameter the method argument for which to check if validation is needed 
+	 * @param argumentValue the validation candidate
-	 * @param argumentValue the method argument value (instantiated with a message converter)
+	 * @param parameter the method argument declaring the validation candidate
 	 * @return {@code true} if validation should be invoked, {@code false} otherwise.
 	 */
-	protected boolean shouldValidate(MethodParameter parameter, Object argumentValue) {
+	protected boolean isValidationApplicable(Object argumentValue, MethodParameter parameter) {
 		Annotation[] annotations = parameter.getParameterAnnotations();
 		for (Annotation annot : annotations) {
 			if ("Valid".equals(annot.annotationType().getSimpleName())) {

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/support/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver.java

@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestBindingException;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.handler.AbstractHandlerExceptionResolver;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.RequestBodyNotValidException;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.RequestPartNotValidException;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException;
 
 /**
@@ -129,6 +130,9 @@ public class DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver extends AbstractHandlerExceptionRes
 			else if (ex instanceof RequestBodyNotValidException) {
 				return handleRequestBodyNotValidException((RequestBodyNotValidException) ex, request, response, handler);
 			}
+			else if (ex instanceof RequestPartNotValidException) {
+				return handleRequestPartNotValidException((RequestPartNotValidException) ex, request, response, handler);
+			}
 		}
 		catch (Exception handlerException) {
 			logger.warn("Handling of [" + ex.getClass().getName() + "] resulted in Exception", handlerException);
@@ -339,8 +343,8 @@ public class DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver extends AbstractHandlerExceptionRes
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Handle the case where the object created from the body of a request has failed validation. The default
+	 * Handle the case where the object created from the body of a request has failed validation. 
-	 * implementation sends an HTTP 400 error along with a message containing the errors.
+	 * The default implementation sends an HTTP 400 error along with a message containing the errors.
 	 * @param request current HTTP request
 	 * @param response current HTTP response
 	 * @param handler the executed handler
@@ -353,4 +357,19 @@ public class DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver extends AbstractHandlerExceptionRes
 		return new ModelAndView();
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Handle the case where the object created from the part of a multipart request has failed validation. 
+	 * The default implementation sends an HTTP 400 error along with a message containing the errors.
+	 * @param request current HTTP request
+	 * @param response current HTTP response
+	 * @param handler the executed handler
+	 * @return an empty ModelAndView indicating the exception was handled
+	 * @throws IOException potentially thrown from response.sendError()
+	 */
+	protected ModelAndView handleRequestPartNotValidException(RequestPartNotValidException ex,
+			HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response, Object handler) throws IOException {
+ 		response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST, ex.getMessage());
+		return new ModelAndView();
+	}
+	
 }

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/RequestMappingHandlerAdapterIntegrationTests.java

@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartHttpServletRequest;
 import org.springframework.ui.Model;
 import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
 import org.springframework.validation.BindingResult;
@@ -65,6 +67,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.PathVariable;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestHeader;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestParam;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseBody;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.ResponseStatus;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.SessionAttributes;
@@ -244,6 +247,18 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerAdapterIntegrationTests {
 		assertEquals("headerValue", response.getHeader("header"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void handleRequestPart() throws Exception {
+		MockMultipartHttpServletRequest multipartRequest = new MockMultipartHttpServletRequest();
+		multipartRequest.addFile(new MockMultipartFile("requestPart", "", "text/plain", "content".getBytes("UTF-8")));
+
+		HandlerMethod handlerMethod = handlerMethod("handleRequestPart", String.class, Model.class);
+		ModelAndView mav = handlerAdapter.handle(multipartRequest, response, handlerMethod);
+		
+		assertNotNull(mav);
+		assertEquals("content", mav.getModelMap().get("requestPart"));
+	}
+	
 	private HandlerMethod handlerMethod(String methodName, Class<?>... paramTypes) throws Exception {
 		Method method = handler.getClass().getDeclaredMethod(methodName, paramTypes);
 		return new InvocableHandlerMethod(handler, method);
@@ -317,6 +332,10 @@ public class RequestMappingHandlerAdapterIntegrationTests {
 			String responseBody = "Handled requestBody=[" + new String(httpEntity.getBody(), "UTF-8") + "]";
 			return new ResponseEntity<String>(responseBody, responseHeaders, HttpStatus.ACCEPTED);
 		}
+		
+		public void handleRequestPart(@RequestPart String requestPart, Model model) {
+			model.addAttribute("requestPart", requestPart);
+		}
 	}
 
 	private static class StubValidator implements Validator {

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/RequestPartMethodArgumentResolverTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,187 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support;
+
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.createMock;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.eq;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.expect;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.isA;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.replay;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.reset;
+import static org.easymock.EasyMock.verify;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.util.Collections;
+
+import javax.validation.Valid;
+import javax.validation.constraints.NotNull;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.core.LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer;
+import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockHttpServletResponse;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.validation.beanvalidation.LocalValidatorFactoryBean;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.WebDataBinder;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestPart;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.support.WebDataBinderFactory;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.NativeWebRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.context.request.ServletWebRequest;
+import org.springframework.web.method.support.ModelAndViewContainer;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.MultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.web.multipart.RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Test fixture with {@link RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver} and mock {@link HttpMessageConverter}.
+ * 
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class RequestPartMethodArgumentResolverTests {
+
+	private RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver resolver;
+
+	private HttpMessageConverter<SimpleBean> messageConverter;
+	
+	private MultipartFile multipartFile;
+
+	private MethodParameter paramRequestPart;
+	private MethodParameter paramNamedRequestPart;
+	private MethodParameter paramValidRequestPart;
+	private MethodParameter paramInt;
+
+	private NativeWebRequest webRequest;
+
+	private MockMultipartHttpServletRequest servletRequest;
+
+	private MockHttpServletResponse servletResponse;
+
+	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+	@Before
+	public void setUp() throws Exception {
+		Method handle = getClass().getMethod("handle", SimpleBean.class, SimpleBean.class, SimpleBean.class, Integer.TYPE);
+		paramRequestPart = new MethodParameter(handle, 0);
+		paramRequestPart.initParameterNameDiscovery(new LocalVariableTableParameterNameDiscoverer());
+		paramNamedRequestPart = new MethodParameter(handle, 1);
+		paramValidRequestPart = new MethodParameter(handle, 2);
+		paramInt = new MethodParameter(handle, 3);
+
+		messageConverter = createMock(HttpMessageConverter.class);
+		expect(messageConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes()).andReturn(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN));
+		replay(messageConverter);
+
+		resolver = new RequestPartMethodArgumentResolver(Collections.<HttpMessageConverter<?>>singletonList(messageConverter));
+		reset(messageConverter);
+		
+		multipartFile = new MockMultipartFile("requestPart", "", "text/plain", (byte[]) null);
+		servletRequest = new MockMultipartHttpServletRequest();
+		servletRequest.addFile(multipartFile);
+		servletResponse = new MockHttpServletResponse();
+		webRequest = new ServletWebRequest(servletRequest, servletResponse);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void supportsParameter() {
+		assertTrue("RequestPart parameter not supported", resolver.supportsParameter(paramRequestPart));
+		assertFalse("non-RequestPart parameter supported", resolver.supportsParameter(paramInt));
+	}	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void resolveRequestPart() throws Exception {
+		testResolveArgument(new SimpleBean("foo"), paramRequestPart);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void resolveNamedRequestPart() throws Exception {
+		testResolveArgument(new SimpleBean("foo"), paramNamedRequestPart);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void resolveRequestPartNotValid() throws Exception {
+		try {
+			testResolveArgument(new SimpleBean(null), paramValidRequestPart);
+			fail("Expected exception");
+		} catch (RequestPartNotValidException e) {
+			assertEquals("requestPart", e.getErrors().getObjectName());
+			assertEquals(1, e.getErrors().getErrorCount());
+			assertNotNull(e.getErrors().getFieldError("name"));
+		}
+	}
+	
+	@Test
+	public void resolveRequestPartValid() throws Exception {
+		testResolveArgument(new SimpleBean("foo"), paramValidRequestPart);
+	}
+	
+	private void testResolveArgument(SimpleBean expectedValue, MethodParameter parameter) throws IOException, Exception {
+		MediaType contentType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
+		servletRequest.addHeader("Content-Type", contentType.toString());
+
+		expect(messageConverter.canRead(SimpleBean.class, contentType)).andReturn(true);
+		expect(messageConverter.read(eq(SimpleBean.class), isA(RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest.class))).andReturn(expectedValue);
+		replay(messageConverter);
+
+		ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer = new ModelAndViewContainer();
+		Object actualValue = resolver.resolveArgument(parameter, mavContainer, webRequest, new ValidatingBinderFactory());
+
+		assertEquals("Invalid argument value", expectedValue, actualValue);
+		assertTrue("The ResolveView flag shouldn't change", mavContainer.isResolveView());
+		
+		verify(messageConverter);
+	}	
+
+	public void handle(@RequestPart SimpleBean requestPart, 
+					   @RequestPart("requestPart") SimpleBean namedRequestPart, 
+					   @Valid @RequestPart("requestPart") SimpleBean validRequestPart, 
+					   int i) {
+	}
+
+	private static class SimpleBean {
+
+		@NotNull
+		private final String name;
+
+		public SimpleBean(String name) {
+			this.name = name;
+		}
+
+		@SuppressWarnings("unused")
+		public String getName() {
+			return name;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	private final class ValidatingBinderFactory implements WebDataBinderFactory {
+		public WebDataBinder createBinder(NativeWebRequest webRequest, Object target, String objectName) throws Exception {
+			LocalValidatorFactoryBean validator = new LocalValidatorFactoryBean();
+			validator.afterPropertiesSet();
+			WebDataBinder dataBinder = new WebDataBinder(target, objectName);
+			dataBinder.setValidator(validator);
+			return dataBinder;
+		}
+	}
+	
+}

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/support/RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessorTests.java

@@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
 import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
+import java.io.IOException;
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.Arrays;
@@ -104,7 +105,7 @@ public class RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessorTests {
 		returnTypeString = new MethodParameter(handle, -1);
 		returnTypeInt = new MethodParameter(getClass().getMethod("handle2"), -1);
 		returnTypeStringProduces = new MethodParameter(getClass().getMethod("handle3"), -1);
-		paramValidBean = new MethodParameter(getClass().getMethod("handle4", ValidBean.class), 0);
+		paramValidBean = new MethodParameter(getClass().getMethod("handle4", SimpleBean.class), 0);
 
 		mavContainer = new ModelAndViewContainer();
 		
@@ -142,43 +143,38 @@ public class RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessorTests {
 		verify(messageConverter);
 	}
 
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Test
 	public void resolveArgumentNotValid() throws Exception {
-		MediaType contentType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
-		servletRequest.addHeader("Content-Type", contentType.toString());
-
-		HttpMessageConverter<ValidBean> beanConverter = createMock(HttpMessageConverter.class);
-		expect(beanConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes()).andReturn(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN));
-		expect(beanConverter.canRead(ValidBean.class, contentType)).andReturn(true);
-		expect(beanConverter.read(eq(ValidBean.class), isA(HttpInputMessage.class))).andReturn(new ValidBean(null));
-		replay(beanConverter);
-
-		processor = new RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor(Collections.<HttpMessageConverter<?>>singletonList(beanConverter));
 		try {
-			processor.resolveArgument(paramValidBean, mavContainer, webRequest, new ValidatingBinderFactory());
+			testResolveArgumentWithValidation(new SimpleBean(null));
 			fail("Expected exception");
 		} catch (RequestBodyNotValidException e) {
-			assertEquals("validBean", e.getErrors().getObjectName());
+			assertEquals("simpleBean", e.getErrors().getObjectName());
 			assertEquals(1, e.getErrors().getErrorCount());
 			assertNotNull(e.getErrors().getFieldError("name"));
 		}
 	}
-	
+
-	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Test
 	public void resolveArgumentValid() throws Exception {
+		testResolveArgumentWithValidation(new SimpleBean("name"));
+	}
+
+	private void testResolveArgumentWithValidation(SimpleBean simpleBean) throws IOException, Exception {
 		MediaType contentType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
 		servletRequest.addHeader("Content-Type", contentType.toString());
 
-		HttpMessageConverter<ValidBean> beanConverter = createMock(HttpMessageConverter.class);
+		@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
+		HttpMessageConverter<SimpleBean> beanConverter = createMock(HttpMessageConverter.class);
 		expect(beanConverter.getSupportedMediaTypes()).andReturn(Collections.singletonList(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN));
-		expect(beanConverter.canRead(ValidBean.class, contentType)).andReturn(true);
+		expect(beanConverter.canRead(SimpleBean.class, contentType)).andReturn(true);
-		expect(beanConverter.read(eq(ValidBean.class), isA(HttpInputMessage.class))).andReturn(new ValidBean("name"));
+		expect(beanConverter.read(eq(SimpleBean.class), isA(HttpInputMessage.class))).andReturn(simpleBean);
 		replay(beanConverter);
 
 		processor = new RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessor(Collections.<HttpMessageConverter<?>>singletonList(beanConverter));
 		processor.resolveArgument(paramValidBean, mavContainer, webRequest, new ValidatingBinderFactory());
+		
+		verify(beanConverter);
 	}
 	
 	@Test(expected = HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException.class)
@@ -293,7 +289,7 @@ public class RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessorTests {
 		return null;
 	}
 
-	public void handle4(@Valid @RequestBody ValidBean b) {
+	public void handle4(@Valid @RequestBody SimpleBean b) {
 	}
 	
 	private final class ValidatingBinderFactory implements WebDataBinderFactory {
@@ -307,12 +303,12 @@ public class RequestResponseBodyMethodProcessorTests {
 	}
 
 	@SuppressWarnings("unused")
-	private static class ValidBean {
+	private static class SimpleBean {
 
 		@NotNull
 		private final String name;
 
-		public ValidBean(String name) {
+		public SimpleBean(String name) {
 			this.name = name;
 		}
 

org.springframework.web.servlet/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/support/DefaultHandlerExceptionResolverTests.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import org.springframework.web.bind.MissingServletRequestParameterException;
 import org.springframework.web.bind.ServletRequestBindingException;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.ModelAndView;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.RequestBodyNotValidException;
+import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.support.RequestPartNotValidException;
 import org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.multiaction.NoSuchRequestHandlingMethodException;
 
 /** @author Arjen Poutsma */
@@ -147,4 +148,16 @@ public class DefaultHandlerExceptionResolverTests {
 		assertTrue(response.getErrorMessage().contains("Field error in object 'testBean' on field 'name'"));
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void handleRequestPartNotValid() {
+		BeanPropertyBindingResult errors = new BeanPropertyBindingResult(new TestBean(), "testBean");
+		errors.rejectValue("name", "invalid");
+		RequestPartNotValidException ex = new RequestPartNotValidException(errors);
+		ModelAndView mav = exceptionResolver.resolveException(request, response, null, ex);
+		assertNotNull("No ModelAndView returned", mav);
+		assertTrue("No Empty ModelAndView returned", mav.isEmpty());
+		assertEquals("Invalid status code", 400, response.getStatus());
+		assertTrue(response.getErrorMessage().startsWith("Validation of the content of request part"));
+		assertTrue(response.getErrorMessage().contains("Field error in object 'testBean' on field 'name'"));
+	}
 }

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/CookieValue.java

@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @see RequestParam
  * @see RequestHeader
  * @see org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping
- * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMethodAdapter
  * @see org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
  */
 @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/PathVariable.java

@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  *
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @see RequestMapping
- * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMethodAdapter
  * @since 3.0
  */
 @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/RequestBody.java

@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @author Arjen Poutsma
  * @see RequestHeader
  * @see ResponseBody
- * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMethodAdapter
  * @since 3.0
  */
 @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/RequestHeader.java

@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @see RequestMapping
  * @see RequestParam
  * @see CookieValue
- * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMethodAdapter
  * @see org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
  */
 @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/RequestMapping.java

@@ -95,6 +95,11 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * converted to the declared method argument type using 
  * {@linkplain org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter message
  * converters}. Such parameters may optionally be annotated with {@code @Valid}.
+ * <li>{@link RequestPart @RequestPart} annotated parameters for access to the content
+ * of a part of "multipart/form-data" request. The request part stream will be
+ * converted to the declared method argument type using 
+ * {@linkplain org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter message
+ * converters}. Such parameters may optionally be annotated with {@code @Valid}.
  * <li>{@link org.springframework.http.HttpEntity HttpEntity&lt;?&gt;} parameters
  * for access to the Servlet request HTTP headers and contents. The request stream will be
  * converted to the entity body using

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/RequestParam.java

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ import java.lang.annotation.Target;
  * @see RequestMapping
  * @see RequestHeader
  * @see CookieValue
- * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerMethodAdapter
  * @see org.springframework.web.portlet.mvc.annotation.AnnotationMethodHandlerAdapter
  */
 @Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/bind/annotation/RequestPart.java

@@ -0,0 +1,44 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2009 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.web.bind.annotation;
+
+import java.lang.annotation.Documented;
+import java.lang.annotation.ElementType;
+import java.lang.annotation.Retention;
+import java.lang.annotation.RetentionPolicy;
+import java.lang.annotation.Target;
+
+/**
+ * Annotation that indicates a method parameter should be bound to the content of a part of a "multipart/form-data" request.
+ * Supported for annotated handler methods in Servlet environments.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @see org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation.RequestMappingHandlerAdapter
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+@Target(ElementType.PARAMETER)
+@Retention(RetentionPolicy.RUNTIME)
+@Documented
+public @interface RequestPart {
+
+	/**
+	 * The name of the part in the "multipart/form-data" request to bind to.
+	 */
+	String value() default "";
+	
+}

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/method/annotation/support/ExpressionValueMethodArgumentResolver.java

@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ public class ExpressionValueMethodArgumentResolver extends AbstractNamedValueMet
 	@Override
 	protected Object resolveName(String name, MethodParameter parameter, NativeWebRequest webRequest)
 			throws Exception {
-		// There is no name to be resolved
+		// No name to resolve
 		return null;
 	}
 

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/method/annotation/support/ModelAttributeMethodProcessor.java

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ public class ModelAttributeMethodProcessor implements HandlerMethodArgumentResol
 		if (binder.getTarget() != null) {
 			bindRequestParameters(binder, request);
 			
-			if (isValidationApplicable(binder, parameter)) {
+			if (isValidationApplicable(binder.getTarget(), parameter)) {
 				binder.validate();
 			}
 			
@@ -148,12 +148,12 @@ public class ModelAttributeMethodProcessor implements HandlerMethodArgumentResol
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * Whether to validate the model attribute inside the given data binder instance.
+	 * Whether to validate the given model attribute argument value.
-	 * @param binder the data binder containing the validation candidate
+	 * @param argumentValue the validation candidate
 	 * @param parameter the method argument declaring the validation candidate
 	 * @return {@code true} if validation should be applied, {@code false} otherwise.
 	 */
-	protected boolean isValidationApplicable(WebDataBinder binder, MethodParameter parameter) {
+	protected boolean isValidationApplicable(Object argumentValue, MethodParameter parameter) {
 		Annotation[] annotations = parameter.getParameterAnnotations();
 		for (Annotation annot : annotations) {
 			if ("Valid".equals(annot.annotationType().getSimpleName())) {

org.springframework.web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest.java

@@ -0,0 +1,98 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.web.multipart;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.util.Iterator;
+
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.server.ServerHttpRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+
+/**
+ * {@link ServerHttpRequest} implementation that is based on a part of a {@link MultipartHttpServletRequest}.
+ * The part is accessed as {@link MultipartFile} and adapted to the ServerHttpRequest contract.
+ * 
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 3.1
+ */
+public class RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest implements ServerHttpRequest {
+
+	private final MultipartHttpServletRequest request;
+	
+	private final MultipartFile multipartFile;
+
+	private HttpHeaders headers;
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a new {@link RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest} instance.
+	 * 
+	 * @param request the multipart request.
+	 * @param name the name of the part to adapt to the {@link ServerHttpRequest} contract.
+	 */
+	public RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest(MultipartHttpServletRequest request, String name) {
+		this.request = request;
+		this.multipartFile = request.getFile(name);
+		Assert.notNull(multipartFile, "Request part named '" + name + "' not found. " + 
+				"Available request part names: " + request.getMultiFileMap().keySet());
+
+	}
+
+	public HttpMethod getMethod() {
+		return HttpMethod.valueOf(this.request.getMethod());
+	}
+
+	public URI getURI() {
+		try {
+			return new URI(this.request.getScheme(), null, this.request.getServerName(),
+					this.request.getServerPort(), this.request.getRequestURI(),
+					this.request.getQueryString(), null);
+		}
+		catch (URISyntaxException ex) {
+			throw new IllegalStateException("Could not get HttpServletRequest URI: " + ex.getMessage(), ex);
+		}
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the headers associated with the part of the multi-part request associated with this instance. 
+	 * If the underlying implementation supports access to headers, then all headers are returned. 
+	 * Otherwise, the returned headers will have a 'Content-Type' header in the very least.
+	 */
+	public HttpHeaders getHeaders() {
+		if (this.headers == null) {
+			this.headers = new HttpHeaders();
+			Iterator<String> iterator = this.multipartFile.getHeaderNames();
+			while (iterator.hasNext()) {
+				String name = iterator.next();
+				String[] values = this.multipartFile.getHeaders(name);
+				for (String value : values) {
+					this.headers.add(name, value);
+				}
+			}
+		}
+		return this.headers;
+	}
+
+	public InputStream getBody() throws IOException {
+		return this.multipartFile.getInputStream();
+	}
+
+}

org.springframework.web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/multipart/RequestPartServletServerHttpRequestTests.java

@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2011 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.web.multipart;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertArrayEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+
+import org.junit.Before;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartFile;
+import org.springframework.mock.web.MockMultipartHttpServletRequest;
+import org.springframework.util.FileCopyUtils;
+
+/**
+ * Test fixture for {@link RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest} unit tests.
+ * 
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class RequestPartServletServerHttpRequestTests {
+
+	private RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest request;
+	
+	private MockMultipartHttpServletRequest mockRequest;
+
+	private MockMultipartFile mockFile;
+	
+	@Before
+	public void create() throws Exception {
+		mockFile = new MockMultipartFile("part", "", "application/json" ,"Part Content".getBytes("UTF-8"));
+		mockRequest = new MockMultipartHttpServletRequest();
+		mockRequest.addFile(mockFile);
+		request = new RequestPartServletServerHttpRequest(mockRequest, "part");
+	}	
+	
+	@Test
+	public void getMethod() throws Exception {
+		mockRequest.setMethod("POST");
+		assertEquals("Invalid method", HttpMethod.POST, request.getMethod());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void getURI() throws Exception {
+		URI uri = new URI("http://example.com/path?query");
+		mockRequest.setServerName(uri.getHost());
+		mockRequest.setServerPort(uri.getPort());
+		mockRequest.setRequestURI(uri.getPath());
+		mockRequest.setQueryString(uri.getQuery());
+		assertEquals("Invalid uri", uri, request.getURI());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void getContentType() throws Exception {
+		HttpHeaders headers = request.getHeaders();
+		assertNotNull("No HttpHeaders returned", headers);
+
+		MediaType expected = MediaType.parseMediaType(mockFile.getContentType());
+		MediaType actual = headers.getContentType();
+		assertEquals("Invalid content type returned", expected, actual);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void getBody() throws Exception {
+		byte[] result = FileCopyUtils.copyToByteArray(request.getBody());
+		assertArrayEquals("Invalid content returned", mockFile.getBytes(), result);
+	}
+	
+}

spring-framework-reference/src/mvc.xml

@@ -1109,6 +1109,14 @@ public class RelativePathUriTemplateController {
               linkend="mvc-ann-requestbody" />.</para>
             </listitem>
 
+            <listitem>
+              <para><interfacename>@RequestPart</interfacename> annotated parameters
+              for access to the content of a "multipart/form-data" request part. 
+              Parameter values are converted to the declared method argument type using
+              <interfacename>HttpMessageConverter</interfacename>s. See <xref
+              linkend="mvc-ann-requestpart" />.</para>
+            </listitem>
+
             <listitem>
               <para><classname>HttpEntity&lt;?&gt;</classname> parameters
               for access to the Servlet request HTTP headers and contents. The request stream will be
@@ -1398,7 +1406,7 @@ public void handle(@RequestBody String body, Writer writer) throws IOException {
         validator is configured automatically assuming a JSR-303 implementation is available 
         on the classpath. If validation fails a <classname>RequestBodyNotValidException</classname>
         is raised. The exception is handled by the <classname>DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver</classname>
-        and results in a <literal>500</literal> error send back to the client along with
+        and results in a <literal>400</literal> error sent back to the client along with
         a message containing the validation errors.</para>
 
         <note>
@@ -1407,6 +1415,67 @@ public void handle(@RequestBody String body, Writer writer) throws IOException {
         </note>
       </section>
 
+      <section id="mvc-ann-requestpart">
+        <title>Mapping the content of a part of a "multipart/form-data" request with the 
+        <interfacename>@RequestPart</interfacename> annotation</title>
+
+        <para>A "multipart/form-data" request contains a series of parts each with its own
+        headers and content. It is commonly used for handling file uploads on a form --
+        see <xref linkend="mvc-multipart"/> -- but can also be used to send or receive 
+        a request with multiple types of content.</para>
+        
+        <para>The <interfacename>@RequestPart</interfacename> annotation works very similarly to the
+        <interfacename>@RequestBody</interfacename> annotation except instead of looking in the 
+        body of the HTTP request, it binds the method parameter to the content of one of the
+        parts of a "multipart/form-data" request. Here is an exampe:</para>
+        
+        <programlisting language="java">
+@RequestMapping(value="/configurations", method = RequestMethod.POST)
+public String onSubmit(<emphasis role="bold">@RequestPart("meta-data") MetaData metadata</emphasis>) {
+
+    <lineannotation>// ...</lineannotation>
+
+}
+</programlisting>        
+
+		<para>The actual request may look like this:</para>
+		
+        <programlisting language="xml">
+POST /configurations
+Content-Type: multipart/mixed
+ 
+--edt7Tfrdusa7r3lNQc79vXuhIIMlatb7PQg7Vp
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="meta-data"
+Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+ 
+{
+  "name": "value"
+}
+--edt7Tfrdusa7r3lNQc79vXuhIIMlatb7PQg7Vp
+Content-Disposition: form-data; name="file-data"; filename="file.properties"
+Content-Type: text/xml
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
+... File Data ...
+		</programlisting>
+    
+    	<para>In the above example, the <literal>metadata</literal> argument is bound to the content 
+    	of the first part of the request called <literal>"meta-data"</literal> containing JSON content.
+    	In this case we specified the name of the request part in the 
+    	<interfacename>@RequestPart</interfacename> annotation but we might have been able to leave it
+    	out if the name of the method argument matched the request part name.</para>
+    	
+    	<para>Just like with <interfacename>@RequestBody</interfacename> you convert the content of
+    	the request part to the method argument type by using an 
+    	<classname>HttpMessageConverter</classname>. Also you can add <literal>@Valid</literal> 
+    	to the method argument to have the resulting object automatically validated. 
+    	If validation fails a <classname>RequestPartNotValidException</classname> is raised. 
+    	The exception is handled by the <classname>DefaultHandlerExceptionResolver</classname> and 
+    	results in a <literal>400</literal> error sent back to the client along with a message 
+    	containing the validation errors.</para>
+        
+	  </section>
+
       <section id="mvc-ann-responsebody">
         <title>Mapping the response body with the <interfacename>@ResponseBody</interfacename>
         annotation</title>