diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/DispatcherHttpHandler.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/DispatcherHttpHandler.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.reactive.web;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscriber;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
+
+import org.springframework.beans.factory.BeanFactoryUtils;
+import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class DispatcherHttpHandler implements HttpHandler {
+
+	private List<HandlerMapping> handlerMappings;
+
+	private List<HandlerAdapter> handlerAdapters;
+
+	private List<HandlerResultHandler> resultHandlers;
+
+
+	protected void initStrategies(ApplicationContext context) {
+
+		this.handlerMappings = new ArrayList<>(BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(
+				context, HandlerMapping.class, true, false).values());
+
+		this.handlerAdapters = new ArrayList<>(BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(
+				context, HandlerAdapter.class, true, false).values());
+
+		this.resultHandlers = new ArrayList<>(BeanFactoryUtils.beansOfTypeIncludingAncestors(
+				context, HandlerResultHandler.class, true, false).values());
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public Publisher<Void> handle(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response) {
+
+		Object handler = getHandler(request);
+		if (handler == null) {
+			// No exception handling mechanism yet
+			response.setStatusCode(HttpStatus.NOT_FOUND);
+			return Publishers.complete();
+		}
+
+		HandlerAdapter handlerAdapter = getHandlerAdapter(handler);
+		final Publisher<HandlerResult> resultPublisher = handlerAdapter.handle(request, response, handler);
+
+		return new Publisher<Void>() {
+
+			@Override
+			public void subscribe(final Subscriber<? super Void> subscriber) {
+
+				resultPublisher.subscribe(new Subscriber<HandlerResult>() {
+
+					@Override
+					public void onSubscribe(Subscription subscription) {
+						subscription.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public void onNext(HandlerResult result) {
+						for (HandlerResultHandler resultHandler : resultHandlers) {
+							if (resultHandler.supports(result)) {
+								Publisher<Void> publisher = resultHandler.handleResult(request, response, result);
+								publisher.subscribe(new Subscriber<Void>() {
+									@Override
+									public void onSubscribe(Subscription subscription) {
+										subscription.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+									}
+
+									@Override
+									public void onNext(Void aVoid) {
+										// no op
+									}
+
+									@Override
+									public void onError(Throwable error) {
+										// Result handling error (no exception handling mechanism yet)
+										subscriber.onError(error);
+									}
+
+									@Override
+									public void onComplete() {
+										subscriber.onComplete();
+									}
+								});
+							}
+						}
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public void onError(Throwable error) {
+						// Application handler error (no exception handling mechanism yet)
+						subscriber.onError(error);
+					}
+
+					@Override
+					public void onComplete() {
+						// do nothing
+					}
+				});
+			}
+		};
+	}
+
+	protected Object getHandler(ServerHttpRequest request) {
+		Object handler = null;
+		for (HandlerMapping handlerMapping : this.handlerMappings) {
+			handler = handlerMapping.getHandler(request);
+			if (handler != null) {
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		return handler;
+	}
+
+	protected HandlerAdapter getHandlerAdapter(Object handler) {
+		for (HandlerAdapter handlerAdapter : this.handlerAdapters) {
+			if (handlerAdapter.supports(handler)) {
+				return handlerAdapter;
+			}
+		}
+		// more specific exception
+		throw new IllegalStateException("No HandlerAdapter for " + handler);
+	}
+
+
+	private static class Publishers {
+
+
+		public static Publisher<Void> complete() {
+			return subscriber -> {
+				subscriber.onSubscribe(new NoopSubscription());
+				subscriber.onComplete();
+			};
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class NoopSubscription implements Subscription {
+
+		@Override
+		public void request(long n) {
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void cancel() {
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerAdapter.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerAdapter.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.reactive.web;
+
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public interface HandlerAdapter {
+
+	boolean supports(Object handler);
+
+	Publisher<HandlerResult> handle(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response, Object handler);
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerMapping.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerMapping.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.reactive.web;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public interface HandlerMapping {
+
+	Object getHandler(ServerHttpRequest request);
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerResult.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerResult.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.reactive.web;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class HandlerResult {
+
+	private final Object returnValue;
+
+
+	public HandlerResult(Object returnValue) {
+		this.returnValue = returnValue;
+	}
+
+
+	public Object getReturnValue() {
+		return this.returnValue;
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerResultHandler.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/main/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/HandlerResultHandler.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.reactive.web;
+
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public interface HandlerResultHandler {
+
+	boolean supports(HandlerResult result);
+
+	Publisher<Void> handleResult(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response, HandlerResult result);
+
+}
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diff --git a/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/DispatcherApp.java b/spring-web-reactive/src/test/java/org/springframework/reactive/web/DispatcherApp.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2015 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.reactive.web;
+
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import io.netty.buffer.ByteBuf;
+import io.reactivex.netty.protocol.http.server.HttpServer;
+import org.reactivestreams.Publisher;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscriber;
+import org.reactivestreams.Subscription;
+
+import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.reactive.web.rxnetty.RequestHandlerAdapter;
+import org.springframework.web.context.support.StaticWebApplicationContext;
+
+/**
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class DispatcherApp {
+
+	public static void main(String[] args) {
+
+		StaticWebApplicationContext wac = new StaticWebApplicationContext();
+		wac.registerSingleton("handlerMapping", SimpleUrlHandlerMapping.class);
+		wac.registerSingleton("handlerAdapter", PlainTextHandlerAdapter.class);
+		wac.registerSingleton("resultHandler", PlainTextResultHandler.class);
+		wac.refresh();
+
+		SimpleUrlHandlerMapping handlerMapping = wac.getBean(SimpleUrlHandlerMapping.class);
+		handlerMapping.addHandler("/text", new HelloWorldTextHandler());
+
+		DispatcherHttpHandler dispatcherHandler = new DispatcherHttpHandler();
+		dispatcherHandler.initStrategies(wac);
+
+		RequestHandlerAdapter requestHandler = new RequestHandlerAdapter(dispatcherHandler);
+		HttpServer<ByteBuf, ByteBuf> server = HttpServer.newServer(8080);
+		server.start(requestHandler::handle);
+		server.awaitShutdown();
+	}
+
+
+	private static class SimpleUrlHandlerMapping implements HandlerMapping {
+
+		private final Map<String, Object> handlerMap = new HashMap<>();
+
+
+		public void addHandler(String path, Object handler) {
+			this.handlerMap.put(path, handler);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Object getHandler(ServerHttpRequest request) {
+			return this.handlerMap.get(request.getURI().getPath());
+		}
+	}
+
+	private interface PlainTextHandler {
+
+		Publisher<String> handle(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response);
+
+	}
+
+	private static class HelloWorldTextHandler implements PlainTextHandler {
+
+		@Override
+		public Publisher<String> handle(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response) {
+
+			return new Publisher<String>() {
+
+				@Override
+				public void subscribe(Subscriber<? super String> subscriber) {
+					subscriber.onSubscribe(new AbstractSubscription<String>(subscriber) {
+
+						@Override
+						protected void requestInternal(long n) {
+							invokeOnNext("Hello world.");
+							invokeOnComplete();
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			};
+		}
+
+	}
+
+	private static class PlainTextHandlerAdapter implements HandlerAdapter {
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean supports(Object handler) {
+			return PlainTextHandler.class.isAssignableFrom(handler.getClass());
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Publisher<HandlerResult> handle(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response,
+				Object handler) {
+
+			PlainTextHandler textHandler = (PlainTextHandler) handler;
+			final Publisher<String> resultPublisher = textHandler.handle(request, response);
+
+			return new Publisher<HandlerResult>() {
+
+				@Override
+				public void subscribe(Subscriber<? super HandlerResult> handlerResultSubscriber) {
+					handlerResultSubscriber.onSubscribe(new AbstractSubscription<HandlerResult>(handlerResultSubscriber) {
+
+						@Override
+						protected void requestInternal(long n) {
+							resultPublisher.subscribe(new Subscriber<Object>() {
+
+								@Override
+								public void onSubscribe(Subscription subscription) {
+									subscription.request(Long.MAX_VALUE);
+								}
+
+								@Override
+								public void onNext(Object result) {
+									invokeOnNext(new HandlerResult(result));
+								}
+
+								@Override
+								public void onError(Throwable error) {
+									invokeOnError(error);
+								}
+
+								@Override
+								public void onComplete() {
+									invokeOnComplete();
+								}
+							});
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			};
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static class PlainTextResultHandler implements HandlerResultHandler {
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean supports(HandlerResult result) {
+			Object value = result.getReturnValue();
+			return (value != null && String.class.equals(value.getClass()));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public Publisher<Void> handleResult(ServerHttpRequest request, ServerHttpResponse response,
+				HandlerResult result) {
+
+			response.getHeaders().setContentType(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN);
+
+			return response.writeWith(new Publisher<byte[]>() {
+
+				@Override
+				public void subscribe(Subscriber<? super byte[]> writeSubscriber) {
+					writeSubscriber.onSubscribe(new AbstractSubscription<byte[]>(writeSubscriber) {
+
+						@Override
+						protected void requestInternal(long n) {
+							Charset charset = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+							invokeOnNext(((String) result.getReturnValue()).getBytes(charset));
+							invokeOnComplete();
+						}
+					});
+				}
+			});
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private static abstract class AbstractSubscription<T> implements Subscription {
+
+		private final Subscriber<? super T> subscriber;
+
+		private volatile boolean terminated;
+
+
+		public AbstractSubscription(Subscriber<? super T> subscriber) {
+			this.subscriber = subscriber;
+		}
+
+		protected boolean isTerminated() {
+			return this.terminated;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public void request(long n) {
+			if (isTerminated()) {
+				return;
+			}
+			if (n > 0) {
+				requestInternal(n);
+			}
+		}
+
+		protected abstract void requestInternal(long n);
+
+		@Override
+		public void cancel() {
+			this.terminated = true;
+		}
+
+		protected void invokeOnNext(T data) {
+			this.subscriber.onNext(data);
+		}
+
+		protected void invokeOnError(Throwable error) {
+			this.terminated = true;
+			this.subscriber.onError(error);
+		}
+
+		protected void invokeOnComplete() {
+			this.terminated = true;
+			this.subscriber.onComplete();
+		}
+	}
+
+}