diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/RequestEntity.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/RequestEntity.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..592508b74fb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/RequestEntity.java
@@ -0,0 +1,597 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.http;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.ObjectUtils;
+import org.springframework.web.util.UriTemplate;
+
+/**
+ * Extension of {@link HttpEntity} that adds a {@linkplain HttpMethod method} and
+ * {@linkplain URI uri}.
+ * Used in {@code RestTemplate} as well {@code @Controller} methods.
+ *
+ * <p>In {@code RestTemplate}, this class is used as parameter in
+ * {@link org.springframework.web.client.RestTemplate#exchange(RequestEntity, Class) exchange()}:
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * MyRequest body = ...
+ * RequestEntity&lt;MyRequest&gt; request = RequestEntity.post(&quot;http://example.com/{foo}&quot;, &quot;bar&quot;).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
+ * ResponseEntity&lt;MyResponse&gt; response = template.exchange(request, MyResponse.class);
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * <p>Can also be used in Spring MVC, as a parameter in a @Controller method:
+ * <pre class="code">
+ * &#64;RequestMapping("/handle")
+ * public void handle(RequestEntity&lt;String&gt; request) {
+ *   HttpMethod method = request.getMethod();
+ *   URI url = request.getUrl();
+ *   String body = request.getBody();
+ * }
+ * </pre>
+ *
+ * @author Arjen Poutsma
+ * @since 4.1
+ * @see #getMethod()
+ * @see #getUrl()
+ */
+public class RequestEntity<T> extends HttpEntity<T> {
+
+	private final HttpMethod method;
+
+	private final URI url;
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code RequestEntity} with the given method and URL, and no body nor headers.
+	 * @param method the method
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 */
+	public RequestEntity(HttpMethod method, URI url) {
+		super();
+		this.method = method;
+		this.url = url;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code RequestEntity} with the given method, URL, body, and no headers.
+	 * @param body the body
+	 * @param method the method
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 */
+	public RequestEntity(T body, HttpMethod method, URI url) {
+		super(body);
+		this.method = method;
+		this.url = url;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code RequestEntity} with the given method, URL, body, headers and no
+	 * body
+	 * @param headers the headers
+	 * @param method the method
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 */
+	public RequestEntity(MultiValueMap<String, String> headers, HttpMethod method, URI url) {
+		super(headers);
+		this.method = method;
+		this.url = url;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Create a new {@code RequestEntity} with the given method, URL, body, headers and
+	 * body
+	 * @param body the body
+	 * @param headers the headers
+	 * @param method the method
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 */
+	public RequestEntity(T body, MultiValueMap<String, String> headers,
+			HttpMethod method, URI url) {
+		super(body, headers);
+		this.method = method;
+		this.url = url;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the HTTP method of the request.
+	 * @return the HTTP method as an {@code HttpMethod} enum value
+	 */
+	public HttpMethod getMethod() {
+		return method;
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the URL of the request.
+	 * @return the URL as a {@code URI}
+	 */
+	public URI getUrl() {
+		return url;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public boolean equals(Object other) {
+		if (this == other) {
+			return true;
+		}
+		if (!(other instanceof RequestEntity)) {
+			return false;
+		}
+		RequestEntity<?> otherEntity = (RequestEntity<?>) other;
+		return (ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.method, otherEntity.method) &&
+				ObjectUtils.nullSafeEquals(this.url, otherEntity.url) &&
+				super.equals(other));
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public int hashCode() {
+		return 29 * super.hashCode() +
+				29 * ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(this.method) +
+				ObjectUtils.nullSafeHashCode(this.url);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public String toString() {
+		StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder("<");
+		builder.append(this.method.toString());
+		builder.append(' ');
+		builder.append(this.url);
+		builder.append(',');
+		T body = getBody();
+		HttpHeaders headers = getHeaders();
+		if (body != null) {
+			builder.append(body);
+			if (headers != null) {
+				builder.append(',');
+			}
+		}
+		if (headers != null) {
+			builder.append(headers);
+		}
+		builder.append('>');
+		return builder.toString();
+	}
+
+	// Static builder methods
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a builder with the given method, url, and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param method the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder method(HttpMethod method, String url,
+			Object... uriVariables) {
+		URI expanded = new UriTemplate(url).expand(uriVariables);
+		return new DefaultBodyBuilder(method, expanded);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a builder with the given method, url, and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param method the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder method(HttpMethod method, String url,
+			Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		URI expanded = new UriTemplate(url).expand(uriVariables);
+		return new DefaultBodyBuilder(method, expanded);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a builder with the given method, url, and uri variables.
+	 * @param method the HTTP method (GET, POST, etc)
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder method(HttpMethod method, URI url) {
+		return new DefaultBodyBuilder(method, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a GET builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> get(String url, Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.GET, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a GET builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> get(String url, Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.GET, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a GET builder with the given url.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> get(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.GET, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a HEAD builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> head(String url, Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.HEAD, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a HEAD builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> head(String url, Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.HEAD, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a HEAD builder with the given url.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> head(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.HEAD, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a POST builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder post(String url, Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.POST, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a POST builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder post(String url, Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.POST, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a POST builder with the given url.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder post(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.POST, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a PUT builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder put(String url,
+					Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PUT, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a PUT builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder put(String url,
+					Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PUT, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a PUT builder with the given url.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder put(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PUT, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a PATCH builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder patch(String url,
+					Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PATCH, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a PATCH builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder patch(String url,
+					Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PATCH, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a PATCH builder with the given url.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static BodyBuilder patch(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.PATCH, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a DELETE builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> delete(String url,
+					Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.DELETE, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a DELETE builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> delete(String url,
+					Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.DELETE, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates a DELETE builder with the given url.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> delete(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.DELETE, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an OPTIONS builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> options(String url,
+					Object... uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an OPTIONS builder with the given url and uri variables.
+	 * <p>URI Template variables are expanded using the given URI variables, if any.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @param uriVariables the variables to expand in the template
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> options(String url,
+					Map<String, ?> uriVariables) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, url, uriVariables);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Creates an OPTIONS builder with the given url.
+	 * @param url the URL
+	 * @return the created builder
+	 */
+	public static HeadersBuilder<?> options(URI url) {
+		return method(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, url);
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Defines a builder that adds headers to the request entity.
+	 * @param <B> the builder subclass
+	 */
+	public interface HeadersBuilder<B extends HeadersBuilder<B>> {
+
+		/**
+		 * Add the given, single header value under the given name.
+		 * @param headerName  the header name
+		 * @param headerValues the header value(s)
+		 * @return this builder
+		 * @see HttpHeaders#add(String, String)
+		 */
+		B header(String headerName, String... headerValues);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the list of acceptable {@linkplain MediaType media types}, as specified
+		 * by the {@code Accept} header.
+		 * @param acceptableMediaTypes the acceptable media types
+		 */
+		B accept(MediaType... acceptableMediaTypes);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the list of acceptable {@linkplain Charset charsets}, as specified by
+		 * the {@code Accept-Charset} header.
+		 * @param acceptableCharsets the acceptable charsets
+		 */
+		B acceptCharset(Charset... acceptableCharsets);
+
+		/**
+		 * Sets the value of the {@code If-Modified-Since} header.
+		 * <p>The date should be specified as the number of milliseconds since January 1,
+		 * 1970 GMT.
+		 * @param ifModifiedSince the new value of the header
+		 */
+		B ifModifiedSince(long ifModifiedSince);
+
+		/**
+		 * Sets the values of the {@code If-None-Match} header.
+		 * @param ifNoneMatches the new value of the header
+		 */
+		B ifNoneMatch(String... ifNoneMatches);
+
+		/**
+		 * Builds the request entity with no body.
+		 * @return the request entity
+		 * @see BodyBuilder#body(Object)
+		 */
+		RequestEntity<Void> build();
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Defines a builder that adds a body to the response entity.
+	 */
+	public interface BodyBuilder extends HeadersBuilder<BodyBuilder> {
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the length of the body in bytes, as specified by the {@code Content-Length}
+		 * header.
+		 * @param contentLength the content length
+		 * @return this builder
+		 * @see HttpHeaders#setContentLength(long)
+		 */
+		BodyBuilder contentLength(long contentLength);
+
+		/**
+		 * Set the {@linkplain MediaType media type} of the body, as specified by the
+		 * {@code Content-Type} header.
+		 * @param contentType the content type
+		 * @return this builder
+		 * @see HttpHeaders#setContentType(MediaType)
+		 */
+		BodyBuilder contentType(MediaType contentType);
+
+		/**
+		 * Sets the body of the request entity and returns it.
+		 * @param body the body of the request entity
+		 * @param <T> the type of the body
+		 * @return the built request entity
+		 */
+		<T> RequestEntity<T> body(T body);
+
+	}
+
+	private static class DefaultBodyBuilder implements BodyBuilder {
+
+		private final HttpMethod method;
+
+		private final URI url;
+
+		private final HttpHeaders headers = new HttpHeaders();
+
+
+		public DefaultBodyBuilder(HttpMethod method, URI url) {
+			this.method = method;
+			this.url = url;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder header(String headerName, String... headerValues) {
+			for (String headerValue : headerValues) {
+				this.headers.add(headerName, headerValue);
+			}
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder accept(MediaType... acceptableMediaTypes) {
+			this.headers.setAccept(Arrays.asList(acceptableMediaTypes));
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder acceptCharset(Charset... acceptableCharsets) {
+			this.headers.setAcceptCharset(Arrays.asList(acceptableCharsets));
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder contentLength(long contentLength) {
+			this.headers.setContentLength(contentLength);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder contentType(MediaType contentType) {
+			this.headers.setContentType(contentType);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder ifModifiedSince(long ifModifiedSince) {
+			this.headers.setIfModifiedSince(ifModifiedSince);
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public BodyBuilder ifNoneMatch(String... ifNoneMatches) {
+			this.headers.setIfNoneMatch(Arrays.asList(ifNoneMatches));
+			return this;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public RequestEntity<Void> build() {
+			return new RequestEntity<Void>(null, this.headers, this.method, this.url);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public <T> RequestEntity<T> body(T body) {
+			return new RequestEntity<T>(body, this.headers, this.method, this.url);
+		}
+	}
+
+
+
+
+
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
index 1f758ff2125..6a0a291e887 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestOperations.java
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.ParameterizedTypeReference;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
+import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 
 /**
@@ -461,6 +462,46 @@ public interface RestOperations {
 	<T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(URI url, HttpMethod method, HttpEntity<?> requestEntity,
 			ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType) throws RestClientException;
 
+	/**
+	 * Execute the HTTP method and URL of the {@link RequestEntity}, writing it to the
+	 * request, and returns the response as {@link ResponseEntity}. Typically used in
+	 * combination with the static builder methods on {@code RequestEntity}, for instance:
+	 *
+	 * <pre class="code">
+	 * MyRequest body = ...
+	 * RequestEntity request = RequestEntity.post(&quot;http://example.com/{foo}&quot;, &quot;bar&quot;).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
+	 * ResponseEntity&lt;MyResponse&gt; response = template.exchange(request, MyResponse.class);
+	 * </pre>
+	 *
+	 * @param requestEntity the entity to write to the request
+	 * @param responseType the type of the return value
+	 * @return the response as entity
+	 * @since 4.1
+	 */
+	<T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(RequestEntity<?> requestEntity,
+			Class<T> responseType) throws RestClientException;
+
+	/**
+	 * Execute the HTTP method and URL of the {@link RequestEntity}, writing it to the
+	 * request, and returns the response as {@link ResponseEntity}.
+	 * The given {@link ParameterizedTypeReference} is used to pass generic type information:
+	 *
+	 * <pre class="code">
+	 * MyRequest body = ...
+	 * RequestEntity request = RequestEntity.post(&quot;http://example.com/{foo}&quot;, &quot;bar&quot;).accept(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON).body(body);
+	 * ParameterizedTypeReference&lt;List&lt;MyResponse&gt;&gt; myBean = new ParameterizedTypeReference&lt;List&lt;MyResponse&gt;&gt;() {};
+	 * ResponseEntity&lt;List&lt;MyResponse&gt;&gt; response = template.exchange(request, myBean);
+	 * </pre>
+	 *
+	 * @param requestEntity the entity to write to the request
+	 * @param responseType the type of the return value
+	 * @return the response as entity
+	 * @since 4.1
+	 */
+	<T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(RequestEntity<?> requestEntity,
+			ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType) throws RestClientException;
+
+
 	// general execution
 
 	/**
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
index 3f3eb939ffc..ea75dffc3eb 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/client/RestTemplate.java
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.http.client.ClientHttpRequestFactory;
@@ -493,6 +494,28 @@ public class RestTemplate extends InterceptingHttpAccessor implements RestOperat
 		return execute(url, method, requestCallback, responseExtractor);
 	}
 
+	@Override
+	public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(RequestEntity<?> requestEntity,
+			Class<T> responseType) throws RestClientException {
+		Assert.notNull(requestEntity, "'requestEntity' must not be null");
+
+		RequestCallback requestCallback = httpEntityCallback(requestEntity, responseType);
+		ResponseExtractor<ResponseEntity<T>> responseExtractor = responseEntityExtractor(responseType);
+		return execute(requestEntity.getUrl(), requestEntity.getMethod(), requestCallback, responseExtractor);
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public <T> ResponseEntity<T> exchange(RequestEntity<?> requestEntity,
+			ParameterizedTypeReference<T> responseType) throws RestClientException {
+		Assert.notNull(requestEntity, "'requestEntity' must not be null");
+
+		Type type = responseType.getType();
+		RequestCallback requestCallback = httpEntityCallback(requestEntity, type);
+		ResponseExtractor<ResponseEntity<T>> responseExtractor = responseEntityExtractor(type);
+		return execute(requestEntity.getUrl(), requestEntity.getMethod(), requestCallback, responseExtractor);
+	}
+
+
 	// general execution
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/RequestEntityTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/RequestEntityTests.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..f475b4a82d1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/RequestEntityTests.java
@@ -0,0 +1,147 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2014 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.http;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.net.URISyntaxException;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+public class RequestEntityTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void normal() throws URISyntaxException {
+		String headerName = "My-Custom-Header";
+		String headerValue = "HeaderValue";
+		URI url = new URI("http://example.com");
+		Integer entity = 42;
+
+		RequestEntity<Object> requestEntity =
+				RequestEntity.method(HttpMethod.GET, url)
+						.header(headerName, headerValue).body(entity);
+
+		assertNotNull(requestEntity);
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.GET, requestEntity.getMethod());
+		assertTrue(requestEntity.getHeaders().containsKey(headerName));
+		assertEquals(headerValue, requestEntity.getHeaders().getFirst(headerName));
+		assertEquals(entity, requestEntity.getBody());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void uriVariablesExpansion() throws URISyntaxException {
+		RequestEntity.get("http://example.com/{foo}", "bar").accept(MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN).build();
+
+		String url = "http://www.{host}.com/{path}";
+		String host = "example";
+		String path = "foo/bar";
+
+		URI expected = new URI("http://www.example.com/foo/bar");
+
+		RequestEntity<?> entity = RequestEntity.method(HttpMethod.GET, url, host, path).build();
+		assertEquals(expected, entity.getUrl());
+
+		Map<String, String> uriVariables = new HashMap<String, String>(2);
+		uriVariables.put("host", host);
+		uriVariables.put("path", path);
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.method(HttpMethod.GET, url, uriVariables).build();
+		assertEquals(expected, entity.getUrl());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void get() {
+		RequestEntity<Void> requestEntity = RequestEntity.get(URI.create("http://example.com")).accept(
+				MediaType.IMAGE_GIF, MediaType.IMAGE_JPEG, MediaType.IMAGE_PNG).build();
+
+		assertNotNull(requestEntity);
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.GET, requestEntity.getMethod());
+		assertTrue(requestEntity.getHeaders().containsKey("Accept"));
+		assertEquals("image/gif, image/jpeg, image/png", requestEntity.getHeaders().getFirst("Accept"));
+		assertNull(requestEntity.getBody());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void headers() throws URISyntaxException {
+		MediaType accept = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
+		Charset charset = Charset.forName("UTF-8");
+		long ifModifiedSince = 12345L;
+		String ifNoneMatch = "\"foo\"";
+		long contentLength = 67890;
+		MediaType contentType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
+
+		RequestEntity<Void> responseEntity = RequestEntity.post("http://example.com").
+				accept(accept).
+				acceptCharset(charset).
+				ifModifiedSince(ifModifiedSince).
+				ifNoneMatch(ifNoneMatch).
+				contentLength(contentLength).
+				contentType(contentType).
+				build();
+
+		assertNotNull(responseEntity);
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.POST, responseEntity.getMethod());
+		assertEquals(new URI("http://example.com"), responseEntity.getUrl());
+		HttpHeaders responseHeaders = responseEntity.getHeaders();
+
+		assertEquals("text/plain", responseHeaders.getFirst("Accept"));
+		assertEquals("utf-8", responseHeaders.getFirst("Accept-Charset"));
+		assertEquals("Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:12 GMT",
+				responseHeaders.getFirst("If-Modified-Since"));
+		assertEquals(ifNoneMatch, responseHeaders.getFirst("If-None-Match"));
+		assertEquals(String.valueOf(contentLength), responseHeaders.getFirst("Content-Length"));
+		assertEquals(contentType.toString(), responseHeaders.getFirst("Content-Type"));
+
+		assertNull(responseEntity.getBody());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void methods() throws URISyntaxException {
+		URI url = new URI("http://example.com");
+
+		RequestEntity<?> entity = RequestEntity.get(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.GET, entity.getMethod());
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.post(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.POST, entity.getMethod());
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.head(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.HEAD, entity.getMethod());
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.options(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.OPTIONS, entity.getMethod());
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.put(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.PUT, entity.getMethod());
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.patch(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.PATCH, entity.getMethod());
+
+		entity = RequestEntity.delete(url).build();
+		assertEquals(HttpMethod.DELETE, entity.getMethod());
+
+	}
+
+
+
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessor.java b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessor.java
index 25046f6c862..8374f320155 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessor.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessor.java
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.http.server.ServletServerHttpRequest;
@@ -68,12 +69,14 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessor extends AbstractMessageConverterMethodPro
 
 		@Override
 	public boolean supportsParameter(MethodParameter parameter) {
-		return HttpEntity.class.equals(parameter.getParameterType());
+		return HttpEntity.class.equals(parameter.getParameterType()) ||
+				RequestEntity.class.equals(parameter.getParameterType());
 	}
 
 	@Override
 	public boolean supportsReturnType(MethodParameter returnType) {
-		return HttpEntity.class.isAssignableFrom(returnType.getParameterType());
+		return HttpEntity.class.equals(returnType.getParameterType()) ||
+				ResponseEntity.class.equals(returnType.getParameterType());
 	}
 
 	@Override
@@ -81,11 +84,18 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessor extends AbstractMessageConverterMethodPro
 			NativeWebRequest webRequest, WebDataBinderFactory binderFactory)
 			throws IOException, HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException {
 
-		HttpInputMessage inputMessage = createInputMessage(webRequest);
+		ServletServerHttpRequest inputMessage = createInputMessage(webRequest);
 		Type paramType = getHttpEntityType(parameter);
 
 		Object body = readWithMessageConverters(webRequest, parameter, paramType);
-		return new HttpEntity<Object>(body, inputMessage.getHeaders());
+		if (RequestEntity.class.equals(parameter.getParameterType())) {
+			return new RequestEntity<Object>(body, inputMessage.getHeaders(),
+					inputMessage.getMethod(), inputMessage.getURI());
+		}
+		else {
+			return new HttpEntity<Object>(body, inputMessage.getHeaders());
+
+		}
 	}
 
 	private Type getHttpEntityType(MethodParameter parameter) {
diff --git a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests.java b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests.java
index 0e032a08bb6..7397465d4c6 100644
--- a/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests.java
+++ b/spring-webmvc/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/servlet/mvc/method/annotation/HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests.java
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@
 package org.springframework.web.servlet.mvc.method.annotation;
 
 import java.lang.reflect.Method;
+import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Arrays;
 import java.util.Collections;
 
@@ -27,9 +28,11 @@ import org.springframework.core.MethodParameter;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpHeaders;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpInputMessage;
+import org.springframework.http.HttpMethod;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpOutputMessage;
 import org.springframework.http.HttpStatus;
 import org.springframework.http.MediaType;
+import org.springframework.http.RequestEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.ResponseEntity;
 import org.springframework.http.converter.HttpMessageConverter;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockHttpServletRequest;
@@ -65,6 +68,7 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 	private MethodParameter returnTypeResponseEntity;
 	private MethodParameter returnTypeHttpEntity;
 	private MethodParameter returnTypeInt;
+	private MethodParameter paramRequestEntity;
 	private MethodParameter returnTypeResponseEntityProduces;
 
 	private ModelAndViewContainer mavContainer;
@@ -75,6 +79,7 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 
 	private MockHttpServletRequest servletRequest;
 
+
 	@SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
 	@Before
 	public void setUp() throws Exception {
@@ -85,10 +90,11 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 		reset(messageConverter);
 
 
-		Method handle1 = getClass().getMethod("handle1", HttpEntity.class, ResponseEntity.class, Integer.TYPE);
+		Method handle1 = getClass().getMethod("handle1", HttpEntity.class, ResponseEntity.class, Integer.TYPE, RequestEntity.class);
 		paramHttpEntity = new MethodParameter(handle1, 0);
 		paramResponseEntity = new MethodParameter(handle1, 1);
 		paramInt = new MethodParameter(handle1, 2);
+		paramRequestEntity = new MethodParameter(handle1, 3);
 		returnTypeResponseEntity = new MethodParameter(handle1, -1);
 
 		returnTypeHttpEntity = new MethodParameter(getClass().getMethod("handle2", HttpEntity.class), -1);
@@ -107,6 +113,7 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 	@Test
 	public void supportsParameter() {
 		assertTrue("HttpEntity parameter not supported", processor.supportsParameter(paramHttpEntity));
+		assertTrue("RequestEntity parameter not supported", processor.supportsParameter(paramRequestEntity));
 		assertFalse("ResponseEntity parameter supported", processor.supportsParameter(paramResponseEntity));
 		assertFalse("non-entity parameter supported", processor.supportsParameter(paramInt));
 	}
@@ -115,6 +122,8 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 	public void supportsReturnType() {
 		assertTrue("ResponseEntity return type not supported", processor.supportsReturnType(returnTypeResponseEntity));
 		assertTrue("HttpEntity return type not supported", processor.supportsReturnType(returnTypeHttpEntity));
+		assertFalse("RequestEntity parameter supported",
+				processor.supportsReturnType(paramRequestEntity));
 		assertFalse("non-ResponseBody return type supported", processor.supportsReturnType(returnTypeInt));
 	}
 
@@ -134,6 +143,29 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 		assertEquals("Invalid argument", body, ((HttpEntity<?>) result).getBody());
 	}
 
+	@Test
+	public void resolveArgumentRequestEntity() throws Exception {
+		MediaType contentType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
+		servletRequest.addHeader("Content-Type", contentType.toString());
+		servletRequest.setMethod("GET");
+		servletRequest.setServerName("www.example.com");
+		servletRequest.setServerPort(80);
+		servletRequest.setRequestURI("/path");
+
+		String body = "Foo";
+		given(messageConverter.canRead(String.class, contentType)).willReturn(true);
+		given(messageConverter.read(eq(String.class), isA(HttpInputMessage.class))).willReturn(body);
+
+		Object result = processor.resolveArgument(paramRequestEntity, mavContainer, webRequest, null);
+
+		assertTrue(result instanceof RequestEntity);
+		assertFalse("The requestHandled flag shouldn't change", mavContainer.isRequestHandled());
+		RequestEntity<?> requestEntity = (RequestEntity<?>) result;
+		assertEquals("Invalid method", HttpMethod.GET, requestEntity.getMethod());
+		assertEquals("Invalid url", new URI("http", null, "www.example.com", 80, "/path", null, null), requestEntity.getUrl());
+		assertEquals("Invalid argument", body, requestEntity.getBody());
+	}
+
 	@Test(expected = HttpMediaTypeNotSupportedException.class)
 	public void resolveArgumentNotReadable() throws Exception {
 		MediaType contentType = MediaType.TEXT_PLAIN;
@@ -262,7 +294,7 @@ public class HttpEntityMethodProcessorMockTests {
 		assertEquals("headerValue", outputMessage.getValue().getHeaders().get("header").get(0));
 	}
 
-	public ResponseEntity<String> handle1(HttpEntity<String> httpEntity, ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity, int i) {
+	public ResponseEntity<String> handle1(HttpEntity<String> httpEntity, ResponseEntity<String> responseEntity, int i, RequestEntity<String> requestEntity) {
 		return responseEntity;
 	}