diff --git a/gunicorn/http/__init__.py b/gunicorn/http/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0781c783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn/http/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+
+from request import HTTPRequest
+from response import HTTPResponse
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diff --git a/gunicorn/http/request.py b/gunicorn/http/request.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5352e94b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn/http/request.py
@@ -0,0 +1,288 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2008,2009 Benoit Chesneau <benoitc@e-engura.org>
+#
+#  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.
+
+import re
+import StringIO
+import sys
+from urllib import unquote
+
+from gunicorn import __version__
+
+NORMALIZE_SPACE = re.compile(r'(?:\r\n)?[ \t]+')
+
+def _normalize_name(name):
+    return ["-".join([w.capitalize() for w in name.split("-")])]
+
+class RequestError(Exception):
+    
+    def __init__(self, status_code, reason):
+        self.status_code = status_code
+        self.reason = reason
+        Exception.__init__(self, (status_code, reason))
+
+class HTTPRequest(object):
+    
+    SERVER_VERSION = "gunicorn/%s" % __version__
+    CHUNK_SIZE = 4096
+    
+    def __init__(self, socket, client_address, server_address):
+        self.socket = socket
+        self.client_address = client_address
+        self.server_address = server_address
+        self.version = None
+        self.method = None
+        self.path = None
+        self.headers = {}
+        self.response_status = None
+        self.response_headers = {}
+        self._version = 11
+        self.fp = socket.makefile("rw", self.CHUNK_SIZE)
+        
+
+    def read(self):
+        # get status line
+        self.first_line(self.fp.readline())
+        
+        # read headers
+        self.read_headers()
+        
+        if "?" in self.path:
+            path_info, query = self.path.split('?', 1)
+        else:
+            path_info = self.path
+            query = ""
+            
+        length = self.body_length()
+        if not length:
+            wsgi_input = StringIO.StringIO()
+        elif length == "chunked":
+            length, wsgi_input = self.decode_chunked()
+        else:
+             wsgi_input = FileInput(self)
+                 
+                
+        environ = {
+            "wsgi.url_scheme": 'http',
+            "wsgi.input": wsgi_input,
+            "wsgi.errors": sys.stderr,
+            "wsgi.version": (1, 0),
+            "wsgi.multithread": False,
+            "wsgi.multiprocess": True,
+            "wsgi.run_once": False,
+            "SCRIPT_NAME": "",
+            "SERVER_SOFTWARE": self.SERVER_VERSION,
+            "REQUEST_METHOD": self.method,
+            "PATH_INFO": unquote(path_info),
+            "QUERY_STRING": query,
+            "RAW_URI": self.path,
+            "CONTENT_TYPE": self.headers.get('content-type', ''),
+            "CONTENT_LENGTH": length,
+            "REMOTE_ADDR": self.client_address[0],
+            "REMOTE_PORT": self.client_address[1],
+            "SERVER_NAME": self.server_address[0],
+            "SERVER_PORT": self.server_address[1],
+            "SERVER_PROTOCOL": self.version
+        }
+        
+        for key, value in self.headers.items():
+            key = 'HTTP_' + key.replace('-', '_')
+            if key not in ('HTTP_CONTENT_TYPE', 'HTTP_CONTENT_LENGTH'):
+                environ[key] = value
+        return environ
+        
+    def read_headers(self):
+        hname = ""
+        while True:
+            line = self.fp.readline()
+
+            if line == "\r\n": 
+                # end of headers
+                break
+            
+            if line == "\t":
+                 # It's a continuation line.
+                self.headers[hname] += line.strip()
+            else:
+                try:
+                    hname =self.parse_header(line)
+                except ValueError: 
+                    # bad headers
+                    pass
+        
+        
+    def body_length(self):
+        transfert_encoding = self.headers.get('TRANSFERT-ENCODING')
+        content_length = self.headers.get('CONTENT-LENGTH')
+        if transfert_encoding is None:
+            if content_length is None:
+                return None
+            return content_length
+        elif transfert_encoding == "chunked":
+            return "chunked"
+        else:
+            return None
+         
+    def should_close(self):
+        if self.headers.get("CONNECTION") == "close":
+            return True
+        if self.headers.get("CONNECTION") == "Keep-Alive":
+            return False
+        if self.version < "HTTP/1.1":
+            return True        
+            
+    def decode_chunked(self):
+        """Decode the 'chunked' transfer coding."""
+        length = 0
+        data = StringIO.StringIO()
+        while True:
+            line = self.fp.readline().strip().split(";", 1)
+            chunk_size = int(line.pop(0), 16)
+            if chunk_size <= 0:
+                break
+            length += chunk_size
+            data.write(self.fp.read(chunk_size))
+            crlf = self.fp.read(2)
+            if crlf != "\r\n":
+                raise RequestError((400, "Bad chunked transfer coding "
+                                         "(expected '\\r\\n', got %r)" % crlf))
+                return
+
+        # Grab any trailer headers
+        self.read_headers()
+
+        data.seek(0)
+        return data, str(length) or ""
+        
+    def start_response(self, status, response_headers):
+        resp_head = []
+        self.response_status = status
+        self.response_headers = {}
+        resp_head.append("%s %s" % (self.version, status))
+        for name, value in response_headers:
+            resp_head.append("%s: %s" % (name, value))
+            self.response_headers[name.lower()] = value
+        self.fp.write("%s\r\n\r\n" % "\r\n".join(resp_head))
+        
+    def write(self, data):
+        self.fp.write(data)
+        
+    def close(self):
+        self.fp.close()
+        if self.should_close():
+            self.socket.close()
+
+    def first_line(self, line):
+        method, path, version = line.split(" ")
+        self.version = version.strip()
+        self.method = method.upper()
+        self.path = path
+        
+    def parse_header(self, line):
+        name, value = line.split(": ", 1)
+        name = name.strip().upper()
+        self.headers[name] = value.strip()
+        return name
+        
+        
+        
+class FileInput(object):
+    
+    def __init__(self, req):
+        self.length = req.body_length()
+        self.fp = req.fp
+        self.eof = False
+        
+    def close(self):
+        self.eof = False
+
+    def read(self, amt=None):
+        if self.fp is None or self.eof:
+            return ''
+
+        if amt is None:
+            # unbounded read
+            s = self._safe_read(self.length)
+            self.close()     # we read everything
+            return s
+
+        if amt > self.length:
+            amt = self.length
+
+        s = self.fp.read(amt)
+        self.length -= len(s)
+        if not self.length:
+            self.close()
+        return s
+
+    def readline(self, size=None):
+        if self.fp is None or self.eof:
+            return ''
+        
+        if size is not None:
+            data = self.fp.readline(size)
+        else:
+            # User didn't specify a size ...
+            # We read the line in chunks to make sure it's not a 100MB line !
+            # cherrypy trick
+            res = []
+            while True:
+                data = self.fp.readline(256)
+                res.append(data)
+                if len(data) < 256 or data[-1:] == "\n":
+                    data = ''.join(res)
+                    break
+        self.length -= len(data)
+        if not self.length:
+            self.close()
+        return data
+    
+    def readlines(self, sizehint=0):
+        # Shamelessly stolen from StringIO
+        total = 0
+        lines = []
+        line = self.readline()
+        while line:
+            lines.append(line)
+            total += len(line)
+            if 0 < sizehint <= total:
+                break
+            line = self.readline()
+        return lines
+
+
+    def _safe_read(self, amt):
+        """Read the number of bytes requested, compensating for partial reads.
+        """
+        s = []
+        while amt > 0:
+            chunk = self.fp.read(amt)
+            if not chunk:
+                raise RequestError(500, "Incomplete read %s" % s)
+            s.append(chunk)
+            amt -= len(chunk)
+        return ''.join(s)
+        
+        
+    def __iter__(self):
+        return self
+        
+    def next(self):
+        if self.eof:
+            raise StopIteration()
+        return self.readline()
+        
+        
+        
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diff --git a/gunicorn/http/response.py b/gunicorn/http/response.py
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fb1211c5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gunicorn/http/response.py
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+#
+# Copyright 2008,2009 Benoit Chesneau <benoitc@e-engura.org>
+#
+#  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.
+
+
+class HTTPResponse(object):
+    
+    def __init__(self, req, data):
+        self.req = req
+        self.data = data
+        self.headers = self.req.response_headers or {}
+        self.fp = req.fp
+
+    def write(self, data):
+        self.fp.write(data)
+        
+    def send(self):
+        if not self.data: return
+        for chunk in self.data:
+            self.write(chunk)
+        self.fp.flush()
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diff --git a/gunicorn/util.py b/gunicorn/util.py
index 6e53fb8f..704f29fb 100644
--- a/gunicorn/util.py
+++ b/gunicorn/util.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 
-def import_mod(module):
+def import_app(module):
     parts = module.rsplit(":", 1)
     if len(parts) == 1:
         module, obj = module, "application"
@@ -11,5 +11,10 @@ def import_mod(module):
         mod = getattr(mod, p, None)
         if mod is None:
             raise ImportError("Failed to import: %s" % module)
-    return mod
+    app = getattr(mod, obj, None)
+    if app is None:
+        raise ImportError("Failed to find application object: %r" % obj)
+    if not callable(app):
+        raise TypeError("Application object must be callable.")
+    return app
     
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diff --git a/gunicorn/worker.py b/gunicorn/worker.py
index 63185173..47e2a87e 100644
--- a/gunicorn/worker.py
+++ b/gunicorn/worker.py
@@ -5,29 +5,11 @@ import os
 import select
 import signal
 
+import http
 import util
 
 log = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
-class Handler(BaseHTTPServer.BaseHTTPRequestHandler):
-    
-    protocol = 'HTTP/1.1'
-    worker = None
-    
-    def do_GET(self):
-        self.respond("Hello, World!\n")
-
-    def respond(self, body):
-        log.info("Responding")
-        self.send_response(200, 'OK')
-        self.send_header("Content-Type", "text/plain")
-        self.send_header("Content-Length", len(body))
-        self.end_headers()
-        log.info("Sending body.")
-        self.wfile.write(body)
-        self.wfile.flush()
-        log.info("Done.")
-
 class Worker(object):
 
     SIGNALS = map(
@@ -38,8 +20,9 @@ class Worker(object):
     def __init__(self, workerid, socket, module):
         self.id = workerid
         self.socket = socket
+        self.address = socket.getsockname()
         self.tmp = os.tmpfile()
-        self.module = util.import_mod(module)
+        self.app = util.import_app(module)
     
     def init_signals(self):
         map(lambda s: signal.signal(s, signal.SIG_DFL), self.SIGNALS)
@@ -58,17 +41,17 @@ class Worker(object):
             conn.setblocking(1)
             try:
                 self.handle(conn, addr)
+            except:
+                log.exception("Error processing request.")
             finally:
-                log.info("Client disconnected.")
                 conn.close()
 
     def handle(self, conn, client):
         while True:
-            req = Handler(conn, client, self.socket)
-            req.setup()
-            req.worker = self
-            log.info("Handling request.")
-            req.handle()
-            log.info("Done.")
-            if req.close_connection:
+            req = http.HTTPRequest(conn, client, self.address)
+            result = self.app(req.read(), req.start_response)
+            response = http.HTTPResponse(req, result) 
+            response.send()
+            if req.should_close():
+                conn.close()
                 return
diff --git a/test.py b/test.py
index 41e3d8b3..a0d25959 100644
--- a/test.py
+++ b/test.py
@@ -4,12 +4,16 @@ from gunicorn.httpserver import WSGIServer
 
 
 
-def simple_app(environ, start_response):
+def app(environ, start_response):
     """Simplest possible application object"""
+    data = 'Hello, World!\n'
     status = '200 OK'
-    response_headers = [('Content-type','text/plain')]
+    response_headers = [
+        ('Content-type','text/plain'),
+        ('Content-Length', len(data))
+    ]
     start_response(status, response_headers)
-    return ['Hello world!\n']
+    return [data]
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     server = WSGIServer(("127.0.0.1", 8000), 1, simple_app)