diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/DefaultRequestPath.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/DefaultRequestPath.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.server.reactive;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.Charset;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+
+import org.springframework.util.Assert;
+import org.springframework.util.CollectionUtils;
+import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
+
+/**
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+class DefaultRequestPath implements RequestPath {
+
+	private static final MultiValueMap<String, String> EMPTY_MAP = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>(0);
+
+	private static final PathSegment EMPTY_PATH_SEGMENT = new DefaultPathSegment("", "", "", EMPTY_MAP);
+
+	private static final PathSegmentContainer EMPTY_PATH =
+			new DefaultPathSegmentContainer("", Collections.emptyList());
+
+	private static final PathSegmentContainer ROOT_PATH =
+			new DefaultPathSegmentContainer("/", Collections.singletonList(EMPTY_PATH_SEGMENT));
+
+
+	private final PathSegmentContainer fullPath;
+
+	private final PathSegmentContainer contextPath;
+
+	private final PathSegmentContainer pathWithinApplication;
+
+
+	DefaultRequestPath(URI uri, String contextPath, Charset charset) {
+		this.fullPath = parsePath(uri.getRawPath(), charset);
+		this.contextPath = initContextPath(this.fullPath, contextPath);
+		this.pathWithinApplication = initPathWithinApplication(this.fullPath, this.contextPath);
+	}
+
+
+	private static PathSegmentContainer parsePath(String path, Charset charset) {
+		path = StringUtils.hasText(path) ? path : "";
+		if ("".equals(path)) {
+			return EMPTY_PATH;
+		}
+		if ("/".equals(path)) {
+			return ROOT_PATH;
+		}
+		List<PathSegment> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		int begin = 1;
+		while (true) {
+			int end = path.indexOf('/', begin);
+			String segment = (end != -1 ? path.substring(begin, end) : path.substring(begin));
+			result.add(parsePathSegment(segment, charset));
+			if (end == -1) {
+				break;
+			}
+			begin = end + 1;
+			if (begin == path.length()) {
+				// trailing slash
+				result.add(EMPTY_PATH_SEGMENT);
+				break;
+			}
+		}
+		return new DefaultPathSegmentContainer(path, result);
+	}
+
+	private static PathSegment parsePathSegment(String input, Charset charset) {
+		if ("".equals(input)) {
+			return EMPTY_PATH_SEGMENT;
+		}
+		int index = input.indexOf(';');
+		if (index == -1) {
+			return new DefaultPathSegment(input, StringUtils.uriDecode(input, charset), "", EMPTY_MAP);
+		}
+		String value = input.substring(0, index);
+		String valueDecoded = StringUtils.uriDecode(value, charset);
+		String semicolonContent = input.substring(index);
+		MultiValueMap<String, String> parameters = parseParams(semicolonContent, charset);
+		return new DefaultPathSegment(value, valueDecoded, semicolonContent, parameters);
+	}
+
+	private static MultiValueMap<String, String> parseParams(String input, Charset charset) {
+		MultiValueMap<String, String> result = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+		int begin = 1;
+		while (begin < input.length()) {
+			int end = input.indexOf(';', begin);
+			String param = (end != -1 ? input.substring(begin, end) : input.substring(begin));
+			parseParamValues(param, charset, result);
+			if (end == -1) {
+				break;
+			}
+			begin = end + 1;
+		}
+		return result;
+	}
+
+	private static void parseParamValues(String input, Charset charset, MultiValueMap<String, String> output) {
+		if (StringUtils.hasText(input)) {
+			int index = input.indexOf("=");
+			if (index != -1) {
+				String name = input.substring(0, index);
+				String value = input.substring(index + 1);
+				for (String v : StringUtils.commaDelimitedListToStringArray(value)) {
+					name = StringUtils.uriDecode(name, charset);
+					if (StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
+						output.add(name, StringUtils.uriDecode(v, charset));
+					}
+				}
+			}
+			else {
+				String name = StringUtils.uriDecode(input, charset);
+				if (StringUtils.hasText(name)) {
+					output.add(input, "");
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	private static PathSegmentContainer initContextPath(PathSegmentContainer path, String contextPath) {
+		if (!StringUtils.hasText(contextPath) || "/".equals(contextPath)) {
+			return EMPTY_PATH;
+		}
+
+		Assert.isTrue(contextPath.startsWith("/") && !contextPath.endsWith("/") &&
+				path.value().startsWith(contextPath), "Invalid contextPath: " + contextPath);
+
+		int length = contextPath.length();
+		int counter = 0;
+
+		List<PathSegment> result = new ArrayList<>();
+		for (PathSegment pathSegment : path.pathSegments()) {
+			result.add(pathSegment);
+			counter += 1; // for '/' separators
+			counter += pathSegment.value().length();
+			counter += pathSegment.semicolonContent().length();
+			if (length == counter) {
+				return new DefaultPathSegmentContainer(contextPath, result);
+			}
+		}
+
+		// Should not happen..
+		throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to initialize contextPath='" + contextPath + "'" +
+				" given path='" + path.value() + "'");
+	}
+
+	private static PathSegmentContainer initPathWithinApplication(PathSegmentContainer path,
+			PathSegmentContainer contextPath) {
+
+		String value = path.value().substring(contextPath.value().length());
+		List<PathSegment> pathSegments = new ArrayList<>(path.pathSegments());
+		pathSegments.removeAll(contextPath.pathSegments());
+		return new DefaultPathSegmentContainer(value, pathSegments);
+	}
+
+
+	@Override
+	public String value() {
+		return this.fullPath.value();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public List<PathSegment> pathSegments() {
+		return this.fullPath.pathSegments();
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public PathSegmentContainer contextPath() {
+		return this.contextPath;
+	}
+
+	@Override
+	public PathSegmentContainer pathWithinApplication() {
+		return this.pathWithinApplication;
+	}
+
+
+	private static class DefaultPathSegmentContainer implements PathSegmentContainer {
+
+		private final String path;
+
+		private final List<PathSegment> pathSegments;
+
+
+		DefaultPathSegmentContainer(String path, List<PathSegment> pathSegments) {
+			this.path = path;
+			this.pathSegments = Collections.unmodifiableList(pathSegments);
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public String value() {
+			return this.path;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public List<PathSegment> pathSegments() {
+			return this.pathSegments;
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object other) {
+			if (this == other) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+				return false;
+			}
+			return this.path.equals(((DefaultPathSegmentContainer) other).path);
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+			return this.path.hashCode();
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String toString() {
+			return "[path='" + this.path + "\']";
+		}
+	}
+
+
+	private static class DefaultPathSegment implements PathSegment {
+
+		private final String value;
+
+		private final String valueDecoded;
+
+		private final String semicolonContent;
+
+		private final MultiValueMap<String, String> parameters;
+
+
+		DefaultPathSegment(String value, String valueDecoded, String semicolonContent,
+				MultiValueMap<String, String> params) {
+
+			this.value = value;
+			this.valueDecoded = valueDecoded;
+			this.semicolonContent = semicolonContent;
+			this.parameters = CollectionUtils.unmodifiableMultiValueMap(params);
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public String value() {
+			return this.value;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String valueDecoded() {
+			return this.valueDecoded;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public String semicolonContent() {
+			return this.semicolonContent;
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public MultiValueMap<String, String> parameters() {
+			return this.parameters;
+		}
+
+
+		@Override
+		public boolean equals(Object other) {
+			if (this == other) {
+				return true;
+			}
+			if (other == null || getClass() != other.getClass()) {
+				return false;
+			}
+
+			DefaultPathSegment segment = (DefaultPathSegment) other;
+			return (this.value.equals(segment.value) &&
+					this.semicolonContent.equals(segment.semicolonContent) &&
+					this.parameters.equals(segment.parameters));
+		}
+
+		@Override
+		public int hashCode() {
+			int result = this.value.hashCode();
+			result = 31 * result + this.semicolonContent.hashCode();
+			result = 31 * result + this.parameters.hashCode();
+			return result;
+		}
+
+		public String toString() {
+			return "[value='" + this.value + "\', " +
+					"semicolonContent='" + this.semicolonContent + "\', " +
+					"parameters=" + this.parameters + "']";
+		}
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathSegment.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathSegment.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.server.reactive;
+
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the content of one path segment.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public interface PathSegment {
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the original, raw (encoded) path segment value not including
+	 * path parameters.
+	 */
+	String value();
+
+	/**
+	 * The path {@link #value()} decoded.
+	 */
+	String valueDecoded();
+
+	/**
+	 * Return the portion of the path segment after and including the first
+	 * ";" (semicolon) representing path parameters. The actual parsed
+	 * parameters if any can be obtained via {@link #parameters()}.
+	 */
+	String semicolonContent();
+
+	/**
+	 * Path parameters parsed from the path segment.
+	 */
+	MultiValueMap<String, String> parameters();
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathSegmentContainer.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathSegmentContainer.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.server.reactive;
+
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Container for 0..N path segments.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public interface PathSegmentContainer {
+
+	/**
+	 * The original, raw (encoded) path value including path parameters.
+	 */
+	String value();
+
+	/**
+	 * The list of path segments contained.
+	 */
+	List<PathSegment> pathSegments();
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/RequestPath.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/RequestPath.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.server.reactive;
+
+/**
+ * Represents the complete path for a request.
+ *
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ * @since 5.0
+ */
+public interface RequestPath extends PathSegmentContainer {
+
+	/**
+	 * The contextPath portion of the request if any.
+	 */
+	PathSegmentContainer contextPath();
+
+	/**
+	 * The portion of the request path after the context path.
+	 */
+	PathSegmentContainer pathWithinApplication();
+
+}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/DefaultRequestPathTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/DefaultRequestPathTests.java
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2002-2017 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.server.reactive;
+
+import java.net.URI;
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Collections;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Collectors;
+
+import org.junit.Test;
+
+import org.springframework.util.LinkedMultiValueMap;
+import org.springframework.util.MultiValueMap;
+
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+/**
+ * Unit tests for {@link DefaultRequestPath}.
+ * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
+ */
+public class DefaultRequestPathTests {
+
+	@Test
+	public void pathSegment() throws Exception {
+		// basic
+		testPathSegment("cars", "", "cars", "cars", new LinkedMultiValueMap<>());
+
+		// empty
+		testPathSegment("", "", "", "", new LinkedMultiValueMap<>());
+
+		// spaces
+		testPathSegment("%20", "", "%20", " ", new LinkedMultiValueMap<>());
+		testPathSegment("%20a%20", "", "%20a%20", " a ", new LinkedMultiValueMap<>());
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void pathSegmentWithParams() throws Exception {
+		// basic
+		LinkedMultiValueMap<String, String> params = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+		params.add("colors", "red");
+		params.add("colors", "blue");
+		params.add("colors", "green");
+		params.add("year", "2012");
+		testPathSegment("cars", ";colors=red,blue,green;year=2012", "cars", "cars", params);
+
+		// trailing semicolon
+		params = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+		params.add("p", "1");
+		testPathSegment("path", ";p=1;", "path", "path", params);
+
+		// params with spaces
+		params = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+		params.add("param name", "param value");
+		testPathSegment("path", ";param%20name=param%20value;%20", "path", "path", params);
+
+		// empty params
+		params = new LinkedMultiValueMap<>();
+		params.add("p", "1");
+		testPathSegment("path", ";;;%20;%20;p=1;%20", "path", "path", params);
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void path() throws Exception {
+		// basic
+		testPath("/a/b/c", "/a/b/c", Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"));
+
+		// root path
+		testPath("/%20", "/%20", Collections.singletonList("%20"));
+		testPath("",   "", Collections.emptyList());
+		testPath("%20", "", Collections.emptyList());
+
+		// trailing slash
+		testPath("/a/b/", "/a/b/", Arrays.asList("a", "b", ""));
+		testPath("/a/b//", "/a/b//", Arrays.asList("a", "b", "", ""));
+
+		// extra slashes ande spaces
+		testPath("//%20/%20", "//%20/%20", Arrays.asList("", "%20", "%20"));
+	}
+
+	@Test
+	public void contextPath() throws Exception {
+		URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:8080/app/a/b/c");
+		RequestPath path = new DefaultRequestPath(uri, "/app", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+		PathSegmentContainer contextPath = path.contextPath();
+		assertEquals("/app", contextPath.value());
+		assertEquals(Collections.singletonList("app"), pathSegmentValues(contextPath));
+
+		PathSegmentContainer pathWithinApplication = path.pathWithinApplication();
+		assertEquals("/a/b/c", pathWithinApplication.value());
+		assertEquals(Arrays.asList("a", "b", "c"), pathSegmentValues(pathWithinApplication));
+	}
+
+
+	private void testPathSegment(String pathSegment, String semicolonContent,
+			String value, String valueDecoded, MultiValueMap<String, String> parameters) {
+
+		URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:8080/" + pathSegment + semicolonContent);
+		PathSegment segment = new DefaultRequestPath(uri, "", StandardCharsets.UTF_8).pathSegments().get(0);
+
+		assertEquals(value, segment.value());
+		assertEquals(valueDecoded, segment.valueDecoded());
+		assertEquals(semicolonContent, segment.semicolonContent());
+		assertEquals(parameters, segment.parameters());
+	}
+
+	private void testPath(String input, String value, List<String> segments) {
+		URI uri = URI.create("http://localhost:8080" + input);
+		RequestPath path = new DefaultRequestPath(uri, "", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+
+		assertEquals(value, path.value());
+		assertEquals(segments, pathSegmentValues(path));
+	}
+
+	private static List<String> pathSegmentValues(PathSegmentContainer path) {
+		return path.pathSegments().stream().map(PathSegment::value).collect(Collectors.toList());
+	}
+
+}