diff --git a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpBindServlet.java b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpBindServlet.java
index e6f4625..d720e3a 100644
--- a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpBindServlet.java
+++ b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpBindServlet.java
@@ -8,6 +8,15 @@
  */
 package org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.net.http;
 
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserFactory;
+import org.xmlpull.v1.XmlPullParserException;
+import org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.net.MXParser;
+import org.jivesoftware.util.Log;
+import org.dom4j.io.XMPPPacketReader;
+import org.dom4j.Document;
+import org.dom4j.DocumentException;
+import org.dom4j.Element;
+
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServlet;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletRequest;
 import javax.servlet.http.HttpServletResponse;
@@ -20,15 +29,70 @@
 public class HttpBindServlet extends HttpServlet {
     private HttpSessionManager sessionManager;
 
+    private static XmlPullParserFactory factory;
+
+    static {
+        try {
+            factory = XmlPullParserFactory.newInstance(MXParser.class.getName(), null);
+        }
+        catch (XmlPullParserException e) {
+            Log.error("Error creating a parser factory", e);
+        }
+    }
+
     public HttpBindServlet(HttpSessionManager sessionManager) {
         this.sessionManager = sessionManager;
     }
 
     @Override
-    protected void service(HttpServletRequest httpServletRequest,
-                           HttpServletResponse httpServletResponse)
-            throws ServletException, IOException
+    protected void doPost(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response)
+            throws ServletException, IOException {
+        Document document;
+        try {
+            document = createDocument(request);
+        }
+        catch (Exception e) {
+            Log.warn("Error parsing user request. [" + request.getRemoteAddr() + "]");
+            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST,
+                    "Unable to parse request content: " + e.getMessage());
+            return;
+        }
+
+        Element node = document.getRootElement();
+        if(node == null || !"body".equals(node.getName())) {
+            Log.warn("Body missing from request content. [" + request.getRemoteAddr() + "]");
+            response.sendError(HttpServletResponse.SC_BAD_REQUEST,
+                    "Body missing from request content.");
+            return;
+        }
+
+        String sid = node.attributeValue("sid");
+        // We have a new session
+        if(sid == null) {
+            createNewSession(request, response, node);
+        }
+        else {
+
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void createNewSession(HttpServletRequest request, HttpServletResponse response,
+                                  Element rootNode)
     {
-        super.service(httpServletRequest, httpServletResponse);
+    }
+
+    private Document createDocument(HttpServletRequest request) throws
+            DocumentException, IOException, XmlPullParserException
+    {
+        Document document = (Document) request.getAttribute("xml-document");
+        if (document == null) {
+            // Reader is associated with a new XMPPPacketReader
+            XMPPPacketReader reader = new XMPPPacketReader();
+            reader.setXPPFactory(factory);
+
+            document = reader.read(request.getInputStream());
+            request.setAttribute("xml-document", document);
+        }
+        return document;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpConnection.java b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpConnection.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4ce2827
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpConnection.java
@@ -0,0 +1,79 @@
+/**
+ * $RCSfile:  $
+ * $Revision:  $
+ * $Date:  $
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
+ * This software is the proprietary information of Jive Software. Use is subject to license terms.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.net.http;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.Connection;
+import org.dom4j.Element;
+
+import java.net.InetAddress;
+import java.net.UnknownHostException;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class HttpConnection implements Connection {
+    private int majorVersion = 1;
+    private int minorVersion = 0;
+
+    public boolean validate() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public InetAddress getInetAddress() throws UnknownHostException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void close() {
+    }
+
+    public void systemShutdown() {
+    }
+
+    public boolean isClosed() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isSecure() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public void deliver(Element doc) {
+    }
+
+    public void deliverRawText(String text) {
+    }
+
+    public boolean isFlashClient() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public int getMajorXMPPVersion() {
+        return majorVersion;
+    }
+
+    public int getMinorXMPPVersion() {
+        return minorVersion;
+    }
+
+    public String getLanguage() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public boolean isCompressed() {
+        return false;
+    }
+
+    public CompressionPolicy getCompressionPolicy() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public TLSPolicy getTlsPolicy() {
+        return null;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpSession.java b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpSession.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..da625ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/java/org/jivesoftware/multiplexer/net/http/HttpSession.java
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+/**
+ * $RCSfile:  $
+ * $Revision:  $
+ * $Date:  $
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006 Jive Software. All rights reserved.
+ * This software is the proprietary information of Jive Software. Use is subject to license terms.
+ */
+package org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.net.http;
+
+import org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.Session;
+import org.jivesoftware.multiplexer.Connection;
+
+/**
+ *
+ */
+public class HttpSession extends Session {
+    /**
+     * Creates a session with an underlying connection and permission protection.
+     *
+     * @param connection The connection we are proxying
+     */
+    public HttpSession(String serverName, Connection connection, String streamID) {
+        super(serverName, connection, streamID);
+    }
+
+    public String getAvailableStreamFeatures() {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    public void close() {
+    }
+}