diff --git a/LICENSE b/LICENSE
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+Copyright (c) 2012 Rodrigo Moraes. All rights reserved.
+
+Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+met:
+
+	 * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+	 * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer
+in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the
+distribution.
+	 * Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its
+contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+this software without specific prior written permission.
+
+THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS
+"AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT
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+OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
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+LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE,
+DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY
+THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT
+(INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE
+OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
diff --git a/context.go b/context.go
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+// Copyright 2012 The Gorilla Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package context
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"sync"
+	"time"
+)
+
+var (
+	mutex sync.Mutex
+	data  = make(map[*http.Request]map[interface{}]interface{})
+	datat = make(map[*http.Request]int64)
+)
+
+// Set stores a value for a given key in a given request.
+func Set(r *http.Request, key, val interface{}) {
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+	if data[r] == nil {
+		data[r] = make(map[interface{}]interface{})
+		datat[r] = time.Now().Unix()
+	}
+	data[r][key] = val
+}
+
+// Get returns a value stored for a given key in a given request.
+func Get(r *http.Request, key interface{}) interface{} {
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+	if data[r] != nil {
+		return data[r][key]
+	}
+	return nil
+}
+
+// Delete removes a value stored for a given key in a given request.
+func Delete(r *http.Request, key interface{}) {
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+	if data[r] != nil {
+		delete(data[r], key)
+	}
+}
+
+// Clear removes all values stored for a given request.
+//
+// This is usually called by a handler wrapper to clean up request
+// variables at the end of a request lifetime. See ClearHandler().
+func Clear(r *http.Request) {
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+	clear(r)
+}
+
+// clear is Clear without the lock.
+func clear(r *http.Request) {
+	delete(data, r)
+	delete(datat, r)
+}
+
+// Purge removes request data stored for longer than maxAge, in seconds.
+// It returns the amount of requests removed.
+//
+// If maxAge <= 0, all request data is removed.
+//
+// This is only used for sanity check: in case context cleaning was not
+// properly set some request data can be kept forever, consuming an increasing
+// amount of memory. In case this is detected, Purge() must be called
+// periodically until the problem is fixed.
+func Purge(maxAge int) int {
+	mutex.Lock()
+	defer mutex.Unlock()
+	count := 0
+	if maxAge <= 0 {
+		count = len(data)
+		data = make(map[*http.Request]map[interface{}]interface{})
+		datat = make(map[*http.Request]int64)
+	} else {
+		min := time.Now().Unix() - int64(maxAge)
+		for r, _ := range data {
+			if datat[r] < min {
+				clear(r)
+				count++
+			}
+		}
+	}
+	return count
+}
+
+// ClearHandler wraps an http.Handler and clears request values at the end
+// of a request lifetime.
+func ClearHandler(h http.Handler) http.Handler {
+	return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		defer Clear(r)
+		h.ServeHTTP(w, r)
+	})
+}
diff --git a/context_test.go b/context_test.go
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+// Copyright 2012 The Gorilla Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+package context
+
+import (
+	"net/http"
+	"testing"
+)
+
+type keyType int
+
+const (
+	key1 keyType = iota
+	key2
+)
+
+func TestContext(t *testing.T) {
+	assertEqual := func(val interface{}, exp interface{}) {
+		if val != exp {
+			t.Errorf("Expected %v, got %v.", exp, val)
+		}
+	}
+
+	r, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", "http://localhost:8080/", nil)
+
+	// Get()
+	assertEqual(Get(r, key1), nil)
+
+	// Set()
+	Set(r, key1, "1")
+	assertEqual(Get(r, key1), "1")
+	assertEqual(len(data[r]), 1)
+
+	Set(r, key2, "2")
+	assertEqual(Get(r, key2), "2")
+	assertEqual(len(data[r]), 2)
+
+	// Delete()
+	Delete(r, key1)
+	assertEqual(Get(r, key1), nil)
+	assertEqual(len(data[r]), 1)
+
+	Delete(r, key2)
+	assertEqual(Get(r, key2), nil)
+	assertEqual(len(data[r]), 0)
+
+	// Clear()
+	Clear(r)
+	assertEqual(len(data), 0)
+}
diff --git a/doc.go b/doc.go
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+// Copyright 2012 The Gorilla Authors. All rights reserved.
+// Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style
+// license that can be found in the LICENSE file.
+
+/*
+Package gorilla/context stores values shared during a request lifetime.
+
+For example, a router can set variables extracted from the URL and later
+application handlers can access those values, or it can be used to store
+sessions values to be saved at the end of a request. There are several
+others common uses.
+
+The idea was posted by Brad Fitzpatrick to the go-nuts mailing list:
+
+	http://groups.google.com/group/golang-nuts/msg/e2d679d303aa5d53
+
+Here's the basic usage: first define the keys that you will need. The key
+type is interface{} so a key can be of any type that supports equality.
+Here we define a key using a custom int type to avoid name collisions:
+
+	package foo
+
+	import (
+		"github.com/gorilla/context"
+	)
+
+	type key int
+
+	const MyKey key = 0
+
+Then set a variable. Variables are bound to an http.Request object, so you
+need a request instance to set a value:
+
+	context.Set(r, MyKey, "bar")
+
+The application can later access the variable using the same key you provided:
+
+	func MyHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+		// val is "bar".
+		val = context.Get(r, foo.MyKey)
+
+		// ...
+	}
+
+And that's all about the basic usage. We discuss some other ideas below.
+
+Any type can be stored in the context. To enforce a given type, make the key
+private and wrap Get() and Set() to accept and return values of a specific
+type:
+
+	type key int
+
+	const mykey key = 0
+
+	// GetMyKey returns a value for this package from the request values.
+	func GetMyKey(r *http.Request) SomeType {
+		if rv := context.Get(r, mykey); rv != nil {
+			return rv.(SomeType)
+		}
+		return nil
+	}
+
+	// SetMyKey sets a value for this package in the request values.
+	func SetMyKey(r *http.Request, val SomeType) {
+		context.Set(r, mykey, val)
+	}
+
+Variables must be cleared at the end of a request, to remove all values
+that were stored. This can be done in an http.Handler, after a request was
+served. Just call Clear() passing the request:
+
+	context.Clear(r)
+
+...or use ClearHandler(), which conveniently wraps an http.Handler to clear
+variables at the end of a request lifetime.
+
+The Router from the package gorilla/mux calls Clear(), so if you are using it
+you don't need to clear the context manually.
+*/
+package context