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diff --git a/examples/requestexample/__init__.py b/examples/requestexample/__init__.py
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+++ b/examples/requestexample/__init__.py
diff --git a/examples/requestexample/models.py b/examples/requestexample/models.py
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+++ b/examples/requestexample/models.py
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+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/examples/requestexample/tests.py b/examples/requestexample/tests.py
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+++ b/examples/requestexample/tests.py
diff --git a/examples/requestexample/urls.py b/examples/requestexample/urls.py
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+from django.conf.urls.defaults import patterns, url
+from requestexample.views import RequestExampleView, EchoRequestContentView
+from examples.views import ProxyView
+
+
+urlpatterns = patterns('',
+    url(r'^$', RequestExampleView.as_view(), name='request-example'),
+    url(r'^content$', ProxyView.as_view(view_class=EchoRequestContentView), name='request-content'),
+)
diff --git a/examples/requestexample/views.py b/examples/requestexample/views.py
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+from djangorestframework.compat import View
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.core.urlresolvers import reverse
+
+from djangorestframework.mixins import RequestMixin
+from djangorestframework.views import View as DRFView
+from djangorestframework import parsers
+from djangorestframework.response import Response
+
+
+class RequestExampleView(DRFView):
+    """
+    A container view for request examples.
+    """
+
+    def get(self, request):
+        return Response([{'name': 'request.DATA Example', 'url': reverse('request-content')},])
+
+
+class MyBaseViewUsingEnhancedRequest(RequestMixin, View):
+    """
+    Base view enabling the usage of enhanced requests with user defined views.
+    """
+
+    parser_classes = parsers.DEFAULT_PARSERS
+
+    def dispatch(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        self.request = request = self.create_request(request)
+        return super(MyBaseViewUsingEnhancedRequest, self).dispatch(request, *args, **kwargs)
+
+
+class EchoRequestContentView(MyBaseViewUsingEnhancedRequest):
+    """
+    A view that just reads the items in `request.DATA` and echoes them back.
+    """
+
+    def post(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return HttpResponse(("Found %s in request.DATA, content : %s" %
+            (type(request.DATA), request.DATA)))
+
+    def put(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
+        return HttpResponse(("Found %s in request.DATA, content : %s" %
+            (type(request.DATA), request.DATA)))
+