diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/HttpParameters.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/HttpParameters.java
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+package org.apache.struts2.dispatcher;
+
+import java.util.Comparator;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.HashSet;
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.TreeMap;
+import java.util.TreeSet;
+
+public class HttpParameters implements Cloneable {
+
+    private Map<String, Parameter> parameters;
+
+    public HttpParameters(Map<String, Parameter> parameters) {
+        this.parameters = parameters;
+    }
+
+    public static Builder create(Map requestParameterMap) {
+        return new Builder(requestParameterMap);
+    }
+
+    public static Builder createEmpty() {
+        return new Builder(new HashMap<String, String[]>());
+    }
+
+    public Parameter get(String name) {
+        if (parameters.containsKey(name)) {
+            return parameters.get(name);
+        } else {
+            return new Parameter.EmptyHttpParameter(name);
+        }
+    }
+
+    public Set<String> getNames() {
+        return parameters.keySet();
+    }
+
+    public HttpParameters remove(Set<String> paramsToRemove) {
+        for (String paramName : paramsToRemove) {
+            for (String param : parameters.keySet()) {
+                if ((param + ".").startsWith(paramName + ".")) {
+                    parameters.remove(param);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public HttpParameters remove(final String paramsToRemove) {
+        return remove(new HashSet<String>() {{
+            add(paramsToRemove);
+        }});
+    }
+
+    public boolean contains(String name) {
+        return parameters.containsKey(name);
+    }
+
+    public HttpParameters clone(Map<String, ?> newParams) {
+        return HttpParameters.createEmpty().withParent(this).withExtraParams(newParams).build();
+    }
+
+    public static class Builder {
+        private Map<String, String[]> requestParameterMap;
+        private HttpParameters parent;
+
+        protected Builder(Map<String, ?> requestParameterMap) {
+            this.requestParameterMap = toStringArrayMpa(requestParameterMap);
+        }
+
+        private Map<String, String[]> toStringArrayMpa(Map<String, ?> map) {
+            Map<String, String[]> result = new TreeMap<>();
+            for (Map.Entry<String, ?> entry : map.entrySet()) {
+                Object value = entry.getValue();
+                if (value != null && value.getClass().isArray()) {
+                    Object[] values = (Object[]) value;
+                    Set<String> strValues = new TreeSet<>();
+                    for (Object v : values) {
+                        strValues.add(String.valueOf(v));
+                    }
+                    result.put(entry.getKey(), strValues.toArray(new String[strValues.size()]));
+                } else if (value != null) {
+                    result.put(entry.getKey(), new String[]{String.valueOf(value)});
+                }
+            }
+            return result;
+        }
+
+        public Builder withParent(HttpParameters parentParams) {
+            if (parentParams != null) {
+                parent = parentParams;
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public Builder withExtraParams(Map<String, ?> params) {
+            if (params != null) {
+                requestParameterMap.putAll(toStringArrayMpa(params));
+            }
+            return this;
+        }
+
+        public HttpParameters build() {
+            Map<String, Parameter> parameters = (parent == null)
+                    ? new HashMap<String, Parameter>()
+                    : parent.parameters;
+
+            for (Object o : requestParameterMap.entrySet()) {
+                Map.Entry entry = (Map.Entry) o;
+                String name = String.valueOf(entry.getKey());
+                String[] value = (String[]) entry.getValue();
+                parameters.put(name, new Parameter.Request(name, value));
+
+            }
+            return new HttpParameters(parameters);
+        }
+
+        public Builder withComparator(Comparator<String> orderedComparator) {
+            requestParameterMap = new TreeMap<>(orderedComparator);
+            return this;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/Parameter.java b/core/src/main/java/org/apache/struts2/dispatcher/Parameter.java
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+package org.apache.struts2.dispatcher;
+
+public interface Parameter {
+
+    String getName();
+
+    String getValue();
+
+    boolean isExpression();
+
+    boolean isDefined();
+
+    boolean isMultiple();
+
+    String[] getMultipleValue();
+
+    class Request implements Parameter {
+
+        private final String name;
+        private final String[] value;
+
+        public Request(String name, String[] value) {
+            this.name = name;
+            this.value = value;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getValue() {
+            return (value != null && value.length > 0) ? value[0] : null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isExpression() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isDefined() {
+            return value != null && value.length > 0;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isMultiple() {
+            return isDefined() && value.length > 1;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String[] getMultipleValue() {
+            return value;
+        }
+    }
+
+    class EmptyHttpParameter implements Parameter {
+
+        private String name;
+
+        public EmptyHttpParameter(String name) {
+            this.name = name;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getName() {
+            return name;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String getValue() {
+            return null;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isExpression() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isDefined() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public boolean isMultiple() {
+            return false;
+        }
+
+        @Override
+        public String[] getMultipleValue() {
+            return new String[0];
+        }
+    }
+
+}