From c68078c22dd7be58daa5f36816d61ebff3bf45a3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Adrian Cole <acole@twitter.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2014 13:14:00 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] JCLOUDS-150 add SubmissionAsyncBlobStore; unasync s3 and
 aws-s3

---
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadata.java    |  40 +-
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClient.java    | 363 ------------------
 .../main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3Client.java    | 356 +++++++++++------
 .../s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java        | 273 -------------
 .../s3/blobstore/S3BlobRequestSigner.java     |   4 +-
 .../s3/blobstore/S3BlobStoreContext.java      |   3 -
 .../config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java      |  11 +-
 .../internal/S3BlobStoreContextImpl.java      |   7 -
 ...ClientModule.java => S3HttpApiModule.java} |  19 +-
 .../jclouds/s3/domain/AccessControlList.java  |   3 -
 .../org/jclouds/s3/domain/BucketLogging.java  |   2 -
 .../jclouds/s3/domain/CannedAccessPolicy.java |   3 -
 .../org/jclouds/s3/domain/CanonicalUser.java  |   5 +-
 .../jclouds/s3/domain/ListBucketResponse.java |   2 -
 .../s3/domain/MutableObjectMetadata.java      |  14 +-
 .../org/jclouds/s3/domain/ObjectMetadata.java |   4 -
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/Payer.java     |   3 -
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/S3Object.java  |   5 +-
 .../org/jclouds/s3/domain/package-info.java   |   1 -
 .../s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignature.java |   4 -
 .../org/jclouds/s3/filters/package-info.java  |   1 -
 .../ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.java       |  12 +-
 .../jclouds/s3/options/CopyObjectOptions.java |   6 -
 .../jclouds/s3/options/ListBucketOptions.java |   6 +-
 .../jclouds/s3/options/PutBucketOptions.java  |   6 +-
 .../jclouds/s3/options/PutObjectOptions.java  |   6 +-
 .../org/jclouds/s3/options/package-info.java  |   2 -
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/package-info.java     |   2 -
 .../org/jclouds/s3/reference/S3Headers.java   |   7 -
 .../s3/xml/AccessControlListHandler.java      |   2 -
 .../jclouds/s3/xml/BucketLoggingHandler.java  |   2 -
 .../org/jclouds/s3/xml/CopyObjectHandler.java |   2 -
 .../s3/xml/ListAllMyBucketsHandler.java       |   4 -
 .../org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListBucketHandler.java |   4 -
 .../s3/xml/LocationConstraintHandler.java     |   4 -
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/PayerHandler.java |   2 -
 .../java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientLiveTest.java |   8 +-
 ...AsyncClientTest.java => S3ClientTest.java} |  68 ++--
 ...indAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest.java |   8 +-
 .../BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest.java     |   8 +-
 .../BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest.java  |   6 +-
 .../BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java    |   6 +-
 .../s3/blobstore/S3BlobSignerExpectTest.java  |  11 +-
 .../RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest.java        |  16 +-
 ...zeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest.java |  13 +-
 .../s3/internal/BaseS3ClientExpectTest.java   |  11 +-
 ...cClientTest.java => BaseS3ClientTest.java} |   6 +-
 .../s3/internal/StubS3AsyncClient.java        | 342 -----------------
 .../jclouds/s3/services/BucketsLiveTest.java  |  63 +--
 .../internal/SubmissionAsyncBlobStore.java    | 293 ++++++++++++++
 .../org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ApiMetadata.java  |  22 +-
 .../org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClient.java  | 135 -------
 .../java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3Client.java  |  88 ++++-
 .../aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java | 139 -------
 .../s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobRequestSigner.java  |   6 +-
 .../aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java      |   4 +-
 .../s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStoreContext.java   |   3 -
 .../config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java   |   3 -
 .../internal/AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl.java   |   7 -
 .../AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy.java         |   3 -
 .../blobstore/strategy/MultipartUpload.java   |   3 -
 .../strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java     |   3 -
 .../ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.java      |  35 +-
 ...entModule.java => AWSS3HttpApiModule.java} |  21 +-
 .../jclouds/aws/s3/domain/DeleteResult.java   |  12 +-
 .../filters/AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature.java |   8 +-
 .../jclouds/aws/s3/filters/package-info.java  |   5 +-
 .../ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java         |   3 -
 .../UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java     |   5 -
 .../aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandler.java       |   7 +-
 .../jclouds/aws/s3/xml/ErrorEntryHandler.java |   9 +-
 .../jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java   |   4 +-
 ...ncClientTest.java => AWSS3ClientTest.java} |  37 +-
 ...dIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequestTest.java |  11 +-
 .../BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java      |   6 +-
 .../blobstore/AWSS3BlobSignerExpectTest.java  |  10 +-
 .../internal/BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest.java   |  10 +-
 .../aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandlerTest.java   |   8 +-
 78 files changed, 861 insertions(+), 1795 deletions(-)
 delete mode 100644 apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClient.java
 delete mode 100644 apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
 rename apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/{S3RestClientModule.java => S3HttpApiModule.java} (91%)
 rename apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/{S3AsyncClientTest.java => S3ClientTest.java} (87%)
 rename apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/{BaseS3AsyncClientTest.java => BaseS3ClientTest.java} (91%)
 delete mode 100644 apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/StubS3AsyncClient.java
 create mode 100644 blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/SubmissionAsyncBlobStore.java
 delete mode 100644 providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClient.java
 delete mode 100644 providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
 rename providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/{AWSS3RestClientModule.java => AWSS3HttpApiModule.java} (78%)
 rename providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/{AWSS3AsyncClientTest.java => AWSS3ClientTest.java} (89%)

diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadata.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadata.java
index 5e6fd0bd61..2923c152aa 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ApiMetadata.java
@@ -29,14 +29,14 @@ import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.apis.ApiMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseHttpApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseRestApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStoreContext;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.config.S3BlobStoreContextModule;
-import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.s3.reference.S3Headers;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 /**
@@ -44,9 +44,8 @@ import com.google.inject.Module;
  * 
  * <h3>note</h3>
  * <p/>
- * This class allows overriding of types {@code S}(client) and {@code A}
- * (asyncClient), so that children can add additional methods not declared here,
- * such as new features from AWS.
+ * This class allows overriding of types {@code A}(api), so that children can
+ * add additional methods not declared here, such as new features from AWS.
  * <p/>
  * 
  * As this is a popular api, we also allow overrides for type {@code C}
@@ -54,19 +53,10 @@ import com.google.inject.Module;
  * not present in the base api. For example, you could make a subtype for
  * context, that exposes admin operations.
  */
-public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
-   
-   /**
-    * @deprecated please use {@code org.jclouds.ContextBuilder#buildClient(S3Client.class)} as
-    *             {@link S3AsyncClient} interface will be removed in jclouds 1.7.
-    */
-   @Deprecated
-   public static final TypeToken<org.jclouds.rest.RestContext<? extends S3Client, ? extends S3AsyncClient>> CONTEXT_TOKEN = new TypeToken<org.jclouds.rest.RestContext<? extends S3Client, ? extends S3AsyncClient>>() {
-      private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-   };
+public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseHttpApiMetadata {
 
    @Override
-   public Builder<?> toBuilder() {
+   public Builder<?, ?> toBuilder() {
       return new ConcreteBuilder().fromApiMetadata(this);
    }
 
@@ -74,7 +64,7 @@ public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       this(new ConcreteBuilder());
    }
 
-   protected S3ApiMetadata(Builder<?> builder) {
+   protected S3ApiMetadata(Builder<?, ?> builder) {
       super(builder);
    }
 
@@ -90,14 +80,15 @@ public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       return properties;
    }
    
-   public abstract static class Builder<T extends Builder<T>> extends BaseRestApiMetadata.Builder<T> {
-      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+   public abstract static class Builder<A extends S3Client, T extends Builder<A, T>> extends
+         BaseHttpApiMetadata.Builder<A, T> {
+
       protected Builder() {
-         this(S3Client.class, S3AsyncClient.class);
+         this(Class.class.cast(S3Client.class));
       }
 
-      protected Builder(Class<?> syncClient, Class<?> asyncClient) {
-         super(syncClient, asyncClient);
+      protected Builder(Class<A> syncClient) {
+         super(syncClient);
          id("s3")
          .name("Amazon Simple Storage Service (S3) API")
          .identityName("Access Key ID")
@@ -106,9 +97,8 @@ public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
          .documentation(URI.create("http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API"))
          .version("2006-03-01")
          .defaultProperties(S3ApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
-         .context(CONTEXT_TOKEN)
          .view(typeToken(S3BlobStoreContext.class))
-         .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>of(S3RestClientModule.class, S3BlobStoreContextModule.class));
+         .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>of(S3HttpApiModule.class, S3BlobStoreContextModule.class));
       }
 
       @Override
@@ -117,7 +107,7 @@ public class S3ApiMetadata extends BaseRestApiMetadata {
       }
    }
    
-   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<ConcreteBuilder> {
+   private static class ConcreteBuilder extends Builder<S3Client, ConcreteBuilder> {
       @Override
       protected ConcreteBuilder self() {
          return this;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClient.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClient.java
deleted file mode 100644
index a7dff35d90..0000000000
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClient.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,363 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.jclouds.s3;
-
-import static com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders.EXPECT;
-import static org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScopes.CONTAINER;
-
-import java.io.Closeable;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import javax.inject.Named;
-import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
-import javax.ws.rs.GET;
-import javax.ws.rs.HEAD;
-import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
-import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
-import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-
-import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.VoidOnNotFoundOr404;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.FalseOnContainerNotFound;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.FalseOnKeyNotFound;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.NullOnKeyNotFound;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.ThrowContainerNotFoundOn404;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.ThrowKeyNotFoundOn404;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScope;
-import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseETagHeader;
-import org.jclouds.http.options.GetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.BinderParam;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Endpoint;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.EndpointParam;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Fallback;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Headers;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamParser;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamValidators;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.QueryParams;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ResponseParser;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.VirtualHost;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.XMLResponseParser;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3Fallbacks.TrueOn404OrNotFoundFalseOnIllegalState;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindACLToXMLPayload;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindBucketLoggingToXmlPayload;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayload;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindPayerToXmlPayload;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketLogging;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ListBucketResponse;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
-import org.jclouds.s3.fallbacks.FalseIfBucketAlreadyOwnedByYouOrOperationAbortedWhenBucketExists;
-import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.BindRegionToXmlPayload;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.DefaultEndpointThenInvalidateRegion;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ObjectKey;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ParseObjectFromHeadersAndHttpContent;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutBucketOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.predicates.validators.BucketNameValidator;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.AccessControlListHandler;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.BucketLoggingHandler;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.CopyObjectHandler;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.ListAllMyBucketsHandler;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.ListBucketHandler;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.LocationConstraintHandler;
-import org.jclouds.s3.xml.PayerHandler;
-
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
-import com.google.inject.Provides;
-
-/**
- * Provides asynchronous access to S3 via their REST API.
- * <p/>
- * All commands return a ListenableFuture of the result from S3. Any exceptions incurred during
- * processing will be backend in an {@link ExecutionException} as documented in
- * {@link ListenableFuture#get()}.
- *
- * @see AWSS3Client
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAPI.html" />
- * @deprecated please use
- *             {@code org.jclouds.ContextBuilder#buildApi(S3Client.class)}
- *             as {@link S3AsyncClient} interface will be removed in jclouds 1.7.
- */
-@Deprecated
-@RequestFilters(RequestAuthorizeSignature.class)
-@BlobScope(CONTAINER)
-public interface S3AsyncClient extends Closeable {
-   static final String VERSION = "2006-03-01";
-
-   /**
-    * Creates a default implementation of S3Object
-    */
-   @Provides
-   S3Object newS3Object();
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#getObject
-    */
-   @Named("GetObject")
-   @GET
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @Fallback(NullOnKeyNotFound.class)
-   @ResponseParser(ParseObjectFromHeadersAndHttpContent.class)
-   ListenableFuture<S3Object> getObject(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key, GetOptions... options);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#headObject
-    */
-   @Named("GetObject")
-   @HEAD
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @Fallback(NullOnKeyNotFound.class)
-   @ResponseParser(ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.class)
-   ListenableFuture<ObjectMetadata> headObject(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#objectExists
-    */
-   @Named("GetObject")
-   @HEAD
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @Fallback(FalseOnKeyNotFound.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Boolean> objectExists(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#deleteObject
-    */
-   @Named("DeleteObject")
-   @DELETE
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @Fallback(VoidOnNotFoundOr404.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Void> deleteObject(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#putObject
-    */
-   @Named("PutObject")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @Headers(keys = EXPECT, values = "100-continue")
-   @ResponseParser(ParseETagHeader.class)
-   ListenableFuture<String> putObject(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") @ParamParser(ObjectKey.class) @BinderParam(BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest.class) S3Object object,
-            PutObjectOptions... options);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#putBucketInRegion
-    */
-   @Named("CreateBucket")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/")
-   @Endpoint(Bucket.class)
-   @Fallback(FalseIfBucketAlreadyOwnedByYouOrOperationAbortedWhenBucketExists.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Boolean> putBucketInRegion(
-            @BinderParam(BindRegionToXmlPayload.class) @Nullable String region,
-            @Bucket @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            PutBucketOptions... options);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#deleteBucketIfEmpty
-    */
-   @Named("DeleteBucket")
-   @DELETE
-   @Path("/")
-   @Fallback(TrueOn404OrNotFoundFalseOnIllegalState.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteBucketIfEmpty(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = DefaultEndpointThenInvalidateRegion.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#bucketExists
-    */
-   @Named("BucketExists")
-   @HEAD
-   @Path("/")
-   @Fallback(FalseOnContainerNotFound.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Boolean> bucketExists(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#getBucketLocation
-    */
-   @Named("GetBucketLocation")
-   @GET
-   @QueryParams(keys = "location")
-   @Path("/")
-   @Endpoint(Bucket.class)
-   @XMLResponseParser(LocationConstraintHandler.class)
-   ListenableFuture<String> getBucketLocation(
-            @Bucket @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#getBucketPayer
-    */
-   @Named("GetBucketRequestPayment")
-   @GET
-   @QueryParams(keys = "requestPayment")
-   @Path("/")
-   @XMLResponseParser(PayerHandler.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Payer> getBucketPayer(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#setBucketPayer
-    */
-   @Named("PutBucketRequestPayment")
-   @PUT
-   @QueryParams(keys = "requestPayment")
-   @Path("/")
-   ListenableFuture<Void> setBucketPayer(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @BinderParam(BindPayerToXmlPayload.class) Payer payer);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#listBucket
-    */
-   @Named("ListBucket")
-   @GET
-   @Path("/")
-   @XMLResponseParser(ListBucketHandler.class)
-   ListenableFuture<ListBucketResponse> listBucket(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            ListBucketOptions... options);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#listOwnedBuckets
-    */
-   @Named("ListAllMyBuckets")
-   @GET
-   @XMLResponseParser(ListAllMyBucketsHandler.class)
-   @Path("/")
-   @VirtualHost
-   ListenableFuture<? extends Set<BucketMetadata>> listOwnedBuckets();
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#copyObject
-    */
-   @Named("PutObject")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/{destinationObject}")
-   @Headers(keys = "x-amz-copy-source", values = "/{sourceBucket}/{sourceObject}")
-   @XMLResponseParser(CopyObjectHandler.class)
-   ListenableFuture<ObjectMetadata> copyObject(
-            @PathParam("sourceBucket") String sourceBucket,
-            @PathParam("sourceObject") String sourceObject,
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String destinationBucket,
-            @PathParam("destinationObject") String destinationObject, CopyObjectOptions... options);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#getBucketACL
-    */
-   @Named("GetBucketAcl")
-   @GET
-   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
-   @XMLResponseParser(AccessControlListHandler.class)
-   @Fallback(ThrowContainerNotFoundOn404.class)
-   @Path("/")
-   ListenableFuture<AccessControlList> getBucketACL(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#putBucketACL
-    */
-   @Named("PutBucketAcl")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/")
-   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
-   ListenableFuture<Boolean> putBucketACL(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @BinderParam(BindACLToXMLPayload.class) AccessControlList acl);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#getObjectACL
-    */
-   @Named("GetObjectAcl")
-   @GET
-   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @XMLResponseParser(AccessControlListHandler.class)
-   @Fallback(ThrowKeyNotFoundOn404.class)
-   ListenableFuture<AccessControlList> getObjectACL(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#putObjectACL
-    */
-   @Named("PutObjectAcl")
-   @PUT
-   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   ListenableFuture<Boolean> putObjectACL(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key, @BinderParam(BindACLToXMLPayload.class) AccessControlList acl);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#getBucketLogging
-    */
-   @Named("GetBucketLogging")
-   @GET
-   @QueryParams(keys = "logging")
-   @XMLResponseParser(BucketLoggingHandler.class)
-   @Fallback(ThrowContainerNotFoundOn404.class)
-   @Path("/")
-   ListenableFuture<BucketLogging> getBucketLogging(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#enableBucketLogging
-    */
-   @Named("PutBucketLogging")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/")
-   @QueryParams(keys = "logging")
-   ListenableFuture<Void> enableBucketLogging(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @BinderParam(BindBucketLoggingToXmlPayload.class) BucketLogging logging);
-
-   /**
-    * @see S3Client#putBucketLogging
-    */
-   @Named("PutBucketLogging")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/")
-   @QueryParams(keys = "logging")
-   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_XML)
-   ListenableFuture<Void> disableBucketLogging(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayload.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
-
-}
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3Client.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3Client.java
index 34ae0f05a1..ba1199233f 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3Client.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3Client.java
@@ -16,11 +16,51 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3;
 
+import static com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders.EXPECT;
+import static org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScopes.CONTAINER;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.S3Fallbacks.TrueOn404OrNotFoundFalseOnIllegalState;
+
 import java.io.Closeable;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
+import javax.ws.rs.GET;
+import javax.ws.rs.HEAD;
+import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.Produces;
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
+import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.VoidOnNotFoundOr404;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.FalseOnContainerNotFound;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.FalseOnKeyNotFound;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.NullOnKeyNotFound;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.ThrowContainerNotFoundOn404;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreFallbacks.ThrowKeyNotFoundOn404;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScope;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseETagHeader;
 import org.jclouds.http.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.BinderParam;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Endpoint;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.EndpointParam;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Fallback;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Headers;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamParser;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamValidators;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.QueryParams;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ResponseParser;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.VirtualHost;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.XMLResponseParser;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindACLToXMLPayload;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindBucketLoggingToXmlPayload;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayload;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindPayerToXmlPayload;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketLogging;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
@@ -28,22 +68,34 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ListBucketResponse;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
+import org.jclouds.s3.fallbacks.FalseIfBucketAlreadyOwnedByYouOrOperationAbortedWhenBucketExists;
+import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.BindRegionToXmlPayload;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.DefaultEndpointThenInvalidateRegion;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ObjectKey;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ParseObjectFromHeadersAndHttpContent;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutBucketOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
+import org.jclouds.s3.predicates.validators.BucketNameValidator;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.AccessControlListHandler;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.BucketLoggingHandler;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.CopyObjectHandler;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.ListAllMyBucketsHandler;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.ListBucketHandler;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.LocationConstraintHandler;
+import org.jclouds.s3.xml.PayerHandler;
 
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
 
 /**
  * Provides access to S3 via their REST API.
- * <p/>
- * All commands return a Future of the result from S3. Any exceptions incurred during
- * processing will be backend in an {@link ExecutionException} as documented in
- * {@link Future#get()}.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAPI.html" />
  */
+@RequestFilters(RequestAuthorizeSignature.class)
+@BlobScope(CONTAINER)
 public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
 
    /**
@@ -60,14 +112,14 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * anonymous user, you can request the object without an authorization header.
     * 
     * <p />
-    * This command allows you to specify {@link GetObjectOptions} to control delivery of content.
+    * This command allows you to specify {@link GetOptions} to control delivery of content.
     * 
     * <h2>Note</h2>
     * If you specify any of the below options, you will receive partial content:
     * <ul>
-    * <li>{@link GetObjectOptions#range}</li>
-    * <li>{@link GetObjectOptions#startAt}</li>
-    * <li>{@link GetObjectOptions#tail}</li>
+    * <li>{@link GetOptions#range}</li>
+    * <li>{@link GetOptions#startAt}</li>
+    * <li>{@link GetOptions#tail}</li>
     * </ul>
     * 
     * @param bucketName
@@ -75,20 +127,23 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * @param key
     *           unique key in the s3Bucket identifying the object
     * @return Future reference to a fully populated S3Object including data stored in S3
-    *         or {@link S3Object#NOT_FOUND} if not present.
+    *         or null if not present.
     * 
     * @throws org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException
     *            if the conditions requested set were not satisfied by the object on the server.
-    * @see #getObject(String, String)
-    * @see GetObjectOptions
     */
-   S3Object getObject(String bucketName, String key, GetOptions... options);
+   @Named("GetObject")
+   @GET
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @Fallback(NullOnKeyNotFound.class)
+   @ResponseParser(ParseObjectFromHeadersAndHttpContent.class)
+   S3Object getObject(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key, GetOptions... options);
 
    /**
     * Retrieves the {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.BucketListObjectMetadata metadata} of
-    * the object associated with the key or
-    * {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.BucketListObjectMetadata#NOT_FOUND} if not
-    * available.
+    * the object associated with the key or null if not available.
     * 
     * <p/>
     * The HEAD operation is used to retrieve information about a specific object or object size,
@@ -96,21 +151,26 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * object metadata, and don't want to waste bandwidth on the object data.
     * 
     * 
-    * @param bucketName
-    *           namespace of the metadata you are retrieving
-    * @param key
-    *           unique key in the s3Bucket identifying the object
-    * @return metadata associated with the key or
-    *         {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.BucketListObjectMetadata#NOT_FOUND} if not
-    *         present;
-    * @see #getObject(String, String)
-    * @see <a
-    *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTObjectHEAD.html"
-    *      />
+    * @param bucketName namespace of the metadata you are retrieving
+    * @param key unique key in the s3Bucket identifying the object
+    * @return metadata associated with the key or null if not present.
     */
-   ObjectMetadata headObject(String bucketName, String key);
+   @Named("GetObject")
+   @HEAD
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @Fallback(NullOnKeyNotFound.class)
+   @ResponseParser(ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.class)
+   ObjectMetadata headObject(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key);
 
-   boolean objectExists(String bucketName, String key);
+   @Named("GetObject")
+   @HEAD
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @Fallback(FalseOnKeyNotFound.class)
+   boolean objectExists(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key);
 
    /**
     * Removes the object and metadata associated with the key.
@@ -125,10 +185,14 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     *           unique key in the s3Bucket identifying the object
     * @throws org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException
     *            if the bucket is not available
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?
-    *      RESTObjectDELETE.html" />
     */
-   void deleteObject(String bucketName, String key);
+   @Named("DeleteObject")
+   @DELETE
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @Fallback(VoidOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   void deleteObject(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key);
 
    /**
     * Store data by creating or overwriting an object.
@@ -149,11 +213,16 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * @throws org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException
     *            if the conditions requested set are not satisfied by the object on the server.
     * @see org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy#PRIVATE
-    * @see <a
-    *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTObjectPUT.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   String putObject(String bucketName, S3Object object, PutObjectOptions... options);
+   @Named("PutObject")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @Headers(keys = EXPECT, values = "100-continue")
+   @ResponseParser(ParseETagHeader.class)
+   String putObject(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") @ParamParser(ObjectKey.class) @BinderParam(BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequest.class)
+         S3Object object, PutObjectOptions... options);
 
    /**
     * Create and name your own bucket in which to store your objects.
@@ -171,12 +240,15 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * @return true, if the bucket was created or false, if the container was already present
     * 
     * @see PutBucketOptions
-    * @see <a
-    *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTBucketPUT.html"
-    *      />
-    * 
     */
-   boolean putBucketInRegion(@Nullable String region, @Bucket String bucketName, PutBucketOptions... options);
+   @Named("CreateBucket")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/")
+   @Endpoint(Bucket.class)
+   @Fallback(FalseIfBucketAlreadyOwnedByYouOrOperationAbortedWhenBucketExists.class)
+   boolean putBucketInRegion(@BinderParam(BindRegionToXmlPayload.class) @Nullable String region,
+         @Bucket @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class)
+         String bucketName, PutBucketOptions... options);
 
    /**
     * Deletes the bucket, if it is empty.
@@ -187,20 +259,26 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * Only the owner of a bucket can delete it, regardless of the bucket's access control policy.
     * 
     * 
-    * @param bucketName
-    *           what to delete
+    * @param bucketName what to delete
     * @return false, if the bucket was not empty and therefore not deleted
-    * @see org.jclouds.s3.commands.DeleteBucket
-    * @see <a href=
-    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTBucketDELETE.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   boolean deleteBucketIfEmpty(String bucketName);
+   @Named("DeleteBucket")
+   @DELETE
+   @Path("/")
+   @Fallback(TrueOn404OrNotFoundFalseOnIllegalState.class)
+   boolean deleteBucketIfEmpty(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = DefaultEndpointThenInvalidateRegion.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
+
 
    /**
     * Issues a HEAD command to determine if the bucket exists or not.
     */
-   boolean bucketExists(String bucketName);
+   @Named("BucketExists")
+   @HEAD
+   @Path("/")
+   @Fallback(FalseOnContainerNotFound.class)
+   boolean bucketExists(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
 
    /**
     * Retrieve a {@code S3Bucket} listing. A GET request operation using a bucket URI lists
@@ -210,53 +288,60 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * To list the keys of a bucket, you must have READ access to the bucket.
     * <p/>
     * 
-    * @param bucketName
-    *           namespace of the objects you wish to list
-    * @return Future reference to a fully populated S3Bucket including metadata of the
-    *         S3Objects it contains or {@link BoundedList<ObjectMetadata>#NOT_FOUND} if not present.
+    * @param bucketName namespace of the objects you wish to list
+    * @return potentially empty or partial list of the bucket.
     * @see ListBucketOptions
-    * 
-    * @see <a
-    *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTBucketGET.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   ListBucketResponse listBucket(String bucketName, ListBucketOptions... options);
+   @Named("ListBucket")
+   @GET
+   @Path("/")
+   @XMLResponseParser(ListBucketHandler.class)
+   ListBucketResponse listBucket(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         ListBucketOptions... options);
 
    /**
     * Returns a list of all of the buckets owned by the authenticated sender of the request.
     * 
     * @return list of all of the buckets owned by the authenticated sender of the request.
-    * @see <a
-    *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTServiceGET.html"
-    *      />
-    * 
     */
+   @Named("ListAllMyBuckets")
+   @GET
+   @XMLResponseParser(ListAllMyBucketsHandler.class)
+   @Path("/")
+   @VirtualHost
    Set<BucketMetadata> listOwnedBuckets();
 
+
    /**
     * Copies one object to another bucket, retaining UserMetadata from the source. The destination
     * will have a private acl. The copy operation creates a copy of an object that is already stored
     * in Amazon S3.
     * <p/>
     * When copying an object, you can preserve all metadata (default) or
-    * {@link CopyObjectOptions#overrideMetadataWith(com.google.common.collect.Multimap) specify new
+    * {@link CopyObjectOptions#overrideMetadataWith(java.util.Map)} specify new
     * metadata}. However, the ACL is not preserved and is set to private for the user making the
     * request. To override the default ACL setting,
     * {@link CopyObjectOptions#overrideAcl(org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy) specify a
     * new ACL} when generating a copy request.
     * 
     * @return metadata populated with lastModified and eTag of the new object
-    * @see org.jclouds.s3.commands.CopyObject
-    * @see <a
-    *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTObjectCOPY.html"
-    *      />
     * @throws org.jclouds.http.HttpResponseException
     *            if the conditions requested set are not satisfied by the object on the server.
     * @see CopyObjectOptions
     * @see org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy
     */
-   ObjectMetadata copyObject(String sourceBucket, String sourceObject, String destinationBucket,
-            String destinationObject, CopyObjectOptions... options);
+   @Named("PutObject")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/{destinationObject}")
+   @Headers(keys = "x-amz-copy-source", values = "/{sourceBucket}/{sourceObject}")
+   @XMLResponseParser(CopyObjectHandler.class)
+   ObjectMetadata copyObject(@PathParam("sourceBucket") String sourceBucket,
+         @PathParam("sourceObject") String sourceObject,
+         @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+               BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String destinationBucket,
+         @PathParam("destinationObject") String destinationObject, CopyObjectOptions... options);
+
 
    /**
     * 
@@ -266,10 +351,16 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * To list a bucket's ACL, you must have READ_ACP access to the item.
     * 
     * @return access permissions of the bucket
-    * 
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAccessPolicy.html"/>
     */
-   AccessControlList getBucketACL(String bucketName);
+   @Named("GetBucketAcl")
+   @GET
+   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
+   @XMLResponseParser(AccessControlListHandler.class)
+   @Fallback(ThrowContainerNotFoundOn404.class)
+   @Path("/")
+   AccessControlList getBucketACL(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
+
 
    /**
     * Update a bucket's Access Control List settings.
@@ -285,10 +376,14 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     *           the ACL to apply to the bucket. This acl object <strong>must</strong include a valid
     *           owner identifier string in {@link AccessControlList#getOwner()}.
     * @return true if the bucket's Access Control List was updated successfully.
-    * 
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAccessPolicy.html"/>
     */
-   boolean putBucketACL(String bucketName, AccessControlList acl);
+   @Named("PutBucketAcl")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/")
+   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
+   boolean putBucketACL(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @BinderParam(BindACLToXMLPayload.class) AccessControlList acl);
 
    /**
     * A GET request operation directed at an object or bucket URI with the "acl" parameter retrieves
@@ -297,10 +392,16 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * To list a object's ACL, you must have READ_ACP access to the item.
     * 
     * @return access permissions of the object
-    * 
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAccessPolicy.html"/>
     */
-   AccessControlList getObjectACL(String bucketName, String key);
+   @Named("GetObjectAcl")
+   @GET
+   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @XMLResponseParser(AccessControlListHandler.class)
+   @Fallback(ThrowKeyNotFoundOn404.class)
+   AccessControlList getObjectACL(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key);
 
    /**
     * Update an object's Access Control List settings.
@@ -310,18 +411,23 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * <p />
     * To set a bucket or object's ACL, you must have WRITE_ACP or FULL_CONTROL access to the item.
     * 
-    * @param bucket
+    * @param bucketName
     *           the bucket containing the object to be updated
-    * @param objectKey
+    * @param key
     *           the key of the object whose Access Control List settings will be updated.
     * @param acl
     *           the ACL to apply to the object. This acl object <strong>must</strong include a valid
     *           owner identifier string in {@link AccessControlList#getOwner()}.
     * @return true if the object's Access Control List was updated successfully.
-    * 
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAccessPolicy.html"/>
     */
-   boolean putObjectACL(String bucketName, String key, AccessControlList acl);
+   @Named("PutObjectAcl")
+   @PUT
+   @QueryParams(keys = "acl")
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   boolean putObjectACL(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key, @BinderParam(BindACLToXMLPayload.class) AccessControlList acl);
+
 
    /**
     * A GET location request operation using a bucket URI lists the location constraint of the
@@ -329,16 +435,20 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * <p/>
     * To view the location constraint of a bucket, you must be the bucket owner.
     * 
-    * @param bucket
+    * @param bucketName
     *           the bucket you wish to know where exists
     * 
     * @return location of the bucket
-    * 
-    * @see <a href=
-    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?RESTBucketLocationGET.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   String getBucketLocation(String bucketName);
+   @Named("GetBucketLocation")
+   @GET
+   @QueryParams(keys = "location")
+   @Path("/")
+   @Endpoint(Bucket.class)
+   @XMLResponseParser(LocationConstraintHandler.class)
+   String getBucketLocation(@Bucket @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(
+         BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
+
 
    /**
     * A GET request operation on a requestPayment resource returns the request payment configuration
@@ -349,14 +459,17 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * @param bucketName
     *           the bucket you wish to know the payer status
     * 
-    * @return {@link Payer.REQUESTER} for a Requester Pays bucket, and {@link Payer.BUCKET_OWNER},
+    * @return {@link Payer#REQUESTER} for a Requester Pays bucket, and {@link Payer#BUCKET_OWNER},
     *         for a normal bucket.
-    * 
-    * @see <a href=
-    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?RESTrequestPaymentGET.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   Payer getBucketPayer(String bucketName);
+   @Named("GetBucketRequestPayment")
+   @GET
+   @QueryParams(keys = "requestPayment")
+   @Path("/")
+   @XMLResponseParser(PayerHandler.class)
+   Payer getBucketPayer(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
+
 
    /**
     * The PUT request operation with a requestPayment URI configures an existing bucket to be
@@ -371,14 +484,19 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     *           the bucket you wish to know the payer status
     * 
     * @param payer
-    *           {@link Payer.REQUESTER} for a Requester Pays bucket, and {@link Payer.BUCKET_OWNER},
+    *           {@link Payer#REQUESTER} for a Requester Pays bucket, and {@link Payer#BUCKET_OWNER},
     *           for a normal bucket.
-    * 
-    * @see <a href=
-    *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?RESTrequestPaymentPUT.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   void setBucketPayer(String bucketName, Payer payer);
+   @Named("PutBucketRequestPayment")
+   @PUT
+   @QueryParams(keys = "requestPayment")
+   @Path("/")
+   void setBucketPayer(
+         @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+               BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @BinderParam(BindPayerToXmlPayload.class) Payer payer);
+
+
 
    /**
     * Inspects the logging status for a bucket.
@@ -387,11 +505,16 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     * @param bucketName
     *           the bucket you wish to know the logging status
     * @return bucketLogging configuration or null, if not configured
-    * 
-    * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?ServerLogs.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   BucketLogging getBucketLogging(String bucketName);
+   @Named("GetBucketLogging")
+   @GET
+   @QueryParams(keys = "logging")
+   @XMLResponseParser(BucketLoggingHandler.class)
+   @Fallback(ThrowContainerNotFoundOn404.class)
+   @Path("/")
+   BucketLogging getBucketLogging(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
+
 
    /**
     * Enables logging for a bucket.
@@ -400,19 +523,26 @@ public interface S3Client extends Closeable {
     *           the bucket you wish to enable logging for
     * @param logging
     *           configuration including destination, prefix, and access rules
-    * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?ServerLogs.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   void enableBucketLogging(String bucketName, BucketLogging logging);
+   @Named("PutBucketLogging")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/")
+   @QueryParams(keys = "logging")
+   void enableBucketLogging(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @BinderParam(BindBucketLoggingToXmlPayload.class) BucketLogging logging);
 
    /**
     * Disables logging for a bucket.
     * 
     * @param bucketName
     *           the bucket you wish to disable logging for
-    * 
-    * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?ServerLogs.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   void disableBucketLogging(String bucketName);
+   @Named("PutBucketLogging")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/")
+   @QueryParams(keys = "logging")
+   @Produces(MediaType.TEXT_XML)
+   void disableBucketLogging(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+               BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayload.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName);
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 3725d0a81a..0000000000
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,273 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.jclouds.s3.blobstore;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.transform;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import javax.inject.Named;
-import javax.inject.Provider;
-import javax.inject.Singleton;
-
-import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseAsyncBlobStore;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
-import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
-import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
-import org.jclouds.http.options.GetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToResourceList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ContainerToBucketListOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlob;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.GroupGranteeURI;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ListBucketResponse;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutBucketOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.util.S3Utils;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
-import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
-import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
-
-/**
- * 
- * @deprecated will be removed in jclouds 1.7, as async interfaces are no longer
- *             supported. Please use {@link S3BlobStore}
- */
-@Deprecated
-@Singleton
-public class S3AsyncBlobStore extends BaseAsyncBlobStore {
-
-   private final S3AsyncClient async;
-   private final S3Client sync;
-   private final Function<Set<BucketMetadata>, PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> convertBucketsToStorageMetadata;
-   private final ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions;
-   private final BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions;
-   private final BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList;
-   private final ObjectToBlob object2Blob;
-   private final BlobToObject blob2Object;
-   private final ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd;
-   private final Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider;
-   private final LoadingCache<String, AccessControlList> bucketAcls;
-
-   @Inject
-   protected S3AsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
-            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ListeningExecutorService userExecutor, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
-            @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, S3AsyncClient async, S3Client sync,
-            Function<Set<BucketMetadata>, PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> convertBucketsToStorageMetadata,
-            ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions, BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList,
-            ObjectToBlob object2Blob, BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions, BlobToObject blob2Object,
-            ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd, Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider,
-            LoadingCache<String, AccessControlList> bucketAcls) {
-      super(context, blobUtils, userExecutor, defaultLocation, locations);
-      this.blob2ObjectGetOptions = checkNotNull(blob2ObjectGetOptions, "blob2ObjectGetOptions");
-      this.async = checkNotNull(async, "async");
-      this.sync = checkNotNull(sync, "sync");
-      this.convertBucketsToStorageMetadata = checkNotNull(convertBucketsToStorageMetadata, "convertBucketsToStorageMetadata");
-      this.container2BucketListOptions = checkNotNull(container2BucketListOptions, "container2BucketListOptions");
-      this.bucket2ResourceList = checkNotNull(bucket2ResourceList, "bucket2ResourceList");
-      this.object2Blob = checkNotNull(object2Blob, "object2Blob");
-      this.blob2Object = checkNotNull(blob2Object, "blob2Object");
-      this.object2BlobMd = checkNotNull(object2BlobMd, "object2BlobMd");
-      this.fetchBlobMetadataProvider = checkNotNull(fetchBlobMetadataProvider, "fetchBlobMetadataProvider");
-      this.bucketAcls = checkNotNull(bucketAcls, "bucketAcls");
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#listOwnedBuckets}
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list() {
-      return transform(async.listOwnedBuckets(),
-            new Function<Set<BucketMetadata>, org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
-               public org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> apply(Set<BucketMetadata> from) {
-                  return convertBucketsToStorageMetadata.apply(from);
-               }
-            }, userExecutor);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#bucketExists}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> containerExists(String container) {
-      return async.bucketExists(container);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#putBucketInRegion}
-    * 
-    * @param location
-    *           corresponds to Region
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(Location location, String container) {
-      return createContainerInLocation(location, container, CreateContainerOptions.NONE);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#listBucket}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    */
-   @Override
-   // TODO get rid of transform, as it serializes async results when the executor is single-threaded.
-   public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list(String container, ListContainerOptions options) {
-      ListBucketOptions httpOptions = container2BucketListOptions.apply(options);
-      ListenableFuture<ListBucketResponse> returnVal = async.listBucket(container, httpOptions);
-      ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list = transform(returnVal, bucket2ResourceList,
-            userExecutor);
-      return (options.isDetailed()) ? transform(list,
-            fetchBlobMetadataProvider.get().setContainerName(container), userExecutor) : list;
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3Utils#deleteAndVerifyContainerGone}
-    */
-   protected boolean deleteAndVerifyContainerGone(final String container) {
-      return S3Utils.deleteAndVerifyContainerGone(sync, container);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#objectExists}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    * @param key
-    *           object key
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> blobExists(String container, String key) {
-      return async.objectExists(container, key);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#headObject}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    * @param key
-    *           object key
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<BlobMetadata> blobMetadata(String container, String key) {
-      return transform(async.headObject(container, key), new Function<ObjectMetadata, BlobMetadata>() {
-
-         @Override
-         public BlobMetadata apply(ObjectMetadata from) {
-            return object2BlobMd.apply(from);
-         }
-
-      }, userExecutor);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#getObject}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    * @param key
-    *           object key
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Blob> getBlob(String container, String key, org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions options) {
-      GetOptions httpOptions = blob2ObjectGetOptions.apply(options);
-      return transform(async.getObject(container, key, httpOptions), object2Blob, userExecutor);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#putObject}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    * @param blob
-    *           object
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob) {
-      return putBlob(container, blob, PutOptions.NONE);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions overrides) {
-      // TODO: Make use of options overrides
-      PutObjectOptions options = new PutObjectOptions();
-      try {
-         AccessControlList acl = bucketAcls.getUnchecked(container);
-         if (acl.hasPermission(GroupGranteeURI.ALL_USERS, Permission.READ))
-            options.withAcl(CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ);
-      } catch (CacheLoader.InvalidCacheLoadException e) {
-         // nulls not permitted from cache loader
-      }
-      return async.putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob), options);
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * This implementation invokes {@link S3AsyncClient#deleteObject}
-    * 
-    * @param container
-    *           bucket name
-    * @param key
-    *           object key
-    */
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Void> removeBlob(String container, String key) {
-      return async.deleteObject(container, key);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(Location location, String container,
-         CreateContainerOptions options) {
-      PutBucketOptions putBucketOptions = new PutBucketOptions();
-      if (options.isPublicRead())
-         putBucketOptions.withBucketAcl(CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ);
-      location = location != null ? location : defaultLocation.get();
-      return async.putBucketInRegion(location.getId(), container, putBucketOptions);
-   }
-
-}
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobRequestSigner.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobRequestSigner.java
index 2ba56f4854..a335754d5d 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobRequestSigner.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobRequestSigner.java
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.http.options.GetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.reflect.Invocation;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.RestAnnotationProcessor;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
 import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
 
 @Singleton
-public class S3BlobRequestSigner<T extends S3AsyncClient> implements BlobRequestSigner {
+public class S3BlobRequestSigner<T extends S3Client> implements BlobRequestSigner {
    protected final RestAnnotationProcessor processor;
    protected final BlobToObject blobToObject;
    protected final BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2HttpGetOptions;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStoreContext.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStoreContext.java
index d4bcd4ffec..9f32ce8f52 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStoreContext.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobStoreContext.java
@@ -26,7 +26,4 @@ public interface S3BlobStoreContext extends BlobStoreContext {
 
    @Override
    S3BlobStore getBlobStore();
-
-   @Override
-   S3AsyncBlobStore getAsyncBlobStore();
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java
index 3b42159afd..525f9bd9a3 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/config/S3BlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -26,9 +26,9 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.ConsistencyModel;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.SubmissionAsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.LocationFromBucketName;
@@ -42,15 +42,12 @@ import com.google.inject.AbstractModule;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 
-/**
- * Configures the {@link S3BlobStoreContext}; requires {@link S3AsyncBlobStore} bound.
- */
 public class S3BlobStoreContextModule extends AbstractModule {
 
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
       bind(ConsistencyModel.class).toInstance(ConsistencyModel.EVENTUAL);
-      bind(AsyncBlobStore.class).to(S3AsyncBlobStore.class).in(SINGLETON);
+      bind(AsyncBlobStore.class).to(SubmissionAsyncBlobStore.class).in(SINGLETON);
       bind(BlobStore.class).to(S3BlobStore.class).in(SINGLETON);
       bind(new TypeLiteral<Function<String, Location>>() {
       }).to(LocationFromBucketName.class);
@@ -58,7 +55,7 @@ public class S3BlobStoreContextModule extends AbstractModule {
    }
 
    protected void bindRequestSigner() {
-      bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(new TypeLiteral<S3BlobRequestSigner<S3AsyncClient>>() {
+      bind(BlobRequestSigner.class).to(new TypeLiteral<S3BlobRequestSigner<S3Client>>() {
       });
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/internal/S3BlobStoreContextImpl.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/internal/S3BlobStoreContextImpl.java
index 79bc913dd5..a2aaf9af9f 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/internal/S3BlobStoreContextImpl.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/internal/S3BlobStoreContextImpl.java
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.ConsistencyModel;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BlobStoreContextImpl;
 import org.jclouds.location.Provider;
 import org.jclouds.rest.Utils;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStoreContext;
 
@@ -49,10 +48,4 @@ public class S3BlobStoreContextImpl extends BlobStoreContextImpl implements S3Bl
    public S3BlobStore getBlobStore() {
       return S3BlobStore.class.cast(super.getBlobStore());
    }
-
-   @Override
-   public S3AsyncBlobStore getAsyncBlobStore() {
-      return S3AsyncBlobStore.class.cast(super.getAsyncBlobStore());
-   }
-
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/S3RestClientModule.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/S3HttpApiModule.java
similarity index 91%
rename from apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/S3RestClientModule.java
rename to apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/S3HttpApiModule.java
index 707b04adc8..d8a33c0cc8 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/S3RestClientModule.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/config/S3HttpApiModule.java
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3.config;
-import static org.jclouds.reflect.Reflection2.typeToken;
 
 import java.net.URI;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ import javax.inject.Named;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.aws.config.AWSRestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.aws.config.AWSHttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.aws.handlers.AWSClientErrorRetryHandler;
 import org.jclouds.aws.handlers.AWSServerErrorRetryHandler;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.ContainerNotFoundException;
@@ -40,10 +39,9 @@ import org.jclouds.http.annotation.Redirection;
 import org.jclouds.http.annotation.ServerError;
 import org.jclouds.location.Region;
 import org.jclouds.location.functions.RegionToEndpointOrProviderIfNull;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.RequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.s3.Bucket;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketsToStorageMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
@@ -60,7 +58,6 @@ import com.google.common.cache.CacheBuilder;
 import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
 import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
 import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.inject.Provides;
 import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
@@ -68,16 +65,16 @@ import com.google.inject.TypeLiteral;
 /**
  * Configures the S3 connection, including logging and http transport.
  */
-@ConfiguresRestClient
-public class S3RestClientModule<S extends S3Client, A extends S3AsyncClient> extends AWSRestClientModule<S, A> {
+@ConfiguresHttpApi
+public class S3HttpApiModule<S extends S3Client> extends AWSHttpApiModule<S> {
 
    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
-   public S3RestClientModule() {
-      this(TypeToken.class.cast(typeToken(S3Client.class)), TypeToken.class.cast(typeToken(S3AsyncClient.class)));
+   public S3HttpApiModule() {
+      this(Class.class.cast(S3Client.class));
    }
 
-   protected S3RestClientModule(TypeToken<S> syncClientType, TypeToken<A> asyncClientType) {
-      super(syncClientType, asyncClientType);
+   protected S3HttpApiModule(Class<S> syncClientType) {
+      super(syncClientType);
    }
 
    @Provides
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/AccessControlList.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/AccessControlList.java
index d666741f0a..8d5cdf7661 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/AccessControlList.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/AccessControlList.java
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * has been granted to a specific {@link Grantee}. If an payload tries to access or modify an item
  * in S3, the operation will be denied unless the item has ACL settings that explicitly permit that
  * payload to perform that action.
- * 
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAccessPolicy.html"/>
  */
 public class AccessControlList {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/BucketLogging.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/BucketLogging.java
index 3d50a44d81..1470441caa 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/BucketLogging.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/BucketLogging.java
@@ -26,8 +26,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
 /**
  * Each Amazon S3 bucket has an associated XML sub-resource that you can read and write in order to
  * inspect or change the logging status for that bucket.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?ServerLogs.html"/>
  */
 public class BucketLogging {
    private final String targetBucket;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CannedAccessPolicy.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CannedAccessPolicy.java
index 75eb99176d..46a4caf549 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CannedAccessPolicy.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CannedAccessPolicy.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ package org.jclouds.s3.domain;
  * is written with the private access control policy (even if, in the case of an
  * object, the object already exists with some other pre-existing access control
  * policy).
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?
- *      RESTAccessPolicy.html" />
  */
 public enum CannedAccessPolicy {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CanonicalUser.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CanonicalUser.java
index 4742a8b6f4..f4fbc55c81 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CanonicalUser.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/CanonicalUser.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ package org.jclouds.s3.domain;
  * The owner of a bucket or object cannot be changed. However, if the object is overwritten by
  * another user (deleted and rewritten), the new object will have a new owner.
  * <p/>
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?
- *      RESTAccessPolicy.html" />
  */
 public class CanonicalUser {
    private final String id;
@@ -40,7 +37,7 @@ public class CanonicalUser {
 
    /**
     * To locate the CanonicalUser ID for a user, the user must perform the
-    * {@link org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore#list(String)} and retrieve
+    * {@link org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStore#list(String)} and retrieve
     * {@link BucketMetadata#getOwner()}
     */
    public String getId() {
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ListBucketResponse.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ListBucketResponse.java
index ede375b620..cb6f4348dd 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ListBucketResponse.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ListBucketResponse.java
@@ -37,8 +37,6 @@ import java.util.Set;
  * addressable using the REST API under the domain bucketname.s3.amazonaws.com. For example, if the
  * object homepage.html?is stored in the Amazon S3 bucket mybucket its address would be
  * http://mybucket.s3.amazonaws.com/homepage.html?
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html" />
  */
 public interface ListBucketResponse extends Set<ObjectMetadata> {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/MutableObjectMetadata.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/MutableObjectMetadata.java
index 12fdd778bc..5af1025953 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/MutableObjectMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/MutableObjectMetadata.java
@@ -26,14 +26,10 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.MutableObjectMetadataImpl;
 import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
 
 /**
- * /** Amazon S3 is designed to store objects. Objects are stored in {@link S3BucketListing buckets}
- * and consist of a {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object#getData() value}, a
- * {@link S3Object#getKey key}, {@link MutableObjectMetadata#getUserMetadata() metadata}, and an
+ * /** Amazon S3 is designed to store objects. Objects are stored in {@link ListBucketResponse buckets}
+ * and consist of a {@link S3Object#getPayload()} value}, a
+ * {@link MutableObjectMetadata#getKey key}, {@link MutableObjectMetadata#getUserMetadata() metadata}, and an
  * access control policy.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?UsingObjects.html"
- * 
- * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/UsingMetadata.html" />
  */
 @ImplementedBy(MutableObjectMetadataImpl.class)
 public interface MutableObjectMetadata extends ObjectMetadata {
@@ -42,8 +38,6 @@ public interface MutableObjectMetadata extends ObjectMetadata {
     * The key is the handle that you assign to an object that allows you retrieve it later. A key is
     * a sequence of Unicode characters whose UTF-8 encoding is at most 1024 bytes long. Each object
     * in a bucket must have a unique key.
-    * 
-    * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonHTTP/2006-03-01/UsingKeys.html" />
     */
    void setKey(String key);
 
@@ -63,7 +57,7 @@ public interface MutableObjectMetadata extends ObjectMetadata {
 
    /**
     * Can be used to specify caching behavior along the request/reply chain.
-    * 
+    *
     * @link http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html?sec14.9.
     */
    void setCacheControl(String cacheControl);
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ObjectMetadata.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ObjectMetadata.java
index 7f3bd91845..18002c0f86 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ObjectMetadata.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/ObjectMetadata.java
@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ import org.jclouds.io.ContentMetadata;
  * and consist of a {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object#getData() value}, a
  * {@link S3Object#getKey key}, {@link ObjectMetadata#getUserMetadata() metadata}, and an access
  * control policy.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?UsingObjects.html"
- * 
- * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/UsingMetadata.html" />
  */
 public interface ObjectMetadata extends Comparable<ObjectMetadata> {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/Payer.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/Payer.java
index 3cce03c89b..487e96e034 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/Payer.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/Payer.java
@@ -52,9 +52,6 @@ import com.google.common.base.CaseFormat;
  * You cannot use a Requester Pays bucket as the target bucket for end user logging, or vice versa.
  * However, you can turn on end user logging on a Requester Pays bucket where the target bucket is a
  * non Requester Pays bucket.
- * 
- * @see <a href=
- *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?RESTrequestPaymentGET.html" />
  */
 public enum Payer {
    REQUESTER, BUCKET_OWNER, UNRECOGNIZED;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/S3Object.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/S3Object.java
index 9010b48c08..5de2f4f8a6 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/S3Object.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/S3Object.java
@@ -23,11 +23,8 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
 
 /**
  * Amazon S3 is designed to store objects. Objects are stored in buckets and consist of a
- * {@link ObjectMetadataS3Object#getInput() value}, a {@link ObjectMetadata#getKey key},
+ * {@link PayloadEnclosing#getPayload() value}, a {@link ObjectMetadata#getKey key},
  * {@link ObjectMetadata#getUserMetadata() metadata}, and an access control policy.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?UsingObjects.html"
- *      />
  */
 public interface S3Object extends PayloadEnclosing, Comparable<S3Object> {
    public interface Factory {
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/package-info.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/package-info.java
index 41d5b56b34..6443a40127 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/package-info.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/domain/package-info.java
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
  */
 /**
  * This package contains the core components of S3. 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/Components.html" />
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3.domain;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignature.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignature.java
index d2ba8197b2..e8009e46b8 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignature.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignature.java
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ import com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders;
 
 /**
  * Signs the S3 request.
- * 
- * @see <a href=
- *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/dev/index.html?RESTAuthentication.html"
- *      />
  */
 @Singleton
 public class RequestAuthorizeSignature implements HttpRequestFilter, RequestSigner {
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/package-info.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/package-info.java
index d55b2067f5..ad4a4e16d7 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/package-info.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/package-info.java
@@ -16,6 +16,5 @@
  */
 /**
  * This package contains HttpRequestFilters needed to operate the REST api.
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/RESTAuthentication.html" />
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3.filters;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/functions/ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/functions/ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.java
index a1bd1f5caf..71d81f0d64 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/functions/ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/functions/ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders.java
@@ -37,12 +37,7 @@ import com.google.common.annotations.VisibleForTesting;
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 import com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders;
 
-/**
- * This parses @{link {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.MutableObjectMetadata} from HTTP
- * headers.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/RESTObjectGET.html" />
- */
+/** This parses {@ link MutableObjectMetadata} from HTTP headers. */
 public class ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders implements Function<HttpResponse, MutableObjectMetadata>,
          InvocationContext<ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders> {
    private final ParseSystemAndUserMetadataFromHeaders blobMetadataParser;
@@ -61,10 +56,7 @@ public class ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders implements Function<HttpResponse, Mu
    // used as content-md5, so filter etags that contain hyphens
    static final Pattern MD5_FROM_ETAG = Pattern.compile("^\"?([0-9a-f]+)\"?$");
 
-   /**
-    * parses the http response headers to create a new
-    * {@link org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.MutableObjectMetadata} object.
-    */
+   /** parses the http response headers to create a new {@link MutableObjectMetadata} object. */
    public MutableObjectMetadata apply(HttpResponse from) {
       BlobMetadata base = blobMetadataParser.apply(from);
       MutableObjectMetadata to = blobToObjectMetadata.apply(base);
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/CopyObjectOptions.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/CopyObjectOptions.java
index f39e428e24..25f833cfd1 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/CopyObjectOptions.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/CopyObjectOptions.java
@@ -67,10 +67,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
  * ifSourceModifiedSince(new Date().minusDays(1))
  * );
  * <code>
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTObjectCOPY.html?"
- *      />
  */
 public class CopyObjectOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
    private static final DateService dateService = new SimpleDateFormatDateService();
@@ -121,7 +117,6 @@ public class CopyObjectOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
     * conditional copy headers.
     * 
     * @return valid HTTP date
-    * @see <a href="http://rfc.net/rfc2616.html?s3.3"/>
     * @see CopyObjectOptions#ifSourceModifiedSince(Date)
     */
    public String getIfModifiedSince() {
@@ -138,7 +133,6 @@ public class CopyObjectOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
     * conditional copy headers.
     * 
     * @return valid HTTP date
-    * @see <a href="http://rfc.net/rfc2616.html?s3.3"/>
     * @see CopyObjectOptions#ifSourceUnmodifiedSince(Date)
     */
    public String getIfUnmodifiedSince() {
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/ListBucketOptions.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/ListBucketOptions.java
index 7ab25612cf..480b79e73e 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/ListBucketOptions.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/ListBucketOptions.java
@@ -31,12 +31,8 @@ import org.jclouds.http.options.BaseHttpRequestOptions;
  * import static org.jclouds.s3.commands.options.GetBucketOptions.Builder.*
  * <p/>
  * S3Client connection = // get connection
- * Future<S3Bucket> bucket = connection.listBucket("bucketName",withPrefix("home/users").maxKeys(1000));
+ * ListBucketResponse bucket = connection.listBucket("bucketName",withPrefix("home/users").maxKeys(1000));
  * <code>
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTBucketGET.html?"
- *      />
  */
 public class ListBucketOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions implements Cloneable {
    public static final ListBucketOptions NONE = new ListBucketOptions();
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutBucketOptions.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutBucketOptions.java
index 5146f8ce67..5028688c40 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutBucketOptions.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutBucketOptions.java
@@ -44,12 +44,8 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
  * import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
  * <p/>
  * S3Client connection = // get connection
- * Future<Boolean> createdInEu = connection.putBucketIfNotExists("bucketName",createIn(EU));
+ * boolean createdInEu = connection.putBucketIfNotExists("bucketName",createIn(EU));
  * <code>
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTBucketPUT.html?"
- *      />
  */
 public class PutBucketOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
    private CannedAccessPolicy acl = CannedAccessPolicy.PRIVATE;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutObjectOptions.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutObjectOptions.java
index 6b65ff71ec..3ae6d3077f 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutObjectOptions.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/PutObjectOptions.java
@@ -46,12 +46,8 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Multimap;
  * import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
  * 
  * S3Client connection = // get connection
- * Future<Boolean> publicly readable = connection.putObject("bucketName",new S3Object("key","value"), withAcl(CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ));
+ * boolean publiclyReadable = connection.putObject("bucketName",new S3Object("key","value"), withAcl(CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ));
  * <code>
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTObjectPUT.html?"
- *      />
  */
 public class PutObjectOptions extends BaseHttpRequestOptions {
    public static final PutObjectOptions NONE = new PutObjectOptions();
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/package-info.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/package-info.java
index fd186a8500..30fe8b0b92 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/package-info.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/options/package-info.java
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@
  */
 /**
  * This package contains request options for S3 REST commands.
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/RESTAPI.html" />
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3.options;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/package-info.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/package-info.java
index b6eb727c57..0a28d71a7b 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/package-info.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/package-info.java
@@ -16,7 +16,5 @@
  */
 /**
  * This package contains an Amazon S3 client implemented by {@link org.jclouds.http.HttpCommandExecutorService} commands.
- *
- * @see <a href="http://amazon.com/s3"/>
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/reference/S3Headers.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/reference/S3Headers.java
index 79cd561e33..79620b1121 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/reference/S3Headers.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/reference/S3Headers.java
@@ -16,13 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3.reference;
 
-/**
- * Additional headers specified by Amazon S3 REST API.
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?RESTAuthentication.html"
- *      />
- */
 public interface S3Headers {
 
    /**
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/AccessControlListHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/AccessControlListHandler.java
index 1aa304a5aa..038bd51d69 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/AccessControlListHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/AccessControlListHandler.java
@@ -33,8 +33,6 @@ import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
  * Parses the following XML document:
  * <p/>
  * AccessControlPolicy xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTAccessPolicy.html"/>
  */
 public class AccessControlListHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<AccessControlList> {
    private AccessControlList acl = new AccessControlList();
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/BucketLoggingHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/BucketLoggingHandler.java
index 842a24860b..76f8d6ee5a 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/BucketLoggingHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/BucketLoggingHandler.java
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * Parses the following XML document:
  * <p/>
  * BucketLoggingStatus xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01/"
- * 
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/index.html?ServerLogs.html"/>
  */
 public class BucketLoggingHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<BucketLogging> {
    private Set<Grant> targetGrants = Sets.newHashSet();
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/CopyObjectHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/CopyObjectHandler.java
index a60a68e47d..6448fce39a 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/CopyObjectHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/CopyObjectHandler.java
@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.domain.internal.CopyObjectResult;
  * Parses the response from Amazon S3 COPY Object command.
  * <p/>
  * CopyObjectResult is the document we expect to parse.
- * 
- * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/RESTObjectCOPY.html" />
  */
 public class CopyObjectHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<ObjectMetadata> {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListAllMyBucketsHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListAllMyBucketsHandler.java
index 80e09ecf20..c6f63a8d53 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListAllMyBucketsHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListAllMyBucketsHandler.java
@@ -34,10 +34,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
  * Parses the following XML document:
  * <p/>
  * SetAllMyBucketsResult xmlns="http://doc.s3.amazonaws.com/2006-03-01"
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTServiceGET.html"
- *      />
  */
 public class ListAllMyBucketsHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Set<BucketMetadata>> {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListBucketHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListBucketHandler.java
index be54e2d5fc..cdcfdf763f 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListBucketHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/ListBucketHandler.java
@@ -41,10 +41,6 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet.Builder;
  * Parses the following XML document:
  * <p/>
  * ListBucketResult xmlns="http://s3.amazonaws.com/doc/2006-03-01"
- * 
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/index.html?RESTBucketGET.html"
- *      />
  */
 public class ListBucketHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<ListBucketResponse> {
    private Builder<ObjectMetadata> contents = ImmutableSet.builder();
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/LocationConstraintHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/LocationConstraintHandler.java
index b4a47029c8..415f345a7b 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/LocationConstraintHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/LocationConstraintHandler.java
@@ -33,10 +33,6 @@ import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
  * Parses the response from Amazon S3 GET Bucket Location
  * <p/>
  * Region is the document we expect to parse.
- * 
- * @see <a href=
- *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/RESTBucketLocationGET.html"
- *      />
  */
 public class LocationConstraintHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<String> {
    private final LoadingCache<String, Optional<String>> bucketToRegion;
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/PayerHandler.java b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/PayerHandler.java
index 14ac0982eb..8bb614f128 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/PayerHandler.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/s3/xml/PayerHandler.java
@@ -25,8 +25,6 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer;
  * Parses the response from Amazon S3 GET Request Payment
   * <p/>
  * RequestPaymentConfiguration is the document we expect to parse.
- * 
- * @see <a href= "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/RESTrequestPaymentGET.html" />
  */
 public class PayerHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerWithResult<Payer> {
    private StringBuilder currentText = new StringBuilder();
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientLiveTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientLiveTest.java
index d94fda1a0c..04fd5a3bc7 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientLiveTest.java
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3;
 
-import static org.jclouds.s3.internal.StubS3AsyncClient.TEST_ACL_EMAIL;
-import static org.jclouds.s3.internal.StubS3AsyncClient.TEST_ACL_ID;
 import static org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions.Builder.ifSourceETagDoesntMatch;
 import static org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions.Builder.ifSourceETagMatches;
 import static org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions.Builder.ifSourceModifiedSince;
@@ -57,12 +55,16 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 
 @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
 public class S3ClientLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
+   public static final String TEST_ACL_ID = "1a405254c932b52e5b5caaa88186bc431a1bacb9ece631f835daddaf0c47677c";
+   public static final String TEST_ACL_EMAIL = "james@misterm.org";
+   public static final String DEFAULT_OWNER_ID = "abc123";
+
    public S3ClientLiveTest() {
       this.provider = "s3";
    }
    
    public S3Client getApi() {
-      return view.unwrap(S3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getApi();
+      return view.unwrapApi(S3Client.class);
    }
 
    /**
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClientTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientTest.java
similarity index 87%
rename from apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClientTest.java
rename to apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientTest.java
index c0561f40e1..fb5aeb97c4 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3AsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/S3ClientTest.java
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReleasePayloadAndReturn;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReturnTrueIf2xx;
 import org.jclouds.http.options.GetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Fallbacks.TrueOn404OrNotFoundFalseOnIllegalState;
-import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.EmailAddressGrantee;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Grant;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
 import org.jclouds.s3.fallbacks.FalseIfBucketAlreadyOwnedByYouOrOperationAbortedWhenBucketExists;
 import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ParseObjectFromHeadersAndHttpContent;
 import org.jclouds.s3.functions.ParseObjectMetadataFromHeaders;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutBucketOptions;
@@ -72,16 +72,16 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Lists;
 import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 /**
- * Tests behavior of {@code S3AsyncClient}
+ * Tests behavior of {@code S3Client}
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
-@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "S3AsyncClientTest")
-public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<T> {
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "S3ClientTest")
+public abstract class S3ClientTest<T extends S3Client> extends BaseS3ClientTest<T> {
 
    protected String url = "s3.amazonaws.com";
 
    public void testAllRegions() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
                PutBucketOptions[].class);
       for (String region : Region.DEFAULT_S3) {
          processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of(region, "bucket-" + region));
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testGetBucketLocation() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket." + url + "/?location HTTP/1.1");
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testGetBucketPayer() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketPayer", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "getBucketPayer", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket." + url + "/?requestPayment HTTP/1.1");
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testSetBucketPayerOwner() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "setBucketPayer", String.class, Payer.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "setBucketPayer", String.class, Payer.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", Payer.BUCKET_OWNER));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "PUT https://bucket." + url + "/?requestPayment HTTP/1.1");
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testSetBucketPayerRequester() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "setBucketPayer", String.class, Payer.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "setBucketPayer", String.class, Payer.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", Payer.REQUESTER));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "PUT https://bucket." + url + "/?requestPayment HTTP/1.1");
@@ -159,7 +159,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testListBucket() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "listBucket", String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "listBucket", String.class,
                ListBucketOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
@@ -175,7 +175,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testBucketExists() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "bucketExists", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "bucketExists", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "HEAD https://bucket." + url + "/ HTTP/1.1");
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    @Test(expectedExceptions = IllegalArgumentException.class)
    public void testCopyObjectInvalidName() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException,
             IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "copyObject", String.class, String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "copyObject", String.class, String.class, String.class,
                String.class, CopyObjectOptions[].class);
       processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("sourceBucket", "sourceObject", "destinationBucket", "destinationObject"));
 
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testCopyObject() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException,
             NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "copyObject", String.class, String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "copyObject", String.class, String.class, String.class,
                String.class, CopyObjectOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("sourceBucket", "sourceObject", "destinationbucket",
                "destinationObject"));
@@ -218,7 +218,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testDeleteBucketIfEmpty() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "deleteBucketIfEmpty", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "deleteBucketIfEmpty", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "DELETE https://bucket." + url + "/ HTTP/1.1");
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testDeleteObject() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "deleteObject", String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "deleteObject", String.class, String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "object"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "DELETE https://bucket." + url + "/object HTTP/1.1");
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testGetBucketACL() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketACL", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "getBucketACL", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket." + url + "/?acl HTTP/1.1");
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testGetObject() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException,
             NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getObject", String.class, String.class, GetOptions[].class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "getObject", String.class, String.class, GetOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "object"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket." + url + "/object HTTP/1.1");
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testGetObjectACL() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getObjectACL", String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "getObjectACL", String.class, String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "object"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket." + url + "/object?acl HTTP/1.1");
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testObjectExists() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "objectExists", String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "objectExists", String.class, String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "object"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "HEAD https://bucket." + url + "/object HTTP/1.1");
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testHeadObject() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "headObject", String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "headObject", String.class, String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "object"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "HEAD https://bucket." + url + "/object HTTP/1.1");
@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testListOwnedBuckets() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "listOwnedBuckets");
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "listOwnedBuckets");
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.of());
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://" + url + "/ HTTP/1.1");
@@ -343,12 +343,12 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testNewS3Object() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "newS3Object");
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "newS3Object");
       assertEquals(method.getReturnType().getRawType(), S3Object.class);
    }
 
    public void testPutBucketACL() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putBucketACL", String.class, AccessControlList.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "putBucketACL", String.class, AccessControlList.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", AccessControlList.fromCannedAccessPolicy(
                CannedAccessPolicy.PRIVATE, "1234")));
 
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    public void testPutBucketDefault() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException,
             IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
                PutBucketOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, Lists.<Object> newArrayList((String) null, "bucket"));
 
@@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    public void testPutObject() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException,
             NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putObject", String.class, S3Object.class, PutObjectOptions[].class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "putObject", String.class, S3Object.class, PutObjectOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", blobToS3Object
                .apply(BindBlobToMultipartFormTest.TEST_BLOB)));
 
@@ -404,7 +404,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testPutObjectACL() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putObjectACL", String.class, String.class, AccessControlList.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "putObjectACL", String.class, String.class, AccessControlList.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "key", AccessControlList.fromCannedAccessPolicy(
                CannedAccessPolicy.PRIVATE, "1234")));
 
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testGetBucketLogging() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketLogging", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "getBucketLogging", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket." + url + "/?logging HTTP/1.1");
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testDisableBucketLogging() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "disableBucketLogging", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "disableBucketLogging", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "PUT https://bucket." + url + "/?logging HTTP/1.1");
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
    }
 
    public void testEnableBucketLoggingOwner() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "enableBucketLogging", String.class, BucketLogging.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "enableBucketLogging", String.class, BucketLogging.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor
                .createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", new BucketLogging("mylogs", "access_log-", ImmutableSet
                         .<Grant> of(new Grant(new EmailAddressGrantee("adrian@jclouds.org"), Permission.FULL_CONTROL)))));
@@ -473,8 +473,8 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
       checkFilters(request);
    }
 
-   @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestS3RestClientModule extends S3RestClientModule<S3Client, S3AsyncClient> {
+   @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestS3HttpApiModule extends S3HttpApiModule<S3Client> {
 
       @Override
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
@@ -484,7 +484,7 @@ public abstract class S3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseS3A
 
    @Override
    protected Module createModule() {
-      return new TestS3RestClientModule();
+      return new TestS3HttpApiModule();
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest.java
index 893f2910c8..a673a0d233 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest.java
@@ -22,8 +22,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
@@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest")
-public class BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3AsyncClient> {
+public class BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredNoPathTest extends BaseS3ClientTest<S3Client> {
 
    public void testBucketWithHostnameStyle() throws IOException, SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "deleteObject", String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "deleteObject", String.class, String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("testbucket.example.com", "test.jpg"));
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "DELETE https://s3.amazonaws.com/testbucket.example.com/test.jpg HTTP/1.1");
    }
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest.java
index e8a2e2e2c2..29bcb910b7 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest.java
@@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest")
-public class BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3AsyncClient> {
+public class BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest extends BaseS3ClientTest<S3Client> {
 
    public void testBucket() throws IOException {
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ public class BindAsHostPrefixIfConfiguredTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3As
       request = binder.bindToRequest(request, "testbucket.example.com");
       assertEquals(request.getRequestLine(), "GET http://euc/services/Walrus/testbucket.example.com HTTP/1.1");
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "deleteObject", String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3Client.class, "deleteObject", String.class, String.class);
       request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("testbucket.example.com", "test.jpg"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "DELETE http://euc/services/Walrus/testbucket.example.com/test.jpg HTTP/1.1");
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest.java
index 58c5030208..f70ff90338 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest.java
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 /**
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ import org.testng.annotations.Test;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest")
-public class BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3AsyncClient> {
+public class BindNoBucketLoggingToXmlPayloadTest extends BaseS3ClientTest<S3Client> {
 
    public void testApplyInputStream() throws IOException {
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java
index 6d9a81e960..b65c2b9c10 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/binders/BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.binders.BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payloads;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest")
-public class BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3AsyncClient> {
+public class BindS3ObjectMetadataToRequestTest extends BaseS3ClientTest<S3Client> {
 
    @Test
    public void testPassWithMinimumDetailsAndPayload5GB() {
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobSignerExpectTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobSignerExpectTest.java
index 093e1a69f8..044c2d7fc6 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobSignerExpectTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/blobstore/S3BlobSignerExpectTest.java
@@ -19,10 +19,9 @@ package org.jclouds.s3.blobstore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BaseBlobSignerExpectTest;
 import org.jclouds.date.TimeStamp;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
-import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3HttpApiModule;
 import org.testng.SkipException;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -106,11 +105,11 @@ public class S3BlobSignerExpectTest extends BaseBlobSignerExpectTest {
 
    @Override
    protected Module createModule() {
-      return new TestS3RestClientModule();
+      return new TestS3HttpApiModule();
    }
 
-   @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestS3RestClientModule extends S3RestClientModule<S3Client, S3AsyncClient> {
+   @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestS3HttpApiModule extends S3HttpApiModule<S3Client> {
 
       @Override
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest.java
index 77cd1733fe..48da148fed 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest.java
@@ -26,11 +26,11 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.binders.BindBlobToMultipartFormTest;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
 import org.jclouds.s3.reference.S3Headers;
 import org.testng.annotations.DataProvider;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ import com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest")
-public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3AsyncClient> {
+public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest extends BaseS3ClientTest<S3Client> {
    String bucketName = "bucket";
 
    @DataProvider(parallel = true)
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3Async
    @Test
    void testAppendBucketNameHostHeader() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(
-            method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class),
+            method(S3Client.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class),
             ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
       StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
       filter.appendBucketName(request, builder);
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3Async
 
    private GeneratedHttpRequest putBucketAcl() throws NoSuchMethodException {
       return processor.createRequest(
-            method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putBucketACL", String.class, AccessControlList.class),
+            method(S3Client.class, "putBucketACL", String.class, AccessControlList.class),
             ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket",
                   AccessControlList.fromCannedAccessPolicy(CannedAccessPolicy.PRIVATE, "1234")));
    }
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3Async
    }
 
    private GeneratedHttpRequest listOwnedBuckets() throws NoSuchMethodException {
-      return processor.createRequest(method(S3AsyncClient.class, "listOwnedBuckets"),
+      return processor.createRequest(method(S3Client.class, "listOwnedBuckets"),
             ImmutableList.of());
    }
 
@@ -134,14 +134,14 @@ public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3Async
    private HttpRequest putObject() throws NoSuchMethodException {
       S3Object object = blobToS3Object.apply(BindBlobToMultipartFormTest.TEST_BLOB);
       object.getMetadata().getUserMetadata().put("Adrian", "foo");
-      return processor.createRequest(method(S3AsyncClient.class, "putObject", String.class,
+      return processor.createRequest(method(S3Client.class, "putObject", String.class,
             S3Object.class, PutObjectOptions[].class), ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", object));
    }
 
    @Test
    void testAppendBucketNameInURIPath() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(
-            method(S3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class),
+            method(S3Client.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class),
             ImmutableList.<Object> of(bucketName));
       URI uri = request.getEndpoint();
       assertEquals(uri.getHost(), "s3.amazonaws.com");
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest.java
index 396664ac25..8ae2fc18e8 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/filters/RequestAuthorizeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest.java
@@ -27,12 +27,11 @@ import org.jclouds.domain.Credentials;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.logging.config.NullLoggingModule;
 import org.jclouds.reflect.Invocation;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseRestApiTest.MockModule;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
-import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3HttpApiModule;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -50,11 +49,11 @@ public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest {
    public static Injector injector(Credentials creds) {
       return ContextBuilder.newBuilder("s3")
             .credentialsSupplier(Suppliers.<Credentials> ofInstance(creds))
-            .modules(ImmutableList.<Module> of(new MockModule(), new NullLoggingModule(), new TestS3RestClientModule())).buildInjector();
+            .modules(ImmutableList.<Module> of(new MockModule(), new NullLoggingModule(), new TestS3HttpApiModule())).buildInjector();
    }
 
-   @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestS3RestClientModule extends S3RestClientModule<S3Client, S3AsyncClient> {
+   @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestS3HttpApiModule extends S3HttpApiModule<S3Client> {
 
       @Override
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
@@ -72,7 +71,7 @@ public class RequestAuthorizeSignatureWithSessionCredentialsTest {
       .sessionToken("AQoEXAMPLEH4aoAH0gNCAPyJxz4BlCFFxWNE1OPTgk5TthT")
       .expiration(new SimpleDateFormatDateService().iso8601DateParse("2011-07-11T19:55:29.611Z")).build();
 
-   Invocation invocation = Invocation.create(method(S3AsyncClient.class, "bucketExists", String.class),
+   Invocation invocation = Invocation.create(method(S3Client.class, "bucketExists", String.class),
                                              ImmutableList.<Object> of("foo"));
 
    HttpRequest bucketFooExists = GeneratedHttpRequest.builder().method("GET")
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientExpectTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientExpectTest.java
index 0ee36fecd5..260a242492 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientExpectTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientExpectTest.java
@@ -17,12 +17,11 @@
 package org.jclouds.s3.internal;
 
 import org.jclouds.date.TimeStamp;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseRestClientExpectTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3ApiMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
-import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3HttpApiModule;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
@@ -31,8 +30,8 @@ public abstract class BaseS3ClientExpectTest extends BaseRestClientExpectTest<S3
 
    protected static final String CONSTANT_DATE = "2009-11-08T15:54:08.897Z";
 
-      @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestS3RestClientModule extends S3RestClientModule<S3Client, S3AsyncClient> {
+   @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestS3HttpApiModule extends S3HttpApiModule<S3Client> {
 
       @Override
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
@@ -42,7 +41,7 @@ public abstract class BaseS3ClientExpectTest extends BaseRestClientExpectTest<S3
 
    @Override
    protected Module createModule() {
-      return new TestS3RestClientModule();
+      return new TestS3HttpApiModule();
    }
    
    @Override
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3AsyncClientTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientTest.java
similarity index 91%
rename from apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3AsyncClientTest.java
rename to apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientTest.java
index b1fca997aa..2b418ae0cd 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3AsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/BaseS3ClientTest.java
@@ -23,14 +23,14 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseAsyncClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3ApiMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
 import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
 import org.testng.annotations.BeforeClass;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 @Test(groups = "unit")
-public abstract class BaseS3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends BaseAsyncClientTest<T> {
+public abstract class BaseS3ClientTest<T extends S3Client> extends BaseAsyncClientTest<T> {
 
    protected BlobToObject blobToS3Object;
    protected RequestAuthorizeSignature filter;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ public abstract class BaseS3AsyncClientTest<T extends S3AsyncClient> extends Bas
       filter = injector.getInstance(RequestAuthorizeSignature.class);
    }
 
-   public BaseS3AsyncClientTest() {
+   public BaseS3ClientTest() {
       super();
    }
 
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/StubS3AsyncClient.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/StubS3AsyncClient.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 5e94924fcf..0000000000
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/internal/StubS3AsyncClient.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,342 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.jclouds.s3.internal;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.immediateFailedFuture;
-import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.immediateFuture;
-import static com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures.transform;
-
-import java.io.IOException;
-import java.util.Date;
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
-import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentMap;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import javax.inject.Named;
-import javax.inject.Singleton;
-
-import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.KeyNotFoundException;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.LocalAsyncBlobStore;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.MutableBlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.HttpGetOptionsListToGetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobStoreUtils;
-import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
-import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
-import org.jclouds.domain.LocationBuilder;
-import org.jclouds.domain.LocationScope;
-import org.jclouds.http.options.GetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.javax.annotation.Nullable;
-import org.jclouds.lifecycle.Closer;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObjectMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToContainerListOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlob;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ResourceToBucketList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.CanonicalUserGrantee;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.EmailAddressGrantee;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Grant;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketLogging;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ListBucketResponse;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.CopyObjectOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutBucketOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
-import com.google.common.collect.Sets;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
-
-/**
- * Implementation of {@link S3AsyncBlobStore} which keeps all data in a local Map object.
- */
-@Singleton
-public class StubS3AsyncClient implements S3AsyncClient {
-   private final DateService dateService;
-   private final HttpGetOptionsListToGetOptions httpGetOptionsConverter;
-   private final AsyncBlobStore blobStore;
-   private final S3Object.Factory objectProvider;
-   private final Blob.Factory blobProvider;
-   private final ObjectToBlob object2Blob;
-   private final BlobToObject blob2Object;
-   private final BlobToObjectMetadata blob2ObjectMetadata;
-   private final BucketToContainerListOptions bucket2ContainerListOptions;
-   private final ResourceToBucketList resource2BucketList;
-   private final ConcurrentMap<String, ConcurrentMap<String, Blob>> containerToBlobs;
-   private final ConcurrentMap<String, Location> containerToLocation;
-   private final ListeningExecutorService userExecutor;
-   private final Closer closer;
-
-   @Inject
-   private StubS3AsyncClient(@Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ListeningExecutorService userExecutor,
-            LocalAsyncBlobStore blobStore, ConcurrentMap<String, ConcurrentMap<String, Blob>> containerToBlobs,
-            ConcurrentMap<String, Location> containerToLocation, DateService dateService,
-            S3Object.Factory objectProvider, Blob.Factory blobProvider,
-            HttpGetOptionsListToGetOptions httpGetOptionsConverter, ObjectToBlob object2Blob, BlobToObject blob2Object,
-            BlobToObjectMetadata blob2ObjectMetadata, BucketToContainerListOptions bucket2ContainerListOptions,
-            ResourceToBucketList resource2BucketList, Closer closer) {
-      this.userExecutor = userExecutor;
-      this.containerToBlobs = containerToBlobs;
-      this.containerToLocation = containerToLocation;
-      this.blobStore = blobStore;
-      this.objectProvider = objectProvider;
-      this.blobProvider = blobProvider;
-      this.dateService = dateService;
-      this.httpGetOptionsConverter = httpGetOptionsConverter;
-      this.object2Blob = checkNotNull(object2Blob, "object2Blob");
-      this.blob2Object = checkNotNull(blob2Object, "blob2Object");
-      this.blob2ObjectMetadata = checkNotNull(blob2ObjectMetadata, "blob2ObjectMetadata");
-      this.bucket2ContainerListOptions = checkNotNull(bucket2ContainerListOptions, "bucket2ContainerListOptions");
-      this.resource2BucketList = checkNotNull(resource2BucketList, "resource2BucketList");
-      this.closer = checkNotNull(closer, "closer");
-   }
-
-   public static final String TEST_ACL_ID = "1a405254c932b52e5b5caaa88186bc431a1bacb9ece631f835daddaf0c47677c";
-   public static final String TEST_ACL_EMAIL = "james@misterm.org";
-
-   /**
-    * An S3 item's "ACL" may be a {@link CannedAccessPolicy} or an {@link AccessControlList}.
-    */
-   private static Map<String, Object> keyToAcl = new ConcurrentHashMap<String, Object>();
-
-   public static final String DEFAULT_OWNER_ID = "abc123";
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> putBucketInRegion(@Nullable String region, String name,
-            PutBucketOptions... optionsList) {
-      region = region == null ? Region.US_STANDARD : region;
-      final PutBucketOptions options = (optionsList.length == 0) ? new PutBucketOptions() : optionsList[0];
-      keyToAcl.put(name, options.getAcl());
-      return blobStore.createContainerInLocation(new LocationBuilder().scope(LocationScope.REGION).id(region)
-               .description(region).build(), name);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<ListBucketResponse> listBucket(final String name, ListBucketOptions... optionsList) {
-      ListContainerOptions options = bucket2ContainerListOptions.apply(optionsList);
-      return transform(blobStore.list(name, options), resource2BucketList, userExecutor);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<ObjectMetadata> copyObject(final String sourceBucket, final String sourceObject,
-            final String destinationBucket, final String destinationObject, CopyObjectOptions... nullableOptions) {
-      final CopyObjectOptions options = (nullableOptions.length == 0) ? new CopyObjectOptions() : nullableOptions[0];
-      ConcurrentMap<String, Blob> source = containerToBlobs.get(sourceBucket);
-      ConcurrentMap<String, Blob> dest = containerToBlobs.get(destinationBucket);
-      if (source.containsKey(sourceObject)) {
-         Blob object = source.get(sourceObject);
-         if (options.getIfMatch() != null) {
-            if (!object.getMetadata().getETag().equals(options.getIfMatch()))
-               return immediateFailedFuture(LocalAsyncBlobStore.returnResponseException(412));
-         }
-         if (options.getIfNoneMatch() != null) {
-            if (object.getMetadata().getETag().equals(options.getIfNoneMatch()))
-               return immediateFailedFuture(LocalAsyncBlobStore.returnResponseException(412));
-         }
-         if (options.getIfModifiedSince() != null) {
-            Date modifiedSince = dateService.rfc822DateParse(options.getIfModifiedSince());
-            if (modifiedSince.after(object.getMetadata().getLastModified()))
-               return immediateFailedFuture(LocalAsyncBlobStore.returnResponseException(412));
-
-         }
-         if (options.getIfUnmodifiedSince() != null) {
-            Date unmodifiedSince = dateService.rfc822DateParse(options.getIfUnmodifiedSince());
-            if (unmodifiedSince.before(object.getMetadata().getLastModified()))
-               return immediateFailedFuture(LocalAsyncBlobStore.returnResponseException(412));
-         }
-         Blob sourceS3 = source.get(sourceObject);
-         MutableBlobMetadata newMd = BlobStoreUtils.copy(sourceS3.getMetadata(), destinationObject);
-         if (options.getAcl() != null)
-            keyToAcl.put(destinationBucket + "/" + destinationObject, options.getAcl());
-
-         newMd.setLastModified(new Date());
-         Blob newBlob = blobProvider.create(newMd);
-         newBlob.setPayload(sourceS3.getPayload());
-         dest.put(destinationObject, newBlob);
-         return immediateFuture((ObjectMetadata) blob2ObjectMetadata.apply(BlobStoreUtils.copy(newMd)));
-      }
-      return immediateFailedFuture(new KeyNotFoundException(sourceBucket, sourceObject, sourceBucket + "/"
-               + sourceObject));
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putObject(final String bucketName, final S3Object object,
-            PutObjectOptions... nullableOptions) {
-      final PutObjectOptions options = (nullableOptions.length == 0) ? new PutObjectOptions() : nullableOptions[0];
-      if (options.getAcl() != null)
-         keyToAcl.put(bucketName + "/" + object.getMetadata().getKey(), options.getAcl());
-      return blobStore.putBlob(bucketName, object2Blob.apply(object));
-   }
-
-   protected AccessControlList getACLforS3Item(String bucketAndObjectKey) {
-      AccessControlList acl = null;
-      Object aclObj = keyToAcl.get(bucketAndObjectKey);
-      if (aclObj instanceof AccessControlList) {
-         acl = (AccessControlList) aclObj;
-      } else if (aclObj instanceof CannedAccessPolicy) {
-         acl = AccessControlList.fromCannedAccessPolicy((CannedAccessPolicy) aclObj, DEFAULT_OWNER_ID);
-      } else if (aclObj == null) {
-         // Default to private access policy
-         acl = AccessControlList.fromCannedAccessPolicy(CannedAccessPolicy.PRIVATE, DEFAULT_OWNER_ID);
-      }
-      return acl;
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<AccessControlList> getBucketACL(final String bucket) {
-      return immediateFuture(getACLforS3Item(bucket));
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<AccessControlList> getObjectACL(final String bucket, final String objectKey) {
-      return immediateFuture(getACLforS3Item(bucket + "/" + objectKey));
-   }
-
-   /**
-    * Replace any AmazonCustomerByEmail grantees with a somewhat-arbitrary canonical user grantee,
-    * to match S3 which substitutes each email address grantee with that user's corresponding ID. In
-    * short, although you can PUT email address grantees, these are actually subsequently returned
-    * by S3 as canonical user grantees.
-    * 
-    * @param acl
-    * @return
-    */
-   protected AccessControlList sanitizeUploadedACL(AccessControlList acl) {
-      // Replace any email address grantees with canonical user grantees, using
-      // the acl's owner ID as the surrogate replacement.
-      for (Grant grant : acl.getGrants()) {
-         if (grant.getGrantee() instanceof EmailAddressGrantee) {
-            EmailAddressGrantee emailGrantee = (EmailAddressGrantee) grant.getGrantee();
-            String id = emailGrantee.getEmailAddress().equals(TEST_ACL_EMAIL) ? TEST_ACL_ID : acl.getOwner().getId();
-            grant.setGrantee(new CanonicalUserGrantee(id, acl.getOwner().getDisplayName()));
-         }
-      }
-      return acl;
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> putBucketACL(final String bucket, final AccessControlList acl) {
-      keyToAcl.put(bucket, sanitizeUploadedACL(acl));
-      return immediateFuture(true);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> putObjectACL(final String bucket, final String objectKey,
-            final AccessControlList acl) {
-      keyToAcl.put(bucket + "/" + objectKey, sanitizeUploadedACL(acl));
-      return immediateFuture(true);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> bucketExists(final String bucketName) {
-      return immediateFuture(containerToBlobs.containsKey(bucketName));
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteBucketIfEmpty(String bucketName) {
-      Boolean returnVal = true;
-      if (containerToBlobs.containsKey(bucketName)) {
-         if (containerToBlobs.get(bucketName).size() == 0)
-            containerToBlobs.remove(bucketName);
-         else
-            returnVal = false;
-      }
-      return immediateFuture(returnVal);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<Void> deleteObject(String bucketName, String key) {
-      return blobStore.removeBlob(bucketName, key);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<S3Object> getObject(final String bucketName, final String key, final GetOptions... options) {
-      org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions getOptions = httpGetOptionsConverter.apply(options);
-      return transform(blobStore.getBlob(bucketName, key, getOptions), blob2Object, userExecutor);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<ObjectMetadata> headObject(String bucketName, String key) {
-      return transform(blobStore.blobMetadata(bucketName, key), new Function<BlobMetadata, ObjectMetadata>() {
-         public ObjectMetadata apply(BlobMetadata from) {
-            return blob2ObjectMetadata.apply(from);
-         }
-      }, userExecutor);
-   }
-
-   public ListenableFuture<? extends Set<BucketMetadata>> listOwnedBuckets() {
-      return immediateFuture(Sets.newLinkedHashSet(Iterables.transform(containerToBlobs.keySet(),
-               new Function<String, BucketMetadata>() {
-                  public BucketMetadata apply(String name) {
-                     return new BucketMetadata(name, null, null);
-                  }
-
-               })));
-   }
-
-   public S3Object newS3Object() {
-      return objectProvider.create(null);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> getBucketLocation(String bucketName) {
-      Location location = containerToLocation.get(bucketName);
-      return immediateFuture(location.getId());
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Payer> getBucketPayer(String bucketName) {
-      return immediateFuture(Payer.BUCKET_OWNER);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Void> setBucketPayer(String bucketName, Payer payer) {
-      return immediateFuture(null);
-
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Void> disableBucketLogging(String bucketName) {
-      return immediateFuture(null);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Void> enableBucketLogging(String bucketName, BucketLogging logging) {
-      return immediateFuture(null);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<BucketLogging> getBucketLogging(String bucketName) {
-      return immediateFuture(null);
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> objectExists(String bucketName, String key) {
-      return immediateFuture(containerToBlobs.get(bucketName).containsKey(key));
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public void close() throws IOException {
-      closer.close();
-   }
-
-}
diff --git a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/services/BucketsLiveTest.java b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/services/BucketsLiveTest.java
index 558b055962..bb9891f3dd 100644
--- a/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/services/BucketsLiveTest.java
+++ b/apis/s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/s3/services/BucketsLiveTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,18 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.s3.services;
 
+import static org.jclouds.s3.S3ClientLiveTest.TEST_ACL_EMAIL;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.S3ClientLiveTest.TEST_ACL_ID;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.GroupGranteeURI.ALL_USERS;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.GroupGranteeURI.LOG_DELIVERY;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission.FULL_CONTROL;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission.READ;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission.READ_ACP;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission.WRITE;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission.WRITE_ACP;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer.BUCKET_OWNER;
+import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer.REQUESTER;
 import static org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions.Builder.afterMarker;
 import static org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions.Builder.delimiter;
 import static org.jclouds.s3.options.ListBucketOptions.Builder.maxResults;
@@ -34,21 +46,15 @@ import java.util.concurrent.ExecutionException;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException;
 
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.integration.internal.BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.CanonicalUserGrantee;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.EmailAddressGrantee;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Grant;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.GroupGranteeURI;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList.Permission;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketLogging;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ListBucketResponse;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.Payer;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.StubS3AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.util.Strings2;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -58,13 +64,14 @@ import com.google.common.collect.Iterables;
 
 @Test(groups = { "integration", "live" })
 public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
+
    public BucketsLiveTest() {
       this.provider = "s3";
       BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest.SANITY_CHECK_RETURNED_BUCKET_NAME = true;
    }
 
    public S3Client getApi() {
-      return view.unwrap(S3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getApi();
+      return view.unwrapApi(S3Client.class);
    }
 
    /**
@@ -94,7 +101,7 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
          assertEquals(acl.getGrants().size(), 1);
          assertNotNull(acl.getOwner());
          String ownerId = acl.getOwner().getId();
-         assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, Permission.FULL_CONTROL));
+         assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, FULL_CONTROL));
       } finally {
          returnContainer(bucketName);
       }
@@ -109,7 +116,7 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
          AccessControlList acl = getApi().getBucketACL(bucketName);
          String ownerId = acl.getOwner().getId();
          assertEquals(acl.getGrants().size(), 1);
-         assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, Permission.FULL_CONTROL));
+         assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, FULL_CONTROL));
 
          addGrantsToACL(acl);
          assertEquals(acl.getGrants().size(), 4);
@@ -129,26 +136,26 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
 
       assertEquals(acl.getGrants().size(), 4, acl.toString());
 
-      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, Permission.FULL_CONTROL), acl.toString());
-      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(GroupGranteeURI.ALL_USERS, Permission.READ), acl.toString());
-      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, Permission.WRITE_ACP), acl.toString());
+      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, FULL_CONTROL), acl.toString());
+      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ALL_USERS, READ), acl.toString());
+      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ownerId, WRITE_ACP), acl.toString());
       // EmailAddressGrantee is replaced by a CanonicalUserGrantee, so we cannot test by email addr
-      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(StubS3AsyncClient.TEST_ACL_ID, Permission.READ_ACP), acl.toString());
+      assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(TEST_ACL_ID, READ_ACP), acl.toString());
    }
 
    private void addGrantsToACL(AccessControlList acl) {
       String ownerId = acl.getOwner().getId();
-      acl.addPermission(GroupGranteeURI.ALL_USERS, Permission.READ);
-      acl.addPermission(new EmailAddressGrantee(StubS3AsyncClient.TEST_ACL_EMAIL), Permission.READ_ACP);
-      acl.addPermission(new CanonicalUserGrantee(ownerId), Permission.WRITE_ACP);
+      acl.addPermission(ALL_USERS, READ);
+      acl.addPermission(new EmailAddressGrantee(TEST_ACL_EMAIL), READ_ACP);
+      acl.addPermission(new CanonicalUserGrantee(ownerId), WRITE_ACP);
    }
 
    public void testPublicReadAccessPolicy() throws Exception {
       String bucketName = getScratchContainerName();
       try {
-         getApi().putBucketInRegion(null, bucketName, withBucketAcl(CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ));
+         getApi().putBucketInRegion(null, bucketName, withBucketAcl(PUBLIC_READ));
          AccessControlList acl = getApi().getBucketACL(bucketName);
-         assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(GroupGranteeURI.ALL_USERS, Permission.READ), acl.toString());
+         assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(ALL_USERS, READ), acl.toString());
          // TODO: I believe that the following should work based on the above acl assertion passing.
          // However, it fails on 403
          // URL url = new URL(String.format("http://%s.s3.amazonaws.com", bucketName));
@@ -173,23 +180,23 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
    public void testBucketPayer() throws Exception {
       final String bucketName = getContainerName();
       try {
-         assertEquals(Payer.BUCKET_OWNER, getApi().getBucketPayer(bucketName));
-         getApi().setBucketPayer(bucketName, Payer.REQUESTER);
+         assertEquals(BUCKET_OWNER, getApi().getBucketPayer(bucketName));
+         getApi().setBucketPayer(bucketName, REQUESTER);
          assertConsistencyAware(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                try {
-                  assertEquals(Payer.REQUESTER, getApi().getBucketPayer(bucketName));
+                  assertEquals(REQUESTER, getApi().getBucketPayer(bucketName));
 
                } catch (Exception e) {
                   Throwables.propagateIfPossible(e);
                }
             }
          });
-         getApi().setBucketPayer(bucketName, Payer.BUCKET_OWNER);
+         getApi().setBucketPayer(bucketName, BUCKET_OWNER);
          assertConsistencyAware(new Runnable() {
             public void run() {
                try {
-                  assertEquals(Payer.BUCKET_OWNER, getApi().getBucketPayer(bucketName));
+                  assertEquals(BUCKET_OWNER, getApi().getBucketPayer(bucketName));
                } catch (Exception e) {
                   Throwables.propagateIfPossible(e);
                }
@@ -208,8 +215,7 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
 
          setupAclForBucketLoggingTarget(targetBucket);
          final BucketLogging logging = new BucketLogging(targetBucket, "access_log-",
-               ImmutableSet.<Grant> of(new Grant(new EmailAddressGrantee(StubS3AsyncClient.TEST_ACL_EMAIL),
-                     Permission.FULL_CONTROL)));
+               ImmutableSet.<Grant> of(new Grant(new EmailAddressGrantee(TEST_ACL_EMAIL), FULL_CONTROL)));
 
          getApi().enableBucketLogging(bucketName, logging);
 
@@ -226,7 +232,7 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
                   }
                   // EmailAddressGrantee is replaced by a CanonicalUserGrantee, so we cannot test by
                   // email addr
-                  assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(StubS3AsyncClient.TEST_ACL_ID, Permission.FULL_CONTROL), acl.toString());
+                  assertTrue(acl.hasPermission(TEST_ACL_ID, FULL_CONTROL), acl.toString());
                   assertEquals(logging.getTargetBucket(), newLogging.getTargetBucket());
                   assertEquals(logging.getTargetPrefix(), newLogging.getTargetPrefix());
                } catch (Exception e) {
@@ -251,10 +257,9 @@ public class BucketsLiveTest extends BaseBlobStoreIntegrationTest {
    }
 
    private void setupAclForBucketLoggingTarget(final String targetBucket) {
-      // http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/LoggingHowTo.html
       AccessControlList acl = getApi().getBucketACL(targetBucket);
-      acl.addPermission(GroupGranteeURI.LOG_DELIVERY, Permission.WRITE);
-      acl.addPermission(GroupGranteeURI.LOG_DELIVERY, Permission.READ_ACP);
+      acl.addPermission(LOG_DELIVERY, WRITE);
+      acl.addPermission(LOG_DELIVERY, READ_ACP);
       assertTrue(getApi().putBucketACL(targetBucket, acl));
    }
 
diff --git a/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/SubmissionAsyncBlobStore.java b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/SubmissionAsyncBlobStore.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b141008d9e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/blobstore/src/main/java/org/jclouds/blobstore/internal/SubmissionAsyncBlobStore.java
@@ -0,0 +1,293 @@
+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
+ * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
+ * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
+ * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.jclouds.blobstore.internal;
+
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+import static org.jclouds.Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS;
+
+import java.util.Set;
+import java.util.concurrent.Callable;
+
+import javax.inject.Inject;
+import javax.inject.Named;
+
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobBuilder;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.BlobMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.GetOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.ListContainerOptions;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
+import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
+
+import com.google.common.collect.ForwardingObject;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
+import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
+
+/**
+ * Adapter that allows you to reuse an existing {@link BlobStore} to implement
+ * the deprecated {@link AsyncBlobStore} interface.
+ * 
+ * @deprecated will be removed in jclouds 2.0, as async interfaces are no longer
+ *             supported. Please use {@link BlobStore}
+ */
+@Deprecated
+public class SubmissionAsyncBlobStore extends ForwardingObject implements AsyncBlobStore {
+   private final BlobStore blobstore;
+   private final ListeningExecutorService executor;
+
+   @Inject
+   public SubmissionAsyncBlobStore(BlobStore blobstore, @Named(PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ListeningExecutorService executor) {
+      this.blobstore = checkNotNull(blobstore, "blobstore");
+      this.executor = checkNotNull(executor, "executor");
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   protected BlobStore delegate() {
+      return blobstore;
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public BlobStoreContext getContext() {
+      return delegate().getContext();
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public BlobBuilder blobBuilder(String name) {
+      return delegate().blobBuilder(name);
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Set<? extends Location>> listAssignableLocations() {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Set<? extends Location>>() {
+         public Set<? extends Location> call() {
+            return delegate().listAssignableLocations();
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list() {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
+         public PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> call() {
+            return delegate().list();
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> containerExists(final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Boolean>() {
+         public Boolean call() {
+            return delegate().containerExists(container);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(final Location location, final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Boolean>() {
+         public Boolean call() {
+            return delegate().createContainerInLocation(location, container);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(final Location location, final String container,
+         final CreateContainerOptions options) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Boolean>() {
+         public Boolean call() {
+            return delegate().createContainerInLocation(location, container, options);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list(final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
+         public PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> call() {
+            return delegate().list(container);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> list(final String container,
+         final ListContainerOptions options) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>>() {
+         public PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata> call() {
+            return delegate().list(container, options);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> clearContainer(final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+         public Void call() {
+            delegate().clearContainer(container);
+            return null;
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> clearContainer(final String container, final ListContainerOptions options) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+         public Void call() {
+            delegate().clearContainer(container, options);
+            return null;
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> deleteContainer(final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+         public Void call() {
+            delegate().deleteContainer(container);
+            return null;
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> deleteContainerIfEmpty(final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Boolean>() {
+         public Boolean call() {
+            return delegate().deleteContainerIfEmpty(container);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> directoryExists(final String container, final String directory) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Boolean>() {
+         public Boolean call() {
+            return delegate().directoryExists(container, directory);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> createDirectory(final String container, final String directory) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+         public Void call() {
+            delegate().createDirectory(container, directory);
+            return null;
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> deleteDirectory(final String containerName, final String name) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+         public Void call() {
+            delegate().deleteDirectory(containerName, name);
+            return null;
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> blobExists(final String container, final String name) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Boolean>() {
+         public Boolean call() {
+            return delegate().blobExists(container, name);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(final String container, final Blob blob) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+         public String call() {
+            return delegate().putBlob(container, blob);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(final String container, final Blob blob, final PutOptions options) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+         public String call() {
+            return delegate().putBlob(container, blob, options);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<BlobMetadata> blobMetadata(final String container, final String key) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<BlobMetadata>() {
+         public BlobMetadata call() {
+            return delegate().blobMetadata(container, key);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Blob> getBlob(final String container, final String key) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Blob>() {
+         public Blob call() {
+            return delegate().getBlob(container, key);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Blob> getBlob(final String container, final String key, final GetOptions options) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Blob>() {
+         public Blob call() {
+            return delegate().getBlob(container, key, options);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Void> removeBlob(final String container, final String key) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Void>() {
+         public Void call() {
+            delegate().removeBlob(container, key);
+            return null;
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Long> countBlobs(final String container) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Long>() {
+         public Long call() {
+            return delegate().countBlobs(container);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+
+   @Override
+   public ListenableFuture<Long> countBlobs(final String container, final ListContainerOptions options) {
+      return executor.submit(new Callable<Long>() {
+         public Long call() {
+            return delegate().countBlobs(container, options);
+         }
+      });
+   }
+}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ApiMetadata.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ApiMetadata.java
index 707b40a538..ae91faf4b7 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ApiMetadata.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ApiMetadata.java
@@ -23,26 +23,16 @@ import java.util.Properties;
 
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStoreContext;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.config.AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3ApiMetadata;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
-import com.google.common.reflect.TypeToken;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 
 /**
- * Implementation of {@link ApiMetadata} for the Amazon-specific S3 API
+ * Implementation of {@link S3ApiMetadata} for the Amazon-specific S3 API
  */
 public class AWSS3ApiMetadata extends S3ApiMetadata {
-   
-   /**
-    * @deprecated please use {@code org.jclouds.ContextBuilder#buildApi(AWSS3Client.class)} as
-    *             {@link AWSS3AsyncClient} interface will be removed in jclouds 1.7.
-    */
-   @Deprecated
-   public static final TypeToken<org.jclouds.rest.RestContext<AWSS3Client, AWSS3AsyncClient>> CONTEXT_TOKEN = new TypeToken<org.jclouds.rest.RestContext<AWSS3Client, AWSS3AsyncClient>>() {
-      private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
-   };
 
    @Override
    public Builder toBuilder() {
@@ -63,16 +53,14 @@ public class AWSS3ApiMetadata extends S3ApiMetadata {
       return properties;
    }
 
-   public static class Builder extends S3ApiMetadata.Builder<Builder> {
-      @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
+   public static class Builder extends S3ApiMetadata.Builder<AWSS3Client, Builder> {
       protected Builder() {
-         super(AWSS3Client.class, AWSS3AsyncClient.class);
+         super(AWSS3Client.class);
          id("aws-s3")
          .name("Amazon-specific S3 API")
          .defaultProperties(AWSS3ApiMetadata.defaultProperties())
-         .context(CONTEXT_TOKEN)
          .view(typeToken(AWSS3BlobStoreContext.class))
-         .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>of(AWSS3RestClientModule.class, AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.class));
+         .defaultModules(ImmutableSet.<Class<? extends Module>>of(AWSS3HttpApiModule.class, AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.class));
       }
       
       @Override
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClient.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClient.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 366a84567c..0000000000
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClient.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,135 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.jclouds.aws.s3;
-
-import static org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScopes.CONTAINER;
-
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import javax.inject.Named;
-import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
-import javax.ws.rs.POST;
-import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
-import javax.ws.rs.Path;
-import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
-import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
-
-import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.VoidOnNotFoundOr404;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders.BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequest;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders.BindObjectMetadataToRequest;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders.BindPartIdsAndETagsToRequest;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain.DeleteResult;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.ObjectMetadataKey;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.xml.DeleteResultHandler;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScope;
-import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseETagHeader;
-import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.BinderParam;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.EndpointParam;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Fallback;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamParser;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamValidators;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.QueryParams;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ResponseParser;
-import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.XMLResponseParser;
-import org.jclouds.s3.Bucket;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
-import org.jclouds.s3.functions.AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket;
-import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.predicates.validators.BucketNameValidator;
-
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
-
-/**
- * Provides access to amazon-specific S3 features
- * 
- * @deprecated please use
- *             {@code org.jclouds.ContextBuilder#buildApi(AWSS3Client.class)}
- *             as {@link AWSS3AsyncClient} interface will be removed in jclouds 1.7.
- */
-@RequestFilters(RequestAuthorizeSignature.class)
-@BlobScope(CONTAINER)
-@Deprecated
-public interface AWSS3AsyncClient extends S3AsyncClient {
-   
-   /**
-    * @see AWSS3Client#initiateMultipartUpload
-    */
-   @Named("PutObject")
-   @POST
-   @QueryParams(keys = "uploads")
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @ResponseParser(UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.class)
-   ListenableFuture<String> initiateMultipartUpload(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") @ParamParser(ObjectMetadataKey.class) @BinderParam(BindObjectMetadataToRequest.class) ObjectMetadata objectMetadata,
-            PutObjectOptions... options);
-
-   /**
-    * @see AWSS3Client#abortMultipartUpload
-    */
-   @Named("AbortMultipartUpload")
-   @DELETE
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @Fallback(VoidOnNotFoundOr404.class)
-   ListenableFuture<Void> abortMultipartUpload(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key, @QueryParam("uploadId") String uploadId);
-
-   /**
-    * @see AWSS3Client#uploadPart
-    */
-   @Named("PutObject")
-   @PUT
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @ResponseParser(ParseETagHeader.class)
-   ListenableFuture<String> uploadPart(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key, @QueryParam("partNumber") int partNumber,
-            @QueryParam("uploadId") String uploadId, Payload part);
-
-   /**
-    * @see AWSS3Client#completeMultipartUpload
-    */
-   @Named("PutObject")
-   @POST
-   @Path("/{key}")
-   @ResponseParser(ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.class)
-   ListenableFuture<String> completeMultipartUpload(
-            @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-            @PathParam("key") String key, @QueryParam("uploadId") String uploadId,
-            @BinderParam(BindPartIdsAndETagsToRequest.class) Map<Integer, String> parts);
-
-   /**
-    * @see AWSS3Client#deleteObjects
-    */
-   @Named("DeleteObject")
-   @POST                              
-   @Path("/")
-   @QueryParams(keys = "delete")
-   @XMLResponseParser(DeleteResultHandler.class)
-   ListenableFuture<DeleteResult> deleteObjects(
-      @Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
-      @BinderParam(BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequest.class) Iterable<String> keys);
-
-}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3Client.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3Client.java
index 37f9b3bc41..7dccd707da 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3Client.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3Client.java
@@ -16,18 +16,53 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3;
 
+import static org.jclouds.Fallbacks.VoidOnNotFoundOr404;
+import static org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScopes.CONTAINER;
+
 import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.inject.Named;
+import javax.ws.rs.DELETE;
+import javax.ws.rs.POST;
+import javax.ws.rs.PUT;
+import javax.ws.rs.Path;
+import javax.ws.rs.PathParam;
+import javax.ws.rs.QueryParam;
+
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders.BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders.BindObjectMetadataToRequest;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders.BindPartIdsAndETagsToRequest;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain.DeleteResult;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.ObjectMetadataKey;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.xml.DeleteResultHandler;
+import org.jclouds.blobstore.attr.BlobScope;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseETagHeader;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.BinderParam;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.EndpointParam;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.Fallback;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamParser;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ParamValidators;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.QueryParams;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.RequestFilters;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.ResponseParser;
+import org.jclouds.rest.annotations.XMLResponseParser;
+import org.jclouds.s3.Bucket;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
+import org.jclouds.s3.binders.BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
+import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
+import org.jclouds.s3.functions.AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket;
 import org.jclouds.s3.options.PutObjectOptions;
+import org.jclouds.s3.predicates.validators.BucketNameValidator;
 
 /**
  * Provides access to amazon-specific S3 features
- *
- * @see AWSS3AsyncClient
  */
+@RequestFilters(RequestAuthorizeSignature.class)
+@BlobScope(CONTAINER)
 public interface AWSS3Client extends S3Client {
 
    /**
@@ -48,8 +83,15 @@ public interface AWSS3Client extends S3Client {
     *           controls optional parameters such as canned ACL
     * @return ID for the initiated multipart upload.
     */
-   String initiateMultipartUpload(String bucketName, ObjectMetadata objectMetadata, PutObjectOptions... options);
-
+   @Named("PutObject")
+   @POST
+   @QueryParams(keys = "uploads")
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @ResponseParser(UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.class)
+   String initiateMultipartUpload(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") @ParamParser(ObjectMetadataKey.class) @BinderParam(BindObjectMetadataToRequest.class)
+         ObjectMetadata objectMetadata, PutObjectOptions... options);
 
    /**
     * This operation aborts a multipart upload. After a multipart upload is aborted, no additional
@@ -66,7 +108,13 @@ public interface AWSS3Client extends S3Client {
     * @param uploadId
     *           id of the multipart upload in progress.
     */
-   void abortMultipartUpload(String bucketName, String key, String uploadId);
+   @Named("AbortMultipartUpload")
+   @DELETE
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @Fallback(VoidOnNotFoundOr404.class)
+   void abortMultipartUpload(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key, @QueryParam("uploadId") String uploadId);
 
    /**
     * This operation uploads a part in a multipart upload. You must initiate a multipart upload (see
@@ -98,10 +146,15 @@ public interface AWSS3Client extends S3Client {
     * @param part
     *           contains the data to create or overwrite
     * @return ETag of the content uploaded
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/mpUploadUploadPart.html"
-    *      />
     */
-   String uploadPart(String bucketName, String key, int partNumber, String uploadId, Payload part);
+   @Named("PutObject")
+   @PUT
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @ResponseParser(ParseETagHeader.class)
+   String uploadPart(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key, @QueryParam("partNumber") int partNumber,
+         @QueryParam("uploadId") String uploadId, Payload part);
 
    /**
     *
@@ -135,7 +188,14 @@ public interface AWSS3Client extends S3Client {
     *           a map of part id to eTag from the {@link #uploadPart} command.
     * @return ETag of the content uploaded
     */
-   String completeMultipartUpload(String bucketName, String key, String uploadId, Map<Integer, String> parts);
+   @Named("PutObject")
+   @POST
+   @Path("/{key}")
+   @ResponseParser(ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.class)
+   String completeMultipartUpload(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @PathParam("key") String key, @QueryParam("uploadId") String uploadId,
+         @BinderParam(BindPartIdsAndETagsToRequest.class) Map<Integer, String> parts);
 
    /**
     * The Multi-Object Delete operation enables you to delete multiple objects from a bucket using a 
@@ -151,11 +211,17 @@ public interface AWSS3Client extends S3Client {
     * By default, the operation uses verbose mode in which the response includes the result of
     * deletion of each key in your request.
     * 
-    * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/multiobjectdeleteapi.html" />
     * @param bucketName
     *           namespace of the objects you are deleting
     * @param keys
     *           set of unique keys identifying objects
     */
-   DeleteResult deleteObjects(String bucketName, Iterable<String> keys);
+   @Named("DeleteObject")
+   @POST
+   @Path("/")
+   @QueryParams(keys = "delete")
+   @XMLResponseParser(DeleteResultHandler.class)
+   DeleteResult deleteObjects(@Bucket @EndpointParam(parser = AssignCorrectHostnameForBucket.class) @BinderParam(
+         BindAsHostPrefixIfConfigured.class) @ParamValidators(BucketNameValidator.class) String bucketName,
+         @BinderParam(BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequest.class) Iterable<String> keys);
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
deleted file mode 100644
index 63e084d044..0000000000
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,139 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more
- * contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file distributed with
- * this work for additional information regarding copyright ownership.
- * The ASF licenses this file to You 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.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore;
-
-import static org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata.StorageClass.REDUCED_REDUNDANCY;
-
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import javax.inject.Inject;
-import javax.inject.Named;
-import javax.inject.Provider;
-
-import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3ApiMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.options.AWSS3PutObjectOptions;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.options.AWSS3PutOptions;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStoreContext;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.PageSet;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.StorageMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.CreateContainerOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.strategy.internal.FetchBlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.blobstore.util.BlobUtils;
-import org.jclouds.collect.Memoized;
-import org.jclouds.domain.Location;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BlobToObject;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.BucketToResourceList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ContainerToBucketListOptions;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlob;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.functions.ObjectToBlobMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.AccessControlList;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.BucketMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.CannedAccessPolicy;
-import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
-
-import com.google.common.base.Function;
-import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
-import com.google.common.cache.CacheLoader;
-import com.google.common.cache.LoadingCache;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.Futures;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
-import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListeningExecutorService;
-
-/**
- *
- * @deprecated will be removed in jclouds 1.7, as async interfaces are no longer
- *             supported. Please use {@link AWSS3BlobStore}
- */
-@Deprecated
-public class AWSS3AsyncBlobStore extends S3AsyncBlobStore {
-
-   private final Provider<AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy;
-   private final LoadingCache<String, AccessControlList> bucketAcls;
-   private final BlobToObject blob2Object;
-
-   @Inject
-   public AWSS3AsyncBlobStore(BlobStoreContext context, BlobUtils blobUtils,
-            @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_USER_THREADS) ListeningExecutorService userExecutor, Supplier<Location> defaultLocation,
-            @Memoized Supplier<Set<? extends Location>> locations, AWSS3AsyncClient async, AWSS3Client sync,
-            Function<Set<BucketMetadata>, PageSet<? extends StorageMetadata>> convertBucketsToStorageMetadata,
-            ContainerToBucketListOptions container2BucketListOptions, BucketToResourceList bucket2ResourceList,
-            ObjectToBlob object2Blob, BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2ObjectGetOptions, BlobToObject blob2Object,
-            ObjectToBlobMetadata object2BlobMd, Provider<FetchBlobMetadata> fetchBlobMetadataProvider,
-            LoadingCache<String, AccessControlList> bucketAcls,
-            Provider<AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy> multipartUploadStrategy) {
-      super(context, blobUtils, userExecutor, defaultLocation, locations, async, sync, convertBucketsToStorageMetadata,
-               container2BucketListOptions, bucket2ResourceList, object2Blob, blob2ObjectGetOptions, blob2Object,
-               object2BlobMd, fetchBlobMetadataProvider, bucketAcls);
-      this.multipartUploadStrategy = multipartUploadStrategy;
-      this.bucketAcls = bucketAcls;
-      this.blob2Object = blob2Object;
-   }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<String> putBlob(String container, Blob blob, PutOptions options) {
-      if (options.isMultipart()) {
-         // need to use a provider if the strategy object is stateful
-         return multipartUploadStrategy.get().execute(container, blob, options);
-      } else if (options instanceof AWSS3PutOptions &&
-         ((AWSS3PutOptions) options).getStorageClass() == REDUCED_REDUNDANCY) {
-         return putBlobWithReducedRedundancy(container, blob);
-
-      } else {
-         return super.putBlob(container, blob, options);
-      }
-   }
-
-   private ListenableFuture<String> putBlobWithReducedRedundancy(String container, Blob blob) {
-      AWSS3PutObjectOptions options = new AWSS3PutObjectOptions();
-      try {
-         AccessControlList acl = bucketAcls.getUnchecked(container);
-         if (acl != null && acl.hasPermission(AccessControlList.GroupGranteeURI.ALL_USERS,
-                                              AccessControlList.Permission.READ)) {
-            options.withAcl(CannedAccessPolicy.PUBLIC_READ);
-         }
-         options.storageClass(ObjectMetadata.StorageClass.REDUCED_REDUNDANCY);
-
-      } catch (CacheLoader.InvalidCacheLoadException e) {
-         // nulls not permitted from cache loader
-      }
-      return getContext().unwrap(AWSS3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getAsyncApi().putObject(container,
-               blob2Object.apply(blob), options);
-  }
-
-   @Override
-   public ListenableFuture<Boolean> createContainerInLocation(Location location, String container,
-                                                              CreateContainerOptions options) {
-      if ((location == null || location.getId().equals(Region.US_STANDARD)) &&
-           Futures.getUnchecked(containerExists(container))) {
-         // AWS-S3 returns the incorrect creation status when a container
-         // already exists in the us-standard (or default) region.  See
-         // JCLOUDS-334 for details.
-         // TODO: executing on the calling thread
-         return Futures.immediateFuture(Boolean.FALSE);
-      }
-      return super.createContainerInLocation(location, container, options);
-   }
-}
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobRequestSigner.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobRequestSigner.java
index 3c26fc6ce7..b719babd2e 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobRequestSigner.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobRequestSigner.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.net.URLEncoder;
 import java.util.Date;
 import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
 
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.functions.BlobToHttpGetOptions;
 import org.jclouds.date.DateService;
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ import com.google.common.net.HttpHeaders;
 import com.google.inject.Inject;
 import com.google.inject.Provider;
 
-public class AWSS3BlobRequestSigner extends S3BlobRequestSigner<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
+public class AWSS3BlobRequestSigner extends S3BlobRequestSigner<AWSS3Client> {
    public static final String TEMPORARY_SIGNATURE_PARAM = "Signature";
 
    private final RequestAuthorizeSignature authSigner;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class AWSS3BlobRequestSigner extends S3BlobRequestSigner<AWSS3AsyncClient
 
    @Inject
    public AWSS3BlobRequestSigner(RestAnnotationProcessor processor, BlobToObject blobToObject,
-         BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2HttpGetOptions, Class<AWSS3AsyncClient> interfaceClass,
+         BlobToHttpGetOptions blob2HttpGetOptions, Class<AWSS3Client> interfaceClass,
          @org.jclouds.location.Provider Supplier<Credentials> credentials,
          RequestAuthorizeSignature authSigner, @TimeStamp Provider<String> timeStampProvider,
          DateService dateService) throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException {
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
index a6541d6ebf..a9b8b1e210 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStore.java
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Provider;
 
 import org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3ApiMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.options.AWSS3PutObjectOptions;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.options.AWSS3PutOptions;
@@ -110,8 +109,7 @@ public class AWSS3BlobStore extends S3BlobStore {
       } catch (CacheLoader.InvalidCacheLoadException e) {
          // nulls not permitted from cache loader
       }
-      return getContext().unwrap(AWSS3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getApi().putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob),
-               options);
+      return getContext().unwrapApi(AWSS3Client.class).putObject(container, blob2Object.apply(blob), options);
    }
 
    @Override
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStoreContext.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStoreContext.java
index 7bb08405c4..bbf834aa31 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStoreContext.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobStoreContext.java
@@ -26,7 +26,4 @@ public interface AWSS3BlobStoreContext extends S3BlobStoreContext {
 
    @Override
    AWSS3BlobStore getBlobStore();
-
-   @Override
-   AWSS3AsyncBlobStore getAsyncBlobStore();
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java
index 2b4f21c3bf..bfd671630d 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/config/AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule.java
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.config;
 
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobRequestSigner;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy;
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.MultipartUploadStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.internal.ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.internal.SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobRequestSigner;
-import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.config.S3BlobStoreContextModule;
 
@@ -35,7 +33,6 @@ public class AWSS3BlobStoreContextModule extends S3BlobStoreContextModule {
    @Override
    protected void configure() {
       super.configure();
-      bind(S3AsyncBlobStore.class).to(AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
       bind(S3BlobStore.class).to(AWSS3BlobStore.class).in(Scopes.SINGLETON);
       bind(MultipartUploadStrategy.class).to(SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.class);
       bind(AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy.class).to(ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.class);
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/internal/AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/internal/AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl.java
index cad99165da..9455f019f7 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/internal/AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/internal/AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl.java
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import javax.inject.Inject;
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
 import org.jclouds.Context;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3AsyncBlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStoreContext;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.AsyncBlobStore;
@@ -49,10 +48,4 @@ public class AWSS3BlobStoreContextImpl extends S3BlobStoreContextImpl implements
    public AWSS3BlobStore getBlobStore() {
       return AWSS3BlobStore.class.cast(super.getBlobStore());
    }
-
-   @Override
-   public AWSS3AsyncBlobStore getAsyncBlobStore() {
-      return AWSS3AsyncBlobStore.class.cast(super.getAsyncBlobStore());
-   }
-
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy.java
index ed50c55b5d..9ec12650d2 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.options.PutOptions;
 import com.google.common.util.concurrent.ListenableFuture;
 import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
 
-/**
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/index.html?qfacts.html">AWS Documentation</a>
- */
 @ImplementedBy(ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.class)
 public interface AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy extends MultipartUpload {
    
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUpload.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUpload.java
index a0ea52935a..6b6e470260 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUpload.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUpload.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy;
 
-/**
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/index.html?qfacts.html">AWS Documentation</a>
- */
 public interface MultipartUpload {
 
    /* Maximum number of parts per upload */
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java
index b06aed85de..4e18fe1126 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/MultipartUploadStrategy.java
@@ -21,9 +21,6 @@ import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 
 import com.google.inject.ImplementedBy;
 
-/**
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/dev/index.html?qfacts.html">AWS Documentation</a>
- */
 @ImplementedBy(SequentialMultipartUploadStrategy.class)
 public interface MultipartUploadStrategy extends MultipartUpload {
    
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.java
index ba6fa197ac..890cdc9441 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/strategy/internal/ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy.java
@@ -36,10 +36,8 @@ import javax.annotation.Resource;
 import javax.inject.Named;
 
 import org.jclouds.Constants;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3ApiMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3AsyncBlobStore;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.AWSS3BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore.strategy.AsyncMultipartUploadStrategy;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.internal.BlobRuntimeException;
@@ -92,14 +90,14 @@ public class ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy implements AsyncMultipartUploadStra
    @Inject(optional = true)
    @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_REQUEST_TIMEOUT)
    protected Long maxTime;
-   
-   protected final AWSS3AsyncBlobStore ablobstore;
+
+   protected final AWSS3BlobStore blobstore;
    protected final PayloadSlicer slicer;
 
    @Inject
-   public ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy(AWSS3AsyncBlobStore ablobstore, PayloadSlicer slicer,
+   public ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy(AWSS3BlobStore blobstore, PayloadSlicer slicer,
          @Named(Constants.PROPERTY_IO_WORKER_THREADS) ListeningExecutorService ioExecutor) {
-      this.ablobstore = checkNotNull(ablobstore, "ablobstore");
+      this.blobstore = checkNotNull(blobstore, "blobstore");
       this.slicer = checkNotNull(slicer, "slicer");
       this.ioExecutor = checkNotNull(ioExecutor, "ioExecutor");
    }
@@ -116,11 +114,15 @@ public class ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy implements AsyncMultipartUploadStra
          latch.countDown();
          return;
       }
-      final AWSS3AsyncClient client = ablobstore.getContext().unwrap(AWSS3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getAsyncApi();
-      Payload chunkedPart = slicer.slice(payload, offset, size);
+      final AWSS3Client client = blobstore.getContext().unwrapApi(AWSS3Client.class);
+      final Payload chunkedPart = slicer.slice(payload, offset, size);
       logger.debug(String.format("async uploading part %s of %s to container %s with uploadId %s", part, key, container, uploadId));
       final long start = System.currentTimeMillis();
-      final ListenableFuture<String> futureETag = client.uploadPart(container, key, part, uploadId, chunkedPart);
+      final ListenableFuture<String> futureETag = ioExecutor.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+         @Override public String call() throws Exception {
+            return client.uploadPart(container, key, part, uploadId, chunkedPart);
+         }
+      });
       futureETag.addListener(new Runnable() {
          @Override
          public void run() {
@@ -164,8 +166,7 @@ public class ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy implements AsyncMultipartUploadStra
                   long chunkSize = algorithm.getChunkSize();
                   long remaining = algorithm.getRemaining();
                   if (parts > 0) {
-                     AWSS3Client client = ablobstore
-                           .getContext().unwrap(AWSS3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getApi();
+                     final AWSS3Client client = blobstore.getContext().unwrapApi(AWSS3Client.class);
                      String uploadId = null;
                      final Map<Integer, ListenableFuture<String>> futureParts = 
                         new ConcurrentHashMap<Integer, ListenableFuture<String>>();
@@ -240,9 +241,13 @@ public class ParallelMultipartUploadStrategy implements AsyncMultipartUploadStra
                      // Issue 936: don't just call putBlob, as that will see options=multiPart and 
                      // recursively call this execute method again; instead mark as not multipart
                      // because it can all fit in one go.
-                     PutOptions nonMultipartOptions = PutOptions.Builder.multipart(false);
-                     ListenableFuture<String> futureETag = ablobstore.putBlob(container, blob, nonMultipartOptions);
-                     return maxTime != null ? 
+                     final PutOptions nonMultipartOptions = PutOptions.Builder.multipart(false);
+                     ListenableFuture<String> futureETag = ioExecutor.submit(new Callable<String>() {
+                        @Override public String call() throws Exception {
+                           return blobstore.putBlob(container, blob, nonMultipartOptions);
+                        }
+                     });
+                     return maxTime != null ?
                            futureETag.get(maxTime, TimeUnit.SECONDS) : futureETag.get();
                   }
                }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/AWSS3RestClientModule.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/AWSS3HttpApiModule.java
similarity index 78%
rename from providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/AWSS3RestClientModule.java
rename to providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/AWSS3HttpApiModule.java
index d7cce111f4..dea54384fa 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/AWSS3RestClientModule.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/config/AWSS3HttpApiModule.java
@@ -17,19 +17,16 @@
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.config;
 
 import static org.jclouds.aws.domain.Region.US_STANDARD;
-import static org.jclouds.reflect.Reflection2.typeToken;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3AsyncClient;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.filters.AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.predicates.validators.AWSS3BucketNameValidator;
 import org.jclouds.location.Region;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
-import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.s3.config.S3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
 import org.jclouds.s3.predicates.validators.BucketNameValidator;
 
@@ -41,11 +38,11 @@ import com.google.inject.Scopes;
 /**
  * Configures the S3 connection.
  */
-@ConfiguresRestClient
-public class AWSS3RestClientModule extends S3RestClientModule<AWSS3Client, AWSS3AsyncClient> {
+@ConfiguresHttpApi
+public class AWSS3HttpApiModule extends S3HttpApiModule<AWSS3Client> {
    
-   public AWSS3RestClientModule() {
-      super(typeToken(AWSS3Client.class), typeToken(AWSS3AsyncClient.class));
+   public AWSS3HttpApiModule() {
+      super(AWSS3Client.class);
    }
    
    @Override
@@ -69,10 +66,4 @@ public class AWSS3RestClientModule extends S3RestClientModule<AWSS3Client, AWSS3
    S3Client provide(AWSS3Client in) {
       return in;
    }
-
-   @Singleton
-   @Provides
-   S3AsyncClient provide(AWSS3AsyncClient in) {
-      return in;
-   }
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/domain/DeleteResult.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/domain/DeleteResult.java
index f338962337..a1d5202754 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/domain/DeleteResult.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/domain/DeleteResult.java
@@ -16,22 +16,20 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain;
 
+import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+import java.util.Set;
+
 import com.google.common.base.Objects;
 import com.google.common.collect.ForwardingSet;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-import java.util.Set;
-
-import static com.google.common.base.Preconditions.checkNotNull;
-
 /**
  * Multi-object delete API response
  * <p/>
  * Contains a list of the keys that were deleted
- *
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/multiobjectdeleteapi.html" />
  */
 public class DeleteResult extends ForwardingSet<String> {
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature.java
index 6bd4ca07a8..86c1bb92f0 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature.java
@@ -38,13 +38,7 @@ import org.jclouds.s3.filters.RequestAuthorizeSignature;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
 
-/**
- * Signs the AWS S3 request, supporting temporary signatures.
- * 
- * @see <a href=
- *      "http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/2006-03-01/dev/index.html?RESTAuthentication.html"
- *      />
- */
+/** Signs the AWS S3 request, supporting temporary signatures. */
 @Singleton
 public class AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature extends RequestAuthorizeSignature {
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/package-info.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/package-info.java
index b9a9542278..c7b006f493 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/package-info.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/filters/package-info.java
@@ -14,8 +14,5 @@
  * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  * limitations under the License.
  */
-/**
- * This package contains HttpRequestFilters needed to operate the REST api.
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/RESTAuthentication.html" />
- */
+/** This package contains HttpRequestFilters needed to operate the REST api. */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.filters;
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java
index a0cae98a5a..46f583775c 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java
@@ -27,9 +27,6 @@ import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReturnStringIf2xx;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 
-/**
- * @see <a href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/mpUploadComplete.html" />
- */
 @Singleton
 public class ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex implements Function<HttpResponse, String> {
    private static Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<ETag>([\\S&&[^<]]+)</ETag>");
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java
index f537692709..9b4271480d 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/functions/UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex.java
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReturnStringIf2xx;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Function;
 
-/**
- * @see <a
- *      href="http://docs.amazonwebservices.com/AmazonS3/latest/API/index.html?mpUploadInitiate.html"
- *      />
- */
 @Singleton
 public class UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex implements Function<HttpResponse, String> {
    Pattern pattern = Pattern.compile("<UploadId>([\\S&&[^<]]+)</UploadId>");
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandler.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandler.java
index 82144ff569..d9c6c4dabd 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandler.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandler.java
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.xml;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import static org.jclouds.util.SaxUtils.equalsOrSuffix;
+
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain.DeleteResult;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
 import org.xml.sax.Attributes;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
-import static org.jclouds.util.SaxUtils.equalsOrSuffix;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 public class DeleteResultHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<DeleteResult> {
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/ErrorEntryHandler.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/ErrorEntryHandler.java
index 0f366d3fa9..70d7b1cfb3 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/ErrorEntryHandler.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/main/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/ErrorEntryHandler.java
@@ -16,14 +16,15 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.xml;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
+import static org.jclouds.util.SaxUtils.equalsOrSuffix;
+
+import java.util.Map;
+
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain.DeleteResult;
 import org.jclouds.http.functions.ParseSax;
 import org.xml.sax.SAXException;
 
-import java.util.Map;
-
-import static org.jclouds.util.SaxUtils.equalsOrSuffix;
+import com.google.common.collect.Maps;
 
 public class ErrorEntryHandler extends ParseSax.HandlerForGeneratedRequestWithResult<Map.Entry<String, DeleteResult.Error>> {
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
index 7fe6b8c44c..aba8e58960 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientLiveTest.java
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ public class AWSS3ClientLiveTest extends S3ClientLiveTest {
 
    @Override
    public AWSS3Client getApi() {
-      return view.unwrap(AWSS3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getApi();
+      return view.unwrapApi(AWSS3Client.class);
    }
 
    @BeforeClass(groups = { "integration", "live" })
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public class AWSS3ClientLiveTest extends S3ClientLiveTest {
          blobStore.putBlob(containerName, blob,
             storageClass(StorageClass.REDUCED_REDUNDANCY));
 
-         S3Client s3Client = S3Client.class.cast(view.unwrap(AWSS3ApiMetadata.CONTEXT_TOKEN).getApi());
+         S3Client s3Client = view.unwrapApi(S3Client.class);
          ListBucketResponse response = s3Client.listBucket(containerName, withPrefix(blobName));
 
          ObjectMetadata metadata = response.iterator().next();
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClientTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java
similarity index 89%
rename from providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClientTest.java
rename to providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java
index 71694bb837..a9811a2ecf 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3AsyncClientTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/AWSS3ClientTest.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
 import org.jclouds.Fallbacks.VoidOnNotFoundOr404;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.filters.AWSRequestAuthorizeSignature;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.ETagFromHttpResponseViaRegex;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.functions.UploadIdFromHttpResponseViaRegex;
@@ -39,11 +39,10 @@ import org.jclouds.http.functions.ReturnTrueIf2xx;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payloads;
 import org.jclouds.location.Region;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.GeneratedHttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3ClientTest;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadataBuilder;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.S3Object;
@@ -65,8 +64,8 @@ import com.google.common.reflect.Invokable;
 import com.google.inject.Module;
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during
 // surefire
-@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "AWSS3AsyncClientTest")
-public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
+@Test(groups = "unit", testName = "AWSS3ClientTest")
+public class AWSS3ClientTest extends S3ClientTest<AWSS3Client> {
 
    @Override
    protected void checkFilters(HttpRequest request) {
@@ -78,14 +77,14 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
    public void testCopyObjectInvalidName() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException,
                                                   IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
       // For AWS S3, S3AsyncClientTest#testCopyObjectInvalidName() will not throw an exception
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(S3AsyncClient.class, "copyObject", String.class, String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "copyObject", String.class, String.class, String.class,
                                                     String.class,
                                                     CopyObjectOptions[].class);
       processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("sourceBucket", "sourceObject", "destinationbucket", "destinationObject"));
    }
 
    public void testGetBucketLocationEUIsStillDefault() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket-eu-west-1"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket-eu-west-1.s3.amazonaws.com/?location HTTP/1.1");
@@ -103,7 +102,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
    public void testPutObject() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException,
          NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
 
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "putObject", String.class, S3Object.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "putObject", String.class, S3Object.class,
             PutObjectOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket",
             blobToS3Object.apply(BindBlobToMultipartFormTest.TEST_BLOB)));
@@ -121,7 +120,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
 
    @Override
    public void testGetBucketLocation() throws SecurityException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "getBucketLocation", String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket"));
 
       assertRequestLineEquals(request, "GET https://bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/?location HTTP/1.1");
@@ -146,7 +145,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
    @Override
    public void testPutBucketDefault() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException,
          IllegalArgumentException, NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
             PutBucketOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, Lists.<Object> newArrayList((String) null, "bucket"));
 
@@ -163,7 +162,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
 
    public void testInitiateMultipartUpload() throws SecurityException, NegativeArraySizeException,
          NoSuchMethodException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "initiateMultipartUpload", String.class, ObjectMetadata.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "initiateMultipartUpload", String.class, ObjectMetadata.class,
             PutObjectOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", ObjectMetadataBuilder.create().key("foo")
             .contentMD5(new byte[] { 1, 2, 3, 4 }).build()));
@@ -192,7 +191,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
    }
 
    public void testAbortMultipartUpload() throws SecurityException, NegativeArraySizeException, NoSuchMethodException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "abortMultipartUpload", String.class, String.class, String.class);
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "abortMultipartUpload", String.class, String.class, String.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "foo", "asdsadasdas", 1,
             Payloads.newStringPayload("")));
 
@@ -208,7 +207,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
    }
 
    public void testUploadPart() throws SecurityException, NegativeArraySizeException, NoSuchMethodException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "uploadPart", String.class, String.class, int.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "uploadPart", String.class, String.class, int.class,
             String.class, Payload.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "foo", 1, "asdsadasdas",
             Payloads.newStringPayload("")));
@@ -226,7 +225,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
 
    public void testCompleteMultipartUpload() throws SecurityException, NegativeArraySizeException,
          NoSuchMethodException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "completeMultipartUpload", String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "completeMultipartUpload", String.class, String.class,
             String.class, Map.class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("bucket", "foo", "asdsadasdas",
             ImmutableMap.<Integer, String> of(1, "\"a54357aff0632cce46d942af68356b38\"")));
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
 
    public void testPutBucketEu() throws ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException, SecurityException, IllegalArgumentException,
          NoSuchMethodException, IOException {
-      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3AsyncClient.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
+      Invokable<?, ?> method = method(AWSS3Client.class, "putBucketInRegion", String.class, String.class,
             PutBucketOptions[].class);
       GeneratedHttpRequest request = processor.createRequest(method, ImmutableList.<Object> of("EU", "bucket"));
 
@@ -264,8 +263,8 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
       checkFilters(request);
    }
 
-   @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestAWSS3RestClientModule extends AWSS3RestClientModule {
+   @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestAWSS3HttpApiModule extends AWSS3HttpApiModule {
 
       @Override
       protected CacheLoader<String, Optional<String>> bucketToRegion(@Region Supplier<Set<String>> regionSupplier,
@@ -292,7 +291,7 @@ public class AWSS3AsyncClientTest extends S3AsyncClientTest<AWSS3AsyncClient> {
 
    @Override
    protected Module createModule() {
-      return new TestAWSS3RestClientModule();
+      return new TestAWSS3HttpApiModule();
    }
    
    @Override
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequestTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequestTest.java
index aa4388819e..0560ce55e8 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequestTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequestTest.java
@@ -16,16 +16,17 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.binders;
 
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
-import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+
+import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
+
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payload;
 import org.jclouds.io.Payloads;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
-import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
-
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableList;
+import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableSet;
 
 public class BindIterableAsPayloadToDeleteRequestTest {
 
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java
index 3802c7ed7a..ff60120f6f 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/binders/BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest.java
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ import java.io.File;
 
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.binders.BindMapToHeadersWithPrefix;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.s3.S3AsyncClient;
+import org.jclouds.s3.S3Client;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadata;
 import org.jclouds.s3.domain.ObjectMetadataBuilder;
-import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3AsyncClientTest;
+import org.jclouds.s3.internal.BaseS3ClientTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMap;
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import com.google.common.collect.ImmutableMultimap;
  */
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest")
-public class BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest extends BaseS3AsyncClientTest<S3AsyncClient> {
+public class BindObjectMetadataToRequestTest extends BaseS3ClientTest<S3Client> {
 
    @Test
    public void testPassWithMinimumDetailsAndPayload5GB() {
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobSignerExpectTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobSignerExpectTest.java
index eb9f30681e..2c7a52090d 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobSignerExpectTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/blobstore/AWSS3BlobSignerExpectTest.java
@@ -18,12 +18,12 @@ package org.jclouds.aws.s3.blobstore;
 
 import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.BlobStore;
 import org.jclouds.blobstore.domain.Blob;
 import org.jclouds.date.TimeStamp;
 import org.jclouds.http.HttpRequest;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.s3.blobstore.S3BlobSignerExpectTest;
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
@@ -116,11 +116,11 @@ public class AWSS3BlobSignerExpectTest extends S3BlobSignerExpectTest {
 
    @Override
    protected Module createModule() {
-      return new TestAWSS3RestClientModule();
+      return new TestAWSS3HttpApiModule();
    }
 
-   @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestAWSS3RestClientModule extends AWSS3RestClientModule {
+   @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestAWSS3HttpApiModule extends AWSS3HttpApiModule {
       @Override
       @TimeStamp
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/internal/BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/internal/BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest.java
index 124aab3166..9613b861eb 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/internal/BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/internal/BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest.java
@@ -18,10 +18,10 @@ package org.jclouds.aws.s3.internal;
 
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3Client;
 import org.jclouds.aws.s3.AWSS3ProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3RestClientModule;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.config.AWSS3HttpApiModule;
 import org.jclouds.date.TimeStamp;
 import org.jclouds.providers.ProviderMetadata;
-import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresRestClient;
+import org.jclouds.rest.ConfiguresHttpApi;
 import org.jclouds.rest.internal.BaseRestClientExpectTest;
 
 import com.google.common.base.Supplier;
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ public class BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest extends BaseRestClientExpectTest<AWSS3Cli
       return new AWSS3ProviderMetadata();
    }
 
-      @ConfiguresRestClient
-   private static final class TestAWSS3RestClientModule extends AWSS3RestClientModule {
+      @ConfiguresHttpApi
+   private static final class TestAWSS3HttpApiModule extends AWSS3HttpApiModule {
       @Override
       protected String provideTimeStamp(@TimeStamp Supplier<String> cache) {
          return CONSTANT_DATE;
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ public class BaseAWSS3ClientExpectTest extends BaseRestClientExpectTest<AWSS3Cli
 
    @Override
    protected Module createModule() {
-      return new TestAWSS3RestClientModule();
+      return new TestAWSS3HttpApiModule();
    }
 
 }
diff --git a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandlerTest.java b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandlerTest.java
index fd3ba946ca..85ce10ade6 100644
--- a/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandlerTest.java
+++ b/providers/aws-s3/src/test/java/org/jclouds/aws/s3/xml/DeleteResultHandlerTest.java
@@ -16,13 +16,13 @@
  */
 package org.jclouds.aws.s3.xml;
 
-import org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain.DeleteResult;
-import org.jclouds.http.functions.BaseHandlerTest;
-import org.testng.annotations.Test;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
 
 import java.io.InputStream;
 
-import static org.testng.Assert.assertEquals;
+import org.jclouds.aws.s3.domain.DeleteResult;
+import org.jclouds.http.functions.BaseHandlerTest;
+import org.testng.annotations.Test;
 
 // NOTE:without testName, this will not call @Before* and fail w/NPE during surefire
 @Test(groups = "unit", testName = "DeleteResultHandlerTest")