return http.HandlerFunc(func(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
		// Setup a http request response recorder - this is needed for
		// http stats requests and audit if enabled.
		respRecorder := xhttp.NewResponseRecorder(w)

		// Setup a http request body recorder
		reqRecorder := &xhttp.RequestRecorder{Reader: r.Body}
		r.Body = reqRecorder

		// Create tracing data structure and associate it to the request context