--- a/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AbstractHttpConnection.java	Mon Oct 24 05:37:24 2016 -0600
+++ b/src/org/eclipse/jetty/server/AbstractHttpConnection.java	Mon Oct 31 03:33:42 2016 -0600
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@
 				_parser);
 	}
 
-	private void startRequest(Buffer method, Buffer uri, Buffer version) throws IOException
+	private void startRequest(String method, Buffer uri, String version) throws IOException
 	{
 		uri=uri.asImmutableBuffer();
 
@@ -458,7 +458,7 @@
 
 		if(_request.getTimeStamp()==0)
 			_request.setTimeStamp(System.currentTimeMillis());
-		_request.setMethod(method.toString());
+		_request.setMethod(method);
 
 		try
 		{
@@ -487,8 +487,7 @@
 			}
 			else
 			{
-				version = HttpVersions.CACHE.get(version);
-				if (version==null)
+				if (!HttpVersions.CACHE.contains(version))
 					throw new HttpException(HttpStatus.BAD_REQUEST_400,null);
 				_version = HttpVersions.CACHE.getOrdinal(version);
 				if (_version <= 0) _version = HttpVersions.HTTP_1_0_ORDINAL;
@@ -659,7 +658,7 @@
 	private class RequestHandler implements HttpParser.EventHandler
 	{
 		@Override
-		public void startRequest(Buffer method, Buffer uri, Buffer version) throws IOException
+		public void startRequest(String method, Buffer uri, String version) throws IOException
 		{
 			AbstractHttpConnection.this.startRequest(method, uri, version);
 		}