diff --git a/examples.module b/examples.module
index efdf09b..850740a 100644
--- a/examples.module
+++ b/examples.module
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ function examples_toolbar() {
     'plugin_type_example' => 'plugin_type_example.description',
     'simpletest_example' => 'simpletest_example_description',
     'tour_example' => 'tour_example_description',
+    'stream_wrapper_example' => 'stream_wrapper_example.description',
   );
 
   // Build a list of links for the menu.
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/src/Controller/StreamWrapperExampleController.php b/stream_wrapper_example/src/Controller/StreamWrapperExampleController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfc5c84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/src/Controller/StreamWrapperExampleController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\Controller\ExampleController.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\Controller;
+
+use Drupal\Core\Controller\ControllerBase;
+use Drupal\Core\Url;
+
+/**
+ * Controller class for the Stream Wrapper Example.
+ */
+class StreamWrapperExampleController extends ControllerBase {
+
+  /**
+   * Description page for the example.
+   */
+  public function description() {
+    $build = [
+      'description' => [
+        '#theme' => 'example_description',
+      ],
+    ];
+    return $build;
+  }
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/src/PathProcessor/PathProcessorSessions.php b/stream_wrapper_example/src/PathProcessor/PathProcessorSessions.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..33addab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/src/PathProcessor/PathProcessorSessions.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\PathProcessor\PathProcessorSessions.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\PathProcessor;
+
+use Drupal\Core\PathProcessor\InboundPathProcessorInterface;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+
+/**
+ * Defines a path processor to rewrite file URLs.
+ *
+ * As the route system does not allow arbitrary amount of parameters convert
+ * the file path to a query parameter on the request. This is similar to what
+ * Core does for the system/files/* URLs.
+ */
+class PathProcessorSessions implements InboundPathProcessorInterface {
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function processInbound($path, Request $request) {
+    if (strpos($path, '/examples/stream_wrapper_example/files/') === 0 && !$request->query->has('file')) {
+      $file_path = preg_replace('|^\/examples\/stream_wrapper_example\/files\/|', '', $path);
+      $request->query->set('file', $file_path);
+      // We return the route we want to match.
+      return '/examples/stream_wrapper_example/files';
+    }
+    return $path;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper.php b/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..30d6e48
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,867 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Provides a demonstration session:// streamwrapper.
+ *
+ * This example is nearly fully functional, but has no known
+ * practical use. It's an example and demonstration only.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper;
+
+// These classes are used to implement a stream wrapper class.
+use Drupal\Core\StreamWrapper\StreamWrapperInterface;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
+use Drupal\Core\Routing\UrlGeneratorTrait;
+
+/**
+ * Example stream wrapper class to handle session:// streams.
+ *
+ * This is just an example, as it could have horrible results if much
+ * information were placed in the $_SESSION variable. However, it does
+ * demonstrate both the read and write implementation of a stream wrapper.
+ *
+ * A "stream" is an important Unix concept for the reading and writing of
+ * files and other devices. Reading or writing a "stream" just means that you
+ * open some device, file, internet site, or whatever, and you don't have to
+ * know at all what it is. All the functions that deal with it are the same.
+ * You can read/write more from/to the stream, seek a position in the stream,
+ * or anything else without the code that does it even knowing what kind
+ * of device it is talking to. This Unix idea is extended into PHP's
+ * mindset.
+ *
+ * The idea of "stream wrapper" is that this can be extended indefinitely.
+ * The classic example is HTTP: With PHP you can do a
+ * file_get_contents("http://drupal.org/projects") as if it were a file,
+ * because the scheme "http" is supported natively in PHP. So Drupal adds
+ * the public:// and private:// schemes, and contrib modules can add any
+ * scheme they want to. This example adds the session:// scheme, which allows
+ * reading and writing the $_SESSION['stream_wrapper_example'] key as if it were a file.
+ *
+ * Drupal makes use of this concept to implement custom URI types like
+ * "private://" and "public://".  To implement a stream wrapper, reading
+ * the implementation of these stream wrappers is a very good way to get
+ * started.
+ *
+ * To implement a stream wrapper in Drupal, you should do the following:
+ *
+ *  1. Create a class that implements the StreamWrapperInterface
+ *     (Drupal\Core\StreamWrapper\StreamWrapperInterface).
+ *
+ *  2. Register the class with Drupal.  The best way to do this is to
+ *     define a service in your MY_MODULE.services.yml file.  The
+ *     service needs to be "tagged" with the scheme you want to implement,
+ *     and, as so:
+ *
+ * @code
+ *         tags:
+ *           - { name: stream_wrapper, scheme: session }
+ * @endcode
+ *      See stream_wrapper_example.services.yml for an example.
+ *
+ *  3. (Optional) If you want to be able to access your files over the web,
+ *     you need to add a route that handles, and implement hook_file_download().
+ *     See stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml for an example of this, and file.module
+ *     for the hook implementation.
+ *
+ * Note that because this implementation uses simple PHP arrays ($_SESSION)
+ * it is limited to string values, so binary files will not work correctly.
+ * Only text files can be used.
+ *
+ * @ingroup stream_wrapper_example
+ */
+class FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper implements StreamWrapperInterface {
+
+  // We use this trait in order to get nice system-style links
+  // for files stored via our stream wrapper.
+  use UrlGeneratorTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * @var RequestStack
+   */
+  protected $requestStack;
+
+  /**
+   * Instance URI (stream).
+   *
+   * These streams will be references as 'session://example_target'
+   *
+   * @var String
+   */
+  protected $uri;
+
+  /**
+   * The content of the stream.
+   *
+   * Since this trivial example just uses the $_SESSION variable, this is
+   * simply a reference to the contents of the related part of
+   * $_SESSION['stream_wrapper_example'].
+   */
+  protected $sessionContent;
+
+  /**
+   * Pointer to where we are in a directory read.
+   */
+  protected $directoryPointer;
+
+  /**
+   * List of keys in a given directory.
+   */
+  protected $directoryKeys;
+
+  /**
+   * The pointer to the next read or write within the session variable.
+   */
+  protected $streamPointer;
+
+  /**
+   * The mode we are currently in.
+   *
+   * Possible values are FALSE, 'r', 'w'.
+   */
+  protected $streamMode;
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the type of stream wrapper.
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   See StreamWrapperInterface for permissible values.
+   */
+  public static function getType() {
+    return StreamWrapperInterface::NORMAL;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor method.
+   *
+   * Note this cannot take any arguments; PHP's stream wrapper users
+   * do not know how to supply them.
+   */
+  public function __construct() {
+    // Dependency injection will not work here, since stream wrappers
+    // are not loaded the normal way: PHP creates them automatically
+    // when certain file functions are called.  This prevents us from
+    // passing arguments to the constructor, which we'd need to do in
+    // order to use standard dependency injection as is typically done
+    // in Drupal 8.
+    $this->requestStack = \Drupal::service('request_stack');
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    $helper->setPath('.isadir.txt', TRUE);
+    $this->streamMode = FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get wrapped session manipulators.
+   */
+  public function getSessionWrapper() {
+    return new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the name of the stream wrapper for use in the UI.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The stream wrapper name.
+   */
+  public function getName() {
+    return t('File Example Session files');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function getDescription() {
+    return t('Simulated file system using your session storage. Not for real use!');
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Implements setUri().
+   */
+  public function setUri($uri) {
+    $this->uri = $uri;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements getUri().
+   */
+  public function getUri() {
+    return $this->uri;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements getTarget().
+   *
+   * The "target" is the portion of the URI to the right of the scheme.
+   * So in session://example/test.txt, the target is 'example/test.txt'.
+   *
+   * @todo Figure out what this is in the new API.
+   */
+  public function getTarget($uri = NULL) {
+    if (!isset($uri)) {
+      $uri = $this->uri;
+    }
+
+    list($scheme, $target) = explode('://', $uri, 2);
+
+    // Remove erroneous leading or trailing, forward-slashes and backslashes.
+    // In the session:// scheme, there is never a leading slash on the target.
+    return trim($target, '\/');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Implements getDirectoryPath().
+   *
+   * In this case there is no directory string, so return an empty string.
+   */
+  public function getDirectoryPath() {
+    return '';
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Overrides getExternalUrl().
+   *
+   * We have set up a helper function and menu entry to provide access to this
+   * key via HTTP; normally it would be accessible some other way.
+   */
+  public function getExternalUrl() {
+    $path = str_replace('\\', '/', $this->getTarget());
+    return $this->url('stream_wrapper_example.files.session', ['filepath' => $path, 'scheme' => 'session'], ['absolute' => TRUE]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns canonical, absolute path of the resource.
+   *
+   * Implementation placeholder. PHP's realpath() does not support stream
+   * wrappers. We provide this as a default so that individual wrappers may
+   * implement their own solutions.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   Returns a string with absolute pathname on success (implemented
+   *   by core wrappers), or FALSE on failure or if the registered
+   *   wrapper does not provide an implementation.
+   */
+  public function realpath() {
+    return 'session://' . $this->getLocalPath();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Returns the local path.
+   *
+   * Here we aren't doing anything but stashing the "file" in a key in the
+   * $_SESSION variable, so there's not much to do but to create a "path"
+   * which is really just a key in the $_SESSION variable. So something
+   * like 'session://one/two/three.txt' becomes
+   * $_SESSION['stream_wrapper_example']['one']['two']['three.txt'] and the actual path
+   * is "one/two/three.txt".
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   Optional URI, supplied when doing a move or rename.
+   */
+  protected function getLocalPath($uri = NULL) {
+    if (!isset($uri)) {
+      $uri = $this->uri;
+    }
+
+    $path  = str_replace('session://', '', $uri);
+    $path = trim($path, '/');
+    return $path;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Opens a stream, as for fopen(), file_get_contents(), file_put_contents().
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A string containing the URI to the file to open.
+   * @param string $mode
+   *   The file mode ("r", "wb" etc.).
+   * @param int $options
+   *   A bit mask of STREAM_USE_PATH and STREAM_REPORT_ERRORS.
+   * @param string &$opened_path
+   *   A string containing the path actually opened.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   Returns TRUE if file was opened successfully. (Always returns TRUE).
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-open.php
+   */
+  public function stream_open($uri, $mode, $options, &$opened_path) {
+    $this->uri = $uri;
+    $path = $this->getLocalPath($uri);
+    // We will support two modes only, 'r' and 'w'.  If the key is 'r',
+    // check to make sure the file is there.
+    if (stristr($mode, 'r') !== FALSE) {
+      $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+      if (!$helper->checkPath($path)) {
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+      else {
+        $buffer = $helper->getPath($path);
+        if (!is_string($buffer)) {
+          return FALSE;
+        }
+        $this->sessionContent = $buffer;
+      }
+      $this->streamMode = 'r';
+    }
+    else {
+      $this->sessionContent = '';
+      $this->streamMode = 'w';
+    }
+    // Reset the stream pointer since this is an open.
+    $this->streamPointer = 0;
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Retrieve the underlying stream resource.
+   *
+   * This method is called in response to stream_select().
+   *
+   * @param int $cast_as
+   *   Can be STREAM_CAST_FOR_SELECT when stream_select() is calling
+   *   stream_cast() or STREAM_CAST_AS_STREAM when stream_cast() is called for
+   *   other uses.
+   *
+   * @return resource|false
+   *   The underlying stream resource or FALSE if stream_select() is not
+   *   supported.
+   *
+   * @see stream_select()
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/streamwrapper.stream-cast.php
+   */
+  public function stream_cast($cast_as) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Sets metadata on the stream.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   A string containing the URI to the file to set metadata on.
+   * @param int $option
+   *   One of:
+   *   - STREAM_META_TOUCH: The method was called in response to touch().
+   *   - STREAM_META_OWNER_NAME: The method was called in response to chown()
+   *     with string parameter.
+   *   - STREAM_META_OWNER: The method was called in response to chown().
+   *   - STREAM_META_GROUP_NAME: The method was called in response to chgrp().
+   *   - STREAM_META_GROUP: The method was called in response to chgrp().
+   *   - STREAM_META_ACCESS: The method was called in response to chmod().
+   * @param mixed $value
+   *   If option is:
+   *   - STREAM_META_TOUCH: Array consisting of two arguments of the touch()
+   *     function.
+   *   - STREAM_META_OWNER_NAME or STREAM_META_GROUP_NAME: The name of the owner
+   *     user/group as string.
+   *   - STREAM_META_OWNER or STREAM_META_GROUP: The value of the owner
+   *     user/group as integer.
+   *   - STREAM_META_ACCESS: The argument of the chmod() as integer.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   Returns TRUE on success or FALSE on failure. If $option is not
+   *   implemented, FALSE should be returned.
+   *
+   * @see http://www.php.net/manual/streamwrapper.stream-metadata.php
+   */
+  public function stream_metadata($path, $option, $value) {
+    // We don't really do any of these, but we want to reassure the calling code
+    // that there is no problem with chown or chgrp, even though we do not
+    // actually support these.
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Change stream options.
+   *
+   * This method is called to set options on the stream.
+   *
+   * @param int $option
+   *   One of:
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_BLOCKING: The method was called in response to
+   *     stream_set_blocking().
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_READ_TIMEOUT: The method was called in response to
+   *     stream_set_timeout().
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_WRITE_BUFFER: The method was called in response to
+   *     stream_set_write_buffer().
+   * @param int $arg1
+   *   If option is:
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_BLOCKING: The requested blocking mode:
+   *     - 1 means blocking.
+   *     - 0 means not blocking.
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_READ_TIMEOUT: The timeout in seconds.
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_WRITE_BUFFER: The buffer mode, STREAM_BUFFER_NONE or
+   *     STREAM_BUFFER_FULL.
+   * @param int $arg2
+   *   If option is:
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_BLOCKING: This option is not set.
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_READ_TIMEOUT: The timeout in microseconds.
+   *   - STREAM_OPTION_WRITE_BUFFER: The requested buffer size.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise. If $option is not implemented, FALSE
+   *   should be returned.
+   */
+  public function stream_set_option($option, $arg1, $arg2) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Truncate stream.
+   *
+   * Will respond to truncation; e.g., through ftruncate().
+   *
+   * @param int $new_size
+   *   The new size.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE on success, FALSE otherwise.
+   *
+   * @todo
+   *   This one actually makes sense for the example.
+   */
+  public function stream_truncate($new_size) {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for flock().
+   *
+   * The $_SESSION variable has no locking capability, so return TRUE.
+   *
+   * @param int $operation
+   *   One of the following:
+   *   - LOCK_SH to acquire a shared lock (reader).
+   *   - LOCK_EX to acquire an exclusive lock (writer).
+   *   - LOCK_UN to release a lock (shared or exclusive).
+   *   - LOCK_NB if you don't want flock() to block while locking (not
+   *     supported on Windows).
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   Always returns TRUE at the present time. (no support)
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-lock.php
+   */
+  public function stream_lock($operation) {
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for fread(), file_get_contents() etc.
+   *
+   * @param int $count
+   *   Maximum number of bytes to be read.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   The string that was read, or FALSE in case of an error.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-read.php
+   */
+  public function stream_read($count) {
+    if (is_string($this->sessionContent)) {
+      $remaining_chars = strlen($this->sessionContent) - $this->streamPointer;
+      $number_to_read = min($count, $remaining_chars);
+      if ($remaining_chars > 0) {
+        $buffer = substr($this->sessionContent, $this->streamPointer, $number_to_read);
+        $this->streamPointer += $number_to_read;
+        return $buffer;
+      }
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for fwrite(), file_put_contents() etc.
+   *
+   * @param string $data
+   *   The string to be written.
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   The number of bytes written (integer).
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-write.php
+   */
+  public function stream_write($data) {
+    // Sanitize the data in a simple way since we're putting it into the
+    // session variable.
+    $data = Html::escape($data);
+    $this->sessionContent = substr_replace($this->sessionContent, $data, $this->streamPointer);
+    $this->streamPointer += strlen($data);
+    return strlen($data);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for feof().
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if end-of-file has been reached.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-eof.php
+   */
+  public function stream_eof() {
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for fseek().
+   *
+   * @param int $offset
+   *   The byte offset to got to.
+   * @param int $whence
+   *   SEEK_SET, SEEK_CUR, or SEEK_END.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE on success.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-seek.php
+   */
+  public function stream_seek($offset, $whence = SEEK_SET) {
+    if (strlen($this->sessionContent) >= $offset) {
+      $this->streamPointer = $offset;
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for fflush().
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if data was successfully stored (or there was no data to store).
+   *   This always returns TRUE, as this example provides and needs no
+   *   flush support.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-flush.php
+   */
+  public function stream_flush() {
+    if ($this->streamMode == 'w') {
+      // Since we aren't writing directly to the session, we need to send
+      // the bytes on to the store.
+      $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+      $path = $this->getLocalPath($this->uri);
+      $helper->setPath($path, $this->sessionContent);
+      $this->sessionContent = '';
+      $this->streamPointer = 0;
+    }
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for ftell().
+   *
+   * @return int
+   *   The current offset in bytes from the beginning of file.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-tell.php
+   */
+  public function stream_tell() {
+    return $this->streamPointer;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for fstat().
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An array with file status, or FALSE in case of an error - see fstat()
+   *   for a description of this array.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-stat.php
+   */
+  public function stream_stat() {
+    return array(
+      'size' => strlen($this->sessionContent),
+    );
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for fclose().
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if stream was successfully closed.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.stream-close.php
+   */
+  public function stream_close() {
+    $this->streamPointer = 0;
+    // Unassign the reference.
+    unset($this->sessionContent);
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for unlink().
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A string containing the uri to the resource to delete.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if resource was successfully deleted.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.unlink.php
+   */
+  public function unlink($uri) {
+    $path = $this->getLocalPath($uri);
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    $helper->clearPath($path);
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for rename().
+   *
+   * @param string $from_uri
+   *   The uri to the file to rename.
+   * @param string $to_uri
+   *   The new uri for file.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if file was successfully renamed.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.rename.php
+   */
+  public function rename($from_uri, $to_uri) {
+    // We get the old key contents, write it
+    // to a new key, erase the old key.
+    $from_path = $this->getLocalPath($from_uri);
+    $to_path = $this->getLocalPath($to_uri);
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    if (!$helper->checkPath($from_path)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    $from_key = $helper->getPath($from_path);
+    $path_info = $helper->getParentPath($to_path);
+    $parent_path = $path_info['dirname'];
+    $new_file = $path_info['basename'];
+    // We will only allow writing to a non-existent file
+    // in an existing directory.
+    if ($helper->checkPath($parent_path) && !$helper->checkPath($to_path)) {
+      $helper->setPath($to_path, $from_key);
+      $helper->clearPath($from_path);
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Gets the name of the directory from a given path.
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A URI.
+   *
+   * @return string
+   *   A string containing the directory name.
+   *
+   * @see drupal_dirname()
+   */
+  public function dirname($uri = NULL) {
+    list($scheme, $target) = explode('://', $uri, 2);
+    $target  = $this->getTarget($uri);
+    if (strpos($target, '/')) {
+      $dirname = preg_replace('@/[^/]*$@', '', $target);
+    }
+    else {
+      $dirname = '';
+    }
+    return $scheme . '://' . $dirname;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for mkdir().
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A string containing the URI to the directory to create.
+   * @param int $mode
+   *   Permission flags - see mkdir().
+   * @param int $options
+   *   A bit mask of STREAM_REPORT_ERRORS and STREAM_MKDIR_RECURSIVE.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if directory was successfully created.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.mkdir.php
+   */
+  public function mkdir($uri, $mode, $options) {
+    // If this already exists, then we can't mkdir.
+    if (is_dir($uri) || is_file($uri)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    $path = $this->getLocalPath($uri);
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    $new_dir = ['isadir.txt' => TRUE];
+    $helper->setPath($path, $new_dir);
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for rmdir().
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A string containing the URI to the directory to delete.
+   * @param int $options
+   *   A bit mask of STREAM_REPORT_ERRORS.
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE if directory was successfully removed.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.rmdir.php
+   */
+  public function rmdir($uri, $options) {
+    $path = $this->getLocalPath($uri);
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    if (!$helper->checkPath($path) or !is_array($helper->getPath($path))) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    $helper->clearPath($path);
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for stat().
+   *
+   * This important function goes back to the Unix way of doing things.
+   * In this example almost the entire stat array is irrelevant, but the
+   * mode is very important. It tells PHP whether we have a file or a
+   * directory and what the permissions are. All that is packed up in a
+   * bitmask. This is not normal PHP fodder.
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A string containing the URI to get information about.
+   * @param int $flags
+   *   A bit mask of STREAM_URL_STAT_LINK and STREAM_URL_STAT_QUIET.
+   *
+   * @return array|bool
+   *   An array with file status, or FALSE in case of an error - see fstat()
+   *   for a description of this array.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.url-stat.php
+   */
+  public function url_stat($uri, $flags) {
+    $path = $this->getLocalPath($uri);
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    if (!$helper->checkPath($path)) {
+      return FALSE;
+      // No file.
+    }
+    // Default to fail.
+    $return = FALSE;
+    $mode = 0;
+
+    $path_info = $helper->getParentPath($path);
+    $key = $helper->getPath($path);
+    $key_name = $path_info['basename'];
+    // We will call an array a directory and the root is always an array.
+    if (is_array($key)) {
+      // S_IFDIR means it's a directory.
+      $mode = 0040000;
+    }
+    elseif ($key !== FALSE) {
+      // S_IFREG, means it's a file.
+      $mode = 0100000;
+    }
+
+    if ($mode) {
+      $size = 0;
+      if ($mode == 0100000) {
+        $size = strlen($key);
+      }
+
+      // There are no protections on this, so all writable.
+      $mode |= 0777;
+      $return = array(
+        'dev' => 0,
+        'ino' => 0,
+        'mode' => $mode,
+        'nlink' => 0,
+        'uid' => 0,
+        'gid' => 0,
+        'rdev' => 0,
+        'size' => $size,
+        'atime' => 0,
+        'mtime' => 0,
+        'ctime' => 0,
+        'blksize' => 0,
+        'blocks' => 0,
+      );
+    }
+    return $return;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for opendir().
+   *
+   * @param string $uri
+   *   A string containing the URI to the directory to open.
+   * @param int $options
+   *   Whether or not to enforce safe_mode (0x04).
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE on success.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.dir-opendir.php
+   */
+  public function dir_opendir($uri, $options) {
+    $path = $this->getLocalPath($uri);
+    $helper = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    if (!$helper->checkPath($path)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    $var = $helper->getPath($path);
+    if (!is_array($var)) {
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+
+    // We grab the list of key names, flip it so that .isadir.txt can easily
+    // be removed, then flip it back so we can easily walk it as a list.
+    $this->directoryKeys = array_flip(array_keys($var));
+    unset($this->directoryKeys['.isadir.txt']);
+    $this->directoryKeys = array_keys($this->directoryKeys);
+    $this->directoryPointer = 0;
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for readdir().
+   *
+   * @return string|bool
+   *   The next filename, or FALSE if there are no more files in the directory.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.dir-readdir.php
+   */
+  public function dir_readdir() {
+    if ($this->directoryPointer < count($this->directoryKeys)) {
+      $next = $this->directoryKeys[$this->directoryPointer];
+      $this->directoryPointer++;
+      return $next;
+    }
+    return FALSE;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for rewinddir().
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE on success.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.dir-rewinddir.php
+   */
+  public function dir_rewinddir() {
+    $this->directoryPointer = 0;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Support for closedir().
+   *
+   * @return bool
+   *   TRUE on success.
+   *
+   * @see http://php.net/manual/en/streamwrapper.dir-closedir.php
+   */
+  public function dir_closedir() {
+    $this->directoryPointer = 0;
+    unset($this->directoryKeys);
+    return TRUE;
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/MockSessionTrait.php b/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/MockSessionTrait.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9511748
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/MockSessionTrait.php
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\MockSessionTrait.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Request;
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\Session\SessionInterface;
+use Prophecy\Argument;
+use Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\SessionWrapper;
+
+trait MockSessionTrait {
+
+  /**
+   * @var array
+   *
+   * We'll use this to back our mock session.
+   */
+  protected $sessionStore;
+
+  /**
+   * @var RequestStack|ProphecyInterface
+   */
+  protected $requestStack;
+
+  /**
+   * Create a mock session object.
+   *
+   * @return ProphecyInterface
+   *   A test double, or mock, of a RequestStack object
+   *   that can be used to return a mock Session object.
+   */
+  protected function createSessionMock() {
+    $this->sessionStore = [];
+    $session = $this->prophesize(SessionInterface::class);
+    $test = $this;
+
+    $session
+      ->get('stream_wrapper_example', [])
+      ->will(function($args) use ($test) {
+        return $test->getSessionStore();
+      });
+
+    $session
+      ->set('stream_wrapper_example', Argument::any())
+      ->will(function($args) use ($test) {
+        $test->setSessionStore($args[1]);
+      });
+
+    $session
+      ->remove('stream_wrapper_example')
+      ->will(function($args) use ($test) {
+        $test->resetSessionStore();
+      });
+
+    $request = $this->prophesize(Request::class);
+    $request
+      ->getSession()
+      ->willReturn($session->reveal());
+
+    $request_stack = $this->prophesize(RequestStack::class);
+    $request_stack
+      ->getCurrentRequest()
+      ->willReturn($request->reveal());
+
+    return $this->requestStack = $request_stack->reveal();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a session wrapper.
+   */
+  public function getSessionWrapper() {
+    return new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper for mocks.
+   */
+  public function getSessionStore() {
+    return $this->sessionStore;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper for our mocks.
+   */
+  public function setSessionStore($data) {
+    $this->sessionStore = $data;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Helper for our mocks.
+   */
+  public function resetSessionStore() {
+    $this->sessionStore = [];
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/SessionWrapper.php b/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/SessionWrapper.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..02c9332
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/src/StreamWrapper/SessionWrapper.php
@@ -0,0 +1,251 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\SessionWrapper.
+ *
+ * Drupal 8 deprecates direct access to the $_SESSION magic variable.  To avoid
+ * directly munging $_SESSION, this class abstracts access to the session
+ * so we can use the approved APIs for D8.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper;
+
+use Symfony\Component\HttpFoundation\RequestStack;
+
+/**
+ * Wrapper for modifying and accessing data embedded in the session object.
+ */
+class SessionWrapper {
+
+  /**
+   * Keep the top-level "file system" area in one place.
+   */
+  const SESSION_BASE_ATTRIBUTE = 'stream_wrapper_example';
+
+  /**
+   * @var RequestStack
+   *   Representation of the current HTTP request.
+   */
+  protected $requestStack;
+
+  /**
+   * @var string
+   *   This is the current location in our store.
+   */
+  protected $storePath;
+
+  /**
+   * Construct our helper object.
+   *
+   * @param RequestStack $request_stack
+   *   An object used to read data from the current HTTP request.
+   */
+  public function __construct(RequestStack $request_stack) {
+    $this->requestStack = $request_stack;
+    $this->storePath = '';
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Get a fresh session object.
+   *
+   * @return SessionInterface
+   *   A session object.
+   */
+  protected function getSession() {
+    return $this->requestStack->getCurrentRequest()->getSession();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get whatever's in the store.
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   An associated array where scalar data represents file, and arrays represent directories.
+   */
+  protected function getStore() {
+    $session = $this->getSession();
+    $store = $session->get(static::SESSION_BASE_ATTRIBUTE, []);
+    return $store;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Since we cannot deal with references to the session, write the whole
+   *  store back.
+   *
+   * @param array $store.
+   *   The content of the whole session data store, to replace all of the current data.
+   */
+  protected function setStore($store) {
+    $session = $this->getSession();
+    $session->set(static::SESSION_BASE_ATTRIBUTE, $store);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Turn a path into the arrays we use internally.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   Path into the store.
+   * @param bool $is_dir
+   *   Path will be used as a container.  Otherwise, just a scalar value.
+   *
+   * @return array|bool
+   *   Return an array containing the "bottom" and "tip" of a directory
+   *   hierarchy.  You will want to save the 'bottom' array, but you may
+   *   need to manipulate an object at the very tip of the hierarchy
+   *   as defined in the path. The tip will be a string if we are scalar
+   *   and an array otherwise.  Since we don't want to create new
+   *   sub arrays as a side effect, we return FALSE the intervening path
+   *   does not exist.
+   */
+  public function processPath($path, $is_dir = FALSE) {
+    // We need to create a reference into the store for the point
+    // the of the path, so get a copy of the store.
+    $store = $this->getStore();
+
+    if (empty($path)) {
+      return ['store' => &$store, 'tip' => &$store];
+    }
+    $hierarchy = explode('/', $path);
+    if (empty($hierarchy) or empty($hierarchy[0])) {
+      return ['store' => &$store, 'tip' => &$store];
+    }
+    $bottom =& $store;
+    $tip = array_pop($hierarchy);
+
+    foreach ($hierarchy as $dir) {
+      if (!isset($bottom[$dir])) {
+        // If the path does not exist, DO NOT create it.
+        // That is handled by the stream wrapper code.
+        return FALSE;
+      }
+      $new_tip =& $bottom[$dir];
+      $bottom =& $new_tip;
+    }
+    // If the hierarchy was empty, just point to the object.
+    $new_tip =& $bottom[$tip];
+    $bottom =& $new_tip;
+    return ['store' => &$store, 'tip' => &$bottom];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The equivalent to dirname() and basename() for a path.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *
+   * @return array
+   *   .
+   */
+  public function getParentPath($path) {
+    $dirs = explode('/', $path);
+    $tip = array_pop($dirs);
+    $parent = implode('/', $dirs);
+    return ['dirname' => $parent, 'basename' => $tip];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear a path into our store.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   The path portion of a URI (i.e., without the SCHEME://).
+   */
+  public function clearPath($path) {
+    $store = $this->getStore();
+    if ($this->checkPath($path)) {
+      $path_info = $this->getParentPath($path);
+      $store_info = $this->processPath($path_info['dirname']);
+      if ($store_info === FALSE) {
+        // The path was not found, nothing to do.
+        return;
+
+      }
+      // We want to clear the key at the tip, so...
+      unset($store_info['tip'][$path_info['basename']]);
+      // Write back to the store.
+      $this->setStore($store_info['store']);
+    }
+
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get a path.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   A URI with the SCHEME:// part removed.
+   *
+   * @return mixed
+   *   Return the stored value at this "node" of the store.
+   */
+  public function getPath($path) {
+    $path_info = $this->getParentPath($path);
+    $store_info = $this->processPath(($path_info['dirname']));
+    $leaf = $path_info['basename'];
+    if ($store_info === FALSE) {
+      return NULL;
+    }
+    if ($store_info['store'] === $store_info['tip']) {
+      // We are at the top of the hierarchy; return the store itself.
+      if (empty($path_info['basename'])) {
+        return $store_info['store'];
+      }
+      if (!isset($store_info['store'][$leaf])) {
+        return NULL;
+      }
+    }
+    return $store_info['tip'][$leaf];
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set a path.
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   Path into the store.
+   * @param string|array $value
+   *   Set a value.
+   */
+  public function setPath($path, $value) {
+    $path_info = $this->getParentPath($path);
+    $store_info = $this->processPath(($path_info['dirname']));
+    if ($store_info !== FALSE) {
+      $store_info['tip'][$path_info['basename']] = $value;
+    }
+    $this->setStore($store_info['store']);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Does path exist?
+   *
+   * @param string $path
+   *   Path into the store.
+   */
+  public function checkPath($path) {
+    $path_info = $this->getParentPath($path);
+    $store_info = $this->processPath($path_info['dirname']);
+    if (empty($store_info)) {
+      // Containing directory did not exist.
+      return FALSE;
+    }
+    // Check if we are at the root of a directory.
+    if ($path_info['basename'] === '') {
+      return TRUE;
+    }
+    return isset($store_info['tip'][$path_info['basename']]);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Set up the store for use.
+   */
+  public function setUpStore() {
+    // Nothing to do with $_SESSION version.
+  }
+
+
+  /**
+   * Zero out the store.
+   */
+  public function cleanUpStore() {
+    $session = $this->getSession();
+    $session->remove(static::SESSION_BASE_ATTRIBUTE);
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.info.yml b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.info.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..29e3c37
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.info.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+name: Stream Wrapper example
+type: module
+description: Example of implementing Stream Wrappers in Drupal.
+package: Example modules
+core: 8.x
+dependencies:
+  - examples
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.links.menu.yml b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.links.menu.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47fdf2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.links.menu.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+# Menu links for the "Tools" menu.
+stream_wrapper_example.description:
+  title: Stream Wrapper Example
+  route_name: stream_wrapper_example.description
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.module b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.module
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b79ce2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.module
@@ -0,0 +1,104 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains the module file for the Stream Wrapper Example.
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @defgroup stream_wrapper_example Example: Stream Wrappers
+ * @group stream_wrapper_example
+ * @ingroup examples
+ * @{
+ * Example demonstrating how to implement stream wrappers in Drupal.
+ *
+ * The Stream Wrapper Example module is part of the Examples for Developers
+ * Project and provides a variety of examples for the Developers project page.
+ * We demonstrate how to create a "pseudo file system" using PHP's stream
+ * wrapper features, similar to what Drupal does to support the public://
+ * private:// and temporary:// schemes.
+ *
+ * When we write a stream URI like "public://README.md", we can divide that URI
+ * into two parts:
+ *
+ *   - The "scheme" name ("public" in this case).
+ *   - The "target", in this case "README.md".
+ *
+ * Many PHP and Drupal file functions can take a stream URI and treat it almost
+ * exactly like a file path.  Because they behave so much like files, if you
+ * want to know how to use a stream URI, you should also look at the File
+ * Example.  The Stream Wrapper Example is designed to work together with
+ * that example, and if you enable both examples, the two will work seamlessly
+ * together.  This is all most developers need to know about stream wrappers.
+ *
+ * This example shows how to actually implement a new scheme. We demonstrate
+ * a rather unpractical scheme, but one that covers most of what you can do
+ * with a stream type in Drupal 8. We take the session object that is put up
+ * in each web request, and we treat one of the session variables as if it were
+ * a file system with directories and files. This code is for demonstration
+ * purposes only, since this not something you would ever want to do on a
+ * production web site. But the example is simple enough that we don't need
+ * any external libraries, as one might need to create a stream over
+ * Amazon Web Services S3 service, or other services you might use to store
+ * files on a web site. Yet most of what you need to do in order to make a
+ * stream implementation like that we will do in our "session" scheme.
+ *
+ * To implement a stream wrapper in Drupal, you should do the following:
+ *
+ *  1. Create a class that implements the StreamWrapperInterface
+ *     (Drupal\Core\StreamWrapper\StreamWrapperInterface).
+ *
+ *  2. Register the class with Drupal.  The best way to do this is to
+ *     define a service in your MY_MODULE.services.yml file.  The
+ *     service needs to be "tagged" with the scheme you want to implement,
+ *     and, as so:
+ *
+ * @code
+ *         tags:
+ *           - { name: stream_wrapper, scheme: session }
+ * @endcode
+ *      See stream_wrapper_example.services.yml for an example.
+ *
+ *  3. (Optional) If you want to be able to access your files over the web,
+ *     you need to add a route that handles, and implement hook_file_download().
+ *     See stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml for an example of this, and
+ *     file_example.module for the hook implementation.
+ *
+ * In our example, the key files to look at are:
+ *
+ *  - src/StreamWrapper/FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper.php (the stream wrapper class).
+ *  - src/PathProcessorSessions.php, which implements something called a "path processor".
+ *    A path processor is a class that lets us hook the "files" in a scheme's file system
+ *    into Drupal 8's routing system. This allows us to assign external URLs to the files
+ *    served out of the stream wrapper class.  Like a stream wrapper class, Drupal 8
+ *    implements this as a "tagged service".
+ *  - stream_wrapper_example.services.yml, which defines the services we need to do all
+ *    this magic. You should read the comments in that file to see how this fits together.
+ *
+ * We also include two PHPUnit tests. Because stream wrappers require quite a bit of code
+ * that gets called "behind our back" by PHP itself, good test coverage is essential for
+ * writing usable stream wrapper implementations. The tests should help get you started
+ * on that.
+ *
+ * @see http://php.net/manual/en/intro.stream.php.
+ * @see core/lib/Drupal/Core/StreamWrapper/StreamWrapperInterface.php
+ */
+
+/**
+ * @} End of "defgroup stream_wrapper_example".
+ */
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_theme().
+ *
+ * Since we have a lot to explain, we're going to use Twig to do it.
+ */
+function stream_wrapper_example_theme() {
+  return [
+    'example_description' => [
+      'template' => 'description',
+      'variables' => [
+        'admin_link' => NULL,
+      ],
+    ],
+  ];
+}
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diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..702c6c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+# In order to view files created with our demo stream wrapper class,
+# we need to use hook_file_download to grant any access. This route
+# will make sure that we have an external URL for these files, and that
+# our hook is called.
+#
+# In our implementation, access to the files is actually managed by
+# permissions defined in file_example.permissions.yml. Since we also want our
+# URLs to be served similar to how private: and temporary: URI are served by
+# core, we also need to modify how the routing system handles the tail portion
+# of the URL. Unlike Drupal 7, Drupal 8 does not ordinarily allow a "menu tail";
+# URLs need to be of a definite length or the router will not process them. To
+# get around this, we also implement a "path processor", which we define as a
+# service in our services file. Our path processor will do the extra steps needed
+# to process our session file URLs.
+#
+# @see stream_wrapper_example.services.yml
+# @see file_example_file_download()
+#
+stream_wrapper_example.files:
+  path: '/examples/stream_wrapper_example/files/{scheme}'
+  defaults:
+    _controller: 'Drupal\system\FileDownloadController::download'
+    scheme: session
+  requirements:
+    _access: 'TRUE'
+
+# In addition to the stream_wrapper_example.files route, which is actually matched by the router,
+# we also need a route defintion to make our URLs.  This is never referenced by the
+# routing system, but is used by our stream wrapper class to create external URLs.
+#
+# @see FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper::getExternalUrl()
+#
+stream_wrapper_example.files.session:
+  path: '/examples/stream_wrapper_example/files/{filepath}'
+  defaults:
+    _controller: '\Drupal\system\FileDownloadController::download'
+    scheme: session
+  requirements:
+    # Permissive regex to allow slashes in filepath see
+    # http://symfony.com/doc/current/cookbook/routing/slash_in_parameter.html
+    filepath: .+
+    _access: 'TRUE'
+
+# Finally, our controller class.
+stream_wrapper_example.description:
+  path: '/examples/stream_wrapper_example'
+  defaults:
+    _controller: '\Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\Controller\StreamWrapperExampleController::description'
+    _title: 'Stream Wrapper Example'
+  requirements:
+    _permission: 'access content'
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.services.yml b/stream_wrapper_example/stream_wrapper_example.services.yml
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+#
+# As part of our demo, we implement a simple "file system" that lets us read and write
+# files out of the $_SESSION.  This isn't very practical, but it's a simple way to
+# demonstrate what you can do with PHP's stream wrappers.
+#
+# To get a stream wrapper to work to define a stream wrapper class, we need to register
+# that with the system.  We can either do this manually by calling up the 'stream_wrapper.manager'
+# service, but the better way to do this is to have the system autoload it by tagging the service,
+# as we do here.
+#
+# We also want to securely serve up our fake session files. We'd like to use the same nice
+# file paths that Core uses for private files.  Since Drupal 8 no longer allows us to have
+# "menu tails" (i.e., extra/parts/of/the/path after the default part of the path), we need
+# to get some router superpowers. Our route (in stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml) will "gather up"
+# the path with with a regular expression.  But we need to do a little more that that.  We
+# also need to convince the routing system to see our weird, extra long route route. We
+# do that using a "Path Processor". We register the path_process.sessions service with special
+# tags to get it loaded for when the Drupal's routing system decides which path should get
+# used.
+#
+# @see src/StreamWrapper/FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper.php
+# @see src/PathProcessor/PathProcessorSessions.php
+# @see stream_wrapper_example.routing.yml
+#
+services:
+  stream_wrapper_example.stream_wrapper:
+    class: Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper
+    tags:
+      - { name: stream_wrapper, scheme: session }
+
+  path_processor.sessions:
+    class: Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\PathProcessor\PathProcessorSessions
+    tags:
+      - { name: path_processor_inbound, priority: 200 }
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/templates/description.html.twig b/stream_wrapper_example/templates/description.html.twig
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+{#
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains the description text of an Example explanation/description page
+ *
+ * Available variables:
+ * - admin_link: The translated link pointing to a configuration page for the example.
+ */
+#}
+
+<div class='examples-description'>
+
+  {% trans %}
+  <p>The Stream Wrapper Example module demonstrates a PHP stream wrapper implementation.
+  A stream wrapper is a class that implements something that looks and behaves like a
+  file system. A particular implementation of a stream wrapper is called a <em>scheme</em>.
+  Drupal 8 supports public, private, and temporary wrapper schemes. For example, you
+  access a file in your public uploads directory via a "public" file URI such as
+  <code>public://images/big-logo.png</code>. When you read, write, delete or move that
+  file, the <code>public</code> scheme's stream wrapper class
+  (<code>\Drupal\Core\StreamWrapper\PublicStream</code>) is invoked to do the reading,
+  writing, deletion or moving. PHP does this automatically for you, creating the wrapper
+  whenever some file operation needs to get done on a <code>public://</code> file.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>To demonstrate how to implement a stream wrapper, this example module creates a
+  <code>session</code> wrapper scheme. It uses your session data (created when you
+  log into Drupal) to create a nested array where the arrays represent directories,
+  and scalar values represent files.  This is completely impractical, and frankly,
+  not terribly secure, so you should never enable this module on any site that's
+  open to the Internet.  But without using any special libraries, our stream wrapper
+  class is able to create and delete directories, and read and write files.
+  </p>
+
+  <p>If you want to play with <code>session</code> file URIs, we recommend also enabling
+  the File Example (file_example.module), which will let you do the same things with
+  the "session" scheme that you can do with public, private or temporary files.</p>
+
+  <p>A longer description of what code is where can be found in
+  <code>stream_wrapper_example.module</code>.  Definitely look through the code to see
+  various implementation details.</p>
+  {% endtrans %}
+
+</div>
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diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/tests/src/Kernel/StreamWrapperTest.php b/stream_wrapper_example/tests/src/Kernel/StreamWrapperTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\stream_wrapper_example\Kernel\StreamWrapperTest.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\stream_wrapper_example\Kernel;
+
+use Drupal\Component\FileCache\FileCacheFactory;
+use Drupal\Core\Site\Settings;
+use Drupal\KernelTests\KernelTestBase;
+use Drupal\Component\Utility\Html;
+use Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\MockSessionTrait;
+use Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\ContainerBuilder;
+
+/**
+ * Test of the Session Stream Wrapper Class.
+ *
+ * This test covers the PHP-level (i.e., not Drupal-specific) functions of the
+ * FileExampleSessionStreamWrapper class. It's not directly loaded here because
+ * it loads in background automatically as soon as the stream_wrapper_example module
+ * loads.
+ *
+ * The tests invoke the stream wrapper's functionality indirectly by calling
+ * PHP's file functions.
+ *
+ * @ingroup stream_wrapper_example
+ * @group stream_wrapper_example
+ * @group examples
+ */
+class StreamWrapperTest extends KernelTestBase {
+
+  use MockSessionTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * Modules to enable.
+   *
+   * @var array
+   */
+  public static $modules = ['stream_wrapper_example', 'file', 'system'];
+
+  /**
+   * @var \Drupal\Core\DependencyInjection\Container
+   */
+  protected $container;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  public function setUp() {
+    // @todo Extra hack to avoid test fails, remove this once
+    // https://www.drupal.org/node/2553661 is fixed.
+    FileCacheFactory::setPrefix(Settings::getApcuPrefix('file_cache', $this->root));
+    parent::setUp();
+    // Typically if we need our tested class to get information from the system,
+    // we use dependency injection (DI) to get that information to the class. But
+    // stream wrappers are unusual.  They are created automatically by PHP itself
+    // when it calls one of the standard file functions, and for that reason, the
+    // constructor functions of stream wrappers cannot be passed any arguments,
+    // which prevents us from using the stardard DI technique we use in Drupal 8.
+    // The alternative is to create a "global" container that makes our services
+    // available to the class, which is what we do here.
+    $container = new ContainerBuilder();
+    $request_stack = $this->createSessionMock();
+    $container->set('request_stack', $request_stack);
+    $container->set('file_system', \Drupal::service('file_system'));
+    $container->set('kernel', \Drupal::service('kernel'));
+    \Drupal::setContainer($container);
+    $this->container = $container;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test dialtone.
+   */
+  public function testDialTone() {
+    $have_session_scheme = \Drupal::service('file_system')->validScheme('session');
+    $this->assertTrue($have_session_scheme, "System knows about our stream wrapper");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Test functions on a URI.
+   */
+  public function testReadWrite() {
+    $this->resetStore();
+    $store = $this->getCurrentStore();
+
+    $uri = 'session://drupal.txt';
+
+    $this->assertFalse(file_exists($uri), "File $uri should not exist yet.");
+    $handle = fopen($uri, 'wb');
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($handle, "Handle for $uri should be non-empty.");
+    $buffer = "Ain't seen nothin' yet!\n";
+    $len = strlen($buffer);
+
+    // Original session class gets an error here,
+    // "...stream_write wrote 10 bytes more data than requested".
+    // Does not matter for our demo, so repress error reporting here.".
+    $old = error_reporting(E_ERROR);
+    $bytes_written = @fwrite($handle, $buffer);
+    error_reporting($old);
+    $this->assertNotFalse($bytes_written, "Write to $uri succeeded.");
+
+    $rslt = fclose($handle);
+    $this->assertNotFalse($rslt, "Closed $uri.");
+    $this->assertTrue(file_exists($uri), "File $uri should now exist.");
+    $this->assertFalse(is_dir($uri), "$uri is not a directory.");
+    $this->assertTrue(is_file($uri), "$uri is a file.");
+    $size = filesize($uri);
+
+    // The following fails in the original implementation; the file is larger than the data.
+    // $this->assertEquals($len, $size, "Size of file $uri should match the data written to it.");.
+    $contents = file_get_contents($uri);
+    // The example implementation calls HTML::escape() on output. We reverse it
+    // well enough for our sample data (this code is not I18n safe).
+    $contents = Html::decodeEntities($contents);
+    $this->assertEquals($buffer, $contents, "Data for $uri should make the round trip.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Directory creation.
+   */
+  public function testDirectories() {
+    $this->resetStore();
+    $dir_uri = 'session://directory1/directory2';
+    $sample_file = 'file.txt';
+    $content = "Wrote this as a file?\n";
+    $dir2 = basename($dir_uri);
+    $dir1 = dirname($dir_uri);
+
+    $this->assertFalse(file_exists($dir1), "The outer dir $dir1 should not exist yet.");
+    // We don't care about mode, since we don't support it.
+    $worked = mkdir($dir1);
+    $this->assertTrue(is_dir($dir1), "Directory $dir1 was created.");
+    $first_file_content = "This one is in the first directory.";
+    $uri = $dir1 . "/" . $sample_file;
+    $bytes = file_put_contents($uri, $first_file_content);
+    $this->assertNotFalse($bytes, "Wrote to $uri.\n");
+    $this->assertTrue(file_exists($uri), "File $uri actually exists.");
+    $got_back = file_get_contents($uri);
+    $got_back = Html::decodeEntities($got_back);
+    $this->assertSame($first_file_content, $got_back, "Data in subdir made round trip.");
+
+    // Now try down down nested.
+    $rslt = mkdir($dir_uri);
+    $this->assertTrue($rslt, "Nested dir got created.");
+    $file_in_sub = $dir_uri . "/" . $sample_file;
+    $bytes = file_put_contents($file_in_sub, $content);
+    $this->assertNotFalse($bytes, "File in nested dirs got written to.");
+    $got_back = file_get_contents($file_in_sub);
+    $got_back = Html::decodeEntities($got_back);
+    $this->assertSame($content, $got_back, "Data in subdir made round trip.");
+    $worked = unlink($file_in_sub);
+    $this->assertTrue($worked, "Deleted file in subdir.");
+    $this->assertFalse(file_exists($file_in_sub), "File in subdir should not exist.");
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Get the contents of the complete array stored in the session.
+   */
+  protected function getCurrentStore() {
+    $handle = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    return $handle->getPath('');
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Clear the session storage area.
+   */
+  protected function resetStore() {
+    $handle = $this->getSessionWrapper();
+    $handle->cleanUpStore();
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/stream_wrapper_example/tests/src/Unit/SessionWrapperTest.php b/stream_wrapper_example/tests/src/Unit/SessionWrapperTest.php
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+<?php
+
+/**
+ * @file
+ * Contains \Drupal\Tests\stream_wrapper_example\Unit\SessionWrapperTest.php.
+ */
+
+namespace Drupal\Tests\stream_wrapper_example\Unit;
+
+use Drupal\Tests\UnitTestCase;
+use Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\SessionWrapper;
+use Drupal\stream_wrapper_example\StreamWrapper\MockSessionTrait;
+
+/**
+ * PHPUnit test for the SessionWrapper session manipulation class.
+ *
+ * The SessionWrapper class is a utility used to manipulate an associative
+ * array stored in the session object as if it were a file system.  This
+ * greatly simplifies the code in our stream wrapper class, since
+ * SessionWrapper handles things like interacting with the session object,
+ * and also deals with translating path strings into nested arrays.
+ *
+ * The test class covers the equivalent of adding directories and files,
+ * reading and writing data nodes (our "files"), and clearing of arrays
+ * and data nodes (file deletion for purposes of the stream wrapper class).
+ *
+ * @ingroup stream_wrapper_example
+ * @group stream_wrapper_example
+ * @group examples
+ */
+class SessionWrapperTest extends UnitTestCase {
+
+  use MockSessionTrait;
+
+  /**
+   * {@inheritdoc}
+   */
+  protected function setUp() {
+    parent::setUp();
+
+    // Mock the session service.
+    $this->createSessionMock();
+
+    // Set up the example.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $helper->setUpStore();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Run our wrapper through the paces.
+   */
+  public function testWrapper() {
+    // Check out root.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $root = $helper->getPath('');
+    $this->assertTrue(is_array($root), "The root is an array");
+    $this->assertTrue(empty($root), "The root is empty.");
+
+    // Add a top level file.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $helper->setPath('drupal.txt', "Stuff");
+    $text = $helper->getPath('drupal.txt');
+    $this->assertEquals($text, "Stuff", "File at base of hierarchy can be read.");
+
+    // Add a "directory".
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $dir = [
+      'file.txt' => 'More stuff',
+    ];
+    $helper->setPath('directory1', $dir);
+    $fetched_dir = $helper->getPath('directory1');
+    $this->assertEquals($fetched_dir['file.txt'], "More stuff", "File inside of directory can be read.");
+
+    // Check file existance.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $this->assertTrue($helper->checkPath('drupal.txt'), "File at root still exists.");
+    $this->assertFalse($helper->checkPath('file.txt'), "Non-existant file at root does not exist.");
+    $this->assertTrue($helper->checkPath('directory1'), "Directory at root still exists.");
+    $this->assertTrue($helper->checkPath('directory1/file.txt'), "File in directory at root still exists.");
+
+    // Two deep.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $helper->setPath('directory1/directory2', []);
+    $helper->setPath('directory1/directory2/junk.txt', "Store some junk");
+    $text = $helper->getPath('directory1/directory2/junk.txt');
+    $this->assertEquals($text, "Store some junk", "File inside of nested directory can be read.");
+
+    // Clear references.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $before = $helper->checkPath('directory1/directory2/junk.txt');
+    $this->assertTrue($before, "File 2 deep exists.");
+    $helper->clearPath('directory1/directory2/junk.txt');
+    $after = $helper->checkPath('directory1/directory2/junk.txt');
+    $this->assertFalse($after, "File 2 deep should be gone.");
+
+    // Clean up test.
+    $helper = new SessionWrapper($this->requestStack);
+    $store = $helper->getPath('');
+    $this->assertNotEmpty($store, "Before cleanup store is not empty.");
+    $helper->cleanUpStore();
+    $store = $helper->getPath('');
+    $this->assertEmpty($store, "After cleanup store is empty.");
+
+  }
+
+}