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package com.google.inject.servlet;

/**
 * A general interface for matching a URI against a URI pattern. Guice-servlet provides regex and
 * servlet-style pattern matching out of the box.
 *
 * @author dhanji@gmail.com (Dhanji R. Prasanna)
 */
interface UriPatternMatcher {
  /**
   * @param uri A "contextual" (i.e. relative) Request URI, *not* a complete one.
   * @return Returns true if the uri matches the pattern.
   */
  boolean matches(String uri);

  /**
   * @param pattern The Path that this service pattern can match against.
   * @return Returns a canonical servlet path from this pattern. For instance, if the pattern is
   *         {@code /home/*} then the path extracted will be {@code /home}. Each pattern matcher
   *         implementation must decide and publish what a canonical path represents.
   *
   *         NOTE(dhanji): This method returns null for the regex pattern matcher.
   */
  String extractPath(String pattern);
  
  /** Returns the type of pattern this is. */
  UriPatternType getPatternType();
}