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Brian Clozel 8bb63081a8 Document PathPattern matching for single/multiple segments
This commit improves the reference document to better reflect the
different between `*` or `{name}` on one side, and `**` or `{*path}` on
the other.

The former patterns only consider a single path segment and its content,
while the latter variants consider zero or more path segments. This
explains why `/test/{*path}` can match `/test`.

Closes gh-35727
2025-11-05 14:58:58 +01:00

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|Pattern |Description |Example
| `spring`
| Literal pattern
| `+"/spring"+` matches `+"/spring"+`
| `+?+`
| Matches one character
| `+"/pages/t?st.html"+` matches `+"/pages/test.html"+` and `+"/pages/t3st.html"+`
| `+*+`
| Matches zero or more characters within a path segment
| `+"/resources/*.png"+` matches `+"/resources/file.png"+`
`+"/projects/*/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` but does not match `+"/projects/spring/boot/versions"+`.
`+"/projects/*"+` matches `+"/projects/spring"+` but does not match `+"/projects"+` as the path segment is not present.
| `+**+`
| Matches zero or more path segments
| `+"/resources/**"+` matches `+"/resources"+`, `+"/resources/file.png"+` and `+"/resources/images/file.png"+`
`+"/**/info"+` matches `+"/info"+`, `+"/spring/info"+` and `+"/spring/framework/info"+`
`+"/resources/**/file.png"+` is invalid as `+**+` is not allowed in the middle of the path.
`+"/**/{name}/resources"+` is invalid as only a literal pattern is allowed right after `+**+`.
`+"/**/project/{project}/resources"+` is allowed.
`+"/**/spring/**"+` is not allowed, as only a single `+**+`/`+{*path}+` instance is allowed per pattern.
| `+{name}+`
| Similar to `+*+`, but also captures the path segment as a variable named "name"
| `+"/projects/{project}/versions"+` matches `+"/projects/spring/versions"+` and captures `+project=spring+`
`+"/projects/{project}/versions"+` does not match `+"/projects/spring/framework/versions"+` as it captures a single path segment.
| `{name:[a-z]+}`
| Matches the regexp `"[a-z]+"` as a path variable named "name"
| `"/projects/{project:[a-z]+}/versions"` matches `"/projects/spring/versions"` but not `"/projects/spring1/versions"`
| `+{*path}+`
| Similar to `+**+`, but also captures the path segments as a variable named "path"
| `+"/resources/{*file}"+` matches `+"/resources/images/file.png"+` and captures `+file=/images/file.png+`
`+"{*path}/resources"+` matches `+"/spring/framework/resources"+` and captures `+path=/spring/framework+`
`+"/resources/{*path}/file.png"+` is invalid as `{*path}` is not allowed in the middle of the path.
`+"/{*path}/{name}/resources"+` is invalid as only a literal pattern is allowed right after `{*path}`.
`+"/{*path}/project/{project}/resources"+` is allowed.
`+"/{*path}/spring/**"+` is not allowed, as only a single `+**+`/`+{*path}+` instance is allowed per pattern.
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