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package jakarta.ws.rs.core;

/**
 * Represents a URI path segment and any associated matrix parameters. When an instance of this type is injected with
 * {@link jakarta.ws.rs.PathParam}, the value of the annotation identifies which path segment is selected and the presence
 * of an {@link jakarta.ws.rs.Encoded} annotation will result in an instance that supplies the path and matrix parameter
 * values in URI encoded form.
 *
 * @author Paul Sandoz
 * @author Marc Hadley
 * @see UriInfo#getPathSegments
 * @see jakarta.ws.rs.PathParam
 * @since 1.0
 */
public interface PathSegment {

    /**
     * Get the path segment.
     * 
     *
     * @return the path segment
     */
    String getPath();

    /**
     * Get a map of the matrix parameters associated with the path segment. The map keys are the names of the matrix
     * parameters with any percent-escaped octets decoded.
     *
     * @return the map of matrix parameters
     * @see Matrix URIs
     */
    MultivaluedMap getMatrixParameters();
}