Refactor path parsing - remove splats in favour of slash accepting path parameters

[rbygrave]

This follows the approach of Javalin 4.x

So normal path parameters are like {foo} and slash accepting path parameters are like <foo>. These can be used to replace splats and make the API more consistent and remove the concept of splats.

[tipsy]

Nice!

[rbygrave]

Yeah, the slash accepting parameters is a great idea - I love how it replaces splats, nice improvement !! The Jex implementation uses regex group matching to split out the segments (rather than the parse approach I see ParserState.kt). That approach made sense for Jex because it supports path parameters that have user defined regex restrictions like {id:[0-9]+} and {id:[0-9]{4}}.

Jex has that feature to match JAX-RS parameters. That idea wasn't accepted in Javalin javalin/javalin#303.

[tipsy]

I'm glad you like it, all credit goes to @Playacem :)