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package org.springframework.web.servlet.resource;

import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;

A strategy for extracting and embedding a resource version in its URL path.
Author:
Brian Clozel, Rossen Stoyanchev
Since:
4.1/**
 * A strategy for extracting and embedding a resource version in its URL path.
 *
 * @author Brian Clozel
 * @author Rossen Stoyanchev
 * @since 4.1
*/
public interface VersionPathStrategy {

	
Extract the resource version from the request path.
Params:
requestPath – the request path to check
Returns:
the version string or null if none was found/**
	 * Extract the resource version from the request path.
	 * @param requestPath the request path to check
	 * @return the version string or {@code null} if none was found
	 */
	@Nullable
	String extractVersion(String requestPath);

	
Remove the version from the request path. It is assumed that the given version was extracted via extractVersion(String). 
Params:
requestPath – the request path of the resource being resolved
version – the version obtained from extractVersion(String)
Returns:
the request path with the version removed/**
	 * Remove the version from the request path. It is assumed that the given
	 * version was extracted via {@link #extractVersion(String)}.
	 * @param requestPath the request path of the resource being resolved
	 * @param version the version obtained from {@link #extractVersion(String)}
	 * @return the request path with the version removed
	 */
	String removeVersion(String requestPath, String version);

	
Add a version to the given request path.
Params:
requestPath – the requestPath
version – the version
Returns:
the requestPath updated with a version string/**
	 * Add a version to the given request path.
	 * @param requestPath the requestPath
	 * @param version the version
	 * @return the requestPath updated with a version string
	 */
	String addVersion(String requestPath, String version);

}