alluxio-master-2.x/core/common/src/main/java/alluxio/conf/path/PathMatcher.java
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package alluxio.conf.path;

import alluxio.AlluxioURI;

import java.util.List;
import java.util.Optional;

/**
 * Matches a path against a set of path patterns.
 */
public interface PathMatcher {
  /**
   * @param path the path to be matched, must start with "/"
   * @return the list of matched path patterns sorted by descending match preferences
   */
  Optional<List<String>> match(AlluxioURI path);
}
