def normalize_path_middleware(
        *, append_slash: bool=True, remove_slash: bool=False,
        merge_slashes: bool=True,
        redirect_class: Type[HTTPMove]=HTTPMovedPermanently) -> _Middleware:
    """
    Middleware factory which produces a middleware that normalizes
    the path of a request. By normalizing it means:

        - Add or remove a trailing slash to the path.
        - Double slashes are replaced by one.

    The middleware returns as soon as it finds a path that resolves
    correctly. The order if both merge and append/remove are enabled is
        1) merge slashes
        2) append/remove slash
        3) both merge slashes and append/remove slash.
    If the path resolves with at least one of those conditions, it will
    redirect to the new path.

    Only one of `append_slash` and `remove_slash` can be enabled. If both
    are `True` the factory will raise an assertion error

    If `append_slash` is `True` the middleware will append a slash when
    needed. If a resource is defined with trailing slash and the request
    comes without it, it will append it automatically.

    If `remove_slash` is `True`, `append_slash` must be `False`. When enabled
    the middleware will remove trailing slashes and redirect if the resource
    is defined

    If merge_slashes is True, merge multiple consecutive slashes in the
    path into one.
    """

    correct_configuration = not (append_slash and remove_slash)
    assert correct_configuration, "Cannot both remove and append slash"

    @middleware
    async def impl(request: Request, handler: _Handler) -> StreamResponse:
        if isinstance(request.match_info.route, SystemRoute):
            paths_to_check = []
            if '?' in request.raw_path:
                path, query = request.raw_path.split('?', 1)
                query = '?' + query
            else:
                query = ''
                path = request.raw_path

            if merge_slashes:
                paths_to_check.append(re.sub('//+', '/', path))
            if append_slash and not request.path.endswith('/'):
                paths_to_check.append(path + '/')
            if remove_slash and request.path.endswith('/'):
                paths_to_check.append(path[:-1])
            if merge_slashes and append_slash:
                paths_to_check.append(
                    re.sub('//+', '/', path + '/'))
            if merge_slashes and remove_slash and path.endswith('/'):
                merged_slashes = re.sub('//+', '/', path)
                paths_to_check.append(merged_slashes[:-1])

            for path in paths_to_check:
                resolves, request = await _check_request_resolves(
                    request, path)
                if resolves:
                    raise redirect_class(request.raw_path + query)

        return await handler(request)

    return impl