made it so .FindAndLoad() can load to a *[]string too.

pattern_load.go

@@ -14,7 +14,13 @@ var (
 )
 
 
-func (pattern *Pattern) FindAndLoad(path string, strct interface{}) (bool, error) {
+// FindAndLoad compares ‘path’ against its (compiled) pattern template; if it matches
+// it loads the matches into ‘dest’, and then returns true.
+//
+// ‘dest’ can be a pointer struct, or a pointer to a []string.
+//
+// Find may set some, or all of the items or fields in ‘dest’ even if it returns false, and even if it returns an error.
+func (pattern *Pattern) FindAndLoad(path string, dest interface{}) (bool, error) {
 	if nil == pattern {
 		return false, errNilReceiver
 	}
@@ -39,12 +45,56 @@ func (pattern *Pattern) FindAndLoad(path string, strct interface{}) (bool, error
 		return false, nil
 	}
 
-	reflectedValue := reflect.ValueOf(strct)
+	reflectedValue := reflect.ValueOf(dest)
 	if reflect.Ptr != reflectedValue.Kind() {
+//@TODO: change error
 		return doesNotMatter, errExpectedAPointerToAStruct
 	}
 
 	reflectedValueElem := reflectedValue.Elem()
+	switch reflectedValueElem.Kind() {
+	case reflect.Slice:
+		var a []string = make([]string, len(args))
+		for i, arg := range args {
+			a[i] = *(arg.(*string))
+		}
+
+		return loadSlice(dest, a...)
+	case reflect.Struct:
+		return pattern.loadStruct(reflectedValueElem, args)
+	default:
+//@TODO: change error
+		return doesNotMatter, errExpectedAPointerToAStruct
+	}
+}
+
+func loadSlice(dest interface{}, matches ...string) (bool, error) {
+	if nil == dest {
+		return false, errNilTarget
+	}
+
+	target, casted := dest.(*[]string)
+	if !casted {
+//@TODO: CHANGE ERROR! ============================
+		return false, errExpectedAPointerToAStruct
+	}
+	if nil == target {
+		return false, errNilTarget
+	}
+
+	*target = (*target)[:0]
+	for _, match := range matches {
+		*target = append(*target, match)
+	}
+
+	return true, nil
+}
+
+func (pattern *Pattern) loadStruct(reflectedValueElem reflect.Value, args []interface{}) (bool, error) {
+	if nil == pattern {
+		return false, errNilReceiver
+	}
+
 	if reflect.Struct != reflectedValueElem.Kind() {
 		return doesNotMatter, errExpectedAPointerToAStruct
 	}

pattern_load_test.go

@@ -4,11 +4,13 @@ package pathmatch
 import (
 	"github.com/fatih/structs"
 
+	"reflect"
+
 	"testing"
 )
 
 
-func TestFindAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
+func TestFindAndLoadStrucs(t *testing.T) {
 
 	tests := []struct{
 		Pattern            *Pattern
@@ -166,3 +168,73 @@ func TestFindAndLoad(t *testing.T) {
 		}
 	}
 }
+
+func TestFindAndLoadStrings(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tests := []struct{
+		Pattern   *Pattern
+		Path       string
+		Expected []string
+	}{
+		{
+			Pattern: MustCompile("/user/{sessionKey}"),
+			Path:                "/user/76M6.mXQfgiGSC_YJ5uXSnWUmELbe8OgOm5n.iZ98Ij",
+			Expected:         []string{"76M6.mXQfgiGSC_YJ5uXSnWUmELbe8OgOm5n.iZ98Ij"},
+		},
+
+
+
+		{
+			Pattern: MustCompile("/user/{sessionKey}/vehicle/{vehicleIdcode}/"),
+			Path:                "/user/76M6.mXQfgiGSC_YJ5uXSnWUmELbe8OgOm5n.iZ98Ij/vehicle/DEFAULT/",
+			Expected: []string{
+			                           "76M6.mXQfgiGSC_YJ5uXSnWUmELbe8OgOm5n.iZ98Ij",
+			                                                                               "DEFAULT",
+			},
+		},
+
+
+
+		{
+			Pattern: MustCompile("/{this}/{that}/{these}/{those}"),
+			Path:                "/apple/banana/cherry/grape",
+			Expected: []string{
+			                      "apple",
+			                            "banana",
+			                                   "cherry",
+			                                          "grape",
+			},
+		},
+	}
+
+	for testNumber, test := range tests {
+
+		var actual []string
+
+		matched, err := test.Pattern.FindAndLoad(test.Path, &actual)
+		if nil != err {
+			t.Errorf("For test #%d, did not expect an error, but actually got one: (%T) %q", testNumber, err, err)
+			t.Logf("\tPATTERN: %q", test.Pattern)
+			t.Logf("\tPATH:    %q", test.Path)
+			continue
+		}
+		if !matched {
+			t.Errorf("For test #%d, expected a match, but it didn't.", testNumber)
+			t.Logf("\tPATTERN: %q", test.Pattern)
+			t.Logf("\tPATH:    %q", test.Path)
+			t.Log("\t--")
+			t.Logf("\tMATCHED: %t", matched)
+			continue
+		}
+
+		if expected := test.Expected; !reflect.DeepEqual(expected, actual) {
+			t.Errorf("For test #%d, did not get what was expected.", testNumber)
+			t.Logf("\tPATTERN: %q", test.Pattern)
+			t.Logf("\tPATH:    %q", test.Path)
+			t.Log("\t--")
+			t.Logf("\tEXPECTED: %#v", expected)
+			t.Logf("\tACTUAL:   %#v", actual)
+			continue
+		}
+	}
+}