From 64422ea7ec1b60473c5438b26bac7e4b1ec8d77e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Charles Iliya Krempeaux <iamreiver@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2019 14:05:08 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] pathmatch.Pattern.String()

---
 example_pattern_string_test.go | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 pattern.go                     |  1 +
 pattern_string.go              |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 example_pattern_string_test.go
 create mode 100644 pattern_string.go

diff --git a/example_pattern_string_test.go b/example_pattern_string_test.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ced072
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example_pattern_string_test.go
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+package pathmatch_test
+
+import (
+	"github.com/reiver/go-pathmatch"
+
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func ExamplePatternString() {
+
+	var template = "/v1/users/{user_id}"
+
+	var pattern pathmatch.Pattern
+
+	err := pathmatch.CompileTo(&pattern, template)
+	if nil != err {
+		fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "ERROR: %s\n", err)
+		return
+	}
+
+	fmt.Printf("pattern: %s", pattern)
+
+	// Output:
+	// pattern: /v1/users/{user_id}
+}
diff --git a/pattern.go b/pattern.go
index 16b900f..41dda30 100644
--- a/pattern.go
+++ b/pattern.go
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ import (
 //	}
 type Pattern struct {
 	mutex sync.RWMutex
+	template            string
 	bits              []string
 	names             []string
 	namesSet map[string]struct{}
diff --git a/pattern_string.go b/pattern_string.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..df07139
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pattern_string.go
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+package pathmatch
+
+// String makes pathmatch.Pattern fit the fmt.Stringer interface.
+//
+// String returns the (pre-compiled) pattern template.
+func (receiver Pattern) String() string {
+	return receiver.template
+}