Allow for single-pass matching in PathPattern [SPR-15419]

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Arjen Poutsma opened SPR-15419 and commented

Currently, both PathPattern.matches(String) and PathPattern.getPathRemaining(String) require an additional parsing pass to extract URI template variables (with matchAndExtract(String)). Moreover, dealing with a partial "prefix" match, like the ones matched by getPathRemaining, results in an IllegalStateException

This should be fixed by making these methods return an "info" object, containing a boolean flag indicating whether the given path matched, and the template variables, as well as the remaining path (in case of getPathRemaining

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Issue Links:

• Spring WebFlux using Kotlin with RouterDsl nested mappings not matching [SPR-15310] #19873 Spring WebFlux using Kotlin with RouterDsl nested mappings not matching ("is depended on by")
• Add PathPattern method that gives remaining path given a match [SPR-15336] #19899 Add PathPattern method that gives remaining path given a match