diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index bded9f2..e8dcb23 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -6,4 +6,7 @@ test:
 compile:
 	@./node_modules/.bin/coffee -o lib src
 
+link: test compile
+	npm link
+
 .PHONY: test
diff --git a/src/routers.coffee b/src/routers.coffee
index 6c0b666..4142c0c 100644
--- a/src/routers.coffee
+++ b/src/routers.coffee
@@ -2,46 +2,200 @@ path = require('path')
 url = require('url')
 
 
+escapeRegex = (s) -> s.replace(/[-/\\^$*+?.()|[\]{}]/g, '\\$&')
+
+class RegexExtractor
+  constructor: (@regex) ->
+
+  extract: (requestPath) ->
+    m = @regex.exec(requestPath)
+    if !m then return null
+    return m.slice(1)
+
+  test: (requestPath) -> @extract(requestPath) != null
+
+
+class RuleExtractor extends RegexExtractor
+  constructor: (@parsers) ->
+    @regexParts = ['^']
+    @params = []
+
+  pushStatic: (staticPart) ->
+    @regexParts.push(escapeRegex(staticPart))
+
+  pushParam: (dynamicPart) ->
+    @params.push(dynamicPart)
+    # Actual parsing/validation is done by the parser function,
+    # so a simple catch-all capture group is inserted
+    @regexParts.push('(.+)')
+
+  compile: ->
+    @regexParts.push('$')
+    @regex = new RegExp(@regexParts.join(''))
+    return @
+
+  extract: (requestPath) ->
+    m = @regex.exec(requestPath)
+    if !m then return null
+    params = @params
+    parsers = @parsers
+    extractedArgs = []
+    for i in [1...m.length]
+      param = params[i - 1]
+      value = parsers[param.parserName](m[i], param.parserOpts)
+      if value == null then return null
+      extractedArgs[i - 1] = extractedArgs[param.name] = value
+    return extractedArgs
+    
+
+# Class responsible for transforming user supplied rules into RuleExtractor
+# objects, which will be used to extract arguments from the request path.
 class Compiler
-  compile: (patternString) -> new RegExp("^#{patternString}/?$", 'i')
+  constructor: (parsers) ->
+    # Default parsers which take care of parsing/validating arguments.
+    @parsers =
+      int: (str, opts) ->
+        str = str.trim()
+        base = 10
+        if opts?.base
+          base = opts.base
+        rv = parseInt(str, base)
+        if !isFinite(rv) || rv.toString(base) != str
+          return null
+        if opts
+          if (isFinite(opts.min) && rv < min) ||
+          (isFinite(opts.max) && rv > max)
+            return null
+        return rv
+
+      float: (str, opts) ->
+        str = str.trim()
+        rv = parseFloat(str)
+        if !isFinite(rv) || rv.toString() != str
+          return null
+        if opts
+          if (isFinite(opts.min) && rv < min) ||
+          (isFinite(opts.max) && rv > max)
+            return null
+        return rv
+
+      # Doesn't accept slashes
+      str: (str, opts) ->
+        if str.indexOf('/') != -1
+          return null
+        if opts
+          if (isFinite(opts.len) && rv.length != opts.len) ||
+          (isFinite(opts.minlen) && rv.length < opts.minlen) ||
+          (isFinite(opts.maxlen) && rv.length > opts.maxlen)
+            return null
+        return str
+
+      path: (str) -> str
+    if parsers
+      for own k, v in parsers
+        @parsers[k] = v
+
+  # Regexes used to parse user-supplied rules with syntax similar to Flask
+  # (python web framework).
+  # Based on the regexes found at
+  # https://github.com/mitsuhiko/werkzeug/blob/master/werkzeug/routing.py
+  ruleRe:
+    ///
+    ([^<]+)                         # Static rule section
+    |                               # OR        
+    (?:<                            # Dynamic rule section:
+      (?:                             
+        ([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)    # Capture onverter name
+          (?:\((.+)\))?             # Capture parser options
+        :                           
+      )?                            # Parser/opts is optional           
+      ([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)      # Capture parameter name
+    >)                               
+    ///g
+
+  parserOptRe:
+    ///
+    ([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*)        # Capture option name
+    \s*=\s*                         # Delimiters
+    (?:
+      (true|false)                  # Capture boolean literal
+      |                             # OR
+      (\d+\.\d+|\d+\.|\d+)          # Capture numeric literal OR
+      |                             # OR
+      (\w+)                         # Capture string literal 
+    )\s*,?
+    ///g
+
+  parseOpts: (rawOpts) ->
+    rv = {}
+    while match = @parserOptRe.exec(rawArgs)
+      name = match[1]
+      if match[2] # boolean
+        rv[name] = Boolean(match[2])
+      else if match[3] # number
+        rv[name] = parseFloat(match[3])
+      else # string
+        rv[name] = match[4]
+    return rv
+
+  compile: (pattern) ->
+    if pattern instanceof RegExp
+      return new RegexExtractor(pattern)
+    extractor = new RuleExtractor(@parsers)
+    while match = @ruleRe.exec(pattern)
+      if match[1]
+        # Static section of rule which must be matched literally
+        extractor.pushStatic(match[1])
+      else
+        ruleParam = {}
+        if match[2]
+          # Parser name
+          ruleParam.parserName = match[2]
+          if match[3]
+            # Parser options
+            ruleParam.parserOptions = @parseOpts(match[3])
+        # Parameter name
+        ruleParam.name = match[4]
+        extractor.pushParam(ruleParam)
+    return extractor.compile()
 
 
 class Router
   constructor: (@compiler) ->
-    @methodRoutes =
+    @rules =
       GET: []
       POST: []
       PUT: []
       DELETE: []
     @compiled = false
 
-  # Route an incoming request to the appropriate handler chain
+  # Route an incoming request to the appropriate handlers based on matched
+  # rules.
   dispatch: (req, res, next) ->
     p = path.normalize(url.parse(req.url).pathname)
     req.path = p
-    @compile()
-    r = @methodRoutes
-    routeArray = r[req.method]
-    for route in routeArray
-      if match = route.pattern.exec(p)
-        req.params = match.slice(1)
-        handlerArray = route.handlers
+    @compileRules()
+    ruleArray = @rules[req.method]
+    for route in ruleArray
+      if extracted = route.extractor.extract(p)
+        req.params = extracted
+        handlerChain = route.handlers
         handle = (i) ->
-          if i is handlerArray.length - 1
+          if i == handlerChain.length - 1
             n = next
           else
             n = -> process.nextTick(-> handle(i + 1))
-          current = handlerArray[i]
+          current = handlerChain[i]
           current(req, res, n)
         handle(0)
         return
-    # If not routes were matched, check if the route is matched
-    # against another http method, if so issue the correct 304 response
-    allowed = []
-    for own method, routeArray of r
-      if method is req.method then continue
-      for route in routeArray
-        if route.pattern.test(p)
+    # If no rules were matched, check if the rule is registered
+    # with another http method. If it is, issue the correct 405 response
+    allowed = [] # Valid methods for this resource
+    for own method, ruleArray of @rules
+      if method == req.method then continue
+      for rule in ruleArray
+        if rule.extractor.test(p)
           allowed.push(method)
     if allowed.length
       res.writeHead(405, 'Allow': allowed.join(', '))
@@ -51,48 +205,44 @@ class Router
 
   # Register one of more handler functions to a single route.
   register: (methodName, pattern, handlers...) ->
-    routeArray = @methodRoutes[methodName]
-    # Only allow routes to be registered before compilation
+    ruleArray = @rules[methodName]
+    # Only allow rules to be registered before compilation
     if @compiled
-      throw new Error('Cannot register routes after first request')
-    if not (typeof pattern is 'string' or pattern instanceof RegExp)
-      throw new Error('Pattern must be string or regex')
-    # Id used to search for existing routes. That way multiple registrations
-    # to the same route will append the handler to the same array.
+      throw new Error('Cannot register rules after compilation')
+    if not (typeof pattern == 'string' || pattern instanceof RegExp)
+      throw new Error('Pattern must be rule string or regex')
+    # Id used to search for existing rules. That way multiple registrations
+    # to the same rule will append to the same handler array.
     id = pattern.toString()
     handlerArray = null
-    # Check if the route is already registered in this array.
-    for route in routeArray
-      if route.id is id
-        handlerArray = route.handlers
+    # Check if the rule is already registered in this array.
+    for rule in ruleArray
+      if rule.id == id
+        handlerArray = rule.handlers
         break
-    # If not registered, then create an entry for this route.
+    # If not registered, then create an entry for this rule.
     if not handlerArray
       handlerArray = []
-      routeArray.push
+      ruleArray.push
         id: id
         pattern: pattern
         handlers: handlerArray
     # Register the passed handlers to the handler array associated with
-    # this route.
+    # this rule.
     handlerArray.push(handlers...)
 
-  # Compiles each route to a regular expression
-  compile: ->
+  # Compiles all rules
+  compileRules: ->
     if @compiled then return
-    for own method, routeArray of @methodRoutes
-      for route in routeArray
-        if typeof route.pattern isnt 'string'
-          continue
-        patternString = route.pattern
-        if patternString[-1] is '/'
-          patternString = patternString.slice(0, patternString.length - 1)
-        route.pattern = @compiler.compile(patternString)
+    for own method, ruleArray of @rules
+      for rule in ruleArray
+        rule.extractor = @compiler.compile(rule.pattern)
     compiled = true
 
 
-module.exports = () ->
-  r = new Router(new Compiler())
+module.exports = (parsers) ->
+  if not compiler then compiler = new Compiler()
+  r = new Router(compiler)
 
   return {
     middleware: (req, res, next) -> r.dispatch(req, res, next)
@@ -100,4 +250,8 @@ module.exports = () ->
     post: (pattern, handlers...) -> r.register('POST', pattern, handlers...)
     put: (pattern, handlers...) -> r.register('PUT', pattern, handlers...)
     del: (pattern, handlers...) -> r.register('DELETE', pattern, handlers...)
+    all: (pattern, handlers...) ->
+      for method in ['GET', 'POST', 'PUT', 'DELETE']
+        r.register(method, pattern, handlers...)
+      return
   }