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19 package org.apache.maven.model.path;
20
21 /**
22 * Simplifies URLs by removing parent directory references ("/../") and collapsing path segments.
23 * This performs purely string-based normalization without full URL parsing or validation.
24 *
25 * <p>The normalization process iteratively removes "/../" segments by eliminating the preceding path segment,
26 * effectively resolving relative path traversals.
27 *
28 * <p>This does not guarantee that the resulting URL is valid or reachable; it simply
29 * produces a more canonical representation of the input string.
30 *
31 * @author Benjamin Bentmann
32 */
33 public interface UrlNormalizer {
34
35 /**
36 * Normalizes the specified URL.
37 *
38 * @param url The URL to normalize, may be {@code null}.
39 * @return The normalized URL or {@code null} if the input was {@code null}.
40 */
41 String normalize(String url);
42 }