### Step 3: create a *path operation* { #step-3-create-a-path-operation }

#### Path { #path }

"Path" here refers to the last part of the URL starting from the first `/`.

So, in a URL like:

```
https://example.com/items/foo
```

...the path would be:

```
/items/foo
```

/// info

A "path" is also commonly called an "endpoint" or a "route".

    class XmlReaderRequestBuilder {
        Path path;
        Path rootDirectory;
        URL url;
        InputStream inputStream;
        Reader reader;
        Transformer transformer;
        boolean strict;
        String modelId;
        String location;
        boolean addDefaultEntities = true;

        public XmlReaderRequestBuilder path(Path path) {
            this.path = path;
            return this;
        }

from decimal import Decimal
from enum import Enum
from ipaddress import (
    IPv4Address,
    IPv4Interface,
    IPv4Network,
    IPv6Address,
    IPv6Interface,
    IPv6Network,
)
from pathlib import Path, PurePath
from re import Pattern
from types import GeneratorType
from typing import Annotated, Any, Callable, Optional, Union
from uuid import UUID

from annotated_doc import Doc

        MavenSession ms = new MavenSession(null, rss, mer, null);
        ms.getRequest().setRootDirectory(Paths.get("myRootDirectory"));
        DefaultSession session =
                new DefaultSession(ms, mock(RepositorySystem.class), Collections.emptyList(), null, null, null);

        assertEquals(Paths.get("myRootDirectory"), session.getRootDirectory());
    }

            }
        }
    }

    private String path(Artifact artifact) {
        StringBuilder path = new StringBuilder(128);

        path.append(artifact.getGroupId().replace('.', '/')).append('/');

        path.append(artifact.getArtifactId()).append('/');

        path.append(artifact.getBaseVersion()).append('/');

        path.append(artifact.getArtifactId()).append('-').append(artifact.getVersion());

 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.model.building;

import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.List;

import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertThrows;

@Deprecated

    }

    /**
     * Gets a path mapping by ID.
     *
     * @param id the path mapping ID
     * @return the path mapping
     */
    public OptionalEntity<PathMapping> getPathMapping(final String id) {
        return pathMappingBhv.selectByPK(id);
    }

    /**
     * Stores a path mapping.
     *
     * @param pathMapping the path mapping to store
     */

 * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
 * specific language governing permissions and limitations
 * under the License.
 */
package org.apache.maven.cling.invoker.mvnup;

import java.nio.file.Paths;

import org.apache.maven.cling.invoker.mvnup.goals.TestUtils;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.DisplayName;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;

import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;

/**

     *
     * @param path the path to normalize
     * @return normalized path
     */
    public static String normalizeSmbPath(String path) {
        validateSmbPath(path);

        // Normalize slashes
        path = path.replace('/', '\\');

        // Remove redundant slashes
        path = path.replaceAll("\\\\+", "\\\\");

        // Remove trailing slash unless it's root

        this.timestamp = timestamp;
    }

    @Override
    public String getType() {
        return MAVEN_METADATA_XML;
    }

    @Deprecated
    @Override
    public File getFile() {
        return path != null ? path.toFile() : null;
    }

    @Override
    public Path getPath() {
        return path;
    }

    @Override