diff --git a/json-path-web-test/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/web/bench/Bench.java b/json-path-web-test/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/web/bench/Bench.java
index e1de1dad..d3912d33 100644
--- a/json-path-web-test/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/web/bench/Bench.java
+++ b/json-path-web-test/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/web/bench/Bench.java
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.web.bench;
 
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json.JacksonProvider;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonProviderFactory;
 import io.gatling.jsonpath.JsonPath$;
@@ -32,14 +34,23 @@ public class Bench {
         String error = null;
         long time;
         Object res = null;
-        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
 
+        //Configuration configuration = Configuration.defaultConfiguration();
+        Configuration configuration = Configuration.defaultConfiguration().options(Option.ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST);
+        if(!value){
+            configuration = configuration.options(Option.AS_PATH_LIST);
+        }
+
+        long now = System.currentTimeMillis();
         try {
+
+            res = JsonPath.using(configuration).parse(json).read(path);
+            /*
             if(value) {
                 res = JsonPath.parse(json).read(path);
             } else {
                 res = JsonPath.parse(json).readPathList(path);
-            }
+            }*/
 
         } catch (Exception e){
             error = getError(e);
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Configuration.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Configuration.java
index 1bfd945c..7fb70bc9 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Configuration.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Configuration.java
@@ -26,7 +26,6 @@ import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils.notNull;
 
 public class Configuration {
 
-
     private final JsonProvider provider;
     private final Set<Option> options;
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidCriteriaException.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidCriteriaException.java
index 97ef346d..f40627ab 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidCriteriaException.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidCriteriaException.java
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public class InvalidCriteriaException extends RuntimeException {
     public InvalidCriteriaException() {
     }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java
index c70d6fe5..e77aa82c 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidJsonException.java
@@ -14,9 +14,7 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
+
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class InvalidJsonException extends RuntimeException {
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidModelException.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidModelException.java
index e2bad4d3..de56f500 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidModelException.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidModelException.java
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class InvalidModelException extends RuntimeException {
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidPathException.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidPathException.java
index 22f87fc5..9076b9fc 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidPathException.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/InvalidPathException.java
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 @SuppressWarnings("serial")
 public class InvalidPathException extends RuntimeException {
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
index 3782ee7d..3366120c 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.List;
-import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils.*;
 
@@ -91,13 +89,9 @@ import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils.*;
  * <code>
  * String author = JsonPath.read(json, "$.store.book[1].author")
  * </code>
- *
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
  */
 public class JsonPath {
 
-    private static final Pattern DEFINITE_PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*(\\.\\.|\\*|\\[[\\\\/]|\\?|,|:\\s?]|\\[\\s?:|>|\\(|<|=|\\+).*");
-
     private final Path path;
 
     private JsonPath(String jsonPath, Filter[] filters) {
@@ -115,28 +109,10 @@ public class JsonPath {
     }
 
     /**
-     * Checks if a path points to a single item or if it potentially returns multiple items
-     * <p/>
-     * a path is considered <strong>not</strong> definite if it contains a scan fragment ".."
-     * or an array position fragment that is not based on a single index
-     * <p/>
-     * <p/>
-     * definite path examples are:
-     * <p/>
-     * $store.book
-     * $store.book[1].title
-     * <p/>
-     * not definite path examples are:
-     * <p/>
-     * $..book
-     * $.store.book[1,2]
-     * $.store.book[?(@.category = 'fiction')]
-     *
-     * @return true if path is definite (points to single item)
+     * @see JsonPath#isDefinite()
      */
     public static boolean isPathDefinite(String path) {
-        String preparedPath = path.replaceAll("\"[^\"\\\\\\n\r]*\"", "");
-        return !DEFINITE_PATH_PATTERN.matcher(preparedPath).matches();
+        return compile(path).isDefinite();
     }
 
 
@@ -155,12 +131,13 @@ public class JsonPath {
      * not definite path examples are:
      * <p/>
      * $..book
+     * $.store.book[*]
      * $.store.book[1,2]
      * $.store.book[?(@.category = 'fiction')]
      *
      * @return true if path is definite (points to single item)
      */
-    public boolean isPathDefinite() {
+    public boolean isDefinite() {
         return path.isDefinite();
     }
 
@@ -189,33 +166,7 @@ public class JsonPath {
      * @return object(s) matched by the given path
      */
     public <T> T read(Object jsonObject, Configuration configuration) {
-
-        return path.evaluate(jsonObject, configuration).get();
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Applies this JsonPath to the provided json document.
-     * Note that the document must be identified as either a List or Map by
-     * the {@link JsonProvider}
-     *
-     * @param jsonObject a container Object
-     * @return list of definite path strings to object matched by path
-     */
-    public List<String> readPathList(Object jsonObject) {
-        return readPathList(jsonObject, Configuration.defaultConfiguration());
-    }
-
-    /**
-     * Applies this JsonPath to the provided json document.
-     * Note that the document must be identified as either a List or Map by
-     * the {@link JsonProvider}
-     *
-     * @param jsonObject    a container Object
-     * @param configuration configuration to use
-     * @return list of definite path strings to object matched by path
-     */
-    public List<String> readPathList(Object jsonObject, Configuration configuration) {
-        return path.evaluate(jsonObject, configuration).getPathList();
+        return (T)path.evaluate(jsonObject, configuration).getWithOptions();
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Option.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Option.java
index b27f3935..85d44356 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Option.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Option.java
@@ -15,8 +15,23 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
 public enum Option {
+
     /**
      * Throw {@link PathNotFoundException} when JsonPath tries to read a property that does not exists.
      */
-    THROW_ON_MISSING_PROPERTY
+    THROW_ON_MISSING_PROPERTY,
+
+    /**
+     * Makes this implementation more compliant to the Goessner spec. All results are returned as Lists.
+     *
+     */
+    ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST,
+
+    /**
+     * returns a list of path strings representing the path of the evaluation hits
+     *
+     */
+    AS_PATH_LIST
+
+
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ReadContext.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ReadContext.java
index 17dfc274..88eb8201 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ReadContext.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ReadContext.java
@@ -14,8 +14,6 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
-import java.util.List;
-
 public interface ReadContext {
 
     /**
@@ -44,21 +42,4 @@ public interface ReadContext {
      */
     <T> T read(JsonPath path);
 
-    /**
-     * Reads the given path list from this context
-     *
-     * @param path    a container Object
-     * @param filters filters
-     * @return list of definite path strings to object matched by path
-     */
-    List<String> readPathList(String path, Filter... filters);
-
-    /**
-     * Reads the given path list from this context
-     *
-     * @param path path to apply
-     * @return list of definite path strings to object matched by path
-     */
-    List<String> readPathList(JsonPath path);
-
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Transformer.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Transformer.java
deleted file mode 100644
index e22613b8..00000000
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/Transformer.java
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,30 +0,0 @@
-/*
- * Copyright 2011 the original author or authors.
- * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
- * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
- * You may obtain a copy of the License at
- *
- *       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
- *
- * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
- * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
- * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
- * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
- * limitations under the License.
- */
-package com.jayway.jsonpath;
-
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
-public interface Transformer<T> {
-
-    /**
-     * @param obj           object to transform
-     * @param configuration configuration to use
-     * @return the transformed object
-     */
-    public Object transform(T obj, Configuration configuration);
-
-
-}
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonReader.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonReader.java
index a6c9f452..5859acfb 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonReader.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/JsonReader.java
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ import java.io.FileInputStream;
 import java.io.IOException;
 import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.net.URL;
-import java.util.List;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils.notEmpty;
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.Utils.notNull;
@@ -99,15 +98,4 @@ public class JsonReader implements ParseContext, ReadContext {
         return path.read(json, configuration);
     }
 
-    @Override
-    public List<String> readPathList(String path, Filter... filters) {
-        notEmpty(path, "path can not be null or empty");
-        return readPathList(JsonPath.compile(path, filters));
-    }
-
-    @Override
-    public List<String> readPathList(JsonPath path) {
-        notNull(path, "path can not be null");
-        return path.readPathList(json, configuration);
-    }
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/CompiledPath.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/CompiledPath.java
index 7261d904..37d4bfcf 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/CompiledPath.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/CompiledPath.java
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ class CompiledPath implements Path {
             logger.debug("Evaluating path: {}", toString());
         }
 
-        EvaluationContextImpl ctx = new EvaluationContextImpl(configuration, isDefinite());
+        EvaluationContextImpl ctx = new EvaluationContextImpl(this, configuration);
         root.evaluate("", model, ctx);
 
         if(logger.isDebugEnabled()) {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/EvaluationContextImpl.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/EvaluationContextImpl.java
index f101086d..da143e61 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/EvaluationContextImpl.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/compiler/EvaluationContextImpl.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.compiler;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.Option;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.compiler.EvaluationContext;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.compiler.Path;
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json.JsonProvider;
 
 import java.util.ArrayList;
@@ -17,14 +18,15 @@ class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
     private final Configuration configuration;
     private final Object objectResult;
     private final List<String> pathResult;
-    private final boolean isDefinite;
+    private final Path path;
     private int resultIndex = 0;
 
-    EvaluationContextImpl(Configuration configuration, boolean isDefinite) {
+    EvaluationContextImpl(Path path, Configuration configuration) {
+        this.path = path;
         this.configuration = configuration;
         this.objectResult = configuration.getProvider().createArray();
         this.pathResult = new ArrayList<String>();
-        this.isDefinite = isDefinite;
+
     }
 
     void addResult(String path, Object model) {
@@ -49,15 +51,35 @@ class EvaluationContextImpl implements EvaluationContext {
 
     @Override
     public <T> T get() {
-        if (isDefinite) {
+        if (path.isDefinite()) {
             return (T) jsonProvider().getProperty(objectResult, 0);
         }
         return (T) objectResult;
     }
 
+    @Override
+    public Object getWithOptions() {
+        if(configuration.getOptions().contains(Option.AS_PATH_LIST)) {
+
+            Object array = configuration.getProvider().createArray();
+            int i = 0;
+            for (String p : pathResult) {
+                configuration.getProvider().setProperty(array, i, p);
+                i++;
+            }
+            return array;
+
+        } else if(configuration.getOptions().contains(Option.ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST)){
+
+            return objectResult;
+
+        } else {
+            return get();
+        }
+    }
+
     @Override
     public List<String> getPathList() {
         return pathResult;
     }
-
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
index 5a427f4f..22c17d76 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/AbstractJsonProvider.java
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public abstract class AbstractJsonProvider implements JsonProvider {
 
     @Override
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
index d01bef5a..4928e3f3 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JacksonProvider.java
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@ import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public class JacksonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
 
     private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(JacksonProvider.class);
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java
index 17156dce..1a354ec3 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/spi/json/JsonSmartJsonProvider.java
@@ -28,9 +28,6 @@ import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public class JsonSmartJsonProvider extends AbstractJsonProvider {
 
     private Mode mode;
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/compiler/EvaluationContext.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/compiler/EvaluationContext.java
index 1d2e3b17..f560b0b8 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/compiler/EvaluationContext.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/compiler/EvaluationContext.java
@@ -4,13 +4,38 @@ import com.jayway.jsonpath.Configuration;
 
 import java.util.List;
 
-/**
- *
- */
 public interface EvaluationContext {
+
+    /**
+     *
+     * @return the configuration used for this evaluation
+     */
     Configuration configuration();
 
+    /**
+     * This method does not adhere to configuration settings. It will return a single object (not wrapped in a List) even if the
+     * configuration contains the {@link com.jayway.jsonpath.Option#ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST}
+     *
+     * @param <T> expected return type
+     * @return evaluation result
+     */
     <T> T get();
 
+    /**
+     * This method does adhere to configuration settings like
+     *
+     * {@link com.jayway.jsonpath.Option#ALWAYS_RETURN_LIST}
+     * {@link com.jayway.jsonpath.Option#AS_PATH_LIST}
+     *
+     * @return evaluation result
+     */
+    Object getWithOptions();
+
+    /**
+     * Convenience method to get list of hits as String path representations
+     *
+     * @return list of path representations
+     */
     List<String> getPathList();
+
 }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java
index ae979346..51f08186 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProvider.java
@@ -20,9 +20,6 @@ import java.io.InputStream;
 import java.io.Reader;
 import java.util.Collection;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public interface JsonProvider {
 
     Mode getMode();
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProviderFactory.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProviderFactory.java
index 9e36ff40..5098269f 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProviderFactory.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/JsonProviderFactory.java
@@ -16,9 +16,6 @@ package com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json;
 
 import com.jayway.jsonpath.internal.spi.json.JsonSmartJsonProvider;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public abstract class JsonProviderFactory {
 
     private static JsonProvider provider = new JsonSmartJsonProvider();
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/Mode.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/Mode.java
index 2e00251b..fb6d472d 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/Mode.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/spi/json/Mode.java
@@ -14,9 +14,6 @@
  */
 package com.jayway.jsonpath.spi.json;
 
-/**
- * @author Kalle Stenflo
- */
 public enum Mode {
 
     SLACK(-1),