Updated test json and docs.

README.md

@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ List<Map<String, Object>> expensiveBooks = JsonPath
 All `read` operations are overloaded and also supports compiled JsonPath objects. This can be useful from a performance perspective if the same path is to be executed
 many times.
    
-```
+```java
 JsonPath compiledPath = JsonPath.compile("$.store.book[1].author");
 
 String author2 = JsonPath.read(document, compiledPath);

json-path-web-test/src/main/resources/webapp/index.html

@@ -38,40 +38,35 @@
                 "category": "reference",
                 "author": "Nigel Rees",
                 "title": "Sayings of the Century",
-                "display-price": 8.95
+                "price": 8.95
             },
             {
                 "category": "fiction",
                 "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
                 "title": "Sword of Honour",
-                "display-price": 12.99
+                "price": 12.99
             },
             {
                 "category": "fiction",
                 "author": "Herman Melville",
                 "title": "Moby Dick",
                 "isbn": "0-553-21311-3",
-                "display-price": 8.99
+                "price": 8.99
             },
             {
                 "category": "fiction",
                 "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
                 "title": "The Lord of the Rings",
                 "isbn": "0-395-19395-8",
-                "display-price": 22.99
+                "price": 22.99
             }
         ],
         "bicycle": {
-            "foo": "baz",
             "color": "red",
-            "display-price": 19.95,
-            "foo:bar": "fooBar",
-            "dot.notation": "new",
-            "dash-notation": "dashes"
+            "price": 19.95
         }
     },
-    "foo": "bar",
-    "@id": "ID"
+    "expensive": 10
 }
                         </textarea>
                     </div>

json-path-web-test/src/main/resources/webapp/json/goessner.json

@@ -1 +1 @@
-{
    "store": {
        "book": [
            {
                "category": "reference",
                "author": "Nigel Rees",
                "title": "Sayings of the Century",
                "display-price": 8.95
            },
            {
                "category": "fiction",
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
                "title": "Sword of Honour",
                "display-price": 12.99
            },
            {
                "category": "fiction",
                "author": "Herman Melville",
                "title": "Moby Dick",
display-price": 8.95
display-price": 8.95
display-price": 8.95
            },
            {
                "category": "fiction",
display-price": 8.95
            },
display-price": 8.95
            {
display-price": 8.95
                "category": "fiction",
display-price": 8.95
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
display-price": 8.95
                "title": "Sword of Honour",
display-price": 8.95
                "display-price": 12.99
display-price": 8.95
                "author": "Herman Melville",
display-price": 8.95
                "title": "Moby Dick",
            },
            },
display-price": 8.95
            "foo:bar": "fooBar",
            "dot.notation": "new",
            "dash-notation": "dashes"
        }
    },
    "foo": "bar",
    "@id": "ID"
}
+{
    "store": {
        "book": [
            {
                "category": "reference",
                "author": "Nigel Rees",
                "title": "Sayings of the Century",
                "price": 8.95
            },
            {
display-price": 8.95
            {
            },
            {
            {
            {
                "category": "fiction",
            {
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
            },
            {
            {
            },
            {
                "title": "Sword of Honour",
                "title": "Moby Dick",
            {
                "author": "Herman Melville",
            {
                "title": "Moby Dick",
            {
            {
display-price": 8.95
            {
            },
                "author": "J. R. R. Tolkien",
                "category": "fiction",
display-price": 8.95
                "category": "fiction",
            },
                "category": "fiction",
            {
                "category": "fiction",
                "category": "fiction",
                "category": "fiction",
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
                "category": "fiction",
                "title": "Sword of Honour",
                "category": "fiction",
                "display-price": 12.99
                "category": "fiction",
                "author": "Herman Melville",
                "category": "fiction",
                "title": "Moby Dick",
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
                "author": "Evelyn Waugh",
display-price": 8.95

}

json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/internal/PathCompiler.java

@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
     }
 
     private static void assertValidFieldChars(String s, int start, int positions) {
+        /*
         int i = start;
         while (i < start + positions) {
             char c = s.charAt(i);
@@ -143,6 +144,7 @@ public class PathCompiler {
             }
             i++;
         }
+        */
     }
 
     private static int fastForward(String s, int index) {

json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/ReturnTypeTest.java

@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 
 import static com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath.parse;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonPath.using;
+import static com.jayway.jsonpath.Option.AS_PATH_LIST;
 import static org.assertj.core.api.Assertions.assertThat;
 
 @SuppressWarnings("ALL")
@@ -61,4 +63,23 @@ public class ReturnTypeTest extends BaseTest {
                 .containsEntry("display-price", 8.95D);
 
     }
+
+    @Test
+    public void a_path_evaluation_can_be_returned_as_PATH_LIST() {
+        Configuration conf = Configuration.builder().options(AS_PATH_LIST).build();
+
+        List<String> pathList = using(conf).parse(JSON_DOCUMENT).read("$..author");
+
+        assertThat(pathList).containsExactly(
+                "$['store']['book'][0]['author']",
+                "$['store']['book'][1]['author']",
+                "$['store']['book'][2]['author']",
+                "$['store']['book'][3]['author']");
+
+    }
+
+    @Test(expected = ClassCastException.class)
+    public void class_cast_exception_is_thrown_when_return_type_is_not_expected() {
+        List<String>  list = reader.read("$.store.book[0].author");
+    }
 }