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 6e14afec..056b927f 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPath.java
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 package com.jayway.jsonpath;
 
 
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.filter.FilterOutput;
-import com.jayway.jsonpath.filter.JsonPathFilterChain;
-import net.minidev.json.JSONArray;
-import net.minidev.json.JSONObject;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.reader.PathToken;
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.reader.PathTokenizer;
 import net.minidev.json.parser.JSONParser;
 import net.minidev.json.parser.ParseException;
 
 import java.io.IOException;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.logging.Logger;
+import java.util.regex.Pattern;
 
 /**
  * User: kalle stenflo
@@ -84,16 +85,18 @@ public class JsonPath {
 
     private static JSONParser JSON_PARSER = new JSONParser(JsonPath.mode);
 
-    private JsonPathFilterChain filters;
+    private static Pattern DEFINITE_PATH_PATTERN = Pattern.compile(".*(\\.\\.|\\*|\\[[\\\\/]|\\?|,|:\\s?\\]|\\[\\s?:|>|\\(|<|=|\\+).*");
 
-    public static void setMode(int mode){
-        if(mode != JsonPath.mode){
+    private PathTokenizer tokenizer;
+
+    public static void setMode(int mode) {
+        if (mode != JsonPath.mode) {
             JsonPath.mode = mode;
             JSON_PARSER = new JSONParser(JsonPath.mode);
         }
     }
 
-    public static int getMode(){
+    public static int getMode() {
         return mode;
     }
 
@@ -111,24 +114,71 @@ public class JsonPath {
 
             throw new InvalidPathException("Invalid path");
         }
-        this.filters = new JsonPathFilterChain(PathUtil.splitPath(jsonPath));
+        this.tokenizer = new PathTokenizer(jsonPath);
+        //this.filters = new JsonPathFilterChain(PathUtil.splitPath(jsonPath));
+    }
+
+    public String getPath() {
+        return this.tokenizer.getPath();
     }
 
     /**
-     * Applies this json path to the provided object
+     * 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')]
      *
-     * @param json a json Object
+     * @return true if path is definite (points to single item)
+     */
+    public boolean isPathDefinite() {
+        //return !getPath().replaceAll("\"[^\"\\\\\\n\r]*\"", "").matches(".*(\\.\\.|\\*|\\[[\\\\/]|\\?|,|:\\s?\\]|\\[\\s?:|>|\\(|<|=|\\+).*");
+
+        String preparedPath = getPath().replaceAll("\"[^\"\\\\\\n\r]*\"", "");
+
+        return !DEFINITE_PATH_PATTERN.matcher(preparedPath).matches();
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Applies this container path to the provided object
+     *
+     * @param container a container Object
      * @param <T>
      * @return list of objects matched by the given path
      */
-    public <T> T read(Object json) {
-        FilterOutput filterOutput = filters.filter(json);
+    public <T> T read(Object container) {
+
+        if(!(container instanceof Map) && !(container instanceof List) ){
+            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Invalid container object");
+        }
+
+        Object result = container;
+
+        for (PathToken pathToken : tokenizer) {
+            result = pathToken.filter(result);
+        }
+        return (T)result;
+        /*
+        FilterOutput filterOutput = filters.filter(container);
 
         if (filterOutput == null || filterOutput.getResult() == null) {
             return null;
         }
 
         return (T) filterOutput.getResult();
+        */
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/PathTokenizer.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/PathTokenizer.java
index e3f97c07..f386f96c 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/PathTokenizer.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/PathTokenizer.java
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ import java.util.List;
  */
 public class PathTokenizer implements Iterable<PathToken> {
 
+    private String path;
     private char[] pathChars;
     private int index = 0;
     private List<PathToken> pathTokens = new LinkedList<PathToken>();
@@ -23,13 +24,18 @@ public class PathTokenizer implements Iterable<PathToken> {
         if (!jsonPath.startsWith("$") && !jsonPath.startsWith("$[")) {
             jsonPath = "$." + jsonPath;
         }
-        pathChars = jsonPath.toCharArray();
+        this.path = jsonPath;
+        this.pathChars = path.toCharArray();
 
         for (String pathFragment : splitPath()) {
             pathTokens.add(new PathToken(pathFragment));
         }
     }
 
+    public String getPath() {
+        return path;
+    }
+
     public Iterator<PathToken> iterator() {
         return pathTokens.iterator();
     }
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayEvalFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayEvalFilter.java
index a6da0b48..781ad048 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayEvalFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayEvalFilter.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ public class ArrayEvalFilter extends Filter {
         ConditionStatement conditionStatement = createConditionStatement(trimmedCondition);
 
 
+
+
         for (Object item : src) {
             if (isMatch(item, conditionStatement)) {
                 result.add(item);
@@ -83,6 +85,10 @@ public class ArrayEvalFilter extends Filter {
             this.field = field;
             this.operator = operator;
             this.expected = expected;
+
+            if(this.expected.startsWith("'")){
+                this.expected = trim(this.expected, 1, 1);
+            }
         }
 
         public String getField() {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayIndexFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayIndexFilter.java
index a51beec5..3d3bb00d 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayIndexFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/ArrayIndexFilter.java
@@ -22,6 +22,13 @@ public class ArrayIndexFilter extends Filter {
 
         String trimmedCondition = trim(condition, 1, 1);
 
+        if(trimmedCondition.contains("@.length")){
+            trimmedCondition = trim(trimmedCondition, 1, 1);
+            trimmedCondition = trimmedCondition.replace("@.length", "");
+            trimmedCondition = trimmedCondition + ":";
+        }
+
+
         if (trimmedCondition.startsWith(":")) {
             trimmedCondition = trim(trimmedCondition, 1, 0);
             int get = Integer.parseInt(trimmedCondition);
@@ -34,6 +41,7 @@ public class ArrayIndexFilter extends Filter {
             trimmedCondition = trim(trimmedCondition, 1, 1);
             int get = Integer.parseInt(trimmedCondition);
             return src.get(src.size() - get);
+
         } else {
             String[] indexArr = trimmedCondition.split(",");
 
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FieldFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FieldFilter.java
index 79a9579c..de8f4d87 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FieldFilter.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FieldFilter.java
@@ -17,10 +17,20 @@ public class FieldFilter extends Filter {
     }
 
     public Object filter(Object obj) {
-        if(isList(obj)){
+        if (isList(obj)) {
             List<Object> result = new LinkedList<Object>();
-            for (Object item : toList(obj)) {
-                result.add(filter(item));
+            for (Object current : toList(obj)) {
+                if (isMap(current)) {
+                    Map<String, Object> map = toMap(current);
+                    if (map.containsKey(condition)) {
+                        Object o = map.get(condition);
+                        if (isList(o)) {
+                            result.addAll(toList(o));
+                        } else {
+                            result.add(map.get(condition));
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
             }
             return result;
         } else {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FilterFactory.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FilterFactory.java
index e6041ee8..45f6ebd7 100644
--- a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FilterFactory.java
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/FilterFactory.java
@@ -12,10 +12,14 @@ public class FilterFactory {
 
     public static Filter createFilter(String pathFragment) {
 
-        if ("$".equals(pathFragment) || "*".equals(pathFragment) || "[*]".equals(pathFragment)) {
+        if ("$".equals(pathFragment) || "[*]".equals(pathFragment)) {
 
             return new PassThrewFilter(pathFragment);
 
+        } else if ("*".equals(pathFragment)) {
+
+            return new WildcardFilter(pathFragment);
+
         } else if (pathFragment.contains("..")) {
 
             return new ScanFilter(pathFragment);
@@ -27,7 +31,7 @@ public class FilterFactory {
         } else if (pathFragment.contains("[")) {
 
             if (pathFragment.startsWith("[?")) {
-                if(!pathFragment.contains("=")){
+                if(!pathFragment.contains("=") && !pathFragment.contains("<") && !pathFragment.contains(">")){
                     //[?(@.isbn)]
                     return new HasFieldFilter(pathFragment);
                 } else {
diff --git a/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/WildcardFilter.java b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/WildcardFilter.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..447fee3d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/json-path/src/main/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/reader/filter/WildcardFilter.java
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+package com.jayway.jsonpath.reader.filter;
+
+import com.jayway.jsonpath.JsonUtil;
+import net.minidev.json.JSONArray;
+
+import java.util.LinkedList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+/**
+ * Created by IntelliJ IDEA.
+ * User: kallestenflo
+ * Date: 11/7/11
+ * Time: 1:59 PM
+ */
+public class WildcardFilter extends Filter {
+
+    public WildcardFilter(String condition) {
+        super(condition);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Object filter(Object obj) {
+        List<Object> result = new LinkedList<Object>();
+
+        if (isList(obj)) {
+            for (Object current : toList(obj)) {
+                for (Object value : toMap(current).values()) {
+                    result.add(value);
+                }
+            }
+        } else {
+            for (Object value : toMap(obj).values()) {
+                result.add(value);
+            }
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPathTest.java b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPathTest.java
index ec060170..3fb92602 100644
--- a/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPathTest.java
+++ b/json-path/src/test/java/com/jayway/jsonpath/JsonPathTest.java
@@ -196,10 +196,20 @@ public class JsonPathTest {
     @Test
     public void all_books_cheaper_than_10() throws Exception {
 
-        assertThat(JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$.store.book[?(@.price < 10)].title"), hasItems("Sayings of the Century", "Moby Dick"));
+        assertThat(JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$..book[?(@.price<10)].title"), hasItems("Sayings of the Century", "Moby Dick"));
 
     }
 
+        @Test
+    public void all_books() throws Exception {
+
+            //List<String> books = JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$..book");
+            Object books = JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$..book");
+
+            System.out.println("test");
+
+        }
+
     @Test
     public void dot_in_predicate_works() throws Exception {
 
@@ -217,7 +227,8 @@ public class JsonPathTest {
     @Test
     public void all_books_with_category_reference() throws Exception {
 
-        assertThat(JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$..book[?(@.category = 'reference')].title"), hasItems("Sayings of the Century"));
+        assertThat(JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$..book[?(@.category='reference')].title"), hasItems("Sayings of the Century"));
+        assertThat(JsonPath.<List<String>>read(DOCUMENT, "$.store.book[?(@.category='reference')].title"), hasItems("Sayings of the Century"));
 
     }
 
@@ -226,26 +237,12 @@ public class JsonPathTest {
         List<String> all = JsonPath.read(DOCUMENT, "$..*");
     }
 
-    @Test
+    @Test(expected = IndexOutOfBoundsException.class)
     public void access_index_out_of_bounds_does_not_throw_exception() throws Exception {
 
         Object res = JsonPath.read(DOCUMENT, "$.store.book[100].author");
 
-        assertNull(res);
-
-        res = JsonPath.read(DOCUMENT, "$.store.book[1, 200].author");
-
-
-        assertThat((List<String>) res, hasItems("Evelyn Waugh"));
-        //assertNull(();
-    }
-
-    /*
-    @Test(expected = InvalidPathException.class)
-    public void invalid_space_path_throws_exception() throws Exception {
-        JsonPath.read(DOCUMENT, "space is not good");
     }
-    */
 
     @Test(expected = InvalidPathException.class)
     public void invalid_new_path_throws_exception() throws Exception {