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+package noder
+
+import "bytes"
+
+// Path values represent a noder and its ancestors.  The root goes first
+// and the actual final noder the path is refering to will be the last.
+//
+// A path implements the Noder interface, redirecting all the interface
+// calls to its final noder.
+//
+// Paths build from an empty Noder slice are not valid paths and should
+// not be used.
+type Path []Noder
+
+// String returns the full path of the final noder as a string, using
+// "/" as the separator.
+func (p Path) String() string {
+	var buf bytes.Buffer
+	sep := ""
+	for _, e := range p {
+		_, _ = buf.WriteString(sep)
+		sep = "/"
+		_, _ = buf.WriteString(e.Name())
+	}
+
+	return buf.String()
+}
+
+// Last returns the final noder in the path.
+func (p Path) Last() Noder {
+	return p[len(p)-1]
+}
+
+// Hash returns the hash of the final noder of the path.
+func (p Path) Hash() []byte {
+	return p.Last().Hash()
+}
+
+// Name returns the name of the final noder of the path.
+func (p Path) Name() string {
+	return p.Last().Name()
+}
+
+// IsDir returns if the final noder of the path is a directory-like
+// noder.
+func (p Path) IsDir() bool {
+	return p.Last().IsDir()
+}
+
+// Children returns the children of the final noder in the path.
+func (p Path) Children() ([]Noder, error) {
+	return p.Last().Children()
+}
+
+// NumChildren returns the number of children the final noder of the
+// path has.
+func (p Path) NumChildren() (int, error) {
+	return p.Last().NumChildren()
+}