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diff --git a/common/object/src/path.rs b/common/object/src/path.rs
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+/*
+    This file is part of jellything (https://codeberg.org/metamuffin/jellything)
+    which is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License (version 3); see /COPYING.
+    Copyright (C) 2026 metamuffin <metamuffin.org>
+*/
+
+use crate::{Object, Tag, TypedTag};
+use std::marker::PhantomData;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, PartialOrd, Ord)]
+pub struct Path(pub Vec<Tag>);
+
+impl Path {
+    pub fn get_matching_value<'a>(&self, ob: Object<'a>) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
+        fn recurse<'a>(ob: Object<'a>, path: &[Tag]) -> Option<&'a [u8]> {
+            if path.len() > 1 {
+                recurse(ob.get(TypedTag(path[0], PhantomData))?, path)
+            } else {
+                ob.get(TypedTag(path[0], PhantomData))
+            }
+        }
+        recurse(ob, &self.0)
+    }
+    pub fn get_matching_values<'a>(&self, ob: Object<'a>) -> Vec<&'a [u8]> {
+        fn recurse<'a>(ob: Object<'a>, out: &mut Vec<&'a [u8]>, path: &[Tag]) {
+            if path.len() > 1 {
+                for nested in ob.iter(TypedTag(path[0], PhantomData::<Object>)) {
+                    recurse(nested, out, &path[1..]);
+                }
+            } else {
+                out.extend(ob.iter(TypedTag(path[0], PhantomData::<&[u8]>)));
+            }
+        }
+        let mut out = Vec::new();
+        recurse(ob, &mut out, &self.0);
+        out
+    }
+}