diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathContainer.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathContainer.java
index 795ef4434f2..c6d00dc4ebb 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathContainer.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/http/server/reactive/PathContainer.java
@@ -60,7 +60,19 @@ public interface PathContainer {
 	 * @return the sub-path
 	 */
 	static PathContainer subPath(PathContainer path, int index) {
-		return DefaultPathContainer.subPath(path, index, path.elements().size());
+		return subPath(path, index, path.elements().size());
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Extract a sub-path from the given start offset (inclusive) into the path
+	 * element list and to the end offset (exclusive).
+	 * @param path the path to extract from
+	 * @param startIndex the start element index (inclusive)
+	 * @param endIndex the end element index (exclusive)
+	 * @return the sub-path
+	 */
+	static PathContainer subPath(PathContainer path, int startIndex, int endIndex) {
+		return DefaultPathContainer.subPath(path, startIndex, endIndex);
 	}
 
 
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource.java
index 68db63fa709..11422041cc8 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/cors/reactive/UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource.java
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ package org.springframework.web.cors.reactive;
 import java.util.LinkedHashMap;
 import java.util.Map;
 
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.web.cors.CorsConfiguration;
 import org.springframework.web.server.ServerWebExchange;
@@ -66,10 +67,10 @@ public class UrlBasedCorsConfigurationSource implements CorsConfigurationSource
 
 	@Override
 	public CorsConfiguration getCorsConfiguration(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
-		String lookupPath = exchange.getRequest().getPath().pathWithinApplication().value();
+		PathContainer lookupPath = exchange.getRequest().getPath().pathWithinApplication();
 		return this.corsConfigurations.entrySet().stream()
 				.filter(entry -> entry.getKey().matches(lookupPath))
-				.map(entry -> entry.getValue())
+				.map(Map.Entry::getValue)
 				.findFirst()
 				.orElse(null);
 	}
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/ParsingPathMatcher.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/ParsingPathMatcher.java
index 0440b8c242d..f044888091f 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/ParsingPathMatcher.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/ParsingPathMatcher.java
@@ -73,7 +73,8 @@ public class ParsingPathMatcher implements PathMatcher {
 	@Override
 	public String extractPathWithinPattern(String pattern, String path) {
 		PathPattern pathPattern = getPathPattern(pattern);
-		return pathPattern.extractPathWithinPattern(path);
+		PathContainer pathContainer = PathContainer.parse(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		return pathPattern.extractPathWithinPattern(pathContainer).value();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
index a3babd99b6a..2a86dac8e82 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPattern.java
@@ -158,22 +158,6 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 	}
 
 
-	// TODO: remove String-variants
-
-	public boolean matches(String path) {
-		return matches(PathContainer.parse(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-	}
-
-	public PathMatchResult matchAndExtract(String path) {
-		return matchAndExtract(PathContainer.parse(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-	}
-
-	@Nullable
-	public PathRemainingMatchInfo getPathRemaining(String path) {
-		return getPathRemaining(PathContainer.parse(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8));
-	}
-
-
 	/**
 	 * @param pathContainer the candidate path container to attempt to match against this pattern
 	 * @return true if the path matches this pattern
@@ -262,13 +246,6 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 		}
 	}
 
-	// TODO: implement extractPathWithinPattern natively for PathContainer
-
-	public PathContainer extractPathWithinPattern(PathContainer path) {
-		String result = extractPathWithinPattern(path.value());
-		return PathContainer.parse(result, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
-	}
-
 	/**
 	 * Given a full path, determine the pattern-mapped part. <p>For example: <ul>
 	 * <li>'{@code /docs/cvs/commit.html}' and '{@code /docs/cvs/commit.html} -> ''</li>
@@ -283,7 +260,14 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 	 * @param path a path that matches this pattern
 	 * @return the subset of the path that is matched by pattern or "" if none of it is matched by pattern elements
 	 */
-	public String extractPathWithinPattern(String path) {
+	public PathContainer extractPathWithinPattern(PathContainer path) {
+		String result = extractPathWithinPattern(path.value());
+		return PathContainer.parse(result, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+	}
+
+	// TODO: implement extractPathWithinPattern natively for PathContainer
+
+	private String extractPathWithinPattern(String path) {
 		// assert this.matches(path)
 		PathElement elem = head;
 		int separatorCount = 0;
@@ -517,7 +501,7 @@ public class PathPattern implements Comparable<PathPattern> {
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * A holder for the result of a {@link PathPattern#getPathRemaining(String)} call. Holds
+	 * A holder for the result of a {@link PathPattern#getPathRemaining} call.Holds
 	 * information on the path left after the first part has successfully matched a pattern
 	 * and any variables bound in that first part that matched.
 	 */
diff --git a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPatternMatcherTests.java b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPatternMatcherTests.java
index 36e9d8a395e..c425bff60ba 100644
--- a/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPatternMatcherTests.java
+++ b/spring-web/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/util/pattern/PathPatternMatcherTests.java
@@ -36,8 +36,14 @@ import org.springframework.util.AntPathMatcher;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern.PathMatchResult;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern.PathRemainingMatchInfo;
 
-import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.*;
-import static org.junit.Assert.*;
+import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNotNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertNull;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertThat;
+import static org.junit.Assert.assertTrue;
+import static org.junit.Assert.fail;
 
 /**
  * Exercise matching of {@link PathPattern} objects.
@@ -1368,7 +1374,7 @@ public class PathPatternMatcherTests {
 	private void checkExtractPathWithinPattern(String pattern, String path, String expected) {
 		PathPatternParser ppp = new PathPatternParser();
 		PathPattern pp = ppp.parse(pattern);
-		String s = pp.extractPathWithinPattern(path);
+		String s = pp.extractPathWithinPattern(toPathContainer(path)).value();
 		assertEquals(expected, s);
 	}
 
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
index 2bb5e0ac31b..5bb605ec41e 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/PathResourceLookupFunction.java
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ import reactor.core.publisher.Mono;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.UrlResource;
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.util.ResourceUtils;
 import org.springframework.util.StringUtils;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern;
@@ -54,19 +55,18 @@ class PathResourceLookupFunction implements Function<ServerRequest, Mono<Resourc
 
 	@Override
 	public Mono<Resource> apply(ServerRequest request) {
-		String path = processPath(request.path());
+		PathContainer pathContainer = request.pathContainer();
+		if (!this.pattern.matches(pathContainer)) {
+			return Mono.empty();
+		}
+		pathContainer = this.pattern.extractPathWithinPattern(pathContainer);
+		String path = processPath(pathContainer.value());
 		if (path.contains("%")) {
 			path = StringUtils.uriDecode(path, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
 		}
 		if (!StringUtils.hasLength(path) || isInvalidPath(path)) {
 			return Mono.empty();
 		}
-		if (!this.pattern.matches(path)) {
-			return Mono.empty();
-		}
-		else {
-			path = this.pattern.extractPathWithinPattern(path);
-		}
 		try {
 			Resource resource = this.location.createRelative(path);
 			if (resource.exists() && resource.isReadable() && isResourceUnderLocation(resource)) {
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/RequestPredicates.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/RequestPredicates.java
index f16bc32a8c6..2dcbcd8e156 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/RequestPredicates.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/function/server/RequestPredicates.java
@@ -341,10 +341,11 @@ public abstract class RequestPredicates {
 
 		@Override
 		public boolean test(ServerRequest request) {
-			boolean match = this.pattern.matches(request.pathContainer());
+			PathContainer pathContainer = request.pathContainer();
+			boolean match = this.pattern.matches(pathContainer);
 			traceMatch("Pattern", this.pattern.getPatternString(), request.path(), match);
 			if (match) {
-				mergeTemplateVariables(request, this.pattern.matchAndExtract(request.path()).getUriVariables());
+				mergeTemplateVariables(request, this.pattern.matchAndExtract(pathContainer).getUriVariables());
 				return true;
 			}
 			else {
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistry.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistry.java
index 64e7b2a3f72..ab03bdcea08 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistry.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistry.java
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ public class PathPatternRegistry<T> {
 	 * patterns first, according to the given {@code lookupPath}.
 	 * @param lookupPath the URL lookup path to be matched against
 	 */
-	public SortedSet<PathMatchResult<T>> findMatches(String lookupPath) {
+	public SortedSet<PathMatchResult<T>> findMatches(PathContainer lookupPath) {
 		return this.patternsMap.entrySet().stream()
 				.filter(entry -> entry.getKey().matches(lookupPath))
 				.sorted(Comparator.comparing(Map.Entry::getKey))
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProvider.java b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProvider.java
index 2090af065af..3d7f66d37a7 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProvider.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/main/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProvider.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
@@ -30,6 +31,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.ApplicationContext;
 import org.springframework.context.ApplicationListener;
 import org.springframework.context.event.ContextRefreshedEvent;
 import org.springframework.core.annotation.AnnotationAwareOrderComparator;
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.ServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.lang.Nullable;
 import org.springframework.web.reactive.handler.PathMatchResult;
@@ -136,8 +138,9 @@ public class ResourceUrlProvider implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshed
 	}
 
 	/**
-	 * A variation on {@link #getForLookupPath(String)} that accepts a full request
-	 * URL path and returns the full request URL path to expose for public use.
+	 * A variation on {@link #getForLookupPath(PathContainer)} that accepts a
+	 * full request URL path and returns the full request URL path to expose
+	 * for public use.
 	 * @param exchange the current exchange
 	 * @param requestUrl the request URL path to resolve
 	 * @return the resolved public URL path, or empty if unresolved
@@ -146,22 +149,16 @@ public class ResourceUrlProvider implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshed
 		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			logger.trace("Getting resource URL for request URL \"" + requestUrl + "\"");
 		}
-		int prefixIndex = getLookupPathIndex(exchange);
-		int suffixIndex = getEndPathIndex(requestUrl);
-		String prefix = requestUrl.substring(0, prefixIndex);
-		String suffix = requestUrl.substring(suffixIndex);
-		String lookupPath = requestUrl.substring(prefixIndex, suffixIndex);
-		return getForLookupPath(lookupPath).map(resolvedPath -> prefix + resolvedPath + suffix);
-	}
-
-	private int getLookupPathIndex(ServerWebExchange exchange) {
 		ServerHttpRequest request = exchange.getRequest();
-		String requestPath = request.getURI().getPath();
-		String lookupPath = exchange.getRequest().getPath().pathWithinApplication().value();
-		return requestPath.indexOf(lookupPath);
+		int queryIndex = getQueryIndex(requestUrl);
+		String lookupPath = requestUrl.substring(0, queryIndex);
+		String query = requestUrl.substring(queryIndex);
+		PathContainer parsedLookupPath = PathContainer.parse(lookupPath, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		return getForLookupPath(parsedLookupPath).map(resolvedPath ->
+				request.getPath().contextPath().value() + resolvedPath + query);
 	}
 
-	private int getEndPathIndex(String lookupPath) {
+	private int getQueryIndex(String lookupPath) {
 		int suffixIndex = lookupPath.length();
 		int queryIndex = lookupPath.indexOf("?");
 		if (queryIndex > 0) {
@@ -186,35 +183,33 @@ public class ResourceUrlProvider implements ApplicationListener<ContextRefreshed
 	 * @param lookupPath the lookup path to check
 	 * @return the resolved public URL path, or empty if unresolved
 	 */
-	public final Mono<String> getForLookupPath(String lookupPath) {
+	public final Mono<String> getForLookupPath(PathContainer lookupPath) {
 		if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 			logger.trace("Getting resource URL for lookup path \"" + lookupPath + "\"");
 		}
 
-		Set<PathMatchResult<ResourceWebHandler>> matchResults = this.patternRegistry.findMatches(lookupPath);
-
-		if (matchResults.isEmpty()) {
-			return Mono.empty();
-		}
+		Set<PathMatchResult<ResourceWebHandler>> matches = this.patternRegistry.findMatches(lookupPath);
 
-		return Flux.fromIterable(matchResults)
-				.concatMap(result -> {
-					String pathWithinMapping = result.getPattern().extractPathWithinPattern(lookupPath);
-					String pathMapping = lookupPath.substring(0, lookupPath.indexOf(pathWithinMapping));
+		return Flux.fromIterable(matches).next()
+				.flatMap(result -> {
+					PathContainer path = result.getPattern().extractPathWithinPattern(lookupPath);
+					int endIndex = lookupPath.elements().size() - path.elements().size();
+					PathContainer mapping = PathContainer.subPath(lookupPath, 0, endIndex);
 					if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
-						logger.trace("Invoking ResourceResolverChain for URL pattern \"" + result.getPattern() + "\"");
+						logger.trace("Invoking ResourceResolverChain for URL pattern " +
+								"\"" + result.getPattern() + "\"");
 					}
 					ResourceWebHandler handler = result.getHandler();
-					ResourceResolverChain chain = new DefaultResourceResolverChain(handler.getResourceResolvers());
-					return chain.resolveUrlPath(pathWithinMapping, handler.getLocations())
+					List<ResourceResolver> resolvers = handler.getResourceResolvers();
+					ResourceResolverChain chain = new DefaultResourceResolverChain(resolvers);
+					return chain.resolveUrlPath(path.value(), handler.getLocations())
 							.map(resolvedPath -> {
 								if (logger.isTraceEnabled()) {
 									logger.trace("Resolved public resource URL path \"" + resolvedPath + "\"");
 								}
-								return pathMapping + resolvedPath;
+								return mapping.value() + resolvedPath;
 							});
-				})
-				.next();
+				});
 	}
 
 }
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistryTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistryTests.java
index 69de1467cd1..62a8b7cf31c 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistryTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/handler/PathPatternRegistryTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.handler;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.util.Collection;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Set;
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ import org.junit.Rule;
 import org.junit.Test;
 import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
 
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPattern;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PathPatternParser;
 import org.springframework.web.util.pattern.PatternParseException;
@@ -73,14 +75,17 @@ public class PathPatternRegistryTests {
 
 		this.registry.register("/fo?", new Object());
 		this.registry.register("/f?o", new Object());
-		Set<PathMatchResult<Object>> matches = this.registry.findMatches("/foo");
+
+		PathContainer path = PathContainer.parse("/foo", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		Set<PathMatchResult<Object>> matches = this.registry.findMatches(path);
 		assertThat(toPatterns(matches), contains(pattern("/f?o"), pattern("/fo?")));
 	}
 
 	@Test
 	public void findNoMatch() {
 		this.registry.register("/foo/{bar}", new Object());
-		assertThat(this.registry.findMatches("/other"), hasSize(0));
+		PathContainer path = PathContainer.parse("/other", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		assertThat(this.registry.findMatches(path), hasSize(0));
 	}
 
 	@Test
@@ -88,7 +93,8 @@ public class PathPatternRegistryTests {
 		this.registry.register("/foo/{*baz}", new Object());
 		this.registry.register("/foo/bar/baz", new Object());
 		this.registry.register("/foo/bar/{baz}", new Object());
-		Set<PathMatchResult<Object>> matches = this.registry.findMatches("/foo/bar/baz");
+		PathContainer path = PathContainer.parse("/foo/bar/baz", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		Set<PathMatchResult<Object>> matches = this.registry.findMatches(path);
 		assertThat(toPatterns(matches), contains(pattern("/foo/bar/baz"), pattern("/foo/bar/{baz}"),
 				pattern("/foo/{*baz}")));
 	}
diff --git a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProviderTests.java b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProviderTests.java
index a24895a8fe1..8ae39f7a237 100644
--- a/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProviderTests.java
+++ b/spring-webflux/src/test/java/org/springframework/web/reactive/resource/ResourceUrlProviderTests.java
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 package org.springframework.web.reactive.resource;
 
+import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;
 import java.time.Duration;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.HashMap;
@@ -32,6 +33,7 @@ import org.springframework.context.annotation.Bean;
 import org.springframework.context.annotation.Configuration;
 import org.springframework.core.io.ClassPathResource;
 import org.springframework.core.io.Resource;
+import org.springframework.http.server.reactive.PathContainer;
 import org.springframework.mock.http.server.reactive.test.MockServerHttpRequest;
 import org.springframework.mock.web.test.MockServletContext;
 import org.springframework.web.context.support.AnnotationConfigWebApplicationContext;
@@ -73,7 +75,8 @@ public class ResourceUrlProviderTests {
 
 	@Test
 	public void getStaticResourceUrl() {
-		String url = this.urlProvider.getForLookupPath("/resources/foo.css").block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+		PathContainer path = PathContainer.parse("/resources/foo.css", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String url = this.urlProvider.getForLookupPath(path).block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
 		assertEquals("/resources/foo.css", url);
 	}
 
@@ -102,7 +105,8 @@ public class ResourceUrlProviderTests {
 		resolvers.add(new PathResourceResolver());
 		this.handler.setResourceResolvers(resolvers);
 
-		String url = this.urlProvider.getForLookupPath("/resources/foo.css").block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+		PathContainer path = PathContainer.parse("/resources/foo.css", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String url = this.urlProvider.getForLookupPath(path).block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
 		assertEquals("/resources/foo-e36d2e05253c6c7085a91522ce43a0b4.css", url);
 	}
 
@@ -123,7 +127,8 @@ public class ResourceUrlProviderTests {
 		this.handlerMap.put("/resources/*.css", otherHandler);
 		this.urlProvider.setHandlerMap(this.handlerMap);
 
-		String url = this.urlProvider.getForLookupPath("/resources/foo.css").block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
+		PathContainer path = PathContainer.parse("/resources/foo.css", StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
+		String url = this.urlProvider.getForLookupPath(path).block(Duration.ofSeconds(5));
 		assertEquals("/resources/foo-e36d2e05253c6c7085a91522ce43a0b4.css", url);
 	}