# File lib/addressable/uri.rb, line 1812
    def query_values(options={})
      defaults = {:notation => :subscript}
      options = defaults.merge(options)
      if ![:flat, :dot, :subscript].include?(options[:notation])
        raise ArgumentError,
          "Invalid notation. Must be one of: [:flat, :dot, :subscript]."
      end
      return nil if self.query == nil
      return (self.query.split("&").map do |pair|
        pair.split("=")
      end).inject({}) do |accumulator, pair|
        key, value = pair
        value = true if value.nil?
        key = self.class.unencode_component(key)
        if value != true
          value = self.class.unencode_component(value).gsub(/\+/, " ")
        end
        if options[:notation] == :flat
          if accumulator[key]
            raise ArgumentError, "Key was repeated: #{key.inspect}"
          end
          accumulator[key] = value
        else
          if options[:notation] == :dot
            array_value = false
            subkeys = key.split(".")
          elsif options[:notation] == :subscript
            array_value = !!(key =~ /\[\]$/)
            subkeys = key.split(/[\[\]]+/)
          end
          current_hash = accumulator
          for i in 0...(subkeys.size - 1)
            subkey = subkeys[i]
            current_hash[subkey] = {} unless current_hash[subkey]
            current_hash = current_hash[subkey]
          end
          if array_value
            current_hash[subkeys.last] = [] unless current_hash[subkeys.last]
            current_hash[subkeys.last] << value
          else
            current_hash[subkeys.last] = value
          end
        end
        accumulator
      end
    end