Express JS next('route')

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I just learned that this is the way to try another route. Say for example you have a scenario where you have 3 'get' routes

app.get(/:customparam1, custom1);
app.get(/:customparam2, custom2);
app.get(/:customparam3, custom3);

And we have for each method something like:

custom# = function(req, res, next) {
  req.collections.findOne({req.params}, function(err, coll) {
    // do stuff here 
  })
}

My question is, does express try the routes in the order they are listed? If that is the case then, would I be correct in saying we want to write next('route') in custom1 and and custom2 route methods but not in custom3 since that would be the final route that is checked?

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user3619165

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Express JS next('route')