Can snippets/plugins make use of/intercept friendly urls?

<?php
/*
this should be the Resource id of the page containing your view Snippet
*/
$productResourceId = 21;

$requestURI = trim($_SERVER['REQUEST_URI'], '/');
$requestParts = explode('/', $requestURI, 2);
if (count($requestParts) == 2) {
    if ($requestParts[0] === 'store') {
        /* 
        this assumes you have a product table with an alias field for specifying the relative product URL as t-shirts/v-neck.html
        */
        $productId = $modx->db->getValue("SELECT `product_id` FROM `product` WHERE `alias` = '{$requestParts[1]}'");
        if (intval($productId)) {
            /*
            set the productId into the $_GET variable for your product view Snippet to use
            */
            $_GET['productId'] = $productId;
            /*
            now forward the request to your Resource containing the product view Snippet
            (forwarding does not change the requested URL like a redirect)
            */
            $modx->sendForward($productResourceId);
        }
    }
}

?>

Array
(
    [q] => store/Backpacks/Burton Bag.html
    [mode] => single
    [product] => Burton Bag
    [category] => Backpacks
)

Array
(
    [q] => store/Backpacks/Burton Bag.html
)

$getData = array(
	'mode' => 'single',
	'product' => str_replace($this->modx->config['friendly_url_suffix'], '', urldecode(array_pop($requestParts))),
	'category' => urldecode(array_pop($requestParts))
);
			

//set data
foreach($getData as $key => $value){
	$_GET[$key] = $value;
}