parse (REXML::Parsers::XPathParser)

    # File src/rexml/parsers/xpathparser.rb, line 19
                            def parse path
                                    path.gsub!(/([\(\[])\s+/, '\1') # Strip ignorable spaces
                                    path.gsub!( /\s+([\]\)])/, '\1' )
                                    parsed = []
                                    path = LocationPath(path, parsed)
                                    parsed
                            end