    # File temp/xpath.rb, line 57
                    def XPath::match element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={}
                            parser = XPathParser.new
                            parser.namespaces = namespaces
                            parser.variables = variables
                            path = "*" unless path
                            element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array
                            parser.parse(path,element)
                    end