    # File temp/element.rb, line 883
                    def delete_all( xpath )
                            rv = []
                            XPath::each( @element, xpath) {|element|
                                    rv << element if element.kind_of? Element
                            }
                            rv.each do |element|
                                    @element.delete element
                                    element.remove
                            end
                            return rv
                    end