# 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