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    # File /home/ser/Work/rexml/rexml/xpath.rb, line 17
      def XPath::match element, path, namespaces=EMPTY_HASH
    			raise "nil is not a valid xpath" unless path
    			results = nil
    			Functions::namespace_context = namespaces
    			case path
    			when /^\([^\]|$)/u
    				# match on root
    				path = path[1..-1]
    				return [element.root.parent] if path == ''
    				results = filter([element.root], path)
    			when /^[\-]*::/u
    				results = filter([element], path)
    			when /^\/u
    				results = filter(element.to_a, path)
    			when /^[[:!\_]/u
    				# match on child
    				matches = []
    				children = element.to_a
    				results = filter(children, path)
    			else
    				results = filter([element], path)
    			end
    			return results
    		end