match

# File lib/rexml/xpath.rb, line 72
    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