match

# File lib/rexml/quickpath.rb, line 20
                def QuickPath::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 /^[-\w]*::/u
                                results = filter([element], path)
                        when /^\*/u
                                results = filter(element.to_a, path)
                        when /^[\[!\w:]/u
                                # match on child
                                matches = []
                                children = element.to_a
                                results = filter(children, path)
                        else
                                results = filter([element], path)
                        end
                        return results
                end