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+require 'rexml/functions'
+require 'rexml/xpath_parser'
+
+module REXML
+	# Wrapper class.  Use this class to access the XPath functions.
+	class XPath
+		include Functions
+		EMPTY_HASH = {}
+
+		# Finds and returns the first node that matches the supplied xpath.
+		# element::
+		# 	The context element
+		# path::
+		# 	The xpath to search for.  If not supplied or nil, returns the first
+		# 	node matching '*'.
+		# namespaces::
+		# 	If supplied, a Hash which defines a namespace mapping.
+		#
+		#  XPath.first( node )
+		#  XPath.first( doc, "//b"} )
+		#  XPath.first( node, "a/x:b", { "x"=>"http://doofus" } )
+    def XPath::first element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={}
+      raise "The namespaces argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless namespaces.nil? or namespaces.kind_of?(Hash)
+      raise "The variables argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless variables.kind_of?(Hash)
+			parser = XPathParser.new
+			parser.namespaces = namespaces
+			parser.variables = variables
+			path = "*" unless path
+			element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array
+			parser.parse(path, element).flatten[0]
+		end
+
+		# Itterates over nodes that match the given path, calling the supplied
+		# block with the match.
+		# element::
+		#   The context element
+		# path::
+		#   The xpath to search for.  If not supplied or nil, defaults to '*'
+		# namespaces::
+		# 	If supplied, a Hash which defines a namespace mapping
+		#
+		#  XPath.each( node ) { |el| ... }
+		#  XPath.each( node, '/*[@attr='v']' ) { |el| ... }
+		#  XPath.each( node, 'ancestor::x' ) { |el| ... }
+		def XPath::each element, path=nil, namespaces=nil, variables={}, &block
+      raise "The namespaces argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless namespaces.nil? or namespaces.kind_of?(Hash)
+      raise "The variables argument, if supplied, must be a hash object." unless variables.kind_of?(Hash)
+			parser = XPathParser.new
+			parser.namespaces = namespaces
+			parser.variables = variables
+			path = "*" unless path
+			element = [element] unless element.kind_of? Array
+			parser.parse(path, element).each( &block )
+		end
+
+		# Returns an array of nodes matching a given XPath.  
+		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
+	end
+end