Method: REXML::QuickPath.match

Defined in:
lib/rexml/quickpath.rb

.match(element, path, namespaces = EMPTY_HASH) ⇒ Object 



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# File 'lib/rexml/quickpath.rb', line 23

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
    children = element.to_a
    results = filter(children, path)
  else
    results = filter([element], path)
  end
  return results
end