// check for XPath implementation
if( document.implementation.hasFeature("XPath", "3.0") )
{
   // prototying the XMLDocument
   XMLDocument.prototype.selectNodes = function(cXPathString, xNode)
   {
      if( !xNode ) { xNode = this; } 
      var oNSResolver = this.createNSResolver(this.documentElement)
      var aItems = this.evaluate(cXPathString, xNode, oNSResolver, 
                   XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null)
      var aResult = [];
      for( var i = 0; i < aItems.snapshotLength; i++)
      {
         aResult[i] =  aItems.snapshotItem(i);
      }
      return aResult;
   }

   // prototying the Element
   Element.prototype.selectNodes = function(cXPathString)
   {
      if(this.ownerDocument.selectNodes)
      {
	     return this.ownerDocument.selectNodes(cXPathString, this);
      }
      else{throw "For XML Elements Only";}
   }


   // prototying the XMLDocument
   XMLDocument.prototype.selectNodes = function(cXPathString, xNode)
   {
      if( !xNode ) { xNode = this; } 
      var oNSResolver = this.createNSResolver(this.documentElement)
      var aItems = this.evaluate(cXPathString, xNode, oNSResolver, 
                   XPathResult.ORDERED_NODE_SNAPSHOT_TYPE, null)
      var aResult = [];
      for( var i = 0; i < aItems.snapshotLength; i++)
      {
         aResult[i] =  aItems.snapshotItem(i);
      }
      return aResult;
   }

   // prototying the Element
   Element.prototype.selectNodes = function(cXPathString)
   {
      if(this.ownerDocument.selectNodes)
      {
	     return this.ownerDocument.selectNodes(cXPathString, this);
      }
      else{throw "For XML Elements Only";}
   }
}