/************************************************************
  MAKES selectSingleNode && selectNodes && text WORK FOR FIREFOX 
  :)
**************************************************************/

  // check for XPath implementation
  if( document.implementation.hasFeature("XPath", "3.0") )
  {
    // prototyping the XMLDocument
    XMLDocument.prototype.selectSingleNode = function( cXPathString, xNode )
      {
        if( !xNode )
        {
          xNode = this;
        }
        var xItems = this.selectNodes(cXPathString, xNode);
        if( xItems.length > 0 )
        {
          return xItems[0];
        }
        else
        {
          return null;
        }
      }

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

    // prototyping 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;
      }

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

    // prototyping the XMLDocument
    XMLDocument.prototype.__defineGetter__("text", 
      function () 
      {
        return( this.textContent ); 
      } );

    XMLDocument.prototype.__defineSetter__("text", 
      function ( value ) 
      {
        this.firstChild.nodeValue = value; 
      } );

    XMLDocument.prototype.__defineGetter__("xml", 
      function () 
      {
        var objXMLSerializer = new XMLSerializer(); 
        var strXML = objXMLSerializer.serializeToString( this );

        var reAttr = /[\<]{1}([^ \>]*?)([ ]{1}[^\/\>]*?)[\/]{1}[>]{1}/gim;
        strXML = strXML.replace( reAttr,"<$1$2><\/$1>" );

        var re = /[\<]{1}([^\/\>]*?)[\/]{1}[>]{1}/gim;
        strXML = strXML.replace( re,"<$1><\/$1>" );

        return( strXML ); 
      } );
  }