$node->F("//f:p/g:h", qw[ f http://f.example.com g http://g.example.com ]); sub XML::LibXML::Node::F { my $self = shift; my $xpath = shift; my %prefix = @_; our $XPATHCONTEXT; $XPATHCONTEXT ||= XML::LibXML::XPathContext->new(); while( my( $p, $u ) = each %prefix ){ $XPATHCONTEXT->registerNs( $p, $u ); } $XPATHCONTEXT->findnodes( $xpath, $self ); }