elementTree = (node) ->
    element = []
    element.tag = node.tagName
    element.attrib = {}
    for attribute in node.attributes
        element.attrib[attribute.name] = attribute.value
    element.text = ''
    element.tail = ''

    last_element = null
    for child, i in node.childNodes
        if child.tagName
            last_element = element.push elementTree(child)
        else
            value = child.textContent.replace(/\s/g, ' ')
            if value != ' '
                if last_element
                    last_element.tail += value
                else
                    element.text += value

    element.findall = (pattern) ->
        parts = pattern.split('/')
        result = [@]
        while parts.length > 0
            tag = parts.shift()
            matches = result
            result = []
            for node in matches
                for child in node
                    if tag == '*'
                        result.push(child)
                    else if child.tag == tag
                        result.push(child)
        return result

    element.find = (pattern) ->
        return @findall(pattern)[0]

    element.findtext = (pattern) ->
        return @find(pattern).text

    return element