+function stanza_mt:maptags(callback)
+ local tags, curr_tag = self.tags, 1;
+ local n_children, n_tags = #self, #tags;
+
+ local i = 1;
+ while curr_tag <= n_tags and n_tags > 0 do
+ if self[i] == tags[curr_tag] then
+ local ret = callback(self[i]);
+ if ret == nil then
+ t_remove(self, i);
+ t_remove(tags, curr_tag);
+ n_children = n_children - 1;
+ n_tags = n_tags - 1;
+ i = i - 1;
+ curr_tag = curr_tag - 1;
+ else
+ self[i] = ret;
+ tags[curr_tag] = ret;
+ end
+ curr_tag = curr_tag + 1;
+ end
+ i = i + 1;
+ end
+ return self;
+end
+
+function stanza_mt:find(path)
+ local pos = 1;
+ local len = #path + 1;
+
+ repeat
+ local xmlns, name, text;
+ local char = s_sub(path, pos, pos);
+ if char == "@" then
+ return self.attr[s_sub(path, pos + 1)];
+ elseif char == "{" then
+ xmlns, pos = s_match(path, "^([^}]+)}()", pos + 1);
+ end
+ name, text, pos = s_match(path, "^([^@/#]*)([/#]?)()", pos);
+ name = name ~= "" and name or nil;
+ if pos == len then
+ if text == "#" then
+ return self:get_child_text(name, xmlns);
+ end
+ return self:get_child(name, xmlns);
+ end
+ self = self:get_child(name, xmlns);
+ until not self
+end
+
+