# File lib/action_controller/assertions/selector_assertions.rb, line 70
      def css_select(*args)
        # See assert_select to understand what's going on here.
        arg = args.shift

        if arg.is_a?(HTML::Node)
          root = arg
          arg = args.shift
        elsif arg == nil
          raise ArgumentError, "First argument is either selector or element to select, but nil found. Perhaps you called assert_select with an element that does not exist?"
        elsif @selected
          matches = []

          @selected.each do |selected|
            subset = css_select(selected, HTML::Selector.new(arg.dup, args.dup))
            subset.each do |match|
              matches << match unless matches.any? { |m| m.equal?(match) }
            end
          end

          return matches
        else
          root = response_from_page_or_rjs
        end

        case arg
          when String
            selector = HTML::Selector.new(arg, args)
          when Array
            selector = HTML::Selector.new(*arg)
          when HTML::Selector
            selector = arg
          else raise ArgumentError, "Expecting a selector as the first argument"
        end

        selector.select(root)
      end