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XML (object)
Use the methods and properties of the XML object to load, parse, send, build, and manipulate XML document trees. In Flash MX, the XML object has become a native object. As such, you will experience dramatic improvement in performance.
You must use the constructor new XML()
to create an instance of the XML object before calling any of the methods of the XML object.
XML is supported by Flash Player 5 and Flash Player 6.
Method Description Appends a node to the end of the specified object's child list. Clones the specified node and, optionally, recursively clones all children. Creates a new XML element. Creates a new XML text node. Returns the number of bytes loaded for the specified XML document. Returns the size of the XML document in bytes. Returns Inserts a node in front of an existing node in the specified node's child list. Loads a document (specified by the XML object) from a URL. Parses an XML document into the specified XML object tree. Removes the specified node from its parent. Sends the specified XML object to a URL. Sends the specified XML object to a URL and loads the server response into another XML object. Converts the specified node and any children to XML text.
Method summary for the XML object
true
if the specified node has child nodes; otherwise, returns false
.
Property Description Indicates the MIME type transmitted to the server. Sets and returns information about an XML document's References the first child in the list for the specified node. When set to References the last child in the list for the specified node. Checks if the specified XML object has loaded. References the next sibling in the parent node's child list. Returns the tag name of an XML element. Returns the type of the specified node (XML element or text node). Returns the text of the specified node if the node is a text node. References the parent node of the specified node. References the previous sibling in the parent node's child list. Returns a numeric status code indicating the success or failure of an XML document parsing operation. Sets and returns information about an XML document's document declaration.
Property summary for the XML object
DOCTYPE
declaration.
true
, text nodes that only contain white space are discarded during the parsing process.
Method Description Returns an associative array containing all of the attributes of the specified node. Returns an array containing references to the child nodes of the specified node.
Collections summary for the XML object
Method Description A callback function that is invoked when XML text has been completely downloaded from the server, or when an error occurs downloading XML text from a server. A callback function for
Event handler summary for the XML object
load
and sendAndLoad
.
Constructor for the XML object
Availability
Flash Player 5.
Usage
new XML([source]
)
Parameters
source
The XML text parsed to create the new XML object.
Returns
Nothing.
Description
Constructor; creates a new XML object. You must use the constructor method to create an instance of the XML object before calling any of the XML object methods.
Note: The createElement
and createTextNode
methods are the 'constructor' methods for creating the elements and text nodes in an XML document tree.
Example
Usage 1: The following example creates an new, empty XML object.
myXML = new XML();
Usage 2: The following example creates an XML object by parsing the XML text specified in the source
parameter, and populates the newly created XML object with the resulting XML document tree.
anyOtherXML = new XML("<state>California<city>san francisco</city></state>");
See also
XML.createElement
, XML.createTextNode
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