Flash / Flex / ActionScript/XML/XML variable

Change is made to the original document

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var novel:XML = <BOOK ISBN="0000000000">
           <TITLE>ActionScript</TITLE>
           <AUTHOR>J, J</AUTHOR>
           <PUBLISHER>Books Ltd</PUBLISHER>
         </BOOK>;
         
       trace(novel);
       var children:XMLList = novel.*;
       trace(children);
       
       delete novel.PUBLISHER;
       trace(novel);  
       trace(children); 
   }
 }

}

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" character can be used to delimit an attribute value in an XML literal, it is converted to the " character

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var p:XML = <p align="left"/>;
       trace(p.toXMLString(  ));  // Displays: <p align="left"/>
   }
 }

}

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Converting Strings to XML

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var dialog:String = "Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet";
       var XMLString:String = "<dialog>" + dialog + "</dialog>";
       var xml:XML = XML(XMLString);
       trace(xml.text()); // Displays: Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet

   }
 }

}

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Converting XML to Strings: The toString() method for XML objects will usually display the contents of an XML element including any tags.

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var movieList:XML = <movieList>
                               <listName>My favorite movies</listName>
                               <movie id="123">
                                   <title>Titus</title>
                                   <year>1999</year>
                                   <director>J T</director>
                               </movie>
                               <movie id="456">
                                   <title>Rushmore</title>
                                   <year>1998</year>
                                   <director>W A</director>
                               </movie>
                               <movie id="789">
                                   <title>Hall</title>
                                   <year>1977</year>
                                   <director>Woody Allen</director>
                               </movie>
                          </movieList>;
       trace(movieList);
   }
 }

}

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Creates a variable refering to xml data child nodes

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var novel:XML = <BOOK ISBN="0141182806">
         <TITLE>Ulysses</TITLE>
         <AUTHOR>Joyce, James</AUTHOR>
         <PUBLISHER>Penguin Books Ltd</PUBLISHER>
       </BOOK>
       
       var children:XMLList = novel.*;
       trace(children);
   }
 }

}

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Creates the same XML hierarchy and dynamically specifies all element names, attribute names, attribute values, and element contents.

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var rootElementName:String = "BOOK";
       var rootAttributeName:String = "ISBN";
       var childElementNames:Array = ["TITLE", "AUTHOR", "PUBLISHER"];
       var bookISBN:String = "0000000000";
       var bookTitle:String = "ActionScript";
       var bookAuthor:String = "J, J";
       var bookPublisher:String = "Books Ltd";
       var novel:XML = <{rootElementName} {rootAttributeName}={bookISBN}>
           <{childElementNames[0]}>{bookTitle}</{childElementNames[0]}>
           <{childElementNames[1]}>{bookAuthor}</{childElementNames[1]}>
           <{childElementNames[2]}>{bookPublisher}</{childElementNames[2]}>
         </{rootElementName}>;
         
 
       trace(novel); 
   }
 }

}

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Invoke string method on XML data

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var novel:XML = <BOOK ISBN="0000000000" INSTOCK="false">
           <TITLE>ActionScript</TITLE>
           <AUTHOR>J, J</AUTHOR>
           <PUBLISHER>Books Ltd</PUBLISHER>
         </BOOK>;
       
       if (novel.@INSTOCK.toLowerCase(  ) == "false") {
         trace("Not Available!");
       } else {
         trace("Available!");
       }

   }
 }

}

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Using + and += Operators to combine XML Nodes

   <source lang="java">

package{

 import flash.display.Sprite;
 
 public class Main extends Sprite{
   public function Main(){
       var movieList:XML = <movieList>
                               <listName>My favorite movies</listName>
                               <movie id="123">
                                   <title>Titus</title>
                                   <year>1999</year>
                                   <director>J T</director>
                               </movie>
                               <movie id="456">
                                   <title>Rushmore</title>
                                   <year>1998</year>
                                   <director>W A</director>
                               </movie>
                               <movie id="789">
                                   <title>Hall</title>
                                   <year>1977</year>
                                   <director>Woody Allen</director>
                               </movie>
                          </movieList>;
       
       var anotherMovie:XML = <movie id="222">
                                 <title>Tiger</title>
                                 <year>1982</year>
                                 <director>S L</director>
                              </movie>;
       
       This may be the simplest way to add data to an XML structure.
       movieList.movie += anotherMovie;
       trace(movieList);

   }
 }

}

       </source>