Flash / Flex / ActionScript/XML/XML Method

Invoke XML methods with any XML object

 
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.TITLE.*[0].parent());    // Reference to the <TITLE> element
        trace(novel.TITLE.*[0].nodeKind());  // Returns the string "text"
        trace(novel.TITLE.*[0].toString());  // Returns the string "ActionScript"
    }
  }
}