Flash / Flex / ActionScript/XML/XML hierarchy

Find data nested deep within an XML tree.

 

package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){
        var myXML:XML = <alpha>
                            <beta>
                                <charlie delta="echo">foxtrot</charlie>
                            </beta>
                            <beta>
                                <golf hotel="india">juliet</golf>
                           </beta>
                        </alpha>;
        trace(myXML.beta[1].golf);           // Displays: juliet
        trace(myXML.beta[0].charlie.@delta); // Displays: echo
    }
  }
}

Returns the root of an XML hierarchy, relative to a given child

 
package{
  import flash.display.Sprite;
  
  public class Main extends Sprite{
    public function Main(){
    
        getRoot(someChild);
    }
    public function getRoot (childNode:XML):XML {
      var parentNode:XML = childNode.parent(  );
      if (parentNode != null) {
        return getRoot(parentNode);
      } else {
        return childNode;
      }
    }
  }
}