Parsing an XML Packet in Flash

June 19th, 2006 by Posted in Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Products

Parsing an XML Packet in Flash

1. // if the XML packet was a simple packet using attributes.
2. var login_xml:XML = new XML(”<?xml version=”1.0″ ?><login status=”success” sessionid=”57754B095346D64A” />”);
3. trace(”status: “+login_xml.firstChild.attributes.status);
4. trace(”sessionid: “+login_xml.firstChild.attributes.sessionid);
5. trace(”");
6. // if the XML packet had child nodes.
7. var login_xml:XML = new XML(”<?xml version=”1.0″ ?><login><status>success</status><sessionid>57754B095346D64A</sessionid></login>”);
8. trace(”status: “+login_xml.firstChild.childNodes[0].firstChild.nodeValue);
9. trace(”sessionid: “+login_xml.firstChild.childNodes[1].firstChild.nodeValue);
10. trace(”");
11. // parse XML packet using a for loop to loop over the childNodes
12. var login_xml:XML = new XML(”<?xml version=”1.0″ ?><login><status>success</status><sessionid>57754B095346D64A</sessionid></login>”);
13. for (var i = 0; i<login_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
14.     trace(login_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].nodeName+”: “+login_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue);
15. }