Advanced ActionScript 3 with Design Patterns

Chapter 15. E4X (XML)

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• Creating XML Objects 239

• Property Accessors 240

• XML Filtering 241

• Iterating Through an XMLList 242

• Namespaces 243

• Sending and Loading XML Data 243

• Simple Soap Example 243

• Summary 249

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XML got a major overhaul with the release of ActionScript 3.0. The much-anticipated E4X has finally made its way into Flash Player 9. This makes working with XML in Flash much simpler and reduces the need for complex XML logic. Nearly everything you know about working with XML in Flash has changed with this release.

In this chapter, we examine the new features of E4X, look at how loading external XML files has changed, review the classic XML API, and create an example application that uses a few of these ...