Examples

#include "xmlnitro2.as"
 
function myLoad () {
// this function gets executed when Flash has loaded the complete XML file
// it displays node properties for the first 4 levels of nodes found
// in the code, this = the XML object that called this function
// (eg this.firstChild = the first child node of thisXML)
 
  trace("xml declaration: " + this.xmlDecl);
  trace("xml doctype: " + this.docTypeDecl);
  trace("number of articles: " + this.firstChild.childNodes.length);
  trace(" ");
  level1Child = this.firstChild;
  level2Child = level1Child.firstChild;
  level3Child = level2Child.firstChild;
  level4Child = level3Child.firstChild;
 
// note that that last statement could also have been written
// level4Child = this.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild.firstChild; or
// level4Child = this.childNodes[0].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].childNodes[0];
 
  trace("level1: name=" + level1Child.nodeName);
  trace("        value=" + level1Child.nodeValue);
  trace("        type=" + level1Child.nodeType);
  trace(" ");
 
  trace("level2: name=" + level2Child.nodeName);
  trace("        value=" + level2Child.nodeValue);
  trace("        type=" + level2Child.nodeType);
 
  // the attributes property is itself an object
  for (attr in level2Child.attributes) {
    trace("        attributes=" + attr + " value=" + level2Child.attributes[attr]);
  }
  trace(" ");
 
  trace("level3: name=" + level3Child.nodeName);
  trace("        value=" + level3Child.nodeValue);
  trace("        type=" + level3Child.nodeType);
 
  // the following will not produce any output because level3Child has no attributes
  for (attr in level3Child.attributes) {
    trace("        attributes=" + attr + " value=" + level3Child.attributes[attr]);
  }
  trace(" ");
 
  trace("level4: name=" + level4Child.nodeName);
  trace("        value=" + level4Child.nodeValue);
  trace("        type=" + level4Child.nodeType);
  trace(" ");
 
  trace(level3Child.nextSibling.nodeName);
  trace(level3Child.nextSibling.firstChild.nodeValue);
  trace(" ");
 
  n3 = level2Child.childNodes.length;
  trace("number of level3 nodes = " + n3);
  trace("  1st level3 node = " + level2Child.childNodes[0].nodeName);
  trace("  2nd level3 node = " + level2Child.childNodes[1].nodeName);
  trace("  3rd level3 node = " + level2Child.childNodes[2].nodeName);
  trace("  last level3 node = " + level2Child.childNodes[n3-1].nodeName);
}
 
thisXML = new XML();
thisXML.ignoreWhite = true;
thisXML.onLoad = myLoad;
thisXML.load("environment_page.xml");

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