I did write XMLSA... that does both ways XML->Obj->XML
But somethimes this is to much and I didn't update it for ages..
anyway... I found this little proto from J.Milkins usefull
but I tweaked it a little with my knowlege gained on the XMLSA development...
so check this out:

added Array notation in any case
[i}* This makes things very easy and generic to handle.
* We avoid have testing the typeof node (array/object)[/i]

grouped all attributes under "attributes" so nodenames and attribs can have the same name

added resolver to acces first Array element if none is given
resolvers are some extra code that gets executed on shortcut
to avoid them use a strict notation node[num].node[num]

added the proto to XMLNode rather then XML
more generic...in the future it will perhaps be XMLSA2


Okay so what's possible now?
Let me give you some examples...

lets assume you have a xmlfile like this:

<portfolio> <web> <job month="01" year="2002"> <href>http://www.nike.com</href> <desc>this was a job for nike</desc> </job> <job month="04" year="2002"> <href>http://www.audi.com</href> <desc>this job was made with Flash</desc> </job> </web> <print> <job id="test_id_feature" month="14" year="2003"> <desc>A flyer</desc> </job> </print> </portfolio>


Now some example to acces the data:

// first parse the Data (see above box) xmlString = '<portfolio attr="test"><web><job month="01" year="2002"><href>http://www.nike.com</href><desc>this was a job for nike</desc></job><job month="04" year="2002"><href>http://www.audi.com</href><desc>this job was made with Flash</desc></job></web><print><job id="test_id_feature" month="14" year="2003"><desc>A flyer</desc></job></print></portfolio>'; // [NOTE] used firstChild=makeXMLSA(true) here so we woun't end up with portfolio.portfolio portfolio = new XML(xmlString).makeXMLSA(true); trace("XMLNode.makeXMLSA EXAMPLES\n"); trace("direct access on values:"); //outputs "http://www.nike.com" trace("\tportfolio.web.job.href._value = "+portfolio.web.job.href._value); //outputs "http://www.nike.com" (the same but we used a index on job!) trace("\tportfolio.web.job[0].href._value = "+portfolio.web.job[0].href._value); //outputs "http://www.audi.com" (we used the second index on job ...starting at 0!) trace("\tportfolio.web.job[1].href._value = "+portfolio.web.job[1].href._value); //do a loop when ever you want because its allways a array! trace("\nnow in a loop over jobs in web:"); for (var c=0;c<portfolio.web.job.length;c++) { trace("\tportfolio.web.job["+c+"].href._value = "+portfolio.web.job[c].href._value); } trace("\ndirect access on attriubtes:"); //outputs "2002" trace("\tportfolio.web.job.attributes.year = "+portfolio.web.job.attributes.year); trace("\nnow for..in loop over attributes:"); // access attributes now through "attributes" this should be a reseverd word! // don't use it as a nodeName... for (var found in portfolio.web.job.attributes) { trace("\tportfolio.web.job.attributes."+found+" = "+portfolio.web.job.attributes[found]); } trace("\ndirect access via id-attribute feature:"); //outputs "A flyer" trace("\tportfolio.print.test_id_feature.desc._value = "+portfolio.print.test_id_feature.desc._value);

reserved for exennsions

comments are welcome

... Nice one maxomatic

Very nice work. '__resolve' seems to be the silver bullet for the array problem previously discussed. Does anyone know if '__resolve' is going to continue support in future players as is or will there be a more official methodology for this. I looked through MM's site and couldn't determine if this property has been updated in AS2.0 or if it is still supported.

Also, I see you extended the attributes into their own object in order to avoid name conflicts with nodes. Is there any additional reason to do this that you have in mind, beyond avoiding name conflicts?

Put together an AS2.0 class that makes use of some of this methodology but with an IS-A model. Available here: http://proto.layer51.com/d.aspx?f=1340#c2521

added an order property to the utput incase of differing node on the same level needing the order preserved.


XMLNode.prototype._mxp = function(xObj, obj) { var c, nName, nType, cNode, cId, cOrder=[]; //----- Add attributes to the object var oa = obj.attributes, xa = xObj.attributes, xac = 0; for (c in xa) a[c] = xa[c]; //----- Build child nodes for (c in xObj.childNodes) { cNode = xObj.childNodes[c]; nName = cNode.nodeName; nType = cNode.nodeType; // type is text node if (nType == 3) obj._value = cNode.nodeValue; // type is normal node else if (nType == 1 && nName != null) { cOrder.unshift(nName) if (!(obj[nName] instanceof Array)) { obj[nName] = []; obj[nName].__resolve = this._mxr; ASSetPropFlags(obj[nName],null,1,1); } var sObj = this._mxp(cNode, {}); obj[nName].unshift(sObj); } } if(cOrder.length > 0) obj.order = cOrder; // Return object return obj; };