XML Manipulation in Flex and ActionScript

There are lots of crazy ways of manipulating XML in ActionScript.Here are a few simple tips and tricks on manipulating XML in Actionscript.

1. Declaring an XML Variable: An XML variable can be created in ActionScript as follows :

                 var tempSearchXML:XML =     <searchCriteria>
                                                                <branchName>023</branchName>
                                                                <contfirstname></contfirstname>
                                                                 <contlastname></contlastname>
                                                                 <contmailsort></contmailsort>
                                                                 <contphone></contphone>
                                                             </searchCriteria>
                                         
2.  Preview an XML Variable : An XML variable can be previewed in an Alert Box by converting the XML to a string object
       
            Alert.show(tempSearchXML.toString());
           
3.  Getting the value of a Node in the XML:

           Alert.show(tempSearchXML.branchName.toString());

4.  Setting the Value of Node in the XML : The following code sets the value of a node 'contfirstname '.
 
            tempSearchXML.contfirstname ="Armaghan";

5.  Setting / Changing / Updating the Node Attribute in the XML: The following code snippet changes the name of a Node from 'contlastname' to 'lastname'.

            tempSearchXML.contlastname.setName("lastname") ;
           
5.  Delete a Node in the XML: The following code snippet deletes a Node called 'contphone' in the XML.

            delete tempSearchXML.contphone;

6.  Adding a Node in the XML: The following code snippet adds a Node called 'text' in the XML and sets its value at the same time.

            tempSearchXML.text ="Taylor" ;

Happy Coding :)