Hi, Tracy. Hadn't thought about that. I'll work on implementing your suggestion. Thanks.
--- In [email protected], "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That only works because the default resultFormat causes Flex to cnvert > your xml into a nested structure of dynamic objects. One result of is > is that child groups are converted to Array. > > > > I advise you do not do this. You lose the benefits of e4x expressions, > and wind up with loosely typed objects everywhere. The conversion > always happens, so you do not gain any performance. Also the conversion > modifies your data, turning strings into numbers where it can, and stuff > like that. > > > > You will be better served in the long run if you simply loop over the > XMLList and assign the attribute or child values to an instance of a > strongly typed value object. > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of oneworld95 > Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2008 2:19 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: Read XML data in as ArrayCollection > > > > Never mind! Figured it out: > > arrCol = event.result.premiums.premium as ArrayCollection > > Also took off the resultFormat from the HTTPService call. > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "oneworld95" <oneworld95@> wrote: > > > > Hi. I've got a Flex app that receives XML (resultFormat = "e4x") data > > from a servlet in this format, > > > > <premiums> > > <premium id="ABCDEF01" startcount="0" currentcount="0"> > > <category>CD</category> > > <description>The CD Description</description> > > <image id="3095"> > > <filename>ABCDEF01__1225202763673.jpg</filename> > > </image> > > </premium> > > <premium id="DEFGH01" startcount="0" currentcount="0"> > > <category>DVD</category> > > <description>DVD Description</description> > > <image id="3078"> > > <filename>DEFGH01__1225132169948.jpg</filename> > > </image> > > </premium> > > </premiums> > > > > I need to convert it to an ArrayCollection and then an array to > > manipulate the results (using the slice method). Any solutions? > Thanks. > > >
