Say you have some xml like so..
<api>
<classType name="containers">
<class name="flowing">
<property name="width" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
<property name="height" version="2.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
<method name="getWidth" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
</class>
</classType >
<classType name="printing">
<class name="screenPrint">
<property name="length" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
<property name="face" version="2.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
<method name="getText" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
</class>
</classType >
</api>
If you apply the regular expression
var filter:XMLList = xmlData.classType..property.( /1.0/.test(
@version ));
It would return
<property name="width" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
<property name="length" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
My question is how to make it so the parents and grandparents of the
result are still present?? Something like this as the result
<api>
<classType name="containers">
<class name="flowing">
<property name="width" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
</classType>
<classType name="printing">
<class name="screenPrint">
<property name="length" version="1.0">
<paramenterType>String</paramenterType>
<returnType>void</returnType>
</property>
</classType>
</api>
Thanks
Dylan