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courseList.klass.(depts.dept.name==needle) ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of hoytlee2000 Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 7:04 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [flexcoders] Re: need help with XML predicate filtering Hmmm ... doesn't seem to work. When I use the parent() method nothing is returned: tempXMLList = courseList.klass.depts.dept.(name==needle).parent().parent() --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> , "Tracy Spratt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Immediate parent. So that would be "depts". parent().parent() should > return "klass" > > Tracy > > > > ________________________________ > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> ] On > Behalf Of hoytlee2000 > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 5:31 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: [flexcoders] Re: need help with XML predicate filtering > > > > will that return it's immediate parent or the one all the way at the > top? > > so tempXMLList = courseList.klass.depts.dept.(name==needle).parent() > > returns klass and not depts - right? > > Thanks, > hoyt > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > , "Tracy Spratt" <tspratt@> wrote: > > > > .parent() will return the parent node. > > > > Tracy > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > From: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:[email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > ] On > > Behalf Of hoytlee2000 > > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2008 3:53 AM > > To: [email protected] <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> <mailto:flexcoders%40yahoogroups.com> > > Subject: [flexcoders] need help with XML predicate filtering > > > > > > > > Hello, > > > > I have an XML file which consists of a list of classes and it's > > attributes (teacher, length, category, etc., etc., ...) Classes can > > belong to different depts. I want to be able to grab all the classes > > and their attributes that are part of a certain dept. The dept nodes > > is a child of the class node. I can filter out the xml file to find > > all the nodes whose dept value equals the dept I am looking for, but I > > don't know how to return the main parent node. > > > > here is the xml file : > > <klasses> > > <klass id="0"> > > <title>klass A</title> > > <length unit="hr">1.5</length> > > <category>core</category> > > <depts> > > <dept> > > <name>art</name> > > </dept> > > <dept> > > <name>pe</name> > > </dept> > > <dept> > > <name>modeling</name> > > </dept> > > <dept> > > <name>animation</name> > > </dept> > > </depts> > > </klass> > > <klass id="1"> > > <title>klass B</title> > > <length unit="hr">1.5</length> > > <category>core</category> > > <depts> > > <dept> > > <name>r and d</name> > > </dept> > > <dept> > > <name>td</name> > > </dept> > > <dept> > > <name>lighting</name> > > </dept> > > <dept> > > <name>matte painting</name> > > </dept> > > </depts> > > </klass> > > ... > > ... > > ... > > </klasses> > > > > I get the xml file from: > > courseList = evt.result.klass > > > > // I want to get all klass objects that has "art" as one of the > > dept.name nodes > > > > var needle:String = "art" > > > > I try using this predicate filter but it only returns a XMLLIst that > > consists of <name>needle</name> > > > > tempXMLList = courseList.klass.depts.dept.(name==needle) > > > > what I want returned is: > > <klass> > > ... > > ... > > ... > > </klass> > > <klass> > > ... > > ... > > ... > > </klass> > > ... > > ... > > ... > > > > where inside <klass> ... </klass> at least one of the dept.name nodes > > is equal to "art" > > > > I know it's probably simple but I can't seem to get the syntax right. > > I've looked at a lot of examples but they don;t make sense to me and > > most don't deal with anything deeper than a single level. I can't > > seem to find any good documentation on predicate filtering either. I > > appreciate any help, its kinda got me stuck from moving forward on > > this development project. > > > > I am still a novice on all this stuff. > > > > Thanks. > > > > be well, > > Hoyt > > >
