I was trying both routes- dataprovider and and iterating.
dataProvider:
function dataReceived(data:XML):void
{
list.dataProvider = data.configuration.category;
}
With the above, nothing showed up in the list. The xml sample I provided in
my original email was all wrapped by a con tag by the server.
Iterating over it I tried:
function dataReceived(data:XML):void
{
for (var category:XML in data.configuration.category)
{
trace(category.toXMLString();
}
}
The flex page that needs to render this will allow the user to configure
each item, so I need a way to read and write to those items while still
leaving the comments in tact.
Thanks!
On Tue, May 27, 2008 at 5:39 PM, Tracy Spratt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I don't know if I have ever noticed this removal of comments, I'd need
> to verify.
>
>
>
> To iterate over nodes, use an e4x expression to return an XMLList, then use
> a for loop. Or For Each, or For In. The docs have some more detail and
> examples.
>
>
>
> A list can also use XMLList as a dataProvider if you do not plan to
> programmaticlly update the dataprovider. If you do, simply wrap the XMLList
> in an XMLListCollection.
>
>
>
> It looks like you will need to declare the default namespace, or use the
> namespace::node in all e4x expressions.
>
>
>
> You've not shown any expressions, so I can't say what you're doing wrong.
>
>
>
> Tracy
>
>
> ------------------------------
>
> *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] *On
> Behalf Of *dfalling
> *Sent:* Tuesday, May 27, 2008 6:10 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* [flexcoders] parsing complex xml
>
>
>
> I'm trying to parse a complex xml file (a log4j config file) and am
> running into a number of problems:
>
> * Flex seems to remove all the comments from the file. Is there any
> way to prevent this? I don't need access to them in Flex, but do want
> them to be untouched.
> * I have no idea how to iterate over the items or to set xml as a
> list's data provider. The tag containing everything I need to access
> is log4j:configuration, and when I try to access
> xml.log4j::configuration flex complains about not having the property
> log4j.
>
> If anyone knows of good xml tutorials that would help me to grasp this
> better I'd really appreciate it. Most of the ones I've found are
> basically the "hello world" of xml parsing...the few dealing with
> namespaces do little to explain what they're doing.
>
> <log4j:configuration xmlns:log4j="http://jakarta.apache.org/log4j/";
> debug="false">
> <category name="org.apache">
> <priority value="INFO"/>
> </category>
>
> <!-- Limit the org.jboss.serial (jboss-serialization) to INFO as
> its DEBUG is verbose -->
> <category name="org.jboss.serial">
> <priority value="INFO"/>
> </category>
>
> <!-- Limit the org.jgroups category to WARN as its INFO is verbose -->
> <category name="org.jgroups">
> <priority value="WARN"/>
> </category>
>
> <!-- Limit the jacorb category to WARN as its INFO is verbose -->
> <category name="jacorb">
> <priority value="WARN"/>
> </category>
> .
> .
> .
> </log4j:configuration>
>
> Thanks a lot!
> -dennis
>
>
>
