Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?
hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified Flash Developer __freemind-design__ http://www.freemind-design.de flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com wrote: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:34:45 -0400 From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class? To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed While recently poking around for information on using xfactorstudio's xpath I came across this thread. If possible can you share the source for this utility class you wrote? These would be very helpful. Thanks. Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jun 27, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: I have some classes I wrote which make using xfactorstudio's Xpath classes easier, if you want them. Comes with a little bit of example code commented in the class. Requires xfactorstudio's classes to be installed already. Here is the comment and example code in one of the classes: Description: This class was created to make getting xfactorstudios' XPath node values much simpler and easier. It handles CDATA nodes, which can be very tricky with XPath. It also converts the raw strings representations of booleans and numbers to their actual primitive values. It will decode character entities in XML values to real representations. For example, it converts amp; to . Usage Example: //initialize the object: var xd:XData = new XData(myXMLObject); //get value from an attribute: var myAttributeString:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3] @width); //get value from a node value: var myNodeString:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3]/text()); //finds the array position of Welcome in example node item title=Welcome/ var myAttributePosition:Number = xd.getNodePosition(menu/items/item, title, Welcome); //get a CDATA string: var myCDATAParagraph:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3]/ content, true); Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -- __freemind design__ Henrik Weber MediaDesign Certified Flash Developer e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home: www.freemind-design.de fon.: [+49] (0)6838-986851 mobile: [+49] (0)160-7107889 headerShortcuts: a=action; d=decision; q=question; i=information ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?
hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified Flash Developer __freemind-design__ http://www.freemind-design.de flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com wrote: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:34:45 -0400 From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class? To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed While recently poking around for information on using xfactorstudio's xpath I came across this thread. If possible can you share the source for this utility class you wrote? These would be very helpful. Thanks. Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jun 27, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: I have some classes I wrote which make using xfactorstudio's Xpath classes easier, if you want them. Comes with a little bit of example code commented in the class. Requires xfactorstudio's classes to be installed already. Here is the comment and example code in one of the classes: Description: This class was created to make getting xfactorstudios' XPath node values much simpler and easier. It handles CDATA nodes, which can be very tricky with XPath. It also converts the raw strings representations of booleans and numbers to their actual primitive values. It will decode character entities in XML values to real representations. For example, it converts amp; to . Usage Example: //initialize the object: var xd:XData = new XData(myXMLObject); //get value from an attribute: var myAttributeString:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3] @width); //get value from a node value: var myNodeString:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3]/text()); //finds the array position of Welcome in example node item title=Welcome/ var myAttributePosition:Number = xd.getNodePosition(menu/items/item, title, Welcome); //get a CDATA string: var myCDATAParagraph:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3]/ content, true); Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?
hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified Flash Developer __freemind-design__ http://www.freemind-design.de flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com wrote: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:34:45 -0400 From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class? To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed While recently poking around for information on using xfactorstudio's xpath I came across this thread. If possible can you share the source for this utility class you wrote? These would be very helpful. Thanks. Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Jun 27, 2006, at 4:30 PM, Merrill, Jason wrote: I have some classes I wrote which make using xfactorstudio's Xpath classes easier, if you want them. Comes with a little bit of example code commented in the class. Requires xfactorstudio's classes to be installed already. Here is the comment and example code in one of the classes: Description: This class was created to make getting xfactorstudios' XPath node values much simpler and easier. It handles CDATA nodes, which can be very tricky with XPath. It also converts the raw strings representations of booleans and numbers to their actual primitive values. It will decode character entities in XML values to real representations. For example, it converts amp; to . Usage Example: //initialize the object: var xd:XData = new XData(myXMLObject); //get value from an attribute: var myAttributeString:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3] @width); //get value from a node value: var myNodeString:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3]/text()); //finds the array position of Welcome in example node item title=Welcome/ var myAttributePosition:Number = xd.getNodePosition(menu/items/item, title, Welcome); //get a CDATA string: var myCDATAParagraph:String = xd.getString(menu/items/item[3]/ content, true); Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
Re: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class?
thx a lot! :-) sorry for buggin everyone with my repeated/multiplied message; somehow my mail-account was freakin... greeetz! henrik Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2006 13:55:52 -0400 From: Merrill, Jason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class? To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sure - will send offlist. Jason Merrill Bank of America Learning Organization Effectiveness - Technology Solutions -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:flashcoders- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of henrik weber (freemind-design) Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2006 1:06 PM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath, class? hi jason, the issues you mentioned about the lack of usability regarding the (absolutely brilliant) XPath-Class really sound familiar... :-[ would you mind to share your solution with the list? especially the mentioned CDATA-stuff sounds promising... tia! henrik -- Henrik Weber Certified Flash Developer __freemind-design__ http://www.freemind-design.de flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com wrote: Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2006 22:34:45 -0400 From: Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] Documentation of the XFactor's XPath class? To: Flashcoders mailing list flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed While recently poking around for information on using xfactorstudio's xpath I came across this thread. If possible can you share the source for this utility class you wrote? These would be very helpful. Thanks. Doug Tangren [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
