Here's how I handle the messy SOAP and namespace returned from my web service
application server: (I set the return format to e4x)
private function webServiceResultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void
{
var xmlResult:XMLList = event.result as XMLList;
var xmlSource:String = xmlResult.toString();
//Strip namespace
xmlSource = xmlSource.replace(/<[^!?]?[^>]+?>/g, removeNamspaces);
xmlResult = XMLList(xmlSource);
}
public function removeNamspaces(...rest):String
{
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(/xmlns[^"]+\"[^"]+\"/g, "");
var attrs:Array = rest[0].match(/\"[^"]*\"/g);
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(/\"[^"]*\"/g, "%attribute value%");
rest[0] = rest[0].replace(/(<\/?|\s)\w+\:/g, "$1");
while (rest[0].indexOf("%attribute value%") > 0)
{
rest[0] = rest[0].replace("%attribute value%", attrs.shift());
}
return rest[0];
}
--- In flexcoders@yahoogroups.com, Vaibhav Seth <vaibhav.s...@...> wrote:
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> To: flexcoders@yahoogroups.com
> From: lukevanderfl...@...
> Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2010 03:04:05 +0000
> Subject: [flexcoders] How to parse xml with namespaces
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> It contains an element with a namespace (c:question) and several elements
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> E.G. I need to access the c:question text or c:question subelements
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> "A bottle shop in a remote country pub sells five different bottled wines.
> The publican increases the price of a bottle of Jacob's Creek core range by
> 50 cents."
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> 3. question attribute format: "radio"
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> Ive tried setting a namespace for c and a default namespace but cannot
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> <?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>
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> <c:question xmlns=\"http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml\";
> xmlns:c=\"http://www.eddygordon.com/namespaces/course\";>This is a wine
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> <p>A bottle shop in a remote country pub sells five different bottled wines.
> The publican increases the price of a bottle of Jacob's Creek core range by
> 50 cents.
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> <p>Assuming that the prices of the other wines do not change, the Jacob's
> Creek price increase is likely to affect sales of the other products as
> follows:
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> <li>Penfolds Grange - no effect;
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> <li>Wyndham Estate Bin Range - the Wyndham Estate products are slightly
> more expensive but the price increase has narrowed the gap so a slight
> increase can be expected;
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> <li>Lindemans Bin Range - large increase in sales as this is a direct
> competitor;
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> <li>Rosemount Split Label Range - large increase in sales as this is a
> direct competitor
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> </ul></p><p>Based on this information, which wines are in the same market
> as Jacob's Creek?
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> <question format=\"radio\" name=\"part1\">
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> <answer correct=\"true\">Lindemans Bin Range and Rosemount Split Label Range
> are definitely in the same market and Wyndham Estate may be.
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> <answer>Penfolds Grange is the only wine in the same market.
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> <answer>Lindemans Bin Range and Rosemount Split Label Range are the only
> wines in the same market.
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