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 Targeting childnode attributes
Hello
I am very close to accomplishing this, however i'm about one step away. I am trying to target the childnode attributes of my xml file. Currently, I can successfully target each parentnode but when i try to target the attributes of its childnodes, only the attributes of the firstchild are returned. How can i successfully target each childnode attributes within its parent. Thanks in advance.
Tone
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<topics>
<general>
<item displayName='Cars' dataName='car' filename='vehicles' />
<item displayName='Bikes' dataName='bikes' filename='vehicles2' />
</general>
<sports>
<item displayName='Football' dataName='football' filename='helmet' />
</sports>
</topics>
Code:
var news:Array;
var newsXML:XML = new XML();
newsXML.ignoreWhite = true;
newsXML.load("test.xml");
newsXML.onLoad = function() {
var index:Number = 0;
news = new Array(this.firstChild.childNodes.length);
for (var aNode:XMLNode = this.firstChild.firstChild; aNode != null; aNode=aNode.nextSibling) {
news[index] = new Array(aNode.childNodes.length);
for (var subNode:XMLNode = aNode.firstChild; subNode != null; subNode=subNode.nextSibling) {
for (attr in subNode.attributes) {
news[index][attr] = subNode.attributes[attr];
}
}
index++;
}
trace(news[1]["filename"]);// vehicles2
};
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FK'n_dog
PHP Code:
myXML = new XML();
myXML.ignoreWhite = true;
myXML.load("news.xml");
myXML.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) parseXML(this);
};
function parseXML(xml) {
_global.Data = new Array();
aNode = xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
len = aNode.length;
for (var n=0;n!=len;n++) {
obj = {};
obj.displayName = aNode[n].firstChild.attributes.displayName;
obj.dataName = aNode[n].firstChild.attributes.dataName;
obj.filename = aNode[n].firstChild.attributes.filename;
Data[n] = obj;
}
tracer();
}
function tracer(){
trace(Data[0].filename); // vehicles
trace(Data[1].filename); // helmet
};
/*--news.xml--
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<news>
<topics>
<general>
<item displayName='Cars' dataName='car' filename='vehicles' />
<item displayName='Bikes' dataName='bikes' filename='vehicles2' />
</general>
<sports>
<item displayName='Football' dataName='football' filename='helmet' />
</sports>
<finance>
<item displayName='Stocks' dataName='stocks' filename='shares' />
<item displayName='Bonds' dataName='bonds' filename='money' />
</finance>
<health>
<item displayName='Chiro' dataName='chiro' filename='back' />
<item displayName='Medical' dataName='medical' filename='cure' />
</health>
</news>
</topics>
*/
ps.. please don't PM these questions to me.
keep them on the forum for the good of the community 
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Thanks dog
Sorry about the pm.
Great this is half the battle, now how do I target each filename?
Currently calling:
Code:
trace(Data[0].filename); // vehicles
trace(Data[1].filename); // helmet
only returns the first filename. in Data[0], there are two, vehicles and vehicles2. Using your code, how do I return vehicles2? Thanks
tone
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FK'n_dog
my bad ..
to parse all node values to the array and then output the result -
PHP Code:
function parseXML(xml) {
Data = new Array();
aNode = xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
len = aNode.length;
for (var n=0;n!=len;n++) {
len2 = aNode[n].childNodes.length;
Data[n] = [len2];
for (var m=0;m!=len2;m++) {
obj = {};
obj.displayName = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.displayName;
obj.dataName = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.dataName;
obj.filename = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.filename;
Data[n][m] = obj;
}
}
tracer();
}
function tracer(){
for (var n=0;n!=len;n++){
len3 = Data[n].length;
for (var m=0;m!=len3;m++) {
trace("Data["+n+"]["+m+"].displayName = "+Data[n][m].displayName);
trace("Data["+n+"]["+m+"].dataName = "+Data[n][m].dataName);
trace("Data["+n+"]["+m+"].filename = "+Data[n][m].filename);
}
}
};
hth 
Last edited by a_modified_dog; 11-28-2008 at 05:36 PM.
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Sweet, works perfectly. Thanks you very much!!
tone
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For anyone else needing this, you'll need to adjust the aNode from this:
Code:
function parseXML(xml) {
Data = new Array();
aNode = xml.firstChild.firstChild.childNodes;
len = aNode.length;
To this:
Code:
function parseXML(xml) {
Data = new Array();
aNode = xml.firstChild.childNodes;
len = aNode.length;
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Sorry for the double post. I think this thread is more in line with what i'm attempting to do. I would like to load multiple xml files in flash while still achieving the same results as the previous solution to this post. The 3 loaded xml files all look the same except for different parent nodenames (ie. sports, top, health).
I've tried by creating a new array but im failing miserably. Please help! Thanks very much.
tone
Flash code
Code:
xmlFileNames = new Array("top.xml", "sports.xml", "health.xml");
i = 0;
Data = new Array();
listArray = new Array();
getXML();
function getXML() {
_root["objXML"+i] = new XML();
_root["objXML"+i].ignoreWhite = true;
_root["objXML"+i].load(xmlFileNames[i]);
_root["objXML"+i].onLoad = function(success) {
listArray.push(this.childNodes);
len = listArray.length;
if (len == i) {
parseXML(listArray);
}
};
i++;
if (i<xmlFileNames.length) {
getXML();
}
}
function parseXML(xml) {
aNode = xml;
//trace(aNode);
for (var n = 0; n != len; n++) {
len2 = aNode[n].length;
Data[n] = [len2];
trace(Data[n]);
for (var m = 0; m != len2; m++) {
obj = {};
obj.dataName = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.dataName;
obj.filename = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.filename;
obj.displayName = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.displayName;
Data[n][m] = obj;
}
}
}
function tracer() {
/*len3 = Data[i].length;
for (var m = 0; m != len3; m++) {
trace("Data["+i+"]["+m+"].dataName = "+Data[i][m].dataName);
trace("Data["+i+"]["+m+"].filename = "+Data[i][m].filename);
trace("Data["+i+"]["+m+"].displayName = "+Data[i][m].displayName);
}*/
}
xml file
PHP Code:
<general>
<item displayName='Cars' dataName='car' filename='vehicles' />
<item displayName='Bikes' dataName='bikes' filename='vehicles2' />
</general>
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I cant figure this out to save my life but I think i came close. Please someone help, but trying for 2 days 
Actionscript
PHP Code:
xmlFileNames = new Array("top.xml", "sports.xml", "health.xml");
i = 0;
Data = new Array();
listArray = new Array();
getXML();
function getXML() {
_root["objXML"+i] = new XML();
_root["objXML"+i].ignoreWhite = true;
_root["objXML"+i].load(xmlFileNames[i]);
_root["objXML"+i].onLoad = function(success) {
parseXML(this);
};
}
function parseXML(xml) {
Data = new Array();
aNode = xml.firstChild.childNodes;
len = aNode.length;
//trace(aNode);
for (var n = 0; n != len; n++) {
len2 = aNode[n].childNodes.length;
Data[n] = [len2];
for (var m = 0; m != len2; m++) {
obj = {};
obj.displayName = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.displayName;
obj.dataName = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.dataName;
obj.filename = aNode[n].childNodes[m].attributes.filename;
Data[n][m] = obj;
}
}
i++;
if (i<xmlFileNames.length) {
getXML();
}
tracer();
}
function tracer() {
for (var n = 0; n != len; n++) {
len3 = Data[n].length;
for (var m = 0; m != len3; m++) {
trace("Data["+n+"]["+m+"].displayName = "+Data[n][m].displayName;
trace("Data["+n+"]["+m+"].dataName = "+Data[n][m].dataName);
trace("Data["+n+"]["+m+"].filename= "+Data[n][m].filename);
}
}
}
XML 1
PHP Code:
<topics>
<top>
<item displayName='Cars' dataName='car' filename='vehicles' />
<item displayName='Bikes' dataName='bikes' filename='vehicles2' />
</top>
</topics>
XML 2
PHP Code:
<topics>
<sports>
<item displayName='Cars' dataName='car' filename='vehicles' />
<item displayName='Bikes' dataName='bikes' filename='vehicles2' />
</sports>
</topics>
XML 3
PHP Code:
<topics>
<health>
<item displayName='Cars' dataName='car' filename='vehicles' />
<item displayName='Bikes' dataName='bikes' filename='vehicles2' />
</health>
</topics>
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Ok, to load multiple xml files it will go like this:
PHP Code:
xmlFileNames = new Array("top.xml", "sports.xml", "health.xml");
aNode = new Array();
Data = new Array();
listArray = new Array();
i = 0;
getXML();
function getXML() {
_root["objXML"+i] = new XML();
_root["objXML"+i].ignoreWhite = true;
_root["objXML"+i].load(xmlFileNames[i]);
_root["objXML"+i].onLoad = function(success) {
listArray.push(this);
len = listArray.length;
if (len == i) {
for (n=0; n<=len-1; n++) {
len2 = listArray[n].firstChild.firstChild.childNodes.length;
Data[n] = [len2];
for (m=0; m<=len2-1; m++) {
obj = {};
obj.displayName = listArray[n].firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[m].attributes.displayName;
obj.dataName = listArray[n].firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[m].attributes.dataName;
obj.filename = listArray[n].firstChild.firstChild.childNodes[m].attributes.filename;
Data[n][m] = obj;
}
}
trace(Data[1][0].displayName);
trace(Data[0][1].dataName);
trace(Data[2][0].filename);
}
};
i++;
if (i<xmlFileNames.length) {
getXML();
}
}
Im sure it can be done better, but it works for me!
tone
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