MACROMEDIA FLASH MX 2004 - ACTIONSCRIPT - Page 752

752 Chapter 12: ActionScript Dictionary
Method summary for the XML class
Property summary for the XML class
Method Description
XML.addRequestHeader() Adds or changes HTTP headers for POST operations.
XML.appendChild() Appends a node to the end of the specified object’s child list.
XML.cloneNode() Clones the specified node and, optionally, recursively clones all children.
XML.createElement() Creates a new XML element.
XML.createTextNode() Creates a new XML text node.
XML.getBytesLoaded() Returns the number of bytes loaded for the specified XML document.
XML.getBytesTotal() Returns the size of the XML document, in bytes.
XML.hasChildNodes() Returns true if the specified node has child nodes; otherwise,
returns
false.
XML.insertBefore() Inserts a node in front of an existing node in the specified node's child list.
XML.load() Loads a document (specified by the XML object) from a URL.
XML.parseXML() Parses an XML document into the specified XML object tree.
XML.removeNode() Removes the specified node from its parent.
XML.send() Sends the specified XML object to a URL.
XML.sendAndLoad() Sends the specified XML object to a URL and loads the server response
into another XML object.
XML.toString() Converts the specified node and any children to XML text.
Property Description
XML.contentType Indicates the MIME type transmitted to the server.
XML.docTypeDecl Sets and returns information about an XML document’s
DOCTYPE declaration.
XML.firstChild Read-only; references the first child in the list for the specified node.
XML.ignoreWhite When set to true, text nodes that contain only white space are discarded
during the parsing process.
XML.lastChild References the last child in the list for the specified node.
XML.loaded Read-only; checks if the specified XML object has loaded.
XML.nextSibling Read-only; references the next sibling in the parent node’s child list.
XML.nodeName The node name of an XML object.
XML.nodeType The type of the specified node (XML element or text node).
XML.nodeValue The text of the specified node if the node is a text node.
XML.parentNode Read-only; references the parent node of the specified node.