User Guide

732 ActionScript classes
Example
The following example creates and parses an XML packet:
var xml_str:String = "<state name=\"California\">
<city>San Francisco</city></state>"
// defining the XML source within the XML constructor:
var my1_xml:XML = new XML(xml_str);
trace(my1_xml.firstChild.attributes.name); // output: California
// defining the XML source using the XML.parseXML method:
var my2_xml:XML = new XML();
my2_xml.parseXML(xml_str);
trace(my2_xml.firstChild.attributes.name); // output: California
send (XML.send method)
public send(url:String, [target:String], method:String) : Boolean
Encodes the specified XML object into an XML document, and sends it to the specified URL
using the
POST method in a browser. The Flash test environment only uses the GET method.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
Parameters
url:String - String; the destination URL for the specified XML object.
target:String [optional] - String; the browser window to show data that the server returns:
■ _self specifies the current frame in the current window.
■ _blank specifies a new window.
■ _parent specifies the parent of the current frame.
■ _top specifies the top-level frame in the current window.
If you do not specify a
window parameter, it is the same as specifying _self.
method:String -
Returns
Boolean -