User Guide

168 Server-Side ActionScript Language Reference
Method 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.getNamespaceForPrefix() Returns the namespace URI that is associated with the
specified prefix for the node.
XML.getPrefixForNamespace() Returns the prefix that is associated with the specified
namespace URI for the node.
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.