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XML.toString() 1055

XML.toString()

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_xml.toString() : String

Parameters

None.

Returns

A string.

Description

Method; evaluates the specified XML object, constructs a textual representation of the XML

structure, including the node, children, and attributes, and returns the result as a string.

For top-level XML objects (those created with the constructor), the

XML.toString() method

outputs the document’s XML declaration (stored in the

XML.xmlDecl property), followed by the

document’s

DOCTYPE declaration (stored in the XML.docTypeDecl property), followed by the text

representation of all XML nodes in the object. The XML declaration is not output if the

XML.xmlDecl property is undefined. The DOCTYPE declaration is not output if the

XML.docTypeDecl property is undefined.

Example

The following example of the XML.toString() method displays <h1>test</h1> in the Output

panel:

var node:XML = new XML("<h1>test</h1>");

trace(node.toString());