User Guide

XML.previousSibling 473

Description

Method; parses the XML text specified in the source parameter, and populates the specified

XML object with the resulting XML tree. Any existing trees in the XML object are discarded.

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

XML.previousSibling

Availability

Flash Player 5.

Usage

my_xml.previousSibling:XMLNode

Description

Read-only property; an XMLNode value that references the previous sibling in the parent node’s

child list. The property has a value of

null if the node does not have a previous sibling node. This

property cannot be used to manipulate child nodes; use the

XML.appendChild(),

XML.insertBefore(), and XML.removeNode() methods to manipulate child nodes.

Example

The following example is an excerpt from the example for the XML.lastChild property, and

shows how you can use the

XML.previousSibling property to loop through an XML node’s

child nodes:

for (var aNode:XMLNode = rootNode.lastChild; aNode != null; aNode =

aNode.previousSibling) {

trace(aNode);

}