Flex Examples
The following example shows how you can ignore comment tags (<!-- … -->) in an XML document by setting the static XML.ignoreComments property.
Full code after the jump.
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<!-- http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/22/ignoring-comments-in-an-xml-file-in-actionscript-30/ -->
<mx:Application name="XML_ignoreComments_test"
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="vertical"
verticalAlign="middle"
backgroundColor="white">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
XML.ignoreComments = false;
private const xmlObj:XML = <TestCase>
<setup>
<!-- TODO: implement -->
</setup>
<body>
<!-- TODO: implement -->
</body>
</TestCase>;
private function init():void {
XML.ignoreComments = ignoreCommentsCheckBox.selected;
var newXMLObj:XML = xmlObj.copy();
textArea.text = newXMLObj.toXMLString();
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<mx:ApplicationControlBar dock="true">
<mx:Form styleName="plain">
<mx:FormItem label="ignoreComments:">
<mx:CheckBox id="ignoreCommentsCheckBox"
change="init();" />
</mx:FormItem>
</mx:Form>
</mx:ApplicationControlBar>
<mx:TextArea id="textArea"
editable="false"
width="100%"
height="100%"
creationComplete="init();" />
</mx:Application>
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Peter deHaan
Peter deHaan currently works for Adobe on the Flex SDK QA team. While not working on Flex, Flash, and ColdFusion applications, Peter enjoys making up bios and writing in 3rd person. Peter's rarely updated blog can be found at blogs.adobe.com/pdehaan/, actionscriptexamples.com, airexamples.com, and coldfusionexamples.com.
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Thank you Peter, couldn’t figure out why my xml comments were getting dropped until I came across this blog.