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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Thank you Peter, couldn’t figure out why my xml comments were getting dropped until I came across this blog.