Flex Examples » ignoreComments http://blog.flexexamples.com Just a bunch of Adobe Flex Examples Wed, 26 Jan 2011 18:09:51 +0000 en hourly 1 Ignoring comments in an XML file in ActionScript 3.0 http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/22/ignoring-comments-in-an-xml-file-in-actionscript-30/ http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/22/ignoring-comments-in-an-xml-file-in-actionscript-30/#comments Sat, 23 Aug 2008 06:01:18 +0000 Peter deHaan http://blog.flexexamples.com/2008/08/22/ignoring-comments-in-an-xml-file-in-actionscript-30/ The following example shows how you can ignore comment tags (<!-- … -->) in an XML document by setting the static XML.ignoreComments property.

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<?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> [...]]]> The following example shows how you can ignore comment tags (<!-- … -->) in an XML document by setting the static XML.ignoreComments property.

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<?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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