XMLListCollection has a toArray() method.
So maybe:
var ac:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection(new
XMLListCollection(xml.menuas XMLList).toArray());
it might be a bit nicer written on more than one line, but you get the idea.
Doug
On 6/8/07, dorkie dork from dorktown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Since the ArrayCollection can only accept an Array I think my problem is
how to convert an XMLList from an XML object into an Array.
On 6/8/07, dorkie dork from dorktown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> I cant successfully convert xml to a array collection. I don't know what
> I'm doing wrong. It works in MXML not AS3.
>
> Here is the result from a service call:
>
> public function resultHandler(event:ResultEvent):void {
>
> trace("result :" + event.result);
> var myXML:XML = XML(event.result);
> var ac:ArrayCollection = new ArrayCollection();
> ac.source = myXML.menu as Array;
> ac.refresh();
> trace(ac.length);
> linkBarNav.dataProvider = ac;
>
> }
>
>
> TypeError: Error #1034: Type Coercion failed: cannot convert
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] to Class.
>
> It works fine with this model :
>
> <mx:Model id="menuXML">
> <mainmenu>
> <menu id="madmin" label="Maintenance" role="admin"
> roleAction="hide">
> <submenu id="mudacControl" label="UDAC Controls"
> link="/das/admin/udacControlMaint.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> <submenu id="mcmrlUsers" label="CMRL Users"
> link="/das/admin/cmrlUsersMaint.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> <submenu id="mtemplates" label="Templates"
> link="/das/admin/templateMaint.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> <submenu id="mquestions" label="Questions"
> link="/das/admin/questionMaint.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> </menu>
> <menu id="mwork" label="Queues" role="base">
> <submenu id="mworkQueue" label="Work Queue"
> link="/das/work/workQueue.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> <submenu id="missuesQueue" label="Issues Queue"
> link="/das/work/issuesQueue.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> <submenu id="mjbpmNodes" label="Nodes"
> link="/das/work/nodes.faces" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> </menu>
> <menu id="mhelp" label="Help" role="base">
> <submenu id="mhelpDoc" label="Help Document"
> link="/somelink" role="base" roleAction="diable"/>
> </menu>
> </mainmenu>
> </mx:Model>
>
> <mx:ArrayCollection id="myAC" source="{menuXML.menu}"
> filterFunction="filterMenu"/>
>
