Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
would help if I answer the question: childnode.parent().@group *__ **Plastic Martians Ltd.* email: m...@plasticmartians.co.uk web:www.plasticmartians.co.uk mobile: 07763 986 485 phone: 01434 382 973 On 05/05/2011 16:42, Matt Folkard wrote: parent() should do it, as in: childnode.parent() Cheers matt *__ **Plastic Martians Ltd.* email: m...@plasticmartians.co.uk web:www.plasticmartians.co.uk mobile: 07763 986 485 phone: 01434 382 973 On 05/05/2011 16:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... I'm trying to find some xml's parent attribute. I havepet name=Sugar/ and I want to find B. var pets:XML =pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; I can't seem to find it. Anyone know how? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
parent() should do it, as in: childnode.parent() Cheers matt *__ **Plastic Martians Ltd.* email: m...@plasticmartians.co.uk web:www.plasticmartians.co.uk mobile: 07763 986 485 phone: 01434 382 973 On 05/05/2011 16:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... I'm trying to find some xml's parent attribute. I havepet name=Sugar/ and I want to find B. var pets:XML =pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; I can't seem to find it. Anyone know how? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
Hi Michael, how about the following (not tested): var petsList:XMLList = pets.*; var sugarDaddy:XMLList = petsList.(pet name == Sugar); trace(sugarDaddy@group); HTH Willem van den Goorbergh On 5 mei 2011, at 17:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... I'm trying to find some xml's parent attribute. I have pet name=Sugar/ and I want to find B. var pets:XML = pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; I can't seem to find it. Anyone know how? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= Geografiek is a Dutch, Utrecht-based map and chart design company. Willem van den Goorbergh can be contacted by telephone: (+31)30-2719512 or cell phone: (+31)6-26372378 or by fax: (+31)302719687 snail mail: Hooghiemstraplein 89 3514 AX UTRECHT Visit our website at: www.geografiek.nl twitter: @wvdgoorbergh =+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+= ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
Perhaps [code] xml..GroupNodeName [/code] should get the parent node for ya? ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
childnode.parent().@group Thanks, Matt. Well, I'm getting stuck on finding the correct node then. How do I find the node in the xml, given the node I have? var myPet:XML = pet name=Sugar/ I get errors with a statements like these: pets..(pet.toXMLString() == myPet.toXMLString()); pets..(* == myPet); Once I have that, then I can do the parent() method call. var pets:XML =pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
var xml:XML = root pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets /root; trace(xml.pets.pet.(@name == Sugar).parent().@group); // B Perhaps you don't want to call your XML pets as it's a node name as well. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 05/05/2011 16:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... I'm trying to find some xml's parent attribute. I havepet name=Sugar/ and I want to find B. var pets:XML =pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; I can't seem to find it. Anyone know how? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
Errr, my very limited E4X knowledge now deserts me, but try: pets.pet.(@name ==Sugar).parent().@group *__ **Plastic Martians Ltd.* email: m...@plasticmartians.co.uk web:www.plasticmartians.co.uk mobile: 07763 986 485 phone: 01434 382 973 On 05/05/2011 16:50, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: childnode.parent().@group Thanks, Matt. Well, I'm getting stuck on finding the correct node then. How do I find the node in the xml, given the node I have? var myPet:XML =pet name=Sugar/ I get errors with a statements like these: pets..(pet.toXMLString() == myPet.toXMLString()); pets..(* == myPet); Once I have that, then I can do the parent() method call. var pets:XML =pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
@name - will that cause problems because name is a property of XML nodes? if it is maybe try attribute(name) instead? On 05/05/2011 16:53, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote: var xml:XML = root pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets /root; trace(xml.pets.pet.(@name == Sugar).parent().@group); // B Perhaps you don't want to call your XML pets as it's a node name as well. Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 05/05/2011 16:32, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Hi list... I'm trying to find some xml's parent attribute. I havepet name=Sugar/ and I want to find B. var pets:XML =pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets; I can't seem to find it. Anyone know how? Thanks, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
Thanks everyone. I don't want to find the pet node by using just @name. I need to match a node in xml.pets, given a full node, like so: xml.pets.(pet.toXMLString() == myPet.toXMLString()); I can't seem to get part that working. I think it should be easy to use parent() once I have that bit, right? - Michael M. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Kawamoto Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:54 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent var xml:XML = root pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets /root; trace(xml.pets.pet.(@name == Sugar).parent().@group); // B Perhaps you don't want to call your XML pets as it's a node name as well. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
trace(xml.pets.pet.(toXMLString() == 'pet name=Sugar/').parent().@group); // B -- Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 05/05/2011 17:06, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Thanks everyone. I don't want to find thepet node by using just @name. I need to match a node in xml.pets, given a full node, like so: xml.pets.(pet.toXMLString() == myPet.toXMLString()); I can't seem to get part that working. I think it should be easy to use parent() once I have that bit, right? - Michael M. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Kawamoto Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:54 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent var xml:XML =root pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets /root; trace(xml.pets.pet.(@name == Sugar).parent().@group); // B Perhaps you don't want to call your XML pets as it's a node name as well. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
This may be slightly more elegant than using toXMLString(): trace(xml.pets.pet.(contains(pet name=Sugar/)).parent().@group); // B Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 05/05/2011 17:06, Mendelsohn, Michael wrote: Thanks everyone. I don't want to find thepet node by using just @name. I need to match a node in xml.pets, given a full node, like so: xml.pets.(pet.toXMLString() == myPet.toXMLString()); I can't seem to get part that working. I think it should be easy to use parent() once I have that bit, right? - Michael M. -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Kenneth Kawamoto Sent: Thursday, May 05, 2011 11:54 AM To: flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com Subject: Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent var xml:XML =root pets group=A pet name=Rover/ pet name=Buffy/ /pets pets group=B pet name=Spot/ pet name=Sugar/ /pets /root; trace(xml.pets.pet.(@name == Sugar).parent().@group); // B Perhaps you don't want to call your XML pets as it's a node name as well. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
RE: [Flashcoders] E4X question: finding parent
Thanks everyone for your responses. The real xml was actually more complicated than what I posted. Is it me? Sometimes it seems that E4X solutions are difficult to figure out. The actual solution in my project is this, where rslt is an XMLList: rslt = topics..descendants(*).(contains(XML(filter))); rslt = new XMLList(rslt[0].parent()); I don't know why I had to have a parent() call on a separate line, but when I had it on one line, the first line was null. Sometimes perplexed by E4X, - Michael M. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
Hello fellow flashcoders, I'm still struggling with my e4x problem. With Kenneth's help I've got it partly working for the cases where each game has at least 1 user node: var games:XML = games game user/ user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game /games; trace(All games: + games.game.length()); trace(Full games: + games.game.user.(length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.user.(length() 3).length()); This works well. But once I have a game with no user's, i.e. game/game or just game/ it fails with runtime error: ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable user is not defined. I know, that when using e4x you're first supposed to test for a game.user.length()!=0 before referencing a user node. But how do you do it in this case, when I'm trying to count total numbers? Thank you Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
You can use elements() (and attributes()) to avoid getting the error, i.e. trace(Full games: + games.game.(elements(user).length() == 3).length()); Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26/08/2010 11:00, Alexander Farber wrote: Hello fellow flashcoders, I'm still struggling with my e4x problem. With Kenneth's help I've got it partly working for the cases where each game has at least 1 user node: var games:XML = games game user/ user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game /games; trace(All games: + games.game.length()); trace(Full games: + games.game.user.(length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.user.(length() 3).length()); This works well. But once I have a game with no user's, i.e.game/game or justgame/ it fails with runtime error: ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable user is not defined. I know, that when using e4x you're first supposed to test for a game.user.length()!=0 before referencing a user node. But how do you do it in this case, when I'm trying to count total numbers? Thank you Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
I meant attribute() - attribute() and attributes() are quite different things ;) Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26/08/2010 11:41, Kenneth Kawamoto wrote: You can use elements() (and attributes()) to avoid getting the error, i.e. trace(Full games: + games.game.(elements(user).length() == 3).length()); Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ On 26/08/2010 11:00, Alexander Farber wrote: Hello fellow flashcoders, I'm still struggling with my e4x problem. With Kenneth's help I've got it partly working for the cases where each game has at least 1 user node: var games:XML = games game user/ user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game /games; trace(All games: + games.game.length()); trace(Full games: + games.game.user.(length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.user.(length() 3).length()); This works well. But once I have a game with no user's, i.e.game/game or justgame/ it fails with runtime error: ReferenceError: Error #1065: Variable user is not defined. I know, that when using e4x you're first supposed to test for a game.user.length()!=0 before referencing a user node. But how do you do it in this case, when I'm trying to count total numbers? Thank you Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
Thank you for the pointers, I'll read up on child() and attribute() - I've missed them in the docs somehow ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
Hello Kenneth and others,
On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 9:05 PM, Kenneth Kawamoto
kennethkawam...@gmail.com wrote:
trace(Full games: + games.game.(user.length() == 3).length());
trace(Vacant games: + games.game.(user.length() 3).length());
thank you - now my Flash code is working,
but my Flex code is still not working and
I've already spent several days on it. Here is
the test case (a copy and screenshot are at
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3517298/flex-listening-for-collectionevent-in-custom-component
)
Games.mxml (my component, trying to use e4x):
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:VBox xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; xmlns:my=*
mx:Script
![CDATA[
private var _xlist:XMLList;
public function get xlist():XMLList {
return _xlist;
}
public function set xlist(x:XMLList):void {
_xlist = x;
trace(111: + _xlist.toString());
trace(222: + _xlist.game.toString());
list.dataProvider = x;
all.text = All games: + _xlist.game.length();
full.text = Full games: +
_xlist.game.(user.length() == 3).length();
vacant.text = Vacant games: +
_xlist.game.(user.length() 3).length();
}
private function gameLabel(item:Object):String {
return game: + it...@label;
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:Label id=all text=All games/
mx:Label id=full text=Full games/
mx:Label id=vacant text=Vacant games/
mx:List id=list labelFunction=gameLabel/
/mx:VBox
MyTest.mxml:
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
mx:Application xmlns:mx=http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml; xmlns:my=*
mx:Script
![CDATA[
import mx.events.*;
private function changeXML1():void {
games = games
game label=1
user/
user/
user/
/game
game label=2
user/
user/
/game
game label=3
user/
user/
user/
/game
/games;
}
private function changeXML2():void {
games = games
game label=A
user/
user/
user/
/game
game label=B
user/
user/
/game
game label=C
/game
/games;
}
]]
/mx:Script
mx:XML id=games
games
game label=X
user/
user/
/game
game label=Y
user/
user/
/game
/games
/mx:XML
mx:Button label=Change XML 1 click=changeXML1()/
mx:Button label=Change XML 2 click=changeXML2()/
my:Games xlist={games.game}/
/mx:Application
It prints empty list for the
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
Hi, I am not sure you can count the sub-nodes without having some sort of differentiator between parent nodes. You might have to loop through the list of games to find how many users are in each one as your tests for 2 3 are returning the total number of user nodes in the tree. You can test your e4x stuff quite nicely here: http://www.linkwerk.com/pub/javascript/e4x/e4x-tester/ Glen Alexander Farber wrote: Hello, my server delivers XML data over socket, representing games, with up to 3 players in each. In my custom component I'd like to display a summary: total number of games, number of full games (3 players) number of vacant games (joinable, because less than 3 players). I've prepared a reduced test case demonstrating my problem: var games:XML = games game user/ user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game /games; trace(All games: + games.game.length()); trace(Full games: + games.game.user.(length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.user.(length() 3).length()); It prints wrong results for the 2 last calculations: All games: 3 Full games: 0 Vacant games: 7 And a warning: Warning: 1060: Migration issue: The method length is no longer supported. Use the length property of the argument instead.. Please advise me Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
Yeah you should add attributes to your game nodes to seperate them: var games:XML = games game id=1 user/ user/ user/ /game game id=2 user/ user/ /game game id=3 user/ user/ /game /games; then you can use E4X to find the actually amount of users in each game: **Pseudo Code** games.game(@id == 1).user.length(); Nathan Mynarcik nat...@mynarcik.com 254.749.2525 www.mynarcik.com On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Glen Pike postmas...@glenpike.co.ukwrote: Hi, I am not sure you can count the sub-nodes without having some sort of differentiator between parent nodes. You might have to loop through the list of games to find how many users are in each one as your tests for 2 3 are returning the total number of user nodes in the tree. You can test your e4x stuff quite nicely here: http://www.linkwerk.com/pub/javascript/e4x/e4x-tester/ Glen Alexander Farber wrote: Hello, my server delivers XML data over socket, representing games, with up to 3 players in each. In my custom component I'd like to display a summary: total number of games, number of full games (3 players) number of vacant games (joinable, because less than 3 players). I've prepared a reduced test case demonstrating my problem: var games:XML = games game user/ user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game /games; trace(All games: + games.game.length()); trace(Full games: + games.game.user.(length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.user.(length() 3).length()); It prints wrong results for the 2 last calculations: All games: 3 Full games: 0 Vacant games: 7 And a warning: Warning: 1060: Migration issue: The method length is no longer supported. Use the length property of the argument instead.. Please advise me Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question: counting number of subnodes
May be this is what you after? trace(Full games: + games.game.(user.length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.(user.length() 3).length()); // Trace Full games: 1 Vacant games: 2 Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ Alexander Farber wrote: Hello, my server delivers XML data over socket, representing games, with up to 3 players in each. In my custom component I'd like to display a summary: total number of games, number of full games (3 players) number of vacant games (joinable, because less than 3 players). I've prepared a reduced test case demonstrating my problem: var games:XML = games game user/ user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game game user/ user/ /game /games; trace(All games: + games.game.length()); trace(Full games: + games.game.user.(length() == 3).length()); trace(Vacant games: + games.game.user.(length() 3).length()); It prints wrong results for the 2 last calculations: All games: 3 Full games: 0 Vacant games: 7 And a warning: Warning: 1060: Migration issue: The method length is no longer supported. Use the length property of the argument instead.. Please advise me Alex ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question
Give this a try -- worked for me : )
var x:XML = new XML(allp id='1'sdog/s/pp
id='2'scat/s/pp id='3'sbird/s/pp
id='4'sdog/s/pp//all) ;
var animal:String = dog ;
var list:XMLList = x.p.(child('s').text()[0] == animal) ;
trace(list.toXMLString())
// traces...
p id=1
sdog/s
/p
p id=4
sdog/s
/p
Jer
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RE: [Flashcoders] E4X question
Is there a reason to have s as a child node instead of an attribute? Sorting would be a lot easier if s was an attribute of p instead of a child node. For example: var myXML:XML = new XML(all p s=dog / p s=cat / p s=bird / p s=cat / p s=sheep / p s=goat / p s=cat / /all); var myXMLList:XMLList = myXML.p.(@s == cat); trace(myXMLList); Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Mendelsohn, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 9:47 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] E4X question Hi list... I can't seem to get the right E4X statement. I'm trying to get an XMLList of all the p tags that have an s tag that is a certain string. I've tried all sorts of combinations, thinking this one would work, but it doesn't: // where animal is passed dog var list:XMLList = XMLList(all..p..(s.toString()==animal).parent()); or even var list:XMLList = XMLList(all..(s.toString()==animal).parent()); Help! Thanks, - Michael M. all p sdog/s /p p scat/s /p p sbird/s /p p sdog/s /p p/ /all ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question
You can condense it a little:
var xmllist:XMLList = xml.p.(child(s) == animal);
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http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/
On 3 February 2010 15:21, Jer Brand thejhe...@gmail.com wrote:
Give this a try -- worked for me : )
var x:XML = new XML(allp id='1'sdog/s/pp
id='2'scat/s/pp id='3'sbird/s/pp
id='4'sdog/s/pp//all) ;
var animal:String = dog ;
var list:XMLList = x.p.(child('s').text()[0] == animal) ;
trace(list.toXMLString())
// traces...
p id=1
sdog/s
/p
p id=4
sdog/s
/p
Jer
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RE: [Flashcoders] E4X question
Thanks for the responses... Jason: You're right...as always! :-) Having s as an attribute will make my life easier. I was trying to do it with a tag though, because I was trying to have really clean xml, everything as tags, no attributes. My train of thought is that actually, the p tags are art pieces, so I figured if the s were a tag instead of an attribute, I could discern more than one artist working on any individual piece. I wonder what your opinion on that would be. Jer: Your solution worked! Much appreciated. Kenneth: Thanks for streamlining it. You're an E4X genius. Thanks my friends!! - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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because I was trying to have really clean xml, everything as tags, no attributes Heh heh, yeah, I think a bunch of child nodes is messier, more attributes is cleaner (and this leaner) but it's a matter of perspective I guess. :) Jason Merrill Bank of America Global Learning Learning Performance Soluions Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Community and visit our Instructional Technology Design Blog (note: these are for Bank of America employees only) -Original Message- From: flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com [mailto:flashcoders-boun...@chattyfig.figleaf.com] On Behalf Of Mendelsohn, Michael Sent: Wednesday, February 03, 2010 10:51 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: RE: [Flashcoders] E4X question Thanks for the responses... Jason: You're right...as always! :-) Having s as an attribute will make my life easier. I was trying to do it with a tag though, because I was trying to have really clean xml, everything as tags, no attributes. My train of thought is that actually, the p tags are art pieces, so I figured if the s were a tag instead of an attribute, I could discern more than one artist working on any individual piece. I wonder what your opinion on that would be. Jer: Your solution worked! Much appreciated. Kenneth: Thanks for streamlining it. You're an E4X genius. Thanks my friends!! - MM ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Thanks for all the responses! I ended up adapting this solution, and I got
tripped up on the fact that parent() is a method!! Ugh.
- MM
take the XMLList that you have and run a for each loop on it looking for a
match at the name attribute
for each (var element:XML in FloorPlanData.floor){
if(eleme...@name == thisLabel){
return element
}
}
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Thanks for replying, Cor. Yes, when the xml is loaded, the Event.COMPLETE
function gets fired. That part isn't the problem because I'm already doing
other things with the XML. It's just this bit that I can't get an XMLList for.
What really happens is Sprites within a ScrollPane component get a
MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP event, and these sprites contain a TextField that has a
string.
Here's the real function below. The string gets passed no problem. I just
can't get an XMLList built.
Thanks!
- Michael M.
private function onClick(m:MouseEvent):void{
// no problem here
var thisLabel:String = TextField(m.target[getChildAt](1)).text;
// should I build an XMLList containing everything first?
// no problem here either
trace(FloorplanData..floor);
// traces nothing
trace(FloorplanData..*.((hasOwnProperty(name))
(attribute(name)==thisLabel)));
}
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Mike,
take the XMLList that you have and run a for each loop on it looking for a
match at the name attribute
for each (var element:XML in FloorPlanData.floor){
if(eleme...@name == thisLabel){
return element
}
}
or something along those lines
Hope this is what you were asking
greg
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 3:23 PM, Mendelsohn, Michael
michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com wrote:
Thanks for replying, Cor. Yes, when the xml is loaded, the Event.COMPLETE
function gets fired. That part isn't the problem because I'm already doing
other things with the XML. It's just this bit that I can't get an XMLList
for.
What really happens is Sprites within a ScrollPane component get a
MouseEvent.MOUSE_UP event, and these sprites contain a TextField that has a
string.
Here's the real function below. The string gets passed no problem. I just
can't get an XMLList built.
Thanks!
- Michael M.
private function onClick(m:MouseEvent):void{
// no problem here
var thisLabel:String = TextField(m.target[getChildAt](1)).text;
// should I build an XMLList containing everything first?
// no problem here either
trace(FloorplanData..floor);
// traces nothing
trace(FloorplanData..*.((hasOwnProperty(name))
(attribute(name)==thisLabel)));
}
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Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question
var floorplan:XML = FloorplanData
floor name=1
dept name=Administration/
dept name=Reception/
/floor
floor name=2
dept name=Human Resources/
dept name=Finance/
/floor
floor name=3
dept name=Marketing/
dept name=Accounting/
/floor
floor name=4
dept name=Sales/
dept name=Legal/
/floor
/FloorplanData;
var dep:String = Reception;
trace(floor: , floorplan.floor.dept.(@name == dep).parent().toXMLString());
//output:
floor: floor name=1
dept name=Administration/
dept name=Reception/
/floor
Is that what you're looking for?
regards,
Muzak
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From: Mendelsohn, Michael michael.mendels...@fmglobal.com
To: Flash Coders List flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:43 PM
Subject: [Flashcoders] E4X question
Hi list...
I'm still relatively new with E4X. I can't get seem to get this function to return the name of the floor that the department is
on. I.E., pass a string, traverse the xml, get the parent's name attribute. In my second attempt, I figured to test for the
property name first, because the root node doesn't have @name, but still no luck. This should be easy, right? It's probably
obvious.
Thanks,
- Michael M.
private function getFloor(deptName:String):void{
// always errors
var theFilteredList:XMLList = FloorplanData..*.(@name==thisLabel);
// this doesn't work either
var f:XMLList = FloorplanData.*.(hasOwnProperty(name)
attribute(name)==thisLabel);
}
?xml version=1.0 encoding=utf-8?
FloorplanData
floor name=1
dept name=Administration/
dept name=Reception/
/floor
floor name=2
dept name=Human Resources/
dept name=Finance/
/floor
floor name=3
dept name=Marketing/
dept name=Accounting/
/floor
floor name=4
dept name=Sales/
dept name=Legal/
/floor
/FloorplanData
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Re: [Flashcoders] E4X question in regards to ill-formed node
trace(foo.descendants(P-E)); (Worth looking at foo.child() and foo.elements() too...) HTH, Ian On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:50 PM, eric e. dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am getting XML from a WSDL and one of the nodes is like so: P-E26.95/P-E now, how can I address this node? trace( foo..P-E ); won't work, how can I use E4X to reliably get that node's value if the index of it (child index) could move around within the parent nodes? Eric ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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One way is: trace(foo.descendants(P-E).toXMLString()); Kenneth Kawamoto http://www.materiaprima.co.uk/ eric e. dolecki wrote: I am getting XML from a WSDL and one of the nodes is like so: P-E26.95/P-E now, how can I address this node? trace( foo..P-E ); won't work, how can I use E4X to reliably get that node's value if the index of it (child index) could move around within the parent nodes? Eric ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Many thanks, that works quite nicely. Eric On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Ian Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: trace(foo.descendants(P-E)); (Worth looking at foo.child() and foo.elements() too...) HTH, Ian On Tue, Jul 29, 2008 at 3:50 PM, eric e. dolecki [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am getting XML from a WSDL and one of the nodes is like so: P-E26.95/P-E now, how can I address this node? trace( foo..P-E ); won't work, how can I use E4X to reliably get that node's value if the index of it (child index) could move around within the parent nodes? Eric ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Escuse the last post, some of the URL was missing. Go here: http://www.laflash.org/node/435 Jason Merrill Bank of America Enterprise Technology Global Risk LLD Instructional Technology Media Join the Bank of America Flash Platform Developer Community Are you a Bank of America associate interested in innovative learning ideas and technologies? Check out our internal GTO Innovative Learning Blog subscribe. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of eric e. dolecki Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2008 10:50 AM To: Flash Coders List Subject: [Flashcoders] E4X question in regards to ill-formed node I am getting XML from a WSDL and one of the nodes is like so: P-E26.95/P-E now, how can I address this node? trace( foo..P-E ); won't work, how can I use E4X to reliably get that node's value if the index of it (child index) could move around within the parent nodes? Eric ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Just because you CAN do it (as this document is just that, documentation), it doesn't mean you SHOULD. I mean, you CAN put underscores in class names. You CAN start class names with lower case characters. You can make all your variable names ALL CAPS even if they're not constants. You can put 10 underscores and dollar signs alternating _$_$_$_$_$ before every variable name if you want to. You can cast every variable as an Object, or as *. The language supports it, and the documentation says you're able to do it. So just because XML supports it, and the documentation says it's allowed, doesn't mean it's in any way a good practice, or smart, or even acceptable. In fact, it is not. I'll give you the number one reason why. Because XML is MEANT to be read by programming languages while still being human readable. Programming languages generally don't like hyphens in the middle of attribute names or variable names. You have to do hacky stuff like bracket access to use them. Hence, you should never use hyphens in XML attributes or node names. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Unfortunately, telling other people to change their entire XML structure and config doesn't usually win you a lot of friends... especially on a tight deadline. Thanks, Alias 2008/7/2 Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: You might want to try following XML standards and best practices by not using hyphens in XML node or attribute names. The only time I've seen hyphens in XML is when salespeople and other laymen end up writing XML schemas. Why they're ever given authority to do such things is beyond me. If it was me, I would fight tooth and nail to get those hyphens removed and replaced with camel case. Best practices or die! ;) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Hi guys, First, thanks for your help. The problem is now fixed, without having to change the XML. Whenever the term best practices comes up in a debate, it usually becomes a big long complicated discussion. I try to avoid the term, as it implies one way of doing something is inherently better than another, which is very rarely true. Instead, I would ask the question whose best practices are we talking about here? because anyone can stand up and claim that such and such is best practice, and as it's subject to opinion, there's never a resolution to the debate. 2008/7/2 Rich Shupe [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I don't understand the subtleties here. Just because XHTML was following it's own rules doesn't mean it was within best practices to use AS E4X to parse it. I'm quite sure it is not considered best practice to work with HTML in XML child nodes, without either CDATA or encoded entities, and your experience reflected that. I have to say that it's certainly common practice - whether it's best is subject to debate. However, it does get projects done on time. And, although my opinion is insignificant, I would have done exactly what you did. Best practices are just that, guidelines for which we should strive. But, since there's no XHTML parser at the ready, you work with what you have. All of this is beside the point, however. I did not cite your example as a criticism. I prefer not to do that. I mentioned it because I was suggesting that maybe this recent question was posed because the author couldn't change the source, just as you couldn't. And, therefore (best practices or not) the author had to work with a hyphenated attribute name. You are correct - changing the XML was not an option. Hence the post to flashcoders. I think it would be difficult to find a defense for hyphenated attributes, but there still may be times when you must work with them. They are deeply annoying, all right. It was surprisingly hard to find the answer online, too. Bad Google! Thanks for all your help, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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I agree with most of what you've said. I just wanted to point out that using hyphens is not sub-standard. Avoiding them is a good decision if that's up to you and you happen to use a language like AS (which lets you reference previously undefined identifiers and would cause the - to clash with the substraction operator). Nevertheless, there are many cases out there of perfectly legal and standard xml files that do use hyphens (crossdomain,xml, for example). Cheers Juan Pablo Califano 2008/7/3, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Just because you CAN do it (as this document is just that, documentation), it doesn't mean you SHOULD. I mean, you CAN put underscores in class names. You CAN start class names with lower case characters. You can make all your variable names ALL CAPS even if they're not constants. You can put 10 underscores and dollar signs alternating _$_$_$_$_$ before every variable name if you want to. You can cast every variable as an Object, or as *. The language supports it, and the documentation says you're able to do it. So just because XML supports it, and the documentation says it's allowed, doesn't mean it's in any way a good practice, or smart, or even acceptable. In fact, it is not. I'll give you the number one reason why. Because XML is MEANT to be read by programming languages while still being human readable. Programming languages generally don't like hyphens in the middle of attribute names or variable names. You have to do hacky stuff like bracket access to use them. Hence, you should never use hyphens in XML attributes or node names. ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Instead of just typing [EMAIL PROTECTED] (which won't work), use the attribute() method: node.attribute(some-attribute) That should do it. HTH, Ian On Wed, Jul 2, 2008 at 5:35 PM, Alias™ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi guys, Quick E4X question. I have an XML node, with an attribute inside, the name of which contains a dash -. How can I access the value of this node via e4x inside actionscript? FDT doesn't seem to like the concept at all... Example: someNode some-attribute=attribute data I want to get the value of some-attribute. Thanks in advance, Alias ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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You might want to try following XML standards and best practices by not using hyphens in XML node or attribute names. The only time I've seen hyphens in XML is when salespeople and other laymen end up writing XML schemas. Why they're ever given authority to do such things is beyond me. If it was me, I would fight tooth and nail to get those hyphens removed and replaced with camel case. Best practices or die! ;) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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He may be working with a source he can't change, like your parsing HTML without using CDATA tags. On 7/2/08 1:56 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to try following XML standards and best practices by not using hyphens in XML node or attribute names. The only time I've seen hyphens in XML is when salespeople and other laymen end up writing XML schemas. Why they're ever given authority to do such things is beyond me. If it was me, I would fight tooth and nail to get those hyphens removed and replaced with camel case. Best practices or die! ;) Rich http://www.LearningActionScript3.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Just because I'm parsing XHTML using the XML parser in Flash doesn't mean that the XHTML is not following best practices. CDATA in XML is a best practice, but not in HTML. I'm using the Flash E4X parser to parse HTML, which, while technically possible, has its own set of challenges due to XML expecting XML not XHTML. Rich Shupe wrote: He may be working with a source he can't change, like your parsing HTML without using CDATA tags. On 7/2/08 1:56 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You might want to try following XML standards and best practices by not using hyphens in XML node or attribute names. The only time I've seen hyphens in XML is when salespeople and other laymen end up writing XML schemas. Why they're ever given authority to do such things is beyond me. If it was me, I would fight tooth and nail to get those hyphens removed and replaced with camel case. Best practices or die! ;) Rich http://www.LearningActionScript3.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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I don't understand the subtleties here. Just because XHTML was following it's own rules doesn't mean it was within best practices to use AS E4X to parse it. I'm quite sure it is not considered best practice to work with HTML in XML child nodes, without either CDATA or encoded entities, and your experience reflected that. And, although my opinion is insignificant, I would have done exactly what you did. Best practices are just that, guidelines for which we should strive. But, since there's no XHTML parser at the ready, you work with what you have. All of this is beside the point, however. I did not cite your example as a criticism. I prefer not to do that. I mentioned it because I was suggesting that maybe this recent question was posed because the author couldn't change the source, just as you couldn't. And, therefore (best practices or not) the author had to work with a hyphenated attribute name. I think it would be difficult to find a defense for hyphenated attributes, but there still may be times when you must work with them. On 7/2/08 4:42 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just because I'm parsing XHTML using the XML parser in Flash doesn't mean that the XHTML is not following best practices. CDATA in XML is a best practice, but not in HTML. I'm using the Flash E4X parser to parse HTML, which, while technically possible, has its own set of challenges due to XML expecting XML not XHTML. Rich http://www.LearningActionScript3.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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My point is that the source (XHTML) was following best practices for XHTML, including using strict mode. By contrast, the OP's source was XML, but it was not following best practices, so Flash had some issues with hyphens, which aren't supposed to be there. I guess I was just saying that it wasn't a fair comparison. I had control over my source (XHTML), it's just that source wasn't exactly what E4X was designed for, but it followed the standards that E4X expected and the output was exactly what E4X would have output if it was XML, I was just having growing pains because of how Flash handled XML in AS1. Hyphens in XML node names and attributes is just bad all around, and I refuse to accept that things that are within your power to change are unchangeable. Some people choose the path of least resistance and figure out a way to parse the hyphens. I choose the path of righteousness and figure out a way to get rid of the hyphens that shouldn't be there in the first place. ;) ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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I guess I wasn't clear. I said the author's question may have been posted, and the other answers may have been valuable, because the source may NOT have been within the author's power to change. On 7/2/08 6:37 PM, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hyphens in XML node names and attributes is just bad all around, and I refuse to accept that things that are within your power to change are unchangeable. Some people choose the path of least resistance and figure out a way to parse the hyphens. I choose the path of righteousness and figure out a way to get rid of the hyphens that shouldn't be there in the first place. ;) Rich http://www.LearningActionScript3.com ___ Flashcoders mailing list Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
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Even though I personally prefer to avoid hyphens too, they are standard, if
W3C recommendations qualify as standards.
From the w3c xml spec:
# Characters '-' and '.' are allowed as name characters.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#xml-names
Definition: A Name is a token beginning with a letter or one of a few
punctuation characters, and continuing with letters, digits, hyphens,
underscores, colons, or full stops, together known as name characters.]
Names beginning with the string xml, or with any string which would match
(('X'|'x') ('M'|'m') ('L'|'l')), are reserved for standardization in this or
future versions of this specification.
http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-xml/#sec-common-syn
So, in this case, I guess avoiding hyphens is actually the path of least
resistance (probably, a wise approach after all!).
Cheers
Juan Pablo Califano
2008/7/2, Steven Sacks [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
You might want to try following XML standards and best practices by not
using hyphens in XML node or attribute names.
The only time I've seen hyphens in XML is when salespeople and other laymen
end up writing XML schemas. Why they're ever given authority to do such
things is beyond me.
If it was me, I would fight tooth and nail to get those hyphens removed and
replaced with camel case. Best practices or die! ;)
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