Question

I am trying to create a XML variable but I need to include a { and } in it.

public class MyClass {

    private var simple:XML = 
        <config>
            <url>{PROTOCOL}://{SERVER}/{FOLDER}/</url>
        </config>


    ...

}

Flex is trying to find a variable named PROTOCOL, SERVER and FOLDER. I need to prevent this by escaping the curly brackets.

Question: How can I escape curly braces?

Answer 1

I have a couple of thoughts:

• You can place the entire thing in a String and then cast the String (see here for getting a multi-line String)
• You can use replace the { with { (replacing } with } is optional).
• Add the node in afterwards (sucks, but technically it is an option)