Question

I have an XML object in AS3 that is formatted as follows:

<data>
  <nodes>
    <item></item>
    <item></item>
    ...
  </nodes>
  <nodes>
    <item></item>
    <item></item>
    ...
  </nodes>
  ...
</data>

My problem is I want to rename the node names(“nodes” and “item”) to something more relevant e.g. “nodes” could be “author“, and “item” could be “book“.

So what would be the best way to do this with E4X in AS3?

Answer 1

you can use the setName() method of XML Object in AS3.

example:

   //extract all nodes named "nodes"

    var l:XMLList=data..nodes;
    for each(var n:XML in l){
       n.setName("new_node_name");
    }

    //extract all nodes named "item"

    var l2:XMLList=data..item;
    for each(var n2:XML in l2){
       n2.setName("new_item_name");
    }