Hi guys,

currently workng on my own private class to access and store an xml doc.

my current class looks like:

// ---------------------------

class Blogger {

public var feedURL:String;
private var totalEntries:Number;
public var blogEntries:Array = [];

public function Blogger(feedSource:String) {

feedURL = feedSource;
var data_xml= new XML();
data_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
var blogEntries:Array = [];

data_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
totalEntries = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length - 10;
for (var i:Number = 0; i < totalEntries; i++){

blogEntries.push({ author:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNo
des[1].childNodes[0].childNodes[0].nodeValue,

date:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[4].childNodes[0].nodeV
alue,

title:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[7].childNodes[0].node
Value,

article:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[8].childNodes[0].no
deValue
});
}
}
}

data_xml.load(feedURL);
}
}

// -----------

Now all the xml is loading and being accessed fine, the problem I am having is
pushing this data into the array I have created to store it all "BlogEntries".
This is continuously coming back as length of 0 so the data is for some reason
not being pushed in.. any ideas or help gratefully received.

cheers everyone!
nick

Seems to me all you need to do is copy the local BlogEntries to the
classmember. Otherwise you need a local reference to the current object to
access class members in callback handlers - see second chunk of code.



class Blogger {

public var feedURL:String;
private var totalEntries:Number;
public var blogEntries:Array = [];//this is a static array!

public function Blogger(feedSource:String) {

feedURL = feedSource;
var data_xml= new XML();
data_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
var blogEntries:Array = [];

data_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
totalEntries = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length - 10;
for (var i:Number = 0; i < totalEntries; i++){
blogEntries.push({
author:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].chi
ldNodes[0].nodeValue,

date:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[4].childNodes[0].
nodeValue,

title:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[7].childNodes[0]
..nodeValue,

article:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[8].childNodes[
0].nodeValue
}
);
}
}
this.blogEntries=blogEntries;
}

class Blogger {

public var feedURL:String;
private var totalEntries:Number;
public var blogEntries:Array;

public function Blogger(feedSource:String) {
var thisObj:Blogger=this;//local ref to the current object
blogEntries=new Array();
feedURL = feedSource;
var data_xml= new XML();
data_xml.ignoreWhite = true;
//var blogEntries:Array = [];

data_xml.onLoad = function(success) {
if (success) {
totalEntries = data_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length - 10;
for (var i:Number = 0; i < totalEntries; i++){
thisObj.blogEntries.push({
author:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[1].childNodes[0].chi
ldNodes[0].nodeValue,

date:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[4].childNodes[0].
nodeValue,

title:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[7].childNodes[0]
..nodeValue,

article:data_xml.childNodes[0].childNodes[(10+i)].childNodes[8].childNodes[
0].nodeValue
}
);
}
}
this.blogEntries=blogEntries;
}