"MikeKlepper" <webforumsuser@macromedia.com> wrote in message
news:cpv9lc$mb1$1@forums.macromedia.com...
> Hello,
>
> When reloading XML data into an XML object already containing data, it
appears
> that the XML object does not totally "clear" itself. For example, when
running
> this code...
>
> var loadCount:Number = 0;
> var myData:String = "myData.xml";
> var loadedXML:XML = new XML();
>
> loadedXML.ignoreWhite = true;
> loadedXML.onLoad = displayAndTryReload;
> loadedXML.load(myData);
>
> function displayAndTryReload(success)
> {
> if(success)
> {
> loadCount++;
> OutputTxt.text += "Load attempt =
> "+loadCount+"\n"+loadedXML.toString()+"\n\n";
> if(loadCount<2)
> loadedXML.load(myData);
> }
> else
> {
> trace("Failed to load!");
> }
> }
>
> on this XML file...
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <something></something>
>
> the following output is produced...
>
> Load attempt = 1
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><something />
>
> Load attempt = 2
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><?xml version="1.0"
> encoding="UTF-8"?><something />
>
> A duplicate doc type declaration is produced (and empty paired tags are
> converted into a singleton tag).
>
> This can be corrected by changing the code to read...
>
> var loadCount:Number = 0;
> var myData:String = "myData.xml";
> var loadedXML:XML = new XML();
> initLoadedXML();
> loadedXML.load(myData);
>
> function initLoadedXML()
> {
> loadedXML = new XML();
> loadedXML.ignoreWhite = true;
> loadedXML.onLoad = displayAndTryReload;
> }
>
> function displayAndTryReload(success)
> {
> if(success)
> {
> loadCount++;
> OutputTxt.text += "Load attempt =
> "+loadCount+"\n"+loadedXML.toString()+"\n\n";
> if(loadCount<2)
> {
> initLoadedXML()
> loadedXML.load(myData);
> }
> }
> else
> {
> trace("Failed to load!");
> }
> }
>
>
> in which case the output is...
> Load attempt = 1
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><something />
>
> Load attempt = 2
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><something />
>
> Explicitly trying to clear the loadedXML object before the second load
with
> lines like
> loadedXML.removeNode(); or
> loadedXML.docTypeDecl = null; or
> loadedXML.docTypeDecl = "";
> doesn't seem to help.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature? Is there an easier way of clearing the XML?
>
> Thanks!
> Mike
>