E4X madness: tracing simple nodes

programming flash
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Hi All,

To keep things simple, here is outlined the root-cause of my problem:
http://www.ultrashock.com/forums/xml/how-to-set-xml-node-value-as3-123595.html

So basically if i trace an XML object, i cant get to its text value via its root node name.

Now check this out:


var xml1:XML = new XML( "<rnd><image>image1 text</image></rnd>" );
trace( "xml1:
" + xml1.image);
/*
TRACES
xml1:
image1 text
*/

var xml2:XML = new XML( "<rnd><image>image1 text</image><image>image2 text</image></rnd>" );
trace( "xml2:
" + xml2.image );
/*
TRACES
xml2:
<image>image1 text</image>
<image>image2 text</image>
*/

and now the question:
HOW CAN I GET THE RESULT OF
trace( "xml1:
" + xml1.image);
TO BE WRAPPED IN THE <image/> TAG ALSO ?

eg:
<image>image1 text</image>

CONSIDERING THAT:
i can not use xml1.toXMLString() because i actually need the pointer, and toXMLString will remove pointers to my xml1.parent (i am trying to do this on nodes of structurally much more complex XML)

-mike

EDIT
priority decreased; im not anymore direly interested in the answer as i’ve adjusted the flash-side to work with the current output. Post just for curiosity and future stumblers :).