private var myXML:XML =
<companies>
<company name="Sun Inc.">
<department name="Accounting">
<employee name="Paul"/>
<employee name="Jill"/>
</department>
<department name="Development">
<employee name="Ann"/>
<employee name="Peter"/>
</department>
</company>
<company name="Moon Inc.">
<department name="Accounting">
<employee name="Bill"/>
<employee name="Sam"/>
</department>
<department name="Development">
<employee name="Jenny"/>
<employee name="John"/>
</department>
</company>
</companies>;
private var myNewXML:XML;
private function init():void {
myNewXML = myXML.copy();
delete myNewXML.company.department.employee;
getContent(myNewXML.company[1].department[1]);
}
private function getContent(xml:XML):void {
//get xml employees from myXML based on the xmlobject i get
}
Based on the position in myNewXML, how do I dynamicly get the content in the original myXML (I want to extract the employees from the myXML)?
I know I can get the position with xml.childIndex() and traverse through parents with xml.parent() but I dont know how I would write the syntax to actually target the original myXML.
(This code is simplified and cut down from a larger context, it may seem abit pointless in this context)
