# Reference static constant name in XML?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-static-constant-name-in-xml/306474>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [March 16, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-static-constant-name-in-xml/306474 "2010-03-16T09:37:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![Maqrkk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Maqrkk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Maqrkk)\
**Post date:** [March 16, 2010, 9:37am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reference-static-constant-name-in-xml/306474/1 "2010-03-16T09:37:36Z")

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Hey everyone,

maybe this is something small I’m overlooking, but I can’t figure out how to pull this off. I have an XML file that keeps data on my tilesheets. Currently it keeps info on the width and height of the tiles (works fine), but I also want to tell my program what part of an animation it belongs to. I have a class set up that keeps some constants on the state of the object, that will decide it’s animation. For example, if the state equals “PlatformState.WALKING”, I alternate between tiles 1, 2 and 3, if the state is “PlatformState.FALLING”, It alternates between 4 and 5.  
The static constant PlatformState.WALKING is a uint with value 0, FALLING has value 1, etc. But I don’t want to put the rough values in the XML, but the constant names.

So how would I tell my program, through XML, that a certain tile belongs to “PlatformState.WALKING”?

Thanks