XML Load issue

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Hi, My first post so let’s hope it doesn’t make me look too stupid!

I’m building a flash project that requires multiple objects to load their own data as xml. So for example i have two classes, one called ‘view’ and one called ‘list’ (among others) that each call (from inside themselves) a separate xml file via an xml load utility class that looks like this:

package com.util {
	
	import flash.events.Event;
	import flash.display.Sprite;
	
	import flash.net.*
	import flash.events.*;
    import flash.display.*;
	
	
	public class XMLUtility extends Sprite{
		
		private var myXML:XML;
		private var xmlLoader:URLLoader;
		private var xmlRequester:URLRequest
	

		public function XMLUtility(xmlPath):void {
			xmlLoader = new URLLoader;
			xmlRequester = new URLRequest(xmlPath);
			xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onDataLoad, false, 0, true);
			xmlLoader.load(xmlRequester);
		}
		
		private function onDataLoad (evt:Event):void {
			myXML = new XML(evt.target.data);
			dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
			xmlLoader = null;
			xmlRequester = null;
			trace (myXML);
		}
		
		public function get loadedData():XML {
			return myXML;
		}
	}
}

and is called from inside the class like this:

var xmlCall:WebserviceCall = new xmlUtility($dataURL);
xmlCall.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, onDataLoaded, false, 0, true);

It works fine if i only add one of the classes to the project, however if i add more than one only the first one gets it’s xml, the second just hangs (no errors). So it would appear that there is some sort of clash with them using the same xmlUtility

I’m not sure if this is the correct approach (clearly not as it doesn’t work!), the only reason i’ve taken this route is because eventually the project will use a webservice that i want to call in the same way and it will mean i can make any changes to the webservice url in one place rather than in multiple locations. It also seems that even if i stick with a direct xml load it will save me retyping the same code repeatedly in different locations. this way i can just pass the url into the xmlUtility using a few lines inside my class.

An impressively long post for my first one i feel. I’ll shut up now!.

Thanks in advance for any help.