Parentnode (Xmlnode.parentnode Property) - MACROMEDIA FLASH 8-FLASH LITE 2.X ACTIONSCRIPT LANGUAGE Reference

// null
// myTextNode
The following example creates and parses an XML packet. The code loops through each child
node, and displays the node value using the
firstChild.nodeValue
maintains the
&
ampersand character (&).
var my_xml:XML = new XML("mortongood&evil");
trace("using firstChild:");
for (var i = 0; i<my_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
trace("\t"+my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild);
}
trace("");
trace("using firstChild.nodeValue:");
for (var i = 0; i<my_xml.firstChild.childNodes.length; i++) {
trace("\t"+my_xml.firstChild.childNodes[i].firstChild.nodeValue);
}
The following information is displayed in the Output panel:
using firstChild:
morton
good&evil
using firstChild.nodeValue:
morton
good&evil
See also
nodeType (XMLNode.nodeType property)

parentNode (XMLNode.parentNode property)

public parentNode :
An XMLNode value that references the parent node of the specified XML object, or returns
if the node has no parent. This is a read-only property and cannot be used to manipulate
null
child nodes; use the
appendChild()
manipulate child nodes.
Availability: ActionScript 1.0; Flash Lite 2.0
754 ActionScript classes
. When you use
firstChild
entity. However, when you explicitly use
XMLNode [read-only]
,
insertBefore()
property and
firstChild
to display contents of the node, it
nodeValue
, and
removeNode()
, it converts to the
methods to