Comments on: Find and Replace for XML in AS3 http://keith-hair.net/blog/2008/05/30/find-and-replace-for-xml-in-as3/ Scripting is fun like any other hobby Wed, 28 Jul 2010 10:17:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: evildave http://keith-hair.net/blog/2008/05/30/find-and-replace-for-xml-in-as3/comment-page-1/#comment-689 evildave Wed, 12 May 2010 08:04:52 +0000 http://keith-hair.com/blog/?p=3#comment-689 That's a nice example of XML eating syntax. Another little trick... xml = new XML(xml.toXMLString().replace(regex,replacement)); Notionally it's just like opening the XML file in an editor and doing a regular expression search and replace. When it works, it works great, but there are many situations where it won't work, and it can become a trap for the unwary. One particular example is just 'hacking' a remote web site with links to 'http://somewhere.live/etc' to './localfolder' when you load XML, so that you can test lots of XML configured website crapola without maintaining a second copy of EVERYTHING. That’s a nice example of XML eating syntax.

Another little trick…

xml = new XML(xml.toXMLString().replace(regex,replacement));

Notionally it’s just like opening the XML file in an editor and doing a regular expression search and replace.

When it works, it works great, but there are many situations where it won’t work, and it can become a trap for the unwary.

One particular example is just ‘hacking’ a remote web site with links to ‘http://somewhere.live/etc’ to ‘./localfolder’ when you load XML, so that you can test lots of XML configured website crapola without maintaining a second copy of EVERYTHING.

]]> By: mkecman http://keith-hair.net/blog/2008/05/30/find-and-replace-for-xml-in-as3/comment-page-1/#comment-343 mkecman Tue, 15 Sep 2009 22:32:06 +0000 http://keith-hair.com/blog/?p=3#comment-343 Thank you for posting findAndRemoveAttributeNames function! Really helped me! Thank you for posting findAndRemoveAttributeNames function! Really helped me!

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