ActionScript 3 parsing XML data

Question

My Flash Code

var myLoader:URLLoader = new URLLoader;
var xmlData = new XML();

myLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, LoadXML);

myLoader.load(new URLRequest("mydata.xml"));

function LoadXML(e:Event):void
{
  xmlData = new XML(e.target.data);

  trace(xmlData);
}

My XML Data (mydata.xml)

<xml>
  <items>
     <item Name="Test" ID="1" />
     <item Name="Home" ID="2" />
     <item Name="Car" ID="3" />
     <item Name="Balloon" ID="4" />
     <item Name="Harry" ID="5" />
     <item Name="Lion" ID="6" />
  </items>
</xml>

How can I get each item in the xml file to be able to then use it in my flash file.

I have tried several things but none seem to work. I am using ActionScript 3.0.

Answer 1

Using E4X you can loop over each item in your XML

for each (var item:XML in xmlData.items.item) {
 trace(item.@Name, item.@ID);
}

Answer 2

I changed it to this xmlData..item and it worked. Does anyone know why?

for each (var item:XML in xmlData..item) { 
 trace(item.@Name, item.@ID); 
}