XML Handling in Flash 5.

[Daryn Nakhuda]

I disagree with your argument that the same things can be accomplished on

the server side with some sort of backend as with XML & Flash. the beauty

of xml as I see it, is that it allows you to pull in much more satisfying

data structures than you can with simple key/value pairs in a url encoded

string. 


for example, look at the navigation element at the top of the page at

http://www.bornmag.com/mother.html. i can't even imagine how ugly and

inefficient it would be to do that via requests to a servlet everytime you

want to do anything..


instead, you have a nice xml file full of entries like below, and that's

all you need. 


<item 

	title="In Your Absence"

	author="Torrence, Heather J."

	artist="Vatne, Kjetil"

	genre="Poetry"

	year="1999"

	url="projects/absence"

/>


PLUS, if I wanted to put this on a cd or non-internet connected kiosk, it

would still work and be fully functional, without requiring the

installation of server software or access to a server.


-daryn