Parsing XML/XHTML in Actionscript

Question

Is there anything similar to getElementById in actionscript?

I\'m trying to make a prototype of a flash page wich gets it\'s data from a xhtml file. I want to have both

Answer 1

Use XML.idMap (or XMLDocument.idMap in ActionScript 3.0) property if quering elements by id is enough. This method is probably fastest way to do this. While XPath gives you advanced quering capabilities it reduces performance. So if you need some elements having id attributes I recomend you use idMap.