betajs/betajs-flash

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package com.adobe.utils
{

    public class XMLUtil
    {
        /**
         * Constant representing a text node type returned from XML.nodeKind.
         * 
         * @see XML.nodeKind()
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */
        public static const TEXT:String = "text";
        
        /**
         * Constant representing a comment node type returned from XML.nodeKind.
         * 
         * @see XML.nodeKind()
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */        
        public static const COMMENT:String = "comment";
        
        /**
         * Constant representing a processing instruction type returned from XML.nodeKind.
         * 
         * @see XML.nodeKind()
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */        
        public static const PROCESSING_INSTRUCTION:String = "processing-instruction";
        
        /**
         * Constant representing an attribute type returned from XML.nodeKind.
         * 
         * @see XML.nodeKind()
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */        
        public static const ATTRIBUTE:String = "attribute";
        
        /**
         * Constant representing a element type returned from XML.nodeKind.
         * 
         * @see XML.nodeKind()
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */        
        public static const ELEMENT:String = "element";
        
        /**
         * Checks whether the specified string is valid and well formed XML.
         * 
         * @param data The string that is being checked to see if it is valid XML.
         * 
         * @return A Boolean value indicating whether the specified string is
         * valid XML.
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */
        public static function isValidXML(data:String):Boolean
        {
            var xml:XML;
            
            try
            {
                xml = new XML(data);
            }
            catch(e:Error)
            {
                return false;
            }
            
            if(xml.nodeKind() != XMLUtil.ELEMENT)
            {
                return false;
            }
            
            return true;
        }
        
        /**
         * Returns the next sibling of the specified node relative to the node's parent.
         * 
         * @param x The node whose next sibling will be returned.
         * 
         * @return The next sibling of the node. null if the node does not have 
         * a sibling after it, or if the node has no parent.
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */        
        public static function getNextSibling(x:XML):XML
        {    
            return XMLUtil.getSiblingByIndex(x, 1);
        }
        
        /**
         * Returns the sibling before the specified node relative to the node's parent.
         * 
         * @param x The node whose sibling before it will be returned.
         * 
         * @return The sibling before the node. null if the node does not have 
         * a sibling before it, or if the node has no parent.
         * 
         * @langversion ActionScript 3.0
         * @playerversion Flash 9.0
         */            
        public static function getPreviousSibling(x:XML):XML
        {    
            return XMLUtil.getSiblingByIndex(x, -1);
        }        
        
        protected static function getSiblingByIndex(x:XML, count:int):XML    
        {
            var out:XML;
            
            try
            {
                out = x.parent().children()[x.childIndex() + count];    
            }         
            catch(e:Error)
            {
                return null;
            }
            
            return out;            
        }
    }
}