Convert String to XMLListCollection

Question

Hi,
I have a XMLLIstCollection and I coverted the XMLLIstCollection to String(XMLLIstCollection.toString()) and send it to database. Similarky, I would like to receive the stored string value from the database and show it in Tree. For this, I am trying to convert the String to XMLListCollection(StringVariable as XMLListCollection) and it has null value.
It it possible to typecast/convert a String to XMLListCollection?
Thanks!

Answer 1

This example answers your question. Note how I cast the string to an XMLList, and then use e4x syntax to extract the XML data to populate the XMLListCollection.
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
  creationComplete="init();">
  <mx:Script>
    <![CDATA[
      import mx.collections.XMLListCollection;
      private var strXML:String = "<myData><item><fname>Bob</fname><lname>Smith</lname></item><item><fname>Tim</fname><lnam e>Carson</lname></item><item><fname>Jon</fname><lname>Casey</lname></item></myData>";
      [Bindable] private var xlc:XMLListCollection;
      private function init():void{
        xlc = new XMLListCollection(XMLList(strXML)..item);
    ]]>
  </mx:Script>
  <mx:DataGrid dataProvider="{xlc}">
    <mx:columns>
      <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="fname"/>
      <mx:DataGridColumn dataField="lname"/>
    </mx:columns>
  </mx:DataGrid>
</mx:Application>