Problem in parsing xml

Question

hi,
my condition on the parsing of my xml data is not working.
xml = new XML(e.target.data);
    totalArticles.text = xml.*.length();
    var objectArray:Array = [];
    var xmllist:XMLList = xml.children();
            for(var a:Number = 0; a<xmllist.length(); a++){
                var object:Object = {};
                for(var b:Number = 0; b< xmllist[a].children().length(); b++){
                    var item:XML = xmllist[a].children()[b];
                    trace(item);
                    if(item.name().toString() == "RelatedTopic"){
                        var topicObject:Object = {};
                        trace(topicObject);
                        for(var c:Number = 0; c<item.children().length(); c++){
                            topicObject[item.children()[c].name().toString()] = item.children()[c].toString()
                        object[item.name()] = topicObject;
                    }else{
                        object[item.name()] = item.toString();
                objectArray.push(object);
the code is not entering on the if statement.. i'm trying to parse all the children of Related Topic node and push it in an array.
please help.. thanks..

Answer 1

how will i get the parent node Related Topics?
<RelatedTopics>
    <RelatedTopic>
        <thumbImage>pics/img_1.png</thumbImage>
        <summary color="black">This is a text summary</summary>
        <footer color="white">Read more</footer>
        <postingURL>http://www.accenture.com</postingURL>
        <bgColor>green</bgColor>   
    </RelatedTopic>
what i'm getting in the trace are the children of relatedtopics. basically its what i want and then push its children to an array. because i'll be using all its node.
example. ill get the thumbImage and display it's image on a movie clip..and same as the summary, where i'll display it in a dynamic text..
i'm not really good at this..
thanks for the help..