Read Http header in Flex

Question

Hi, I have a Flex web application accessed through a portal by users
of different organisations.
When user logs on to portal, user can access the Flex application without further authentication. However I need to know user credentials
in order to control the functionality within the Flex app.
If I can read the Http Header when Flex app is initialised, I will get all the required info.
In jsp, I can use request.getHeader("")
What is the best way to read Http Headers from a Flex App?

Answer 1

<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" layout="absolute" creationComplete="load()">
<mx:Script>
        <![CDATA[
        public var xmlLoader:URLLoader=new URLLoader();
function load():void{
            var xmlString:URLRequest = new URLRequest("items.xml");
          xmlLoader.load(xmlString);
        xmlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE,init);
   function init(event:Event):void{
       var xDoc:XMLDocument = new XMLDocument();
    xDoc.ignoreWhite = true;
   var  myXML:XML=XML(xmlLoader.data);  
   var fr:String=myXML.items.item[0].Value.toString();
]]>
    </mx:Script>
</mx:Application>
Suppose this is ur items.xml file
<items>
  <item>
    <name>jk</name>
    <Value>high</Value>
  </item>
  <item>
    <name>coat</name>
<Value>medium</Value>
  </item>
   <item>
<name>milk</name>
<Value>low</Value>
   </item>
</items>
May be u need some imports
Then the output will be :high(becoz items is  a xml list containing many xml nodes...item[0] is first xml node and Value is the element..toString methods converts it into a string)