package {
    import flash.display.*;
    import flash.events.*; 
    import flash.net.*;   
  
    // Demonstrates the code required to load external XML
    public class @ax-actionscript-misc-LoadXML extends Sprite {
      // The property that will eventually contain the loaded XML
      private var novel:XML;
      // The object used to load the XML
      private var urlLoader:URLLoader;
      
      // Constructor
      public function @ax-actionscript-misc-LoadXML () {
        // Specify the location of the external XML
        var urlRequest:URLRequest = new URLRequest("novel.xml");
        // Create an object that can load external text data
        urlLoader = new URLLoader();
        // Register to be notified when the XML finishes loading
        urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, completeListener);
        // Load the XML
        urlLoader.load(urlRequest);
      }
  
      // Method invoked automatically when the XML finishes loading
      private function completeListener(e:Event):void {
        // The string containing the loaded XML is stored in the URLLoader
        // object's data property (urlLoader.data). To create a new XML 
        // instance from that loaded string, we pass it to the XML constructor
        novel = new XML(urlLoader.data);
        trace(novel.toXMLString());  // Display the loaded XML, now converted 
                                     // to an XML object
      }
    }
  }