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package
{
    import flash.events.Event;

	public class XMLDistributor
	{
		private var xmlLoader:XMLLoader;
		public var _xmlDataArray:Object;
		
		public function XMLDistributor():void
		{
			xmlLoader = new XMLLoader();
			
		}
		
		public function getXML(url:String):void
		{
			xmlLoader.loadXMLFromFile(url);
			xmlLoader.addEventListener("XML_READY", onDataReady, false, 0, true);
		}
		
		private function onDataReady(event:Event):void
		{
			_xmlDataArray = buildArray(xmlLoader.xmlData);
		}
		
		private function buildArray(xml:XML):Object
		{
			var xmlAssoc:Object = new Object();
			for (var i:uint = 0; i < xml.children().length(); i++)
			{
				var xmlNode:XML = xml.children()[i];
				xmlAssoc[xmlNode.child("name")] = recursion(xmlNode);
			}
			
			return xmlAssoc;
		}
		
		private function recursion(xml:XML):Object
		{
			var xmlAssoc:Object = new Object();
			var tempObj:Object;

			for (var i:uint = 0; i < xml.children().length(); i++)
			{
				var xmlNode:XML = xml.children()[i];
				if (xmlNode.hasComplexContent())
				{
					//Recurssion
					tempObj = recursion(xmlNode);
				}
				else
				{
					// Text node
					tempObj = xmlNode.toString();
				}
				var name:String = xmlNode.name().localName;
				
				var currentElement:Object = xmlAssoc[name];
				
				if (! currentElement) // if there is nothing there yet
				{
					xmlAssoc[name] = tempObj;
				}
				else if (currentElement is Array)
				{
					currentElement.push(tempObj);
				}
				else
				{
					xmlAssoc[name] = new Array(currentElement, tempObj);
				}
			}
			
			return xmlAssoc;
		}
	}
}