[FLEX-28828] fx:XMLList initializer destroys text nodes of immediate child elements of contained root elements when those child elements contain children themselves.

• Type: Bug
• Status: Open
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Unresolved
• Affects Version/s: Adobe Flex SDK Previous
• Component/s: .Unspecified - Compiler
• Environment: Affected OS(s): Windows; Affected OS(s): Windows 7; Language Found: English
• Assignee: Unassigned
• Reporter: Adobe JIRA
• Created: 18/Oct/11 07:02
• Updated: 18/Oct/11 09:39

Description

Steps to reproduce:
1.Create an XMLList using MXML declarative syntax like so:
<fx:XMLList id="myXML" xmlns="">
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>Some Text
<ElementSubChild>Yeah</ElementSubChild>
</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>More Text
<ElementSubChild>Yeah Dawg</ElementSubChild>
</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>Yet More Text</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
</fx:XMLList>
2. Attempt to access a text node of any ElementChild element.
3. For extra profit, attempt to print the list by using toXMLString();

Actual Results:
If the ElementChild contains a child node that is an element as well as a text node, the textNode is destroyed or somehow not parsed correctly.

The above code, when toXMLString() is called, produces the following output: <ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>
<ElementSubChild>Yeah</ElementSubChild>
</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>
<ElementSubChild>Yeah Dawg</ElementSubChild>
</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>Yet More Text</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>

The text nodes "Some Text" and "More Text" are missing.

Expected Results:
I would expect to see the following output:
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>Some Text
<ElementSubChild>Yeah</ElementSubChild>
</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>More Text
<ElementSubChild>Yeah Dawg</ElementSubChild>
</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>
<ElementRoot>
<ElementChild>Yet More Text</ElementChild>
</ElementRoot>

Workaround (if any):
Instead of using XMLList, roll the XML into an XML object, which parses correctly, and fetch elements via standard e4x. Not really ideal, but passable.