Sorting and filtering data in an XMLListCollection

The following code is a brief example of sorting a Flex XMLListCollection using the Sort and SortField classes, and the  XMLListCollection.sort  property. We also look at filtering the XMLCollection using a custom filter function.

<? xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!--  http://blog.flexexamples.com/2007/08/22/sorting-and-filtering-data-in-an-xmllistcollection/  -->
< mx:Application  xmlns:mx ="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
        layout ="vertical"
        verticalAlign ="middle"
        backgroundColor ="white"
        creationComplete ="init()" >

     < mx:Script >
         <![CDATA[
            import mx.collections.SortField;
            import mx.collections.Sort;
            import mx.controls.*;

            private function init():void {
                describeTypeXML = describeType(DataGrid);
                factoryMethodsXLC.source = describeTypeXML.factory.method;
            }

            private function sortXLC():void {
                var nameSort:Sort = new Sort();
                nameSort.fields = [new SortField('@name', true)];

                factoryMethodsXLC.sort = nameSort;
                factoryMethodsXLC.refresh();
            }

            private function filterXLC():void {
                if (filterCh.selected) {
                    factoryMethodsXLC.filterFunction = declaredBy_filterFunc;
                    factoryMethodsXLC.refresh();
                } else {
                    factoryMethodsXLC.filterFunction = null;
                    factoryMethodsXLC.refresh();
                }
            }

            private function declaredBy_filterFunc(item:XML):Boolean {
                return item.@declaredBy == describeTypeXML.@name;
            }
         ]]>
     </ mx:Script >

     < mx:XML  id ="describeTypeXML"   />

     < mx:XMLListCollection  id ="factoryMethodsXLC"   />

     < mx:VBox >
         < mx:DataGrid  id ="factoryMethodsGrid"
                dataProvider ="{factoryMethodsXLC}"
                width ="400"
                rowCount ="7" >
             < mx:columns >
                 < mx:DataGridColumn  dataField ="@name"   />
                 < mx:DataGridColumn  dataField ="@returnType"   />
                 < mx:DataGridColumn  dataField ="@declaredBy"   />
             </ mx:columns >
         </ mx:DataGrid >
         < mx:HBox  width ="100%" >
             < mx:Button  id ="sortBtn"
                    label ="Sort ({factoryMethodsGrid.dataProvider.length} items)"
                    click ="sortXLC()"   />
             < mx:Spacer  width ="100%"   />
             < mx:CheckBox  id ="filterCh"
                    label ="{describeTypeXML.@name} only"
                    click ="filterXLC()"   />
         </ mx:HBox >
     </ mx:VBox >

</ mx:Application >

    本文转自 OldHawk  博客园博客，原文链接：http://www.cnblogs.com/taobataoma/archive/2008/01/10/1034065.html ，如需转载请自行联系原作者