ByteArray

import flash.filesystem.*; 
import flash.display.Sprite; 
import flash.display.TextField; 
import flash.utils.ByteArray; 
 
public class ReadObjectExample extends Sprite 
{ 
    public function ReadObjectExample() 
    { 
        var inBytes:ByteArray = new ByteArray(); 
        // define text area for displaying XML content 
        var myTxt:TextField = new TextField(); 
        myTxt.width = 550; 
        myTxt.height = 400; 
        addChild(myTxt); 
        //display objectEncoding and file heading 
        myTxt.text = "Object encoding is: " + inBytes.objectEncoding + "\n\n" + "order file: \n\n"; 
        readFileIntoByteArray("order", inBytes); 
         
        inBytes.position = 0; // reset position to beginning 
        inBytes.uncompress(CompressionAlgorithm.DEFLATE); 
        inBytes.position = 0;    //reset position to beginning 
        // read XML Object 
        var orderXML:XML = inBytes.readObject(); 
         
        // for each node in orderXML 
        for each (var child:XML in orderXML) 
        { 
            // append child node to text area 
            myTxt.text += child + "\n"; 
        }  
    } 
     
    // read specified file into byte array 
    private function readFileIntoByteArray(fileName:String, data:ByteArray):void 
    { 
        var inFile:File = File.desktopDirectory; // source folder is desktop 
        inFile = inFile.resolvePath(fileName);  // name of file to read 
        var inStream:FileStream = new FileStream(); 
        inStream.open(inFile, FileMode.READ); 
        inStream.readBytes(data); 
        inStream.close(); 
    } 
}