Accessing descendants

var xml:XML = <LOAN>
<BOOK ISBN="976568989" DATE="1136091600000">
<TITLE>Ulysses</TITLE>
<AUTHOR>Joyce, James</AUTHOR>
<PUBLISHER>My Books</PUBLISHER>
</BOOK>

<DVD ISBN="5432334456" DATE="1136691000000">
<TITLE>2001 A Space Odysses</TITLE>
<DIRECTOR>Stanley Kubrick</DIRECTOR>
<PUBLISHER>Warner</PUBLISHER>
</DVD>

<DVD ISBN="7878785566" DATE="1136691000000">
<TITLE>Toy Story</TITLE>
<DIRECTOR>John Lasseter</DIRECTOR>
<PUBLISHER>Walt Disney</PUBLISHER>
</DVD>
</LOAN>

theElement..identifier

A descendant operator(..) returns a XMLList representing all descendants of theElement whose name match identifier.

i.e. xml..DIRECTOR
//Notice that the <DIRECTOR> elements are not direct children of the <LOAN> element; they are grandchildren.
Above expression yields an XMLList that has two XML instances, representing the two <DIRECTOR> elements.

Example
for each(var title:XML in load..TITLE)
trace(title);
//Output
Ulysses
2001 A Space Odysses
Toy Story

theElement..@attributeName

A descendant operator also works with attributes(..@) returns a XMLList representing all descendants attributes of theElement whose name match attributeName.

i.e. xml..@DUE
Above expression yields an XMLList that has three XML instances, representing the three DUE attributes.