XML + create XMLList from each parent node

[worked]

Hey there-  I have a very simple XML file and need to extract each parent node into it's own XMLList, for later altering.  For example:

XML:

Code:

<treeMenu>
  <item txt="1">
    <item txt="A">
      <item txt="A1"></item>
      <item txt="A2"></item>
    </item>
  </item>
</treeMenu>

How would I capture each "item" parent into it's own xmlList, ignoring any "item" node that does not contain children?  Thanks, any help is appreciated!

[worked]

Ok, So I've made some headway, but am slightly confused on one thing:
XML:

Code:

<treeMenu>
  <item txt="1">
    <item txt="a">
      <item txt="a1">
        <item txt="a1-1"/>
        <item txt="a1-2"/>
      </item>
      <item txt="a2">
        <item txt="a2-1">
          <item txt="a2-a1">
            <item txt="a2-a2"/>
          </item>
        </item>
      </item>
    </item>
  </item>
</treeMenu>

With the above xml file, I'm able to decipher which nodes contain Complex Content, which in-turn gives me every parent node in the file. However, for some reason when I trace those Booleans i receive "false" for any parent node that contains only one child.  Here's my code:

AS3:

Code:

var btnXML:XML = new XML(e.target.myXML);
var btnList:XMLList = btnXML..button;
for each(btnXML in btnList){
  trace(btnXML.@id + " - " + btnXML.button.hasComplexContent());
}

trace output:
1 - true
a - true
a1 - true
a1-1 - false
a1-2 - false
a2 - true
a2-1 - true
a2-a1 - false : should be true
a2-a2 - false

[Ronald Wernecke]

try to avoid the dash, it might be seen as operator for subtration - and after you have a non numeric value first, it will be false, because you cannot subtract a number from a string.

[worked]

Thanks for responding!  I kept digging deeper and found the issue... thanks though!