# XML.parseXML()

#### Availability

Flash Player 5.

#### Usage

    my_xml.parseXML(source)

#### Parameters

`source` The XML text to be parsed and passed to the specified XML object.

#### Returns

Nothing.

#### Description

Method; parses the XML text specified in the `source` parameter, and populates the specified XML object with the resulting XML tree. Any existing trees in the XML object are discarded.