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URLLoader requests data format to be Text but it gets Binary issue?

I have a URLLoader which normally requesting the data to be in Text format, anyway on a specific conditions it might gets a Binary as result, which is actually just 1 integer number in binary format. Anyway the conversation :

var ba : ByteArray = ( e.currentTarget as URLLoader ).data; // failing on this row.
var r : int = ba.readInt();

doesnt passing anymore since the result data is in text forma due the request header...

  • How to convert the result data into integer ?
Solution

  • Simply, you need to change 

    urlLoader.dataFormat=URLLoaderDataFormat.BINARY

    But before you send a request. After, there's no point doing that.

    EDIT

    To read text into a binary (ByteArray)

    var ba:ByteArray=new ByteArray();
ba.writeUTFBytes(( e.currentTarget as URLLoader ).data);
ba.position=0;
var myInteger:int=ba.readInt();