flex Create menu from XML

 

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<mx:Application xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
    layout="absolute">
 <mx:Script>
       
  import mx.controls.Menu;
  import mx.events.MenuEvent;
  private var myMenu:Menu;
  private function createAndShow():void {
   ta1.text="";
   myMenu = Menu.createMenu(null, myMenuData, false);
   myMenu.labelField="@label";
   myMenu.addEventListener(MenuEvent.ITEM_ROLL_OVER,menuShowInfo);
   myMenu.show(225, 10);
  }
  private function menuShowInfo(event:MenuEvent):void {
   ta1.text="event.type: " + event.type;
   ta1.text+="\nevent.label: " + event.label;
   ta1.text+="\nevent.index: " + event.index;
   if (event.item) {
    ta1.text+="\nItem label: " + event.item.@label
    ta1.text+="\nItem selected: " + event.item.@toggled;
    ta1.text+= "\nItem type: " + event.item.@type;
   }
  }
  
  [Bindable]
  public var menuData:Array = [
   {label: "MenuItem A", children: [
    {label: "SubMenuItem A-1", enabled: false},
    {label: "SubMenuItem A-2", type: "normal"}]},
   {label: "MenuItem B", type: "check", toggled: true},
   {label: "MenuItem C", type: "check", toggled: false},
   {type: "separator"},
   {label: "MenuItem D", children: [
    {label: "SubMenuItem D-1", type: "radio", groupName: "g1"},
    {label: "SubMenuItem D-2", type: "radio", groupName: "g1",toggled: true},
    {label: "SubMenuItem D-3", type: "radio", groupName: "g1"}]}
  ];
  
 </mx:Script>
 <mx:XML id="myMenuData">
  <xmlRoot>
   <menuitem label="MenuItem A">
    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="false" />
    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2" />
   </menuitem>
   <menuitem label="MenuItem B" type="check" toggled="true" />
   <menuitem label="MenuItem C" type="check" toggled="false" />
   <menuitem type="separator" />
   <menuitem label="MenuItem D">
    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-1" type="radio" groupName="one" />
    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-2" type="radio" groupName="one" toggled="true" />
    <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-3" type="radio" groupName="one" />
   </menuitem>
  </xmlRoot>
 </mx:XML>
 <mx:Button x="10" y="5" label="Open XML Popup" click="createAndShow();" />
 <mx:TextArea x="10" y="70" width="200" height="300" id="ta1" />
</mx:Application>