HOw to find specific child node in XML using AS3 flash

I have this xml

var testXML:XML =    <family>
    <father name1="tom" age="5" ><father1 name1="test1"/><father2 name1="test2"/></fat开发者_StackOverflowher>
    <mother name1="tomylee" age="55" ><mother1/><mother2/></mother>
    <sister name1="sister1" age="35" ><sister1/><sister2/></sister>
    </family>;

I want to get the child node with name1 = test1 but i only know family

so is there something like

trace (testXML.children(@name1="test1");  

I only know the family node , i don't know where that node is inside the father or not

is there any filter can be applied on root node to find something

Use the hasOwnProperty and some logical operators

trace( testXML..*.( hasOwnProperty("@name1") && @name1 == "tom" ));
trace( testXML..*.( hasOwnProperty("@name1") && @name1 == "test1" ));

I modified your XML to at least show a result

var testXML:XML =    <family>
            <father name1="tom" age="5" ><father1 name1="test1">father1</father1><father2 name1="test2"/></father>
            <mother name1="tomylee" age="55" ><mother1/><mother2/></mother>
            <sister name1="sister1" age="35" ><sister1/><sister2/></sister>
            </family>;

Trace for proof

<father name1="tom" age="5">
<father1 name1="test1">father1</father1>
<father2 name1="test2"/>
</father>

UPDATE: -----THIS HERE --> .* <--is the wildcard to grab all items in the testXML