Consuming XML from a file/URL without a .xml extension in Flash

Does flash specifically prevent the consumption of XML from files/URLs without a .xml exte开发者_如何学JAVAnsion for some reason? I have verified the output of the URL is valid XML for my purposes but the Flash will not recognise it.

A few things to think about:

• are you allowed to access this URL from Flash? (security sandbox problems)

• did you convert the result into XML? i.e.

  my_xml = XML( loader.data );