// import the class
import com.gskinner.net.XML2;

myXML = new XML2();

// subscribe to its load event:
myXML.addEventListener("complete",this);

// subscribe to its httpStatus event:
myXML.addEventListener("httpStatus",this);

// set the timeout period to 3 seconds (default is 7 seconds):
myXML.timeout = 3000;

// this should time out after 3 seconds when you test it:
myXML.load("http://1.1.1.1/file.xml");

// function to handle the load event:
function complete(p_evtObj:Object):Void {
	var XMLObj:XML = p_evtObj.target;
	trace("success: "+p_evtObj.success);
	trace("status: "+XMLObj.status);
	trace("toString: "+XMLObj.toString());
}

// function to handle the httpStatus event:
function httpStatus(p_evtObj:Object):Void {
  trace("http status: "+p_evtObj.httpStatus);
}