Example.mxml

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<mx:WindowedApplication xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml" creationComplete="onCreationComplete(event);">
	
	<!-- Copyright 2010 CLEVR Ltd. -->
	
	<mx:Script>
	    <![CDATA[
		 /**
        * Socket.IO Actionscript client
        * 
        * @author Matt Kane
        * @license The MIT license.
        * @copyright Copyright (c) 2010 CLEVR Ltd
        */
      
 	import com.clevr.socket.SocketIo;
	import com.clevr.socket.IoDataEvent;
	import mx.events.FlexEvent;
		
		/**
		 *	Application description.
		 *
		 *	@langversion ActionScript 3.0
		 *	@playerversion Flash 9.0
		 *
		 *	@author Matt Kane
		 *	@since  01.12.2010
		 */
		
       private var socket:SocketIo;

      private function esc(msg:String):String {
            return String(msg).replace(/</g, '&lt;').replace(/>/g, '&gt;');
      }
      
      private function addMessage(obj:Object):void {
	      if ('announcement' in obj) {
	         chat.htmlText += '<p><em>' + esc(obj.announcement) + '</em></p>';
         } else if ('message' in obj) {
            chat.htmlText += '<p><b>' + esc(obj.message[0]) + ':</b> ' + esc(obj.message[1]) + '</p>';
         }
      }

		private function onCreationComplete(event:FlexEvent):void {
		   socket = new SocketIo("127.0.0.1", {port: 8080});
		   socket.addEventListener(IoDataEvent.DATA, function(e:IoDataEvent):void {
		      if ('buffer' in e.messageData){
              message.text = '';

              for (var i:String in e.messageData.buffer) {
                 addMessage(e.messageData.buffer[i]);
              }
            } else addMessage(e.messageData);
	      });
	      socket.connect();
		}
		
      private function sendMessage():void {
         socket.send(message.text);
         addMessage({ message: ['you', message.text] });
         message.text = '';
      }

		
	    ]]>
	</mx:Script>
   <mx:Text id="chat" width="100%" height="100%" text="" />
   <mx:HBox width="100%">
      <mx:TextInput id="message" width="100%" />
      <mx:Button label="Send" click="sendMessage()" />
   </mx:HBox>
</mx:WindowedApplication>