Index: /trunk/fl5/test/tests/utils/AssetLoaderTest.as
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--- /trunk/fl5/test/tests/utils/AssetLoaderTest.as	(revision 296)
+++ /trunk/fl5/test/tests/utils/AssetLoaderTest.as	(revision 296)
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+package tests.utils {
+	import com.jeroenwijering.events.PluginInterface;
+	import com.longtailvideo.jwplayer.utils.AssetLoader;
+	
+	import flash.display.Sprite;
+	import flash.events.Event;
+	import flash.utils.describeType;
+	
+	import org.flexunit.Assert;
+	import org.flexunit.async.Async;
+
+	public class AssetLoaderTest {
+		private var loader:AssetLoader;
+
+		[Before]
+		public function setup():void {
+			loader = new AssetLoader();
+		}
+		
+		[Test(async,timeout="3000")]
+		public function testLoadSWF():void {
+			Async.handleEvent(this, loader, Event.COMPLETE, testLoadSWFComplete);
+			loader.load("http://plugins.longtailvideo.com/viral.swf", Sprite);
+		}
+		
+		private function testLoadSWFComplete(evt:Event, params:*):void {
+			var eventLoader:AssetLoader = evt.target as AssetLoader;
+			Assert.assertEquals(loader, eventLoader);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(eventLoader.loadedObject);
+			Assert.assertNotNull(eventLoader.loadedObject as Sprite);
+		}
+			
+
+	}
+}
Index: /trunk/fl5/test/tests/UtilsSuite.as
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--- /trunk/fl5/test/tests/UtilsSuite.as	(revision 296)
+++ /trunk/fl5/test/tests/UtilsSuite.as	(revision 296)
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+package tests {
+	import tests.utils.AssetLoaderTest;
+
+	[Suite]
+	[RunWith("org.flexunit.runners.Suite")]
+	public class UtilsSuite {
+		public var t1:AssetLoaderTest;
+	}
+}
Index: /trunk/fl5/src/com/longtailvideo/jwplayer/utils/RootReference.as
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--- /trunk/fl5/src/com/longtailvideo/jwplayer/utils/RootReference.as	(revision 284)
+++ /trunk/fl5/src/com/longtailvideo/jwplayer/utils/RootReference.as	(revision 296)
@@ -2,4 +2,5 @@
 	import flash.display.DisplayObject;
 	import flash.display.Stage;
+	import flash.system.Security;
 
 	/**
@@ -19,4 +20,5 @@
 			RootReference.root = displayObj.root;
 			RootReference.stage = displayObj.stage;
+			Security.allowDomain("*");
 		}
 	}
Index: /trunk/fl5/src/com/longtailvideo/jwplayer/utils/AssetLoader.as
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--- /trunk/fl5/src/com/longtailvideo/jwplayer/utils/AssetLoader.as	(revision 296)
+++ /trunk/fl5/src/com/longtailvideo/jwplayer/utils/AssetLoader.as	(revision 296)
@@ -0,0 +1,101 @@
+package com.longtailvideo.jwplayer.utils {
+	import flash.display.Loader;
+	import flash.display.LoaderInfo;
+	import flash.events.ErrorEvent;
+	import flash.events.Event;
+	import flash.events.EventDispatcher;
+	import flash.events.IOErrorEvent;
+	import flash.events.SecurityErrorEvent;
+	import flash.net.URLLoader;
+	import flash.net.URLRequest;
+	import flash.system.Security;
+
+	/**
+	 * Sent when the loader has completed loading.  AssetLoader's <code>loadedObject</code> now contains the loaded content.
+	 *
+	 * @eventType flash.events.Event.COMPLETE
+	 */
+	[Event(name="complete", type = "flash.events.Event")]
+
+	/**
+	 * Sent when an error occurred loading or casting the content
+	 *
+	 * @eventType flash.events.ErrorEvent.ERROR
+	 */
+	[Event(name="error", type = "flash.events.ErrorEvent")]
+
+	public class AssetLoader extends EventDispatcher {
+		private var loader:Loader;
+		private var urlLoader:URLLoader;
+
+		private var LoadedClass:Class;
+		public var loadedObject:*;
+
+		protected var loaderExtensions:Array = ["swf", "png", "gif", "jpg", "jpeg"];
+		protected var urlLoaderExtensions:Array = ["zip", "xml", "txt"];
+
+		public function load(location:String, expectedClass:Class=null):void {
+			LoadedClass = expectedClass;
+
+			var ext:String = location.substring(location.lastIndexOf(".")+1, location.length);
+
+			if (loaderExtensions.indexOf(ext.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
+				useLoader(location);
+			} else if (urlLoaderExtensions.indexOf(ext.toLowerCase()) >= 0) {
+				useURLLoader(location);
+			}
+		}
+		
+		protected function useLoader(location:String):void {
+			loader = new Loader();
+			loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, loadComplete);
+			loader.contentLoaderInfo.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loadError);
+			if (RootReference.stage.loaderInfo.url.indexOf('http') == 0) {
+				
+			}
+			
+			loader.load(new URLRequest(location));
+		}
+		
+		protected function loadComplete(evt:Event):void {
+			try {
+				if (LoadedClass) {
+					loadedObject = (evt.target as LoaderInfo).content as LoadedClass; 
+				} else {
+					loadedObject = (evt.target as LoaderInfo).content 				
+				}
+				dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
+			} catch(e:Error) {
+				dispatchEvent(new ErrorEvent(ErrorEvent.ERROR, false, false, e.message));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		protected function loadError(evt:ErrorEvent):void {
+			dispatchEvent(evt);
+		}
+		
+		protected function useURLLoader(location:String):void {
+			urlLoader = new URLLoader();
+			urlLoader.addEventListener(Event.COMPLETE, urlLoadComplete);
+			urlLoader.addEventListener(IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR, loadError);
+			urlLoader.addEventListener(SecurityErrorEvent.SECURITY_ERROR, loadError);
+			loader.load(new URLRequest(location));
+		}
+		
+		protected function urlLoadComplete(evt:Event):void {
+			try {
+				if (LoadedClass) {
+					loadedObject = LoadedClass((evt.target as URLLoader).data);
+				} else {
+					loadedObject = (evt.target as URLLoader).data;
+				}
+				dispatchEvent(new Event(Event.COMPLETE));
+			} catch(e:Error) {
+				dispatchEvent(new ErrorEvent(ErrorEvent.ERROR, false, false, e.message));
+			}
+		}
+		
+		
+	}
+	
+}