The dataProvider property is the default property of the MenuBar control

      
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    <!-- menus/MenuBarControl.mxml -->
<s:Application xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009"
    xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark" xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/mx">
    <!--
        Define the menu; dataProvider is the default MenuBar property. Because
        this uses an XML data provider, specify the labelField and showRoot
        properties.
    -->
    <mx:MenuBar id="myMenuBar" labelField="@label">
        <fx:XMLList>
            <menuitem label="MenuItem A">
                <menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-1" enabled="false" />
                <menuitem label="SubMenuItem A-2" />
            </menuitem>
            <menuitem label="MenuItem B" />
            <menuitem label="MenuItem C" />
            <menuitem label="MenuItem D">
                <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-1" type="radio" groupName="one" />
                <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-2" type="radio" groupName="one"
                    selected="true" />
                <menuitem label="SubMenuItem D-3" type="radio" groupName="one" />
            </menuitem>
        </fx:XMLList>
    </mx:MenuBar>
</s:Application>

1.	Create a Menu that uses an Array data provider
2.	Use to define the data for the Menu control
3.	Use XMLListCollection as the data model for MenuBar
4.	Provide Data for Menus
5.	Array DataProvider for Menu
6.	An XML menu data provider with icons
7.	Create MenuBar from XMLList
8.	Create menu from XML
9.	Create Menu from Array
10.	Define XML or XMLList object as a direct child of the
11.	Dynamically Populate Menus
12.	Model With Menu

The dataProvider property is the default property of the MenuBar control : Menu Model « Components « Flex

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