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package mx.core
{

/**
 *  Allows a component to support a font context property.
 *  The property will be set on the component by the framework
 *  as the child is added to  the display list.
 * 
 *  A font context is important for components that create flash.text.TextField
 *  objects with embedded fonts.
 *  If an embedded font is not registered using Font.registerFont(), 
 *  TextField objects can only use embedded fonts if they are created
 *  in the context of the embedded font.
 *  This interface provides for tracking the font context of a component.
 *  
 *  @langversion 3.0
 *  @playerversion Flash 9
 *  @playerversion AIR 1.1
 *  @productversion Flex 3
 */    
public interface IFontContextComponent
{
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
    //
    //  Properties
    //
    //--------------------------------------------------------------------------

    //----------------------------------
    //  fontContext
    //----------------------------------

    /**
     *  The module factory that provides the font context for this component.
     *  
     *  @langversion 3.0
     *  @playerversion Flash 9
     *  @playerversion AIR 1.1
     *  @productversion Flex 3
     */
    function get fontContext():IFlexModuleFactory;
    
    /**
     *  @private
     */
    function set fontContext(moduleFactory:IFlexModuleFactory):void;
}

}