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package flashx.textLayout.elements
{
	public class TableFormattedElement extends ContainerFormattedElement
	{
		public function TableFormattedElement()
		{
			super();
		}
		
		/**
		 * Get a reference to the table. We could refactor this since it's accessed multiple times.
		 **/
		public function getTable():TableElement
		{
			// find the root element entry and either return null or the containing textFlow
			var elem:FlowGroupElement = this;
			while ((elem.parent) != null && !( elem.parent is TableElement))
				elem = elem.parent;
			return elem.parent as TableElement;		
		}
		
		
		private var _table:TableElement;
		
		/**
		 * Returns a reference to the table. For this to work we need to set the 
		 * table to null when it's removed. 
		 **/
		public function get table():TableElement {
			
			if (_table) return _table;
			
			// find the root element entry and either return null or the containing textFlow
			var elem:FlowGroupElement = this;
			
			while ((elem.parent) != null && !(elem.parent is TableElement)) {
				elem = elem.parent;
			}
			
			_table = elem.parent as TableElement;
			
			return _table;
		}
		
		/**
		 * @private
		 **/
		public function set table(element:TableElement):void {
			_table = element;
		}
	}
}