Fixes #164
diff --git a/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/parsing/mxml/MXMLScopeBuilder.java b/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/parsing/mxml/MXMLScopeBuilder.java
index 60e9353..b3c4003 100644
--- a/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/parsing/mxml/MXMLScopeBuilder.java
+++ b/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/parsing/mxml/MXMLScopeBuilder.java
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 import java.util.LinkedList;
 import java.util.List;
 
+import org.apache.royale.compiler.internal.tree.mxml.MXMLInstanceNode;
 import org.apache.commons.io.IOUtils;
 import org.apache.royale.compiler.common.IFileSpecificationGetter;
 import org.apache.royale.compiler.common.Multiname;
@@ -662,7 +663,7 @@
 
     private void processState(IMXMLTagData tag, String qname)
     {
-        if (!qname.equals(project.getStateClass()) || tag.getMXMLDialect() == MXMLDialect.MXML_2006)
+        if (!MXMLInstanceNode.isStateClass(qname, project) || tag.getMXMLDialect() == MXMLDialect.MXML_2006)
             return;
 
         // if there is no name attribute, ignore it as a state, as name is
diff --git a/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/tree/mxml/MXMLInstanceNode.java b/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/tree/mxml/MXMLInstanceNode.java
index 1405b81..3d6d469 100644
--- a/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/tree/mxml/MXMLInstanceNode.java
+++ b/compiler/src/main/java/org/apache/royale/compiler/internal/tree/mxml/MXMLInstanceNode.java
@@ -57,9 +57,9 @@
 import org.apache.royale.compiler.tree.mxml.IMXMLClassReferenceNode;
 import org.apache.royale.compiler.tree.mxml.IMXMLInstanceNode;
 
-class MXMLInstanceNode extends MXMLClassReferenceNodeBase implements IMXMLInstanceNode
+public class MXMLInstanceNode extends MXMLClassReferenceNodeBase implements IMXMLInstanceNode
 {
-	private static boolean isStateClass(String instanceType, RoyaleProject project)
+	public static boolean isStateClass(String instanceType, RoyaleProject project)
 	{
 		// we are going to require that all subclasses are also named State
 		// but just in different packages.  That way we don't have to keep resolving