         
         return TextFilter.importToFlow(markup, TextFilter.TCAL_FORMAT);
     }
+    
+    /**
+     *  @private
+     */
+    private function importXMLMarkup(markup:XML):TextFlow
+    {
+        return TextFilter.importToFlow(markup, TextFilter.TCAL_FORMAT);
+    }
 
     /**
      *  @private

                textFlow = new TextFlow();
                textFlow.mxmlChildren = [ _content ];
            }
            else if (_content is String)
            {
                textFlow = importMarkup(String(_content));
            }
            else if (_content == null)
            {

    /**
     *  @private
     */
    private function importStringMarkup(markup:String):TextFlow
    {
        markup = '<TextFlow xmlns="http://ns.adobe.com/tcal/2008">' +
                 markup +
