      */
     private static var classInitialized:Boolean = false;
     
-    /**
-     *  @private
-     *  Used for determining whitespace processing when setting 'content'.
-     */
-    private static var staticTextLayoutFormat:TextLayoutFormat;
-        
     /**
      *  @private
      *  This TLF object is used to import a 'text' String

    {
        var textFlow:TextFlow ;
        
        // The whiteSpaceCollapse format determines how whitespace
        // is processed when the children are set.
        staticTextLayoutFormat.whiteSpaceCollapse =
            getStyle("whiteSpaceCollapse");
        
        if (content is TextFlow)
        {
            textFlow = content as TextFlow;
            textFlow.hostFormat = staticTextLayoutFormat;
                    }
        else if (content is Array)
        {
            textFlow = new TextFlow();
            textFlow.hostFormat = staticTextLayoutFormat;
            textFlow.mxmlChildren = content as Array;
        }
        else
        {
            textFlow = new TextFlow();
            textFlow.hostFormat = staticTextLayoutFormat;
            textFlow.mxmlChildren = [ content ];
        }
        
        return textFlow;

        if (classInitialized)
            return;

        staticPlainTextImporter =
            TextConverter.getImporter(TextConverter.PLAIN_TEXT_FORMAT);
        
