     }
     
     /**
-     *  @private
-     *  The static embeddedFonts property is initialized lazily. 
-     */
-    private static var  _embeddedFontRegistryExists:Boolean = false;
-    private static var embeddedFontRegistryExistsInitialized:Boolean = false;
-    
-    /**
-     *  @private
-     *  True if an embedded font registry singleton exists.
-     */
-    private static function get embeddedFontRegistryExists():Boolean
-    {
-        if (!embeddedFontRegistryExistsInitialized)
-        {
-            embeddedFontRegistryExistsInitialized = true;
-            try
-            {
-                _embeddedFontRegistryExists = Singleton.getInstance("mx.core::IEmbeddedFontRegistry") != null;
-            }
-            catch (e:Error)
-            {
-                _embeddedFontRegistryExists = false;
-            }
-        }
-        
-        return _embeddedFontRegistryExists;
-    }
-    
-    /**
      *  Convert the specified dataProvider item to a column-specific item renderer factory.
      *  By default this method calls the <code>itemRendererFunction</code> if it's 
      *  non-null, otherwise it just returns the value of the column's <code>itemRenderer</code> 

    public function itemToRenderer(item:Object):IFactory
    {
        const itemRendererFunction:Function = itemRendererFunction;
        var factory:IFactory = (itemRendererFunction != null) ? itemRendererFunction(item, this) : itemRenderer;
        
        // If this app might have embedded fonts then item renderers must be created with the Grid's
        // module factory.  To enable that we wrap the real item renderer factory with 
        // a GridItemRendererClassFactory.
        
        if (embeddedFontRegistryExists && (factory is ClassFactory))
        {
            if (!rendererClassFactory || (rendererClassFactory.factory != factory))
                rendererClassFactory = new GridItemRendererClassFactory(grid, ClassFactory(factory));
        }
        else 
            rendererClassFactory = null; 
        
        return (rendererClassFactory) ? rendererClassFactory : factory;
    }
    
    /**

}
}

