      *     MyApplication(paentApplication).myAppMethod().
      *  Therefore we decided to dispense with strict typing for
      *  'parentApplication'.
+     */
+    /**
+     *  A reference to the Application object that contains this UIComponent
+     *  instance.
+     *  This Application object might exist in a SWFLoader control in another
+     *  Application, and so on, creating a chain of Application objects that
+     *  can be walked using parentApplication.
+     *
+     *  <p>The <code>parentApplication</code> property of an Application is never itself;
+     *  it is either the Application into which it was loaded or null
+     *  (for the top-level Application).</p>
+     *
+     *  <p>Walking the application chain using the <code>parentApplication</code>
+     *  property is similar to walking the document chain using the
+     *  <code>parentDocument</code> property.
+     *  You can access the top-level application using the
+     *  <code>application</code> property of the Application class.</p>
+     *  
+     *  @langversion 3.0
+     *  @playerversion Flash 9
+     *  @playerversion AIR 1.1
+     *  @productversion Flex 3
      */
     public function get parentApplication():Object
     {

    }

    /**
     *  Similarly to the layoutMatrix3D property, sets the layout Matrix3D, but
     *  doesn't trigger a layout pass. 
     *  
     *  @langversion 3.0
     *  @playerversion Flash 10

    }

    /**
     *  A convenience accessor for the 'name' property
     *  in this UIComponent's accessibilityProperties object.
     *
