     //  ILayoutElement
     //
     //--------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
 
     /**
      *  @inheritDoc

            _includeInLayout = false;
        }

        // TODO (chaase): Would be nice to put this function in a central place
        // to be used by UIComponent, SpriteVisualElement, UIMovieClip, and
        // GraphicElement, since they all have similar or identical functions
        if (_layoutFeatures == null)
        {
            // TODO (chaase): should provide a way to return to having no
            // layoutFeatures if we call this later with a more trivial
            // situation
            var needAdvancedLayout:Boolean = 
                (scale != null && ((!isNaN(scale.x) && scale.x != 1) || 
                    (!isNaN(scale.y) && scale.y != 1) ||
                    (!isNaN(scale.z) && scale.z != 1))) || 
                (rotation != null && ((!isNaN(rotation.x) && rotation.x != 0) || 
                    (!isNaN(rotation.y) && rotation.y != 0) ||
                    (!isNaN(rotation.z) && rotation.z != 0))) || 
                (translation != null && translation.z != 0 && !isNaN(translation.z)) ||
                postLayoutScale != null ||
                postLayoutRotation != null ||
                (postLayoutTranslation != null && 
                    (translation == null ||
                     postLayoutTranslation.x != translation.x ||
                     postLayoutTranslation.y != translation.y ||
                     postLayoutTranslation.z != translation.z));
            if (needAdvancedLayout)
                initAdvancedLayoutFeatures();
        }
        if (_layoutFeatures != null)
        {
            var prevX:Number = _layoutFeatures.layoutX;
            var prevY:Number = _layoutFeatures.layoutY;
            var prevZ:Number = _layoutFeatures.layoutZ;
            _layoutFeatures.transformAround(transformCenter, scale, rotation,
                translation, postLayoutScale, postLayoutRotation,
                postLayoutTranslation);
            invalidateTransform();

            // Will not invalidate parent if we have set _includeInLayout to false
            // in the beginning of the method
            invalidateParentSizeAndDisplayList();

            if (prevX != _layoutFeatures.layoutX)
                dispatchEvent(new Event("xChanged"));
            if (prevY != _layoutFeatures.layoutY)

            validateMatrix();
    }

    /**
     *  @copy mx.core.ILayoutElement#transformAround()
     *  
