I need to write a class that can contain either a TextArea or TextInput as one of it's private parameters. Essentially it's a composite component that can be either a TextInput or TextArea with some additional properties. My problem arises from the fact that the common ancestor to both of these controls is UIComponent that does not have a "text" attribute so I can't cast down to that common ancestor when setting the text attribute. Since I don't know that much about Flex I was wondering if there's a common interface I'm missing or some other way to achieve access to what I thought would be a common attribute.
Dale
