Extending MXML custom components via MXML

Question

What I\'d like to do: create an MXML component with some children, then extend it via MXML to create a new component with more children, without losing the original set. In

Answer 1

In Flex 4, you will have to override your "mxmlContent" property setter in order to preserve your already defined children in a parent class

One of possible implementations of such a override is presented in the comment for this blog entry

Quick tip (Flex 4): Goodbye templates – hello mxmlContent

http://www.websector.de/blog/2009/10/02/quick-tip-flex-4-goodbye-templates-hello-mxmlcontent/