ItemRenderer in Flex4

Question

Hi,
I was using new Flex 4 and trying to use Itemrenderer.
So, when I use a customItemRenderer that is let's say
<s:VGroup xmlns:fx="http://ns.adobe.com/mxml/2009" xmlns:s="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/spark"
        xmlns:mx="library://ns.adobe.com/flex/halo" >
        <mx:Image />
        <s:RichText width="100%" height="30" text="{data.label}" >
        </s:RichText>
    </s:VGroup>
I can't get the data property inside it. How do I use a customItemrenderer with data inside it ?
One way I can think is wrapping this code inside <s:ItemRenderer >  but even that throws an exception. Please help.
Thanks
Hironmay Basu

Answer 1

Hi,
Thanks for reply. Using MXMLComponent solves the problem.
But still I don't know why can't i use ItemRenderer. This is the exception I get while in UIComponent.as using ItemRenderer.
private function getState(stateName:String):State
        if (!states || isBaseState(stateName))
            return null;
        // Do a simple linear search for now. This can
        // be optimized later if needed.
        for (var i:int = 0; i < states.length; i++)
            if (states[i].name == stateName)
                return states[i];
        var message:String = resourceManager.getString(
            "core", "stateUndefined", [ stateName ]);
        throw new ArgumentError(message); ///  HERE I GET ERROR
        return null;
Thanks
Hironmay Basu