title: Pass data between flex components
body: <p>I'm new to flex , so forgive me if this is a dumb question.</p>
  
  <p>Right now I'm using custom events to pass data from one component to another.  My problem is that events only bubble up.  How can I pass data to a component that isn't a parent of the component dispatching the event?</p>
  
  <p>Here's the basic layout. I'm trying to get data from component 1 passed to component 3.</p>
  
  <pre><code>Application MXML
       Component 1
       Component 2
            Component 3
  </code></pre>