Subtract (mask away?) a path by a circle shape

Question

I'm drawing a path in Flex using Spark:Path.

I want to subtract a circle shape from this path, as in the following image:

(The path is black and wide)

Any ideas?

I tried creating a mask using a Shape object but couldn't quite manage to create a mask that has a circular hole in it.

Answer 1

Found it.

No masks involved.

I took the Path and wrapped a Group around it:

<s:Group blendMode="layer">
    <s:Path id="connector" ... />
    <s:Ellipse id="hole" blendMode="erase">

I set the blendMode to "layer" and added an ellipse after the path with blendMode erase