Problem in GroupLayout ?

[makpandian]

I have developed one Swing program in my JDK6 sytem by using Grouplayout.
It works pretty well. But when i try to compile the same program in JDK 5 , I am getting compile time error. This is because JDK 5 does not have GroupLayout Class.
Is there any JAR available which has GroupLayout class.

[ra4king]

No, GroupLayout is part of the Java 6 API which means you cannot use it in earlier versions.

[makpandian]

ra4king,

Is there any way to use GroupLayout in Java 5 by adding external JARs?

[ra4king]

No, unless someone makes a jar file containing all new classes added to Java 6 because there might be some new classes that GroupLayout depend on.

[ozzyman]

This is the file, try to see if you can get it working.

[makpandian]

ozzyman,

Thanks for the file. but it shows compiler error in the following import statement.

import static java.awt.Component.BaselineResizeBehavior;
import static javax.swing.LayoutStyle.ComponentPlacement;

[ra4king]

Those classes are also new in Java 6.

[Junky]

Solution: stop fannying about. Either upgrade to version 6 or use a different layout manager.

[makpandian]

I guess I better use diffent layout manager,dont I?

[Fubarable]

I guess I better use diffent layout manager,dont I?

or layout managers. What GUI configuration are you trying to achieve with all of this? Do you have an example as an image?

[ozzyman]

They are both very simple (enum) classes...

    public enum ComponentPlacement {
        RELATED,
        UNRELATED,
        INDENT;
    }

 public enum BaselineResizeBehavior {
        CONSTANT_ASCENT,
        CONSTANT_DESCENT,
        CENTER_OFFSET,
        OTHER;
    }