Swing Designer 4.2.0

[hendriklenz]

Hi,

i use the Swing Designer Version 4.2.0.

When i create an new class (JPanel) by using the SwingResourceManager (autogenerated by the Swing Designer) it does only work with instelled JDK 1.5x.

When i switch to JDK 1.4.2 this code shows some errors

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private static HashMap<String, Image> m_ClassImageMap = new HashMap<String, Image>();

From the SwingResourceManager Class i get an error "teh type HashMap is not generic"

How does your components work with JDK 1.4.2?

I use Eclipse 3.1.0 and WindowBuilderPro 4.2.0

Has somebody any hints for me?

Thanks Hendrik

[bzeiss]

using generics is simply not backward-compatible. if you want your software to be compatible with 5.0 and 1.4.2, you should develop with the 1.4.2 jdk.

[hendriklenz]

Hi,

yes that what i want to do. I have chossen the jdk 1.4.2 in eclipse as current jdk and then the auto genrated class "SwingResourceManager" in the package "com.swtdesigner" are using genrics!

Can i set any option in Preferences of WindowBuilder Pro tha i don´t use Java 5.0 and that the WindowBuilder dont use any Functions from Java 5.0 or must i change/fix the errors by changing manually?

Thanks Hendrik

[bzeiss]

my guess is that after switching, the resource manager wasn't automatically switched back. take a look in the com.swtdesigner plugin directory. there should be two directories "supplied_src" (for java 1.4.2) and "supplied_src5" (for java 5.0) and look for the swtresourcemanager class in "supplied_src". try taking this one and replace it with the one in your project. the swtdesigner generated gui code works with both jdks if i remind correctly.

[Eric Clayberg]

yes that what i want to do. I have chossen the jdk 1.4.2 in eclipse as current jdk and then the auto genrated class "SwingResourceManager" in the package "com.swtdesigner" are using genrics!

Designer automatically detects the JDK level that is being used and generates code accordingly. If you are using JDK 1.5, it will generate JDK 1.5 compliant code. If it did not do this, you would see numerous JDK 1.5 related warnings.

Can i set any option in Preferences of WindowBuilder Pro tha i don´t use Java 5.0 and that the WindowBuilder dont use any Functions from Java 5.0 or must i change/fix the errors by changing manually?

The latest v4.2.1 build now includes a Designer > Code Generation > Generate JDK 1.4 compatible code only preference that will force Designer to always generate JDK 1.4 compatible code regardless of the JDK level you are using in Eclipse.