Does GroupLayout belong in SwingXBuilder?
Tags: SwingX
My initial though is a resounding no. Before you start typing a comment, hear me out. With most components, layouts, widgets, you can very quickly figure out in your head how they will be implemented. Not so with GroupLayout. GroupLayout is already a mish-mosh of enchained groups. Converting it to Groovy's builder paradigm would make it look more spaghetti code-esque. Why should it be supported in the first place? IMHO, I think that whatever GroupLayout can do, GridBag can do as well. MIGLayout, of recent press on JavaLobby, looks like it could fill this role as well.
Note: My GSoC project is to create a SwingXBuilder.