[SOLVED] JLayeredPane remove(int) method throws no such child

JLayeredPane remove(int) method throws no such child

I am Creating JLayeredPane (mainFrame) and add stuff to it like this:

JPanel textP= new Scribe(text); //this returns panel with xome text
textP.setVisible(true);
mainFrame.add(shakespeare, new Integer(6));/*This is important!!!*/
mainFrame.repaint();
mainFrame.validate();

Later I am trying to remove it like this

mainFrame.remove(6);

and it throws No such child: 6. Other elements drawing images work fine:

JPanel imageP = new ImagePanel(image);
imageP.setVisible(true);
mainFrame.add(imageP, new Integer(5));
mainFrame.repaint();
mainFrame.validate();
//after a while
mainFrame.remove(5);

These panels are placed and removed from the pane with different order and timings defined by user input.

Solution

remove(int) removes the n'th component from the container, it doesn't relate to the layer the component was added to

The best thing is to try a remove the component by its reference, as it's not always possible to know that anything was added/inserted before your component since you added it