public void removeComponent(RADVisualComponent<?> radComp, int index) {
    // first store constraints in the meta component
    LayoutConstraints<?> constr = layoutDelegate.getConstraints(index);
    if (constr != null) {
      radComp.setLayoutConstraints(layoutDelegate.getClass(), constr);
    }
    // remove the component from layout
    layoutDelegate.removeComponent(index);
    // remove the component instance from the primary container instance
    if (!layoutDelegate.removeComponentFromContainer(
        getPrimaryContainer(),
        getPrimaryContainerDelegate(),
        (Component)
            radComp
                .getBeanInstance())) { // layout delegate does not support removing individual
                                       // components,
      // so we clear the container and add the remaining components again
      layoutDelegate.clearContainer(getPrimaryContainer(), getPrimaryContainerDelegate());

      RADVisualComponent<?>[] radComps = radContainer.getSubComponents();
      if (radComps.length > 1) {
        // we rely on that radcomp was not removed from the model yet
        Component[] comps = new Component[radComps.length - 1];
        for (int i = 0; i < radComps.length; i++) {
          if (i != index) {
            Component comp = (Component) radComps[i].getBeanInstance();
            comps[i < index ? i : i - 1] = comp;
          }
        }
        layoutDelegate.addComponentsToContainer(
            getPrimaryContainer(), getPrimaryContainerDelegate(), comps, 0);
      }
    }
  }
  // copy layout delegate from another container
  public void copyLayoutDelegateFrom(
      LayoutSupportManager sourceLayoutSupport, RADVisualComponent<?>[] newRadComps) {
    LayoutSupportDelegate sourceDelegate = sourceLayoutSupport.getLayoutDelegate();

    int componentCount = sourceDelegate.getComponentCount();

    Container cont = getPrimaryContainer();
    Container contDel = getPrimaryContainerDelegate();

    if (layoutDelegate != null) {
      removeLayoutDelegate(false);
    }

    Component[] primaryComps = new Component[componentCount];

    for (int i = 0; i < componentCount; i++) {
      RADVisualComponent<?> radComp = newRadComps[i];
      primaryComps[i] = (Component) radComp.getBeanInstance();
    }

    LayoutSupportDelegate newDelegate = sourceDelegate.cloneLayoutSupport(this, newRadComps);

    newDelegate.setLayoutToContainer(cont, contDel);
    newDelegate.addComponentsToContainer(cont, contDel, primaryComps, 0);

    layoutDelegate = newDelegate;

    // Ensure correct propagation of copied properties (issue 50011, 72351)
    try {
      layoutDelegate.acceptContainerLayoutChange(null);
    } catch (PropertyVetoException pvex) {
      // should not happen
    }
  }