protected  void initialize(Class type,
    Object oldInstance,
    Object newInstance,
    Encoder out) 
{
        super.initialize(type, oldInstance, newInstance, out);
        // Ignore the children of a JScrollPane.
        // Pending(milne) find a better way to do this.
        if (oldInstance instanceof javax.swing.JScrollPane) {
            return;
        }
        java.awt.Container oldC = (java.awt.Container)oldInstance;
        java.awt.Component[] oldChildren = oldC.getComponents();
        java.awt.Container newC = (java.awt.Container)newInstance;
        java.awt.Component[] newChildren = (newC == null) ? new java.awt.Component[0] : newC.getComponents();
        BorderLayout layout = ( oldC.getLayout() instanceof BorderLayout )
                ? ( BorderLayout )oldC.getLayout()
                : null;
        JLayeredPane oldLayeredPane = (oldInstance instanceof JLayeredPane)
                ? (JLayeredPane) oldInstance
                : null;
        // Pending. Assume all the new children are unaltered.
        for(int i = newChildren.length; i <  oldChildren.length; i++) {
            Object[] args = ( layout != null )
                    ? new Object[] {oldChildren[i], layout.getConstraints( oldChildren[i] )}
                    : (oldLayeredPane != null)
                            ? new Object[] {oldChildren[i], oldLayeredPane.getLayer(oldChildren[i]), Integer.valueOf(-1)}
                            : new Object[] {oldChildren[i]};
            invokeStatement(oldInstance, "add", args, out);
        }
}