From bcb69bb6cba15cb9b7de4a7bc415d3c4cb350092 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: stephengold <sgold@sonic.net>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2025 16:40:01 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] solve issue #2374 (NoSuchMethodError)

---
 .../main/java/com/jme3/anim/AnimComposer.java | 26 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/anim/AnimComposer.java b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/anim/AnimComposer.java
index 18c64cba52..5b9664acb6 100644
--- a/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/anim/AnimComposer.java
+++ b/jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/anim/AnimComposer.java
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- * Copyright (c) 2009-2024 jMonkeyEngine
+ * Copyright (c) 2009-2025 jMonkeyEngine
  * All rights reserved.
  *
  * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
@@ -317,22 +317,42 @@ public Action removeAction(String name) {
      * @param mask The desired mask for the new layer (alias created)
      * @return a new layer
      */
-    public AnimLayer makeLayer(String name, AnimationMask mask) {
+    public AnimLayer addAnimLayer(String name, AnimationMask mask) {
         AnimLayer l = new AnimLayer(name, mask);
         layers.put(name, l);
         return l;
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Adds a layer to this composer. (for compatibility with v3.7)
+     *
+     * @param name The desired name for the new layer
+     * @param mask The desired mask for the new layer (alias created)
+     */
+    public void makeLayer(String name, AnimationMask mask) {
+        addAnimLayer(name, mask);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Remove specified layer. This will stop the current action on this layer.
      *
      * @param name The name of the layer to remove.
      * @return The removed layer.
      */
-    public AnimLayer removeLayer(String name) {
+    public AnimLayer removeAnimLayer(String name) {
         return layers.remove(name);
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Removes the specified layer and stops the current action on that layer.
+     * (for compatibility with v3.7)
+     *
+     * @param name The name of the layer to remove.
+     */
+    public void removeLayer(String name) {
+        removeAnimLayer(name);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Creates an action that will interpolate over an entire sequence of tweens
      * in order.