Re: Frame tearing in applet
Andr9 Wagner wrote:
Hello Mark,
thank you for your answer.
Look around for "double buffering" in the 2D Java API. This uses two
buffers so one can be used for blitting (copying) while the other is
drawn to by the app.
As I understand, doublebuffering is exactly what I am doing here. My
problem is that the backBuffer changes before the screen is completely
updated.
So my question is: how can I detect when the screen has been
completely updated, so that I can haltany changes to the backBuffer?
Note that the last argument in drawImage() is an ImageObserver. You can
over-ride the imageUpdate method in your component, or implement your
own separate observer object.
Note the ALLBITS flag in the API:
<http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/awt/image/ImageObserver.html>
An example:
<http://www.particle.kth.se/~lindsey/JavaCourse/Book/Part1/Java/Chapter11/loadingImages.html>
If there are two threads involved here (and I think there will be, the
EDT and your own thread of execution) then you'll have to synchronize
the two threads, using methods like wait(), notify() and the
synchronized keyword. Think this through carefully for best performance!
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