Class BufferCapabilities

java.lang.Object
java.awt.BufferCapabilities
All Implemented Interfaces:
Cloneable
public class BufferCapabilities extends Object implements Cloneable
Capabilities and properties of buffers.
Since:
1.4
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Nested Class Summary

Modifier and Type Class Description
static final class  BufferCapabilities.FlipContents
A type-safe enumeration of the possible back buffer contents after page-flipping

Constructor Summary

Constructor Description
BufferCapabilities(ImageCapabilities frontCaps, ImageCapabilities backCaps, BufferCapabilities.FlipContents flipContents)
Creates a new object for specifying buffering capabilities

Method Summary

Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

BufferCapabilities

public BufferCapabilities(ImageCapabilities frontCaps, ImageCapabilities backCaps, BufferCapabilities.FlipContents flipContents)
Creates a new object for specifying buffering capabilities
Parameters:
frontCaps - the capabilities of the front buffer; cannot be null
backCaps - the capabilities of the back and intermediate buffers; cannot be null
flipContents - the contents of the back buffer after page-flipping, null if page flipping is not used (implies blitting)
Throws:
IllegalArgumentException - if frontCaps or backCaps are null

Method Details

getFrontBufferCapabilities

public ImageCapabilities getFrontBufferCapabilities()
Returns:
the image capabilities of the front (displayed) buffer

getBackBufferCapabilities

public ImageCapabilities getBackBufferCapabilities()
Returns:
the image capabilities of all back buffers (intermediate buffers are considered back buffers)

isPageFlipping

public boolean isPageFlipping()
Returns:
whether or not the buffer strategy uses page flipping; a set of buffers that uses page flipping can swap the contents internally between the front buffer and one or more back buffers by switching the video pointer (or by copying memory internally). A non-flipping set of buffers uses blitting to copy the contents from one buffer to another; when this is the case, getFlipContents returns null

getFlipContents

public BufferCapabilities.FlipContents getFlipContents()
Returns:
the resulting contents of the back buffer after page-flipping. This value is null when the isPageFlipping returns false, implying blitting. It can be one of FlipContents.UNDEFINED (the assumed default), FlipContents.BACKGROUND, FlipContents.PRIOR, or FlipContents.COPIED.
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isFullScreenRequired

public boolean isFullScreenRequired()
Returns:
whether page flipping is only available in full-screen mode. If this is true, full-screen exclusive mode is required for page-flipping.
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isMultiBufferAvailable

public boolean isMultiBufferAvailable()
Returns:
whether or not page flipping can be performed using more than two buffers (one or more intermediate buffers as well as the front and back buffer).
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clone

public Object clone()
Description copied from class: Object
Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object x, the expression:
 x.clone() != x
will be true, and that the expression:
 x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()
will be true, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:
 x.clone().equals(x)
will be true, this is not an absolute requirement.

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling super.clone. If a class and all of its superclasses (except Object) obey this convention, it will be the case that x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass().

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by super.clone before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by super.clone need to be modified.

Overrides:
clone in class Object
Returns:
a copy of this BufferCapabilities object.
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