Hi Stephane,
The latest version of the PanMouseMode in the beta out of CVS on the
website does what you expect.
- Don
On Oct 16, 2006, at 3:05 AM, Stéphane Wasserhardt wrote:
> Hi !
>
> I'd like to know if there is a particular reason to instanciate new
> BufferedImages each time PanMouseMode.createBuffers is called ?
> I think this is only needed when the mapBean's width or height
> changes !
>
> I ask this question because rotating the mouse wheel (numerous
> times) when the panMouseMode is active causes many createBuffers
> calls. The garbage collector doesn't have time enough to free the
> previous images thus causing slowdowns... If you have not much
> memory available (try with -Xmx32m) and a memory-consumming
> application, it can even cause OutOfMemoryErrors !
>
> Another problem is multi-threading. Each time the wheel is rotated,
> projectionChanged is called from a different worker thread. Each
> one of these calls lead to a createBuffer call : images instances
> are uselessly created one after the other! Instanciation can also
> happens during the previous call's instanciation!
>
> First, I think it would be better to flush the bufferedImages
> before creating new instances, even if it won't change much...
> (have a look at http://mindprod.com/jgloss/packratting.html ).
> The createBuffer method should also be synchronized to be sure that
> the images are completely instanciated before flushing and re-
> instanciating them...
>
> For a real improvement, the images should only be instanciated when
> the mapBean's size changes. In other cases re-instanciation is not
> needed because the images are fully painted in the mouseDragged
> method.
> I attached a new version of PanMouseMode. If I didn't miss
> anything, I think it should be better to use this one instead of
> the current version...
>
> Stephane
> <PanMouseMode.java>
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BBN Technologies, Cambridge, MA
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