The Java 1.1 imaging APIs were designed to be asynchronous, for loading images
over slow networks. The design is very complicated and hard to implement. In
1.2 BufferedImages seem to have replaced Images. So, for example,
Component.createImage() is declared to return an Image, but actually returns a
BufferedImage. This makes the APIs synchronous -- which should make them much
simpler to implement.
We should do the same in our AWT implementation. This will involve the
following:
- removing all uses of ImageObserver, except when reporting errors in image
loading, and when reporting a new frame in animated gifs
- replacing GtkImage with BufferedImage
- merging GtkImagePainter into GdkGraphics2D
- making the switch to using GdkGraphics2D exclusively
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Summary: Image APIs should use BufferedImage exclusively
Product: gcc
Version: 4.1.0
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: P2
Component: AWT
AssignedTo: fitzsim at redhat dot com
ReportedBy: fitzsim at redhat dot com
CC: gcc-bugs at gcc dot gnu dot org,java-prs at gcc dot gnu
dot org
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=20630
