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authorKenneth Russel <[email protected]>2009-06-15 22:57:38 +0000
committerKenneth Russel <[email protected]>2009-06-15 22:57:38 +0000
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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2003 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are
+ * met:
+ *
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+ *
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+ * documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * Neither the name of Sun Microsystems, Inc. or the names of
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products derived from
+ * this software without specific prior written permission.
+ *
+ * This software is provided "AS IS," without a warranty of any kind. ALL
+ * EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES,
+ * INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A
+ * PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON-INFRINGEMENT, ARE HEREBY EXCLUDED. SUN
+ * MICROSYSTEMS, INC. ("SUN") AND ITS LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR
+ * ANY DAMAGES SUFFERED BY LICENSEE AS A RESULT OF USING, MODIFYING OR
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+ * DAMAGES, HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF THE THEORY OF LIABILITY,
+ * ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
+ * SUN HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
+ *
+ * You acknowledge that this software is not designed or intended for use
+ * in the design, construction, operation or maintenance of any nuclear
+ * facility.
+ *
+ * Sun gratefully acknowledges that this software was originally authored
+ * and developed by Kenneth Bradley Russell and Christopher John Kline.
+ */
+
+package javax.media.opengl;
+
+import com.sun.opengl.impl.*;
+
+/** This API provides access to the threading model for the implementation of
+ the classes in this package.
+
+ <P>
+
+ OpenGL is specified as a thread-safe API, but in practice there
+ are multithreading-related issues on most, if not all, of the
+ platforms which support it. For example, some OpenGL
+ implementations do not behave well when one context is made
+ current first on one thread, released, and then made current on a
+ second thread, although this is legal according to the OpenGL
+ specification. On other platforms there are other problems.
+
+ <P>
+
+ Due to these limitations, and due to the inherent multithreading
+ in the Java platform (in particular, in the Abstract Window
+ Toolkit), it is often necessary to limit the multithreading
+ occurring in the typical application using the OpenGL API.
+
+ <P>
+
+ In the current reference implementation, for instance, multithreading
+ has been limited by
+ forcing all OpenGL-related work for GLAutoDrawables on to a single
+ thread. In other words, if an application uses only the
+ GLAutoDrawable and GLEventListener callback mechanism, it is
+ guaranteed to have the most correct single-threaded behavior on
+ all platforms.
+
+ <P>
+
+ Applications using the GLContext makeCurrent/release API directly
+ will inherently break this single-threaded model, as these methods
+ require that the OpenGL context be made current on the current
+ thread immediately. For applications wishing to integrate better
+ with an implementation that uses the single-threaded model, this
+ class provides public access to the mechanism used by the implementation.
+
+ <P>
+
+ Users can execute Runnables on the
+ internal thread used for performing OpenGL work, and query whether
+ the current thread is already this thread. Using these mechanisms
+ the user can move work from the current thread on to the internal
+ OpenGL thread if desired.
+
+ <P>
+
+ This class also provides mechanisms for querying whether this
+ internal serialization of OpenGL work is in effect, and a
+ programmatic way of disabling it. In the current reference
+ implementation it is enabled by default, although it could be
+ disabled in the future if OpenGL drivers become more robust on
+ all platforms.
+
+ <P>
+
+ In addition to specifying programmatically whether the single
+ thread for OpenGL work is enabled, users may switch it on and off
+ using the system property <code>opengl.1thread</code>. Valid values
+ for this system property are:
+
+ <PRE>
+ -Dopengl.1thread=false Disable single-threading of OpenGL work
+ -Dopengl.1thread=true Enable single-threading of OpenGL work (default -- on a newly-created worker thread)
+ -Dopengl.1thread=auto Select default single-threading behavior (currently on)
+ -Dopengl.1thread=awt Enable single-threading of OpenGL work on AWT event dispatch thread (current default on all
+ platforms, and also the default behavior older releases)
+ -Dopengl.1thread=worker Enable single-threading of OpenGL work on newly-created worker thread (not suitable for Mac
+ OS X or X11 platforms, and risky on Windows in applet environments)
+ </PRE>
+*/
+
+public class Threading {
+
+ /** No reason to ever instantiate this class */
+ private Threading() {}
+
+ /** If an implementation of the javax.media.opengl APIs offers a
+ multithreading option but the default behavior is single-threading,
+ this API provides a mechanism for end users to disable single-threading
+ in this implementation. Users are strongly discouraged from
+ calling this method unless they are aware of all of the
+ consequences and are prepared to enforce some amount of
+ threading restrictions in their applications. Disabling
+ single-threading, for example, may have unintended consequences
+ on GLAutoDrawable implementations such as GLCanvas, GLJPanel and
+ GLPbuffer. Currently there is no supported way to re-enable it
+ once disabled, partly to discourage careless use of this
+ method. This method should be called as early as possible in an
+ application. */
+ public static void disableSingleThreading() {
+ ThreadingImpl.disableSingleThreading();
+ }
+
+ /** Indicates whether OpenGL work is being automatically forced to a
+ single thread in this implementation. */
+ public static boolean isSingleThreaded() {
+ return ThreadingImpl.isSingleThreaded();
+ }
+
+ /** Indicates whether the current thread is the single thread on
+ which this implementation of the javax.media.opengl APIs
+ performs all of its OpenGL-related work. This method should only
+ be called if the single-thread model is in effect. */
+ public static boolean isOpenGLThread() throws GLException {
+ return ThreadingImpl.isOpenGLThread();
+ }
+
+ /** Executes the passed Runnable on the single thread used for all
+ OpenGL work in this javax.media.opengl API implementation. It is
+ not specified exactly which thread is used for this
+ purpose. This method should only be called if the single-thread
+ model is in use and if the current thread is not the OpenGL
+ thread (i.e., if <code>isOpenGLThread()</code> returns
+ false). It is up to the end user to check to see whether the
+ current thread is the OpenGL thread and either execute the
+ Runnable directly or perform the work inside it. */
+ public static void invokeOnOpenGLThread(Runnable r) throws GLException {
+ ThreadingImpl.invokeOnOpenGLThread(r);
+ }
+}