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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 necessary to limit the multithreading occurring in the typical application using the OpenGL API. This has been done 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 the single-threaded model, this class provides public access to the mechanism used by this implementation of the javax.media.opengl APIs. 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. Currently 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) -Dopengl.1thread=auto Select default single-threading behavior (currently on) </PRE> */ public class Threading { private static boolean singleThreaded = true; static { AccessController.doPrivileged(new PrivilegedAction() { public Object run() { String workaround = System.getProperty("opengl.1thread"); if (workaround != null && (!workaround.equals("auto"))) { singleThreaded = Boolean.valueOf(workaround).booleanValue(); } printWorkaroundNotice(); return null; } }); } /** No reason to ever instantiate this class */ private Threading() {} /** Provides a mechanism for end users to disable the default single-threading of this implementation of the javax.media.opengl APIs. 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 this single-threading, for example, will 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. */ public static void disableSingleThreading() { singleThreaded = false; if (Debug.verbose()) { System.err.println("Application forced disabling of single-threading of javax.media.opengl implementation"); } } /** Indicates whether OpenGL work is being automatically forced to a single thread. */ public static boolean isSingleThreaded() { return singleThreaded; } /** 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 { if (!isSingleThreaded()) { throw new GLException("Should only call this in single-threaded mode"); } if (Java2D.isOGLPipelineActive()) { // FIXME: ideally only the QFT would be considered to be the // "OpenGL thread", but we can not currently run all of JOGL's // OpenGL work on that thread. For now, run the GLJPanel's // Java2D/JOGL bridge on the QFT but everything else on the // EDT, except when we're already on the QFT. return (Java2D.isQueueFlusherThread() || EventQueue.isDispatchThread()); } else { return EventQueue.isDispatchThread(); } } /** 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 { if (!isSingleThreaded()) { throw new GLException ("Should only call this in single-threaded mode"); } if (isOpenGLThread()) { throw new GLException ("Should only call this from other threads than the OpenGL thread"); } // FIXME: ideally should run all OpenGL work on the Java2D QFT // thread when it's enabled, but there are issues with this when // the GLJPanel is not using the Java2D bridge; would like to run // its OpenGL work on the QFT, but do the image drawing from the // EDT. Other issues still remain with the GLCanvas as well. // if (Java2D.isOGLPipelineActive()) { // Java2D.invokeWithOGLContextCurrent(null, r); // } else { try { EventQueue.invokeAndWait(r); } catch (InvocationTargetException e) { throw new GLException(e.getTargetException()); } catch (InterruptedException e) { throw new GLException(e); } // } } private static void printWorkaroundNotice() { if (singleThreaded && Debug.verbose()) { System.err.println("Using single thread for performing OpenGL work in javax.media.opengl implementation"); } } }