javax.media.opengl
Class DefaultGLCapabilitiesChooser

java.lang.Object
  javax.media.opengl.DefaultGLCapabilitiesChooser

All Implemented Interfaces:

CapabilitiesChooser, GLCapabilitiesChooser

public class DefaultGLCapabilitiesChooser
extends Object
implements GLCapabilitiesChooser

The default implementation of the GLCapabilitiesChooser interface, which provides consistent visual selection behavior across platforms. The precise algorithm is deliberately left loosely specified. Some properties are:

• As long as there is at least one available non-null GLCapabilities which matches the "stereo" option, will return a valid index.
• Attempts to match as closely as possible the given GLCapabilities, but will select one with fewer capabilities (i.e., lower color depth) if necessary.
• Prefers hardware-accelerated visuals to non-hardware-accelerated.
• If there is no exact match, prefers a more-capable visual to a less-capable one.
• If there is more than one exact match, chooses an arbitrary one.
• May select the opposite of a double- or single-buffered visual (based on the user's request) in dire situations.
• Color depth (including alpha) mismatches are weighted higher than depth buffer mismatches, which are in turn weighted higher than accumulation buffer (including alpha) and stencil buffer depth mismatches.
• If a valid windowSystemRecommendedChoice parameter is supplied, chooses that instead of using the cross-platform code.

Constructor Summary

DefaultGLCapabilitiesChooser()

Method Summary

int	chooseCapabilities(CapabilitiesImmutable desired, List available, int windowSystemRecommendedChoice)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

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

Constructor Detail

DefaultGLCapabilitiesChooser

public DefaultGLCapabilitiesChooser()

Method Detail

chooseCapabilities

public int chooseCapabilities(CapabilitiesImmutable desired,
                              List available,
                              int windowSystemRecommendedChoice)

Specified by:

chooseCapabilities in interface CapabilitiesChooser