----- james.gra...@oracle.com wrote:

> One thing to consider, though, is that this code is only used in some
> rare cases - either that we don't have a direct native loop for the TH
> native code to use directly, or that it is a custom composite.

or bicubic interpolation is used(in some cases bilinear), or drawImageBG 
operation.
 
> gains from the elimination of the Java-to-native transitions per 
> scanline also probably swamp any other tuning operation we can do here
> so I think we've reached the knee of the curve for tuning this
> operation 
> already.
> 
> I'd rather have the (albeit internal to the implementation) API for 
> Region be reliable in the results it generates than to go out of our
> way 
> to create external loopholes for constructing the objects for some
> gains 
> in this "backup code".
> 
> Note that if any given Src/Dst transform operation is critical to any
> 
> application, it would be better to make sure that we have a native 
> MaskBlit for that combination than to make this clipping code go any 
> faster...
> 
>                       ...jim

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