On Tue, 3 Nov 2020 21:17:57 GMT, Kevin Rushforth <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Allow the EGL functionality in monocle to leverage EGL-based systems. The
>> low-level specific details about how the EGL calls should be constructed are
>> left out, and a native interface (egl_ext.h) is created that can be mapped
>> to any low-level system.
>
> modules/javafx.graphics/src/main/java/com/sun/glass/ui/monocle/EGLPlatform.java
> line 43:
>
>> 41: @Override
>> 42: public synchronized AcceleratedScreen getAcceleratedScreen(int[]
>> attributes) throws GLException {
>> 43: return new EGLAcceleratedScreen(attributes);
>
> Should this method cache the result so it returns a singleton (not sure, but
> the other `NativePlatform` subclasses, including `Dispman` do)?
Good question. In theory (e.g. on the Pi 4), there can be 2 different hardware
accelerated screens, but their is no application logic in the higher layers for
distributing rendering to 2 different interfaces.
Hence, it is indeed better to cache the result.
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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jfx/pull/343
