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package sun.awt;

import java.awt.Component;
import java.awt.Rectangle;
import java.awt.event.PaintEvent;

PaintEventDispatcher is responsible for dispatching PaintEvents. There can be only one PaintEventDispatcher active at a particular time.
/** * PaintEventDispatcher is responsible for dispatching PaintEvents. There * can be only one PaintEventDispatcher active at a particular time. * */
public class PaintEventDispatcher {
Singleton dispatcher.
/** * Singleton dispatcher. */
private static PaintEventDispatcher dispatcher;
Sets the current PaintEventDispatcher.
Params:
  • dispatcher – PaintEventDispatcher
/** * Sets the current <code>PaintEventDispatcher</code>. * * @param dispatcher PaintEventDispatcher */
public static void setPaintEventDispatcher( PaintEventDispatcher dispatcher) { synchronized(PaintEventDispatcher.class) { PaintEventDispatcher.dispatcher = dispatcher; } }
Returns the currently active PaintEventDispatcher. This will never return null.
Returns:PaintEventDispatcher
/** * Returns the currently active <code>PaintEventDispatcher</code>. This * will never return null. * * @return PaintEventDispatcher */
public static PaintEventDispatcher getPaintEventDispatcher() { synchronized(PaintEventDispatcher.class) { if (dispatcher == null) { dispatcher = new PaintEventDispatcher(); } return dispatcher; } }
Creates and returns the PaintEvent that should be dispatched for the specified component. If this returns null no PaintEvent is dispatched.

WARNING: This is invoked from the native thread, be careful what methods you end up invoking here.

/** * Creates and returns the <code>PaintEvent</code> that should be * dispatched for the specified component. If this returns null * no <code>PaintEvent</code> is dispatched. * <p> * <b>WARNING:</b> This is invoked from the native thread, be careful * what methods you end up invoking here. */
public PaintEvent createPaintEvent(Component target, int x, int y, int w, int h) { return new PaintEvent(target, PaintEvent.PAINT, new Rectangle(x, y, w, h)); }
Returns true if a native background erase should be done for the specified Component.
/** * Returns true if a native background erase should be done for * the specified Component. */
public boolean shouldDoNativeBackgroundErase(Component c) { return true; }
This method is invoked from the toolkit thread when the surface data of the component needs to be replaced. The method run() of the Runnable argument performs surface data replacing, run() should be invoked on the EDT of this component's AppContext. Returns true if the Runnable has been enqueued to be invoked on the EDT. (Fix 6255371.)
/** * This method is invoked from the toolkit thread when the surface * data of the component needs to be replaced. The method run() of * the Runnable argument performs surface data replacing, run() * should be invoked on the EDT of this component's AppContext. * Returns true if the Runnable has been enqueued to be invoked * on the EDT. * (Fix 6255371.) */
public boolean queueSurfaceDataReplacing(Component c, Runnable r) { return false; } }