[OpenJDK 2D-Dev] <AWT Dev> [8] Review request for 8011059 [macosx] Make JDK demos look perfect on retina displays

[Sergey Bylokhov]

On 07.11.2013 4:05, Clemens Eisserer wrote:
> getScaledImage() returns a scaled "reference" (not a copy) of the
> original image.
> So when the original image is changed, the scaled instance has to change too.
> When this is overriden like you suggest, this changes semantics of the API.
>
> In case getScaledInstance() is not overridden, the user is stuck with
> non-accelerated blits.
No If it is not overriden it will be noop and return the same image.
> Chris has written a nice blog post about getScaledImage() and why it
> should be avoided:
> https://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2007/04/03/perils-of-image-getscaledinstance.html
>
> Regards, Clemens


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Best regards, Sergey.