Re: [gl4java-usergroup] GLEventListener

[Kenneth B. R. <kbr...@al...>]

> I know the current recomendation is to use GLEventListener and not the
> subclassing model, but the thing is i'm wanting to control when the canvas
> is redrawn, not just have it redraw every so often. So, what I currently
> have is a thread that spends most of its time outside my GLCanvas subclass
> and then at the end of a cycle goes into that subclass and does
> gljMakeCurrent(), draws, then does gljFree(). Given that this is how my
> program works is there an advantage in changing to the GLEventListener
> model? If i did change, should I still be using the makeCurrent/Free calls?

You should use the GLEventListener model because it manages all
of the context handling for you. gljMakeCurrent()/gljFree()
should never be called in the listener model. Use repaint() on
the GLCanvas to schedule a redraw.