Package com.luciad.imaging

Class ALcdImagingEngine.Descriptor

java.lang.Object

com.luciad.imaging.ALcdImagingEngine.Descriptor

Enclosing class:

ALcdImagingEngine

public abstract static class ALcdImagingEngine.Descriptor
extends Object

Describes the capabilities and execution environment of an ALcdImagingEngine. The information in the descriptor can be used to choose between different available imaging engine implementations.

Since:

2014.0

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Modifier	Constructor	Description
protected	Descriptor()	This class cannot be instantiated by the user.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract String	getDisplayName()	Returns the display name of the imaging engine.
abstract boolean	isHWAccelerated()	Indicates whether the engine is hardware-accelerated or if it operates entirely on the CPU.
String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Details

Descriptor

protected Descriptor()

This class cannot be instantiated by the user.

Method Details

getDisplayName

public abstract String getDisplayName()

Returns the display name of the imaging engine. Can be used, for instance, to represent available engine implementations in a GUI.

Returns:

the engine's display name

isHWAccelerated

public abstract boolean isHWAccelerated()

Indicates whether the engine is hardware-accelerated or if it operates entirely on the CPU. Hardware-accelerated engines offer better performance but may or may not be available on all systems.

Returns:

true if the engine is hardware-accelerated

toString

public String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class Object