Graphic Java™ 1.2, Volume I: AWT, Third Edition

Chapter 24. Double Buffering

• Double Buffering and Animation

• How Double Buffering Works

• Draggable Lightweights and a Double Buffered Container

  - Util

  - BackingStore

  - DoubleBufferedContainer

  - Lightweight

• Summary

Double buffering was introduced previously in the Image Filtering chapter—and see “An Introduction to Double Buffering”. This chapter provides a more in-depth look at double buffering by examining a handful of classes used to implement draggable lightweight components and a double buffered container.