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Class QPixmapCache

java.lang.Object
  extended by com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
      extended by com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
          extended by com.trolltech.qt.gui.QPixmapCache
All Implemented Interfaces:
QtJambiInterface

public class QPixmapCache
extends QtJambiObject

The QPixmapCache class provides an application-wide cache for pixmaps.

This class is a tool for optimized drawing with QPixmap. You can use it to store temporary pixmaps that are expensive to generate without using more storage space than cacheLimit. Use insert to insert pixmaps, find() to find them, and clear to empty the cache.

QPixmapCache contains no member data, only static functions to access the global pixmap cache. It creates an internal QCache object for caching the pixmaps.

The cache associates a pixmap with a string (key). If two pixmaps are inserted into the cache using equal keys, then the last pixmap will hide the first pixmap. The QHash and QCache classes do exactly the same.

The cache becomes full when the total size of all pixmaps in the cache exceeds cacheLimit. The initial cache limit is 1024 KB (1 MB); it is changed with setCacheLimit. A pixmap takes roughly (width * height * depth)/8 bytes of memory.

The Qt Quarterly article Optimizing with QPixmapCache explains how to use QPixmapCache to speed up applications by caching the results of painting.

See Also:
QCache, QPixmap

Nested Class Summary
 
Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
QSignalEmitter.AbstractSignal, QSignalEmitter.Signal0, QSignalEmitter.Signal1<A>, QSignalEmitter.Signal2<A,B>, QSignalEmitter.Signal3<A,B,C>, QSignalEmitter.Signal4<A,B,C,D>, QSignalEmitter.Signal5<A,B,C,D,E>, QSignalEmitter.Signal6<A,B,C,D,E,F>, QSignalEmitter.Signal7<A,B,C,D,E,F,G>, QSignalEmitter.Signal8<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H>, QSignalEmitter.Signal9<A,B,C,D,E,F,G,H,I>
 
Method Summary
static int cacheLimit()
          Returns the cache limit (in kilobytes).
static void clear()
          Removes all pixmaps from the cache.
static boolean find(java.lang.String key, QPixmap pm)
          Looks for a cached pixmap associated with the key in the cache.
static QPixmapCache fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
          This function returns the QPixmapCache instance pointed to by nativePointer
static boolean insert(java.lang.String key, QPixmap arg__2)
          Inserts a copy of the pixmap arg__2 associated with the key into the cache.
static void remove(java.lang.String key)
          Removes the pixmap associated with key from the cache.
static void setCacheLimit(int arg__1)
          Sets the cache limit to arg__1 kilobytes.
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiObject
dispose, disposed, finalize, reassignNativeResources, tr, tr, tr
 
Methods inherited from class com.trolltech.qt.QSignalEmitter
blockSignals, disconnect, disconnect, signalsBlocked, signalSender, thread
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 
Methods inherited from interface com.trolltech.qt.QtJambiInterface
disableGarbageCollection, nativeId, nativePointer, reenableGarbageCollection, setJavaOwnership
 

Method Detail

cacheLimit

public static int cacheLimit()

Returns the cache limit (in kilobytes).

The default setting is 1024 kilobytes.

See Also:
setCacheLimit

clear

public static void clear()

Removes all pixmaps from the cache.


insert

public static boolean insert(java.lang.String key,
                             QPixmap arg__2)

Inserts a copy of the pixmap arg__2 associated with the key into the cache.

All pixmaps inserted by the Qt library have a key starting with "$qt", so your own pixmap keys should never begin "$qt".

When a pixmap is inserted and the cache is about to exceed its limit, it removes pixmaps until there is enough room for the pixmap to be inserted.

The oldest pixmaps (least recently accessed in the cache) are deleted when more space is needed.

The function returns true if the object was inserted into the cache; otherwise it returns false.

See Also:
setCacheLimit

remove

public static void remove(java.lang.String key)

Removes the pixmap associated with key from the cache.


setCacheLimit

public static void setCacheLimit(int arg__1)

Sets the cache limit to arg__1 kilobytes.

The default setting is 1024 kilobytes.

See Also:
cacheLimit

fromNativePointer

public static QPixmapCache fromNativePointer(QNativePointer nativePointer)
This function returns the QPixmapCache instance pointed to by nativePointer

Parameters:
nativePointer - the QNativePointer of which object should be returned.

find

public static boolean find(java.lang.String key,
                           QPixmap pm)
Looks for a cached pixmap associated with the key in the cache. If the pixmap is found, the function sets pm to that pixmap and returns true; otherwise it leaves pm alone and returns false.


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