On Wed, 9 Apr 2025 03:16:38 GMT, Sergey Bylokhov <s...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> Another unused obsoleted flag removed (offscreenSharingEnabled) from > WindowsFlags. Its last usage was eliminated by > [JDK-6725214](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDk-6725214) ("D3D: > forward-port the new pipeline from 6u10"), see > [commit](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk/commit/e4c9db984fe1a3a9d06fb60e333e92df3b165454#diff-c27da1eb4bdc7e69158f38ab3e7a1aa02b074c131c18ad15d04d0f88f169febeL319). > > Interestingly, the original JDK 6u10 changes marked many options as > "Obsoleted" (see [System Properties for Java 2D > Technology](https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/2d/flags.html)). > Some of them later were removed in JDK 9 via > [JDK-8155682](https://bugs.openjdk.org/browse/JDK-8155682) ("Get rid of > legacy Windows Flags for DX"). > > However, two obsoleted flags remain: > - **sun.java2d.noddraw**: Obsoleted in: Java SE 6 Update 10, which contains > a new implementation of D3D support. Setting sun.java2d.noddraw=true is now > interpreted exactly the same as disabling that via sun.java2d.d3d=false. > Intended use: To turn off the Java 2D system's use of DirectDraw and Direct3D > completely. > Introduced: 1.2 > Default value: false > How to use: Setting this flag to true turns off DirectDraw usage, which > sometimes helps to get rid of rendering problems on Win32. > - **sun.java2d.ddoffscreen**: Obsoleted in: Java SE 6 Update 10 > Intended use: To turn on hardware-accelerated scaling when the > DirectDraw/Direct3D pipeline is in use. > Introduced: 1.2 > Default value: false > How to use: Setting this flag to true enables hardware-accelerated scaling if > the DirectDraw/Direct3D pipeline is in use. DirectDraw/Direct3D hardware > scaling is disabled by default to avoid rendering artifacts in existing > applications. These rendering artifacts are caused by possible > inconsistencies between the scale method that the software scaling operation > uses (nearest neighbor) and the different scale methods that video cards use. > Certain events that occur while an application is running might cause a > scaled image to be rendered partially with hardware scaling operations and > partially with software scaling operations, resulting in an inconsistent > appearance. For now, you can enable acceleration by setting the ddscale flag > to true. > > Should we: > - Continue supporting these indefinitely, or > - Mark them as deprecated for removal in some upcoming release? This pull request has now been integrated. Changeset: c7c77eb6 Author: Sergey Bylokhov <s...@openjdk.org> URL: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/commit/c7c77eb6aa25cbf84ba4b7519e16c092c222e504 Stats: 41 lines in 3 files changed: 0 ins; 37 del; 4 mod 8354077: Get rid of offscreenSharingEnabled windows flag Reviewed-by: prr ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jdk/pull/24534
