Sandegren, Eric S. wrote: >This may seem like a silly question but - why does the getTransform method >of TransformGroup take a parameter and set it's reference, rather than >returning a reference to the Transform3D? All the other "get" methods I've >ever seen return the object rather than having you pass it in and then the >method fill it.
Giving back the Transform3D requires to allocate a new object and thereby garbage. If you pass in a Transform3D to be filled, you can use a preallocated one and use it multiple times with constant memory. This approach is pretty common, e.g. in the vecmath package. - J -- Joerg 'Herkules' Plewe http://www.hardcode.de =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
