Module java.desktop
Package java.awt

# Class BufferCapabilities

java.lang.Object
java.awt.BufferCapabilities

All Implemented Interfaces:
  `Cloneable`

public class BufferCapabilities extends Object implements Cloneable
Capabilities and properties of buffers.

Since:
  1.4
See Also:
  - `BufferStrategy.getCapabilities()`
  - `GraphicsConfiguration.getBufferCapabilities()`

## Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes
Modifier and Type
Class
Description
`static final class`
`BufferCapabilities.FlipContents`
A type-safe enumeration of the possible back buffer contents after page-flipping

## Constructor Summary

Constructors
Constructor
Description
`BufferCapabilities(ImageCapabilities frontCaps, ImageCapabilities backCaps, BufferCapabilities.FlipContents flipContents)`
Creates a new object for specifying buffering capabilities

## Method Summary

Modifier and Type
Method
Description
`Object`
`clone()`
Creates and returns a copy of this object.
`ImageCapabilities`
`getBackBufferCapabilities()`
Returns the image capabilities of all back buffers (intermediate buffers are considered back buffers).
`BufferCapabilities.FlipContents`
`getFlipContents()`
Returns the resulting contents of the back buffer after page-flipping.
`ImageCapabilities`
`getFrontBufferCapabilities()`
Returns the image capabilities of the front (displayed) buffer.
`boolean`
`isFullScreenRequired()`
Returns whether page flipping is only available in full-screen mode.
`boolean`
`isMultiBufferAvailable()`
Returns whether or not page flipping can be performed using more than two buffers (one or more intermediate buffers as well as the front and back buffer).
`boolean`
`isPageFlipping()`
Returns whether or not the buffer strategy uses page flipping.

### Methods declared in class java.lang.Object

`equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait`

## Constructor Details

### BufferCapabilities

public BufferCapabilities(ImageCapabilities frontCaps, ImageCapabilities backCaps, BufferCapabilities.FlipContents flipContents)
Creates a new object for specifying buffering capabilities

Parameters:
  `frontCaps` - the capabilities of the front buffer; cannot be `null`
  `backCaps` - the capabilities of the back and intermediate buffers; cannot be `null`
  `flipContents` - the contents of the back buffer after page-flipping, `null` if page flipping is not used (implies blitting)
Throws:
  `IllegalArgumentException` - if frontCaps or backCaps are `null`

## Method Details

### getFrontBufferCapabilities

public ImageCapabilities getFrontBufferCapabilities()
Returns the image capabilities of the front (displayed) buffer.

Returns:
  the image capabilities of the front (displayed) buffer

### getBackBufferCapabilities

public ImageCapabilities getBackBufferCapabilities()
Returns the image capabilities of all back buffers (intermediate buffers are considered back buffers).

Returns:
  the image capabilities of all back buffers (intermediate buffers are considered back buffers)

### isPageFlipping

public boolean isPageFlipping()
Returns whether or not the buffer strategy uses page flipping. A set of buffers that uses page flipping can swap the contents internally between the front buffer and one or more back buffers by switching the video pointer (or by copying memory internally). A non-flipping set of buffers uses blitting to copy the contents from one buffer to another; when this is the case, `getFlipContents` returns `null`.

Returns:
  whether or not the buffer strategy uses page flipping

### getFlipContents

public BufferCapabilities.FlipContents getFlipContents()
Returns the resulting contents of the back buffer after page-flipping. This value is `null` when the `isPageFlipping` returns `false`, implying blitting. It can be one of `FlipContents.UNDEFINED` (the assumed default), `FlipContents.BACKGROUND`, `FlipContents.PRIOR`, or `FlipContents.COPIED`.

Returns:
  the resulting contents of the back buffer after page-flipping
See Also:
  - `isPageFlipping()`
  - `BufferCapabilities.FlipContents.UNDEFINED`
  - `BufferCapabilities.FlipContents.BACKGROUND`
  - `BufferCapabilities.FlipContents.PRIOR`
  - `BufferCapabilities.FlipContents.COPIED`

### isFullScreenRequired

public boolean isFullScreenRequired()
Returns whether page flipping is only available in full-screen mode. If this is `true`, full-screen exclusive mode is required for page-flipping.

Returns:
  whether page flipping is only available in full-screen mode
See Also:
  - `isPageFlipping()`
  - `GraphicsDevice.setFullScreenWindow(java.awt.Window)`

### isMultiBufferAvailable

public boolean isMultiBufferAvailable()
Returns whether or not page flipping can be performed using more than two buffers (one or more intermediate buffers as well as the front and back buffer).

Returns:
  whether or not page flipping can be performed using more than two buffers
See Also:
  - `isPageFlipping()`

### clone

public Object clone()
Description copied from class: `Object`
Creates and returns a copy of this object. The precise meaning of "copy" may depend on the class of the object. The general intent is that, for any object `x`, the expression:

>      x.clone() != x

will be true, and that the expression:

>      x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()

will be `true`, but these are not absolute requirements. While it is typically the case that:

>      x.clone().equals(x)

will be `true`, this is not an absolute requirement.

By convention, the returned object should be obtained by calling `super.clone`. If a class and all of its superclasses (except `Object`) obey this convention, it will be the case that `x.clone().getClass() == x.getClass()`.

By convention, the object returned by this method should be independent of this object (which is being cloned). To achieve this independence, it may be necessary to modify one or more fields of the object returned by `super.clone` before returning it. Typically, this means copying any mutable objects that comprise the internal "deep structure" of the object being cloned and replacing the references to these objects with references to the copies. If a class contains only primitive fields or references to immutable objects, then it is usually the case that no fields in the object returned by `super.clone` need to be modified.

Overrides:
  `clone` in class `Object`
Returns:
  a copy of this BufferCapabilities object.
See Also:
  - `Cloneable`