proj-imim:
Re: Memory Cache
Helmut Dersch 2000-Aug-05 01:45:00
Flemming V. Larsen wrote:
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> Your movie example now run very smooth and it's fast loading. The caching seems to work fine.
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> But how does this cache actually work. If I have a jpeg at 100 kb, my image-browser tells me it unpacks to "current memory size" 3.9 MB. Is it the jpeg-size or the memory-size that is kept in the cache?
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The compressed jpeg-image (100kb) is cached, not the bitmap (3.9mb).
> And does the cache only use psychical RAM.
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Any RAM accessible to the JAVA VM.
> Could a max cache size be implemented or is it only possible to do a true or false?
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It is now only true or false, but this shouldn't be a problem since
compressed images are cached.
You can get selective caching by setting 'cache' to false, and using
a 'preload' list of images.
Helmut Dersch