ColorSaver 1.3 build: 9451 released: 2009-01-01

Avoids duplicate Color objects.

Copyright: (c) 2012 Canadian Mind Products.

Java class library.
Download from: http://mindprod.com/products2.html#COLORSAVER

===> Free <===
Full source included.
You may even include the source code, modified or unmodified
in free/commercial open source/proprietary programs that you write and distribute.
May be used freely for any purpose but military.
For more details on this restriction, see
http://mindprod.com/contact/nonmil.html
If you include any Canadian Mind Products code in your own applications,
your app too must be labeled non-military use only.
All Java jars and source code are included.

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Prerequisites:

This program runs under any OS,
(e.g. Win2K/XP/Vista/W7x86/W7-64/OSX/Linux/Solaris/AIX...) so long as you have
<><> Java version 1.5 <><> or later installed (32-bit or 64-bit Java).
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html for details.

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Installing on a PC:

Download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as a part of your own program.
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
To install, extract the zip download with WinZip
(or similar unzip utility) into any directory you please,
often J:\ --  ticking off the "use folder names" option.

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Installing on a MacIntosh:

Use Safari to download source and compiled class files to run on your own machine as a part of your own program.
Safari will automatically unpack the zip into ~/Downloads (version 10.5)
[or on the Desktop (version 10.4 and earlier)].
First install a recent Java JDK or JVM.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/installingjava.html.
You may optionally move the download tree to a permanent home.
I don't have a MacIntosh, just a PC, so I can't test my Java programs for Mac compatibility.
In theory they should work without problems, but in practice that does not always happen.
If you have problems please, let me know, preferably with screenshots and complete verbatim error messages.

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Rebuilding:

You are pretty much on your own how to use this material.

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Use:

ColorSaver shares Color objects instead of creating new ones to cut
down on the RAM needed to store the Color objects.
Profiling often shows the creation of too many Color objects is the
cause of poor performance.

See the source code for how to incorporate it into your own programs.
It does nothing on its own.

The piggy bank icon suggests saving RAM.


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Version History:

 1.0 1998-01-16

 1.1 1998-11-10 new address and phone.

 1.2 2000-01-01

 1.3 2009-01-01 convert to JDK 1.5, split off from business package.

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