Charles Bloom's Java Stuff

New : July, 1999. I'm trying to convert some of my C graphics demos to Java. I haven't found any tech tips on high-performance graphics for java (all I really want to do is create a back-buffer, be able to twiddle the pixels, and trigger a page flip? why can't they just let me do it..)

Anyway, here's an early test: Hue Equation Applet

I finally jumped on the Java bandwagon. Here are some Java applications and applets I have written, including a Codec (encode/decode) class, a clib class, a WildCard class, an NNTP class, a Telnet class, and the GrabNews application.

I wrote all of this code in about a week (which includes the learning Java time) without a (useable) debugger. If that isn't a reason to use Java, then look at how simple the networking code is. Too bad about the pointers and the interpreting, though..

Read the Bloom Public License

Created 7-23-96 : not too clean or well documented right now.

To use programs on this page you may need:

• CJava.h C PreProcessor Include file for use with Java

Classes:

• benchmark compare C and Java speeds
• SimpleClientConnection : socket wrapper
• clib : static utils (strupr,atol,etc.)
• codec : encode/decode class (with UU)
• NNTP : nnrp/nntp wrapper (getHeader,getBody,etc)
• WildCard : powerful Amiga wildcards
• GrowingStringArray array of string w/o pre-set maximum size
• MyFileInputStream.java adds "byte[] readFully()" to FileInputStream
• StringIndex hashtable extension, using GrowingStringArray
• StrValIndex hashtable extension, using GrowingStringArray

Applications:

• Telnet : has bugs because:
• Test System.in : shows that System.in.available() doesn't work
• GrabNews : sucks down binaries from newsgroups; with powerful wildcards
• ListNews : grab list of articles in a group
• GrabNews complete distribution contains all required classes (no source)

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