Re: delaying update of picture

Hi Donna,

> In my display I have several datareferences which need to be updated when
> my data changes. I was wondering if there's a way to turn off the updating
> of the picture until I've finished all my setData()'s; it's a little
> disconcerting to see them change one by one. I found the
> DisplayImpl.disableAction()/enableAction() pair, but that didn't seem to
> have any effect.

Actually, disableAction() and enableAction() do have an effect:
they make sure all your data are transformed into scene graph
depictions during the same call to DisplayImpl.doAction(). The
delays you are still seeing are the times to transform each
data object. However, there is a way to get the depictions to
appear nearly simultaneously (delays are only due to the speed
of Java3D rendering the scene graph depictions, which is much
faster than transform into scene graph depictions). The code looks
like this:

      display.disableAction();
      drmap = new DefaultRendererJ3D();
      drimage = new DefaultRendererJ3D();
      drmap.toggle(false);
      drimage.toggle(false);
      display.addDisplayListener(this);
      display.addReferences(drmap, maplinesRef, maplinesConstantMap);
      display.addReferences(drimage, imageRef,null);
      display.enableAction();

Plus a method:

    public void displayChanged(DisplayEvent e)
         throws VisADException, RemoteException {
      if (e.getId() == DisplayEvent.TRANSFORM_DONE) {
        drmap.toggle(true);
        drimage.toggle(true);
      }
    }

Note the class of 'this' must implement DisplayListener
and must include declarations as class instance variables:

    private DefaultRendererJ3D drmap;
    private DefaultRendererJ3D drimage;

I have attached an updated version of visad/examples/SatDisplay.java
that incldues this logic.

Good luck,
Bill
/*
VisAD system for interactive analysis and visualization of numerical
data.  Copyright (C) 1996 - 2002 Bill Hibbard, Curtis Rueden, Tom
Rink, Dave Glowacki, Steve Emmerson, Tom Whittaker, Don Murray, and
Tommy Jasmin.

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
Library General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston,
MA 02111-1307, USA
*/

//
// SatDisplay.java by Don Murray of Unidata
//

import java.awt.event.WindowAdapter;
import java.awt.event.WindowEvent;
import java.net.URL;
import javax.swing.JFrame;
import visad.ColorControl;
import visad.CoordinateSystem;
import visad.ConstantMap;
import visad.Data;
import visad.DataReference;
import visad.DataReferenceImpl;
import visad.Display;
import visad.DisplayImpl;
import visad.FlatField;
import visad.FunctionType;
import visad.Linear2DSet;
import visad.RealTupleType;
import visad.RealType;
import visad.ScalarMap;
import visad.data.mcidas.AreaAdapter;
import visad.data.mcidas.BaseMapAdapter;
import visad.java3d.DisplayImplJ3D;
import visad.java3d.TwoDDisplayRendererJ3D;
import visad.java3d.DefaultRendererJ3D;
import visad.DisplayListener;
import visad.DisplayEvent;
import visad.VisADException;
import java.rmi.RemoteException;

/**
 * Example class to display a satellite image in VisAD.
 *
 * @author  Don Murray - Unidata
 */
public class SatDisplay implements DisplayListener
{

    private DisplayImpl display;

    private DefaultRendererJ3D drmap;
    private DefaultRendererJ3D drimage;

    /**
     * Construct a satellite display using the specified McIDAS map file,
     * image source.  The image can be displayed on a 3D globe or on a
     * flat rectillinear projection.
     *
     * @param  mapFile      location of the McIDAS map file (path or URL)
     * @param  imageSource  location of the image source (path or URL)
     * @param  display3D    if true, use 3D display, otherwise flat rectillinear
     * @param  remap        remap the image into a domain over North America
     */
    public SatDisplay(String mapFile, String imageSource,
                      boolean display3D, boolean remap)
    {
        try
        {
            //  Read in the map file
            BaseMapAdapter baseMapAdapter;
            if (mapFile.indexOf("://") > 0)   // URL specified
            {
               baseMapAdapter = new BaseMapAdapter(new URL(mapFile) );
            }
            else   // local disk file
            {
               baseMapAdapter = new BaseMapAdapter(mapFile);
            }

            // Create the display and set up the scalar maps to map
            // data to the display
            ScalarMap latMap;     // latitude  -> YAxis
            ScalarMap lonMap;     // longitude -> XAxis
            if (display3D)
            {
                display = new DisplayImplJ3D("display");
                latMap = new ScalarMap(RealType.Latitude, Display.Latitude);
                lonMap = new ScalarMap(RealType.Longitude, Display.Longitude);
            }
            else
            {
                display = new DisplayImplJ3D("display",
                                               new TwoDDisplayRendererJ3D());
                latMap = new ScalarMap(RealType.Latitude, Display.YAxis);
                lonMap = new ScalarMap(RealType.Longitude, Display.XAxis);
            }
            display.addMap(latMap);
            display.addMap(lonMap);

            // set the display to a global scale
            latMap.setRange(-90.0, 90.0);
            lonMap.setRange(-180.0, 180.0);

            // create a reference for the map line
            DataReference maplinesRef = new DataReferenceImpl("MapLines");
            maplinesRef.setData(baseMapAdapter.getData());

            // set the attributes of the map lines (color, location)
            ConstantMap[] maplinesConstantMap = new ConstantMap[4];
            maplinesConstantMap[0] = new ConstantMap(0., Display.Blue);
            maplinesConstantMap[1] = new ConstantMap(1., Display.Red);
            maplinesConstantMap[2] = new ConstantMap(0., Display.Green);
            maplinesConstantMap[3] =
                new ConstantMap(1.001, Display.Radius); // just above the image

            // read in the image
            AreaAdapter areaAdapter = new AreaAdapter(imageSource);
            FlatField image = areaAdapter.getData();

            // Extract the metadata from the image
            FunctionType imageFunctionType =
                (FunctionType) image.getType();
            RealTupleType imageDomainType = imageFunctionType.getDomain();
            RealTupleType imageRangeType =
                (RealTupleType) imageFunctionType.getRange();

            // remap and resample the image
            if (remap)
            {
                int SIZE = 256;
                RealTupleType latlonType =
                  ((CoordinateSystem)
                      imageDomainType.getCoordinateSystem()).getReference();
                Linear2DSet remapDomainSet =
                    new Linear2DSet(
                        latlonType, -4.0, 70.0, SIZE, -150.0, 5.0, SIZE);
                image =
                    (FlatField) image.resample(
                        remapDomainSet, Data.NEAREST_NEIGHBOR, Data.NO_ERRORS);
            }

            // select which band to show...
            ScalarMap rgbMap =
                new ScalarMap(
                    (RealType) imageRangeType.getComponent(0), Display.RGB);
            display.addMap(rgbMap);

            // set the enhancement to a grey scale
            ColorControl colorControl = (ColorControl) rgbMap.getControl();
            colorControl.initGreyWedge();

            // create a data reference for the image
            DataReferenceImpl imageRef = new DataReferenceImpl("ImageRef");
            imageRef.setData(image);

            // add the data references to the display
            display.disableAction();
            drmap = new DefaultRendererJ3D();
            drimage = new DefaultRendererJ3D();
            drmap.toggle(false);
            drimage.toggle(false);
            display.addDisplayListener(this);
    
            display.addReferences(drmap, maplinesRef, maplinesConstantMap);
            display.addReferences(drimage, imageRef,null);
            display.enableAction();
        }
        catch (Exception ne)
        {
            ne.printStackTrace(); System.exit(1);
        }

    }

    public void displayChanged(DisplayEvent e)
         throws VisADException, RemoteException {
      if (e.getId() == DisplayEvent.TRANSFORM_DONE) {
        drmap.toggle(true);
        drimage.toggle(true);
      }
    }

    /**
     * <UL>
     * <LI>run 'java -mx64m SatDisplay' for globe display
     * <LI>run 'java -mx64m SatDisplay X remap' for remapped globe display
     * <LI>run 'java -mx64m SatDisplay X 2D' for flat display
     * </UL>
     */
    public static void main (String[] args) {

        String mapFile = "ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/visad-2.0/OUTLSUPW";;
        String imageSource = "ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/pub/visad-2.0/AREA2001";;
        boolean use3D = true;
        boolean remap = false;

        JFrame frame = new JFrame("Satellite Display");
        frame.addWindowListener(new WindowAdapter() {
            public void windowClosing(WindowEvent e) {
                System.exit(0);
            }
        });

        if (args.length > 0 && !args[0].equals("X")) {
           imageSource = args[0];
           // mapFile = args[0];
        }
        if (args.length == 2) {
           use3D = (args[1].indexOf("2") >= 0) ? false : true;
           remap = (args[1].indexOf("2") >= 0) ? false : true;
        }

        SatDisplay satDisplay =
            new SatDisplay(mapFile, imageSource, use3D, remap);
        frame.getContentPane().add(satDisplay.display.getComponent());
        frame.setSize(500, 500);
        frame.setVisible(true);
    }
}
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