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Single Thread Multiple Objects

Posted by Dan C on November 09, 2000 at 8:11 PM

I'll try and make this simple. I have a JAVA applet in which three objects are moving around. The Thread program is runnable and calls my Object program to create the motion for each object. Here is my problem, which even my teacher does not understand. The program works with one Thread declared but only if I don't try and eliminate the flicker (using OffscreenImage) from each object. When I add the code to eliminate the object's (e.g. circle) flicker using a single Thread, it runs for about 20 seconds then locks up the PC. I can get around this problem by adding two additional threads (one for each object). So, my question is can I design a single threaded program with multiple objects that produces no flickering?

I hope this made sense. Any help would be greatly appreciated.