Java OpenGL - Java2D-OpenGL Interoperability

Java2D-OpenGL Interoperability

Since the Java SE 6 version of the Java language, Java2D (the API for drawing two dimensional graphics in Java) and JOGL have become interoperable, allowing it to :

  • Overlay Swing components (lightweight menus, tooltips, and other widgets) on top of OpenGL rendering.
  • Draw 3D OpenGL graphics on top of Java2D rendering (see here for a button with an OpenGL icon).
  • Use 3D graphics anywhere where ordinarily a Swing widget would be used. (Inside a JTable, JTree, ...)
  • Draw Java2D graphics on top of 3D OpenGL rendering.

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