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Utilizing Renderer Efficiencies in an Object-Oriented Graphics System

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Programming Paradigms in Graphics

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During the past several years it has become obvious that object-oriented programming techniques provide significant benefits to a wide range of applications. Computer graphics fits this paradigm well, since entities in a computer graphics system are naturally thought of as “objects”. However, the object-oriented paradigm imposes restrictions on systems that often lead to efficiency degradation. This paper presents the mechanism employed by the GRAMS object-oriented graphics system for improving efficiency in the rendering phase of the system. This is done by establishing a communication interface between the main system and both the modelling and rendering subsystems. While this approach breaks the strict object-oriented paradigm, substantial efficiency gains are realized and desired object-oriented characteristics, such as system extensibility and object integrity, are maintained.

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  1. Computer Science Department 3328 TMCB, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, 84602, USA

    Parris K. Egbert

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands

    Remco C. Veltkamp

  2. Department of Computer Science, University of Cape Town, Rondebosch, South Africa

    Edwin H. Blake

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Egbert, P.K. (1995). Utilizing Renderer Efficiencies in an Object-Oriented Graphics System. In: Veltkamp, R.C., Blake, E.H. (eds) Programming Paradigms in Graphics. Eurographics. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-9457-7_2

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