Re: Exception in java3d

• To: Russell Steicke <r.steicke@xxxxxxxxxx>
• Subject: Re: Exception in java3d
• From: Bill Hibbard <billh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
• Date: Thu, 10 Jul 2003 08:45:28 -0500 (CDT)

Hi Russell,

This may be a VisAD bug or may be a Java3D bug, but if you
are willing to experiment perhaps we can fix it.

The experiments all involve changes in
visad/java3d/RendererJ3D.java. First could you please try
changing RendererJ3D.clearBranch() from (please excuse all
the old comments):

  public void clearBranch() {
    if (branches == null) return;
    synchronized (branches[currentIndex]) {
      if (branchNonEmpty[currentIndex]) {
// System.out.println("branch " + currentIndex + " not empty, clearBranch");

/* WLH 1 April 99 - doesn't help memory */
        flush(branches[currentIndex]);
        Enumeration ch = branches[currentIndex].getAllChildren();
        while(ch.hasMoreElements()) {
          BranchGroup b = (BranchGroup) ch.nextElement();
          b.detach();
        }
/*
        for (int m=0; m<branches[currentIndex].numChildren(); m++) {
          branches[currentIndex].removeChild(m);
        }
*/
      }
    }
    branchNonEmpty[currentIndex] = false;
  }

to:

  public void clearBranch() {
    if (branches == null) return;
    synchronized (this) {
      if (branchNonEmpty[currentIndex]) {
// System.out.println("branch " + currentIndex + " not empty, clearBranch");

/* WLH 1 April 99 - doesn't help memory */
        flush(branches[currentIndex]);
        Enumeration ch = branches[currentIndex].getAllChildren();
        while(ch.hasMoreElements()) {
          BranchGroup b = (BranchGroup) ch.nextElement();
          b.detach();
        }
/*
        for (int m=0; m<branches[currentIndex].numChildren(); m++) {
          branches[currentIndex].removeChild(m);
        }
*/
      }
      branchNonEmpty[currentIndex] = false;
    }
  }

That is, move "branchNonEmpty[currentIndex] = false" inside
the synchronized block, and synchronize on "this" rather than
"branches[currentIndex]". If this fixes the problem, please
let me know, and you're done.

If that doesn't fix it, then it may be a Java3D bug that we
can fix with a little defensive code. The lowest  level VisAD
code in your Exception stack is line 264 of RendererJ3D.java,
in the getBranch() method:

  public BranchGroup getBranch() {
    synchronized (this) {
      if (branches != null && branchNonEmpty[currentIndex]) {
        return (BranchGroup) branches[currentIndex].getChild(0); // line 264
      }
      else {
        return null;
      }
    }
  }

Would you please try changing this to:

  public BranchGroup getBranch() {
    synchronized (this) {
      if (branches != null && branchNonEmpty[currentIndex] &&
          branches[currentIndex].numChildren() > 0) {
        return (BranchGroup) branches[currentIndex].getChild(0);
      }
      else {
        return null;
      }
    }
  }

If that still gives the Exception, then please try:

  public BranchGroup getBranch() {
    synchronized (this) {
      if (branches != null && branchNonEmpty[currentIndex] &&
          branches[currentIndex].numChildren() > 0) {
        try {
          return (BranchGroup) branches[currentIndex].getChild(0);
        }
        catch (java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException e) {
          return null;
        }
      }
      else {
        return null;
      }
    }
  }

Let us know how this works out, and thanks for your help on this.

Cheers,
Bill

On Thu, 10 Jul 2003, Russell Steicke wrote:

> Hello All,
>
> I can consistently get this exception in an application by changing the
> order in which I add data to the display.  Is this familiar to anyone?
> How do I go about tracking this one down, given that there's none of my
> own code in the stack trace?
>
> (A search of the email archives didn't turn up the same stack trace.)
>
>
> java.lang.ArrayIndexOutOfBoundsException: 0 >= 0
>         at java.util.Vector.elementAt(Vector.java:427)
>         at javax.media.j3d.GroupRetained.getChild(GroupRetained.java:410)
>         at javax.media.j3d.Group.getChild(Group.java:219)
>         at visad.java3d.RendererJ3D.getBranch(RendererJ3D.java:264)
>         at visad.bom.ImageRendererJ3D.doTransform(ImageRendererJ3D.java:363)
>         at visad.java3d.RendererJ3D.doAction(RendererJ3D.java:181)
>         at visad.DisplayImpl.doAction(DisplayImpl.java:1559)
>         at visad.ActionImpl.run(ActionImpl.java:353)
>         at visad.util.ThreadPool$ThreadMinnow.run(ThreadPool.java:95)
>
>
> Thanks
> Russell
>
>
> --
> Russell Steicke
>
> -- Fortune says:
> Two percent of zero is almost nothing.
>
>

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