Overwriting PApplet.stop() [java/eclipse]

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Overwriting PApplet.stop() [java/eclipse]

in Integration and Hardware • 2 years ago

Hi there!

When using the processing IDE I can simply overwrite public void stop() to catch an event when the processing application is closed. When I try the same in eclipse it's simply not called. I tried overwriting PApplet.stop() aswell as (java)Applet.destroy(), but no luck. The inheritance looks like myApp < PApplet < java.applet.Applet -- from my understanding either way should have worked :/

Any ideas?

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PhiLho

Re: Overwriting PApplet.stop() [java/eclipse]

2 years ago

I think that even in pure Processing, stop() isn't guarantee to be called. In applets, in can depend on the browser, the OS, the way the applet is stopped, etc.. There are already some threads on the topic.
One potential problem is that in Eclipse, you wrap the applet with Swing, right? So I don't know if the regular applet mechanism is used. But then, you have Swing mechanisms to control the closing of the application, perhaps more reliable than the applet way.

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