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authorLeif Åstrand <leif@vaadin.com>2015-11-13 10:58:35 +0200
committerLeif Åstrand <leif@vaadin.com>2015-11-13 10:58:35 +0200
commit8953147d96087582a7fea2c5284d585e70d768df (patch)
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parent7c0c7af2d5a69018ebc38f153df1adb6f0cbaddb (diff)
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Add some performance guidance to renderer javadocs.
Change-Id: I5171c6eb6360a9c85b8afbc3096d9b6c5c8f4064
Diffstat (limited to 'client')
-rw-r--r--client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/Renderer.java8
-rw-r--r--client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/WidgetRenderer.java5
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/Renderer.java b/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/Renderer.java
index a3faa1e9df..b2e9acd582 100644
--- a/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/Renderer.java
+++ b/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/Renderer.java
@@ -35,7 +35,13 @@ import com.vaadin.client.widgets.Grid;
public interface Renderer<T> {
/**
- * Called whenever the {@link Grid} updates a cell
+ * Called whenever the {@link Grid} updates a cell.
+ * <p>
+ * For optimal performance, work done in this method should be kept to a
+ * minimum since it will be called continuously while the user is scrolling.
+ * It is recommended to set up the cell's DOM structure in
+ * {@link ComplexRenderer#init(RendererCellReference)} and only make
+ * incremental updates based on cell data in this method.
*
* @param cell
* The cell. Note that the cell is a flyweight and should not be
diff --git a/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/WidgetRenderer.java b/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/WidgetRenderer.java
index 1a33894e8e..d7219e7241 100644
--- a/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/WidgetRenderer.java
+++ b/client/src/com/vaadin/client/renderers/WidgetRenderer.java
@@ -60,6 +60,11 @@ public abstract class WidgetRenderer<T, W extends Widget> extends
* information in the widget that is cell specific. Do not detach the Widget
* here, it will be done automatically by the Grid when the widget is no
* longer needed.
+ * <p>
+ * For optimal performance, work done in this method should be kept to a
+ * minimum since it will be called continuously while the user is scrolling.
+ * The renderer can use {@link Widget#setLayoutData(Object)} to store cell
+ * data that might be needed in e.g. event listeners.
*
* @param cell
* The cell to render. Note that the cell is a flyweight and