/*
GarbageBin is designed for situations where generating garbage
will affect the performance of the program.  It prevents garbage 
collection by maintaining references to Object's until the
programmer emptys the bin by nullifying all references and calling
the garbage collector using System.gc() 

Usage Example:

      GarbageBin bin = new GarbageBin(20);
      String forBinning = "This string should be binned";
      forBinning = bin.add(forBinning);
      ...
      bin.empty();
*/

public class GarbageBin {
      
      // The bin is simply an array of object refrences
      private Object[] theBin;
      
      // We need to know how many items of garbage are in the bin
      private int garbageItems;
      
      // Create a new bin to throw garbage in
      public GarbageBin() { this(15);}
      public GarbageBin(int size) {
            theBin = new Object[size];
            garbageItems = 0;
      }
      
      // Adds garbage to the bin.  If the bin is full, what should I do???
      public Object add(Object garbage) {
            if (garbageItems < theBin.length)
                  theBin[garbageItems] = garbage;
            else
                  return garbage; // ATM just return the object to itself?
            return null;
      }
      
      // Empty the bin
      public void empty() {
            for (int i = 0; i < garbageItems; i++) 
                  theBin[i] = null;
            System.gc();
      }
}

Graphics g = myImage.getGraphics();
g.setColor(Color.RED);
g.fillRect(0, 0, 16, 16);

public void run()
 {
  offscreen= createImage(400,400);
    Graphics buff = offscreen.getGraphics();
    buff.setColor(Color.black);
    buff.fillRect(0,0,400,400);

  try
  {
   while (running)
   {
    buff.drawImage(images[currentImage].getImage(), X, Y, this);
    images[currentImage].paintIcon(this, buff, X, Y);
    buff.drawString("TEST", 30, 30);
    currentImage = (++currentImage) % TOTAL_IMAGES;
    paint(this.getGraphics());
    Thread.sleep(30);
   }
  }
  catch (Exception e) {}
 }

public static void main(String[] args) {
   JFrame applicationWindow = new JFrame("Applet");
   AppletClass myApplet = new AppletClass();
   myApplet.init();
   myApplet.start();
   applicationWindow.getContentPane().add(myApplet);
   applicationWindow.setSize(300, 300);
   applicationWindow.setVisible(true);
}