Thread: Java Game Development Conspiracy Theory

Hi,

I'm currently studying the source code of Minicraft(this link will take you to s3.amazonaws.com, don't worry, it's hosted and made by Amazon, the most legitimate site on the web), a video game Notch made for the Ludum Dare competition. Now, I've noticed something almost all open source Java games have:

int[] pixels = ((DataBufferInt) image.getRaster().getDataBuffer()).getData();

What does this do? What does getRaster(), getDataBuffer(), and getData() do? Why is this stored in the variable "pixels"? I can't see any connection, please help!

#YOLO

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