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Hello everybody,
I would like to know if it is possible to deactivate the event coalescing for mouse events. I refer to the following method found in "java.awt.EventQueue":
    private boolean coalesceMouseEvent(MouseEvent e) {
        EventQueueItem[] cache = ((Component)e.getSource()).eventCache;
        if (cache == null) {
            return false;
        int index = eventToCacheIndex(e);
        if (index != -1 && cache[index] != null) {
            cache[index].event = e;
            return true;
        return false;
    }                                                                              As I can see, all necessary method for modifiing the EventClass class are private. I did not found any method where I can explicitely deactivate the coalescing of mouse events.
Other "interesting" methods are:
- java.awt.EventQueue.coalesceEvent(AWTEvent, int)
- java.awt.Component.coalesceEvents(AWTEvent, AWTEvent)
But unfortunately, I did not manage to deactivate it.
For some background information: I would like to build a drawing panel for a Tablet-PC application to draw with a digitizer/pen on it. As an optimal goal, it should be as smooth as the Windows 7 handwriting panel (don't know the official name). The trivial implementation is not fast enough - drawing quickly produces too few points (round lines with edges). And I think one reason for this is, that some mouse (motion) events get coalesced/skipped while drawing - hence this request for support.
I'm greateful for any hint you may have
Thanks a lot!

if (whatever) {
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