Graphics2D using OpenGL ?

[Artur Biesiadowski]

I think that one of biggest problems is Graphics2D implementation. Doing 
it all in java would require very major undertaking - I do not see a 
chance of doing it by volunteers in any reasonable timeframe.

But maybe we can use OpenGL for graphics ? This gives us highly portable 
API, with both hardware acceleration where possible and software 
fallbacks (for example MesaGL) in other places. Most of hard work is 
already done inside library, we would only need to translate Graphics2D 
terms into opengl ones, take care about integration with AWT/buffer 
images and think seriously about race conditions :(

By no means I'm suggesting it is an easy one-day job. But I think it is 
possible, as opposed to pure-java implementation done from grounds up.

Do you think it is a good idea ? Anybody has enough experience with 
opengl/window systems to know how hard would the integration with native 
components would be ?

Artur