Java VNC Viewer

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Hello all,

Few questions on the java client:

1) Why does the java version of the vnc viewer supports only 8 bits (per
pixel)?
    Is the performance expected to be so bad for 16 bits that there was no
point implementing it?
    How hard will it be to implement a realvnc with 16 bits support? (it
was done for 24 bits in TightVNC and others).

2) What were the reasons to the dramatic change in the java code between
version 3.X and version 4.0beta (complete re-write, number of files
tripled etc)?
    If I wish to extend a viewer to supports 16 bits - which code base
should better I use?

Thanks.