API Review RT:17407 Canvas Node

[Dr. Michael Paus]

Yes, this interface should be a general purpose 2D drawing interface and 
should contain
nothing specific to Canvas and should also not reside in the canvas 
package. Canvas only
provides one possible implementation of it with possibly some additional 
canvas specific features.

I even dare to propose to rewrite the charting package based on this 
interface. This would increase
the longterm usefulness of the charting package and at the same time 
would be a very good test-case
for the completeness and usefulness of the canvas implementation itself.

LG, Michael

Am 19.04.2012 12:08, schrieb Daniel Zwolenski:
> I like what Michael Paus is suggesting. Unless there is a need to couple this with Canvas it would be good to keep it seperate.
>
>
> On 19/04/2012, at 2:57 PM, "Dr. Michael Paus"<mp at jugs.org>  wrote:
>
>> A Canvas node is very important but we should not limit the GraphicsContext to be only usable for it.
>> Instead we should make GraphicsContext an interface and Canvas should then provide a CanvasGraphicsContext
>> which implements this interface. The advantage would be that code can be written against that interface and
>> if someone else writes a renderer for other output formats you can then immediately render into that format
>> too like it is currently done for SVG, PDF and other formats by tools like Batik, iText, etc.
>>
>> LG, Michael
>>
>> Am 19.04.2012 00:36, schrieb joe andresen:
>>> Hello Everyone,
>>>
>>> We propose to add a Canvas node and GraphicsContext to a new
>>> javafx.scene.canvas package for JavaFX 2.2. The  javafx.scene.canvas
>>> package provides a pair of classes for an immediate mode style API for
>>> rendering.  Canvas Node works seemlessly with effects as well as
>>> Animation timers, and will be tightly bound to the new ImageOps API.
>>>
>>> This new API will allow HTML5 Canvas users to easily port their
>>> existing applications that make heavy use of the HTML5 canvas directly
>>> to JavaFX without the need to morph their application to fit the
>>> scenegraph model.
>>>
>>> You can Download and unzip the (preliminary) relevant docs here:
>>> JIRA: http://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-17407
>>>
>>> Note that the docs are a work in progress but should be enough for API
>>> Review. (Also, Jira will be down Thursday 4/19 at 1400 PDT for a while).
>>>
>>> A list of the the methods for Canvas and GraphicsContext are listed
>>> below.
>>>
>>> Canvas:
>>>
>>> GraphicsContext    getGraphicsContext2D()
>>> double    getHeight()
>>> double    getWidth()
>>> DoubleProperty    heightProperty()
>>> void    setHeight(double value)
>>> void    setWidth(double value)
>>> DoubleProperty    widthProperty()
>>>
>>> GraphicsContext:
>>> void    appendSVGPath(java.lang.String svgpath)
>>> void    applyEffect(Effect e)
>>> void    arc(double centerX, double centerY, double radiusX, double
>>> radiusY, double startAngle, double length)
>>> void    arcTo(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2, double radius)
>>> void    beginPath()
>>> void    bezierCurveTo(double xc1, double yc1, double xc2, double yc2,
>>> double x1, double y1)
>>> void    clearRect(double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    clip()
>>> void    closePath()
>>> void    drawArc(double x, double y, double w, double h, double
>>> startAngle, double arcExtent, ArcType closure)
>>> void    drawImage(Image img, double x, double y)
>>> void    drawImage(Image img, double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    drawImage(Image img, double sx, double sy, double sw, double
>>> sh, double dx, double dy, double dw, double dh)
>>> void    drawLine(double x1, double y1, double x2, double y2)
>>> void    drawOval(double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    drawPolygon(double[] xPoints, double[] yPoints, int nPoints)
>>> void    drawPolyline(double[] xPoints, double[] yPoints, int nPoints)
>>> void    drawRoundRect(double x, double y, double w, double h, double
>>> arcWidth, double arcHeight)
>>> void    fill()
>>> void    fillArc(double x, double y, double w, double h, double
>>> startAngle, double arcExtent, ArcType closure)
>>> void    fillOval(double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    fillPolygon(double[] xPoints, double[] yPoints, int nPoints)
>>> void    fillRect(double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    fillRoundRect(double x, double y, double w, double h, double
>>> arcWidth, double arcHeight)
>>> void    fillText(java.lang.String text, double x, double y)
>>> void    fillText(java.lang.String text, double x, double y, double
>>> maxWidth)
>>> Canvas    getCanvas()
>>> boolean    isPointInPath(double x, double y)
>>> void    lineTo(double x1, double y1)
>>> double    measureText(java.lang.String text)
>>> void    moveTo(double x0, double y0)
>>> void    putImageData(GraphicsContext.ImageData imagedata, double dx,
>>> double dy)
>>> void    putImageData(GraphicsContext.ImageData imagedata, double dx,
>>> double dy, double dirtyX, double dirtyY, double dirtyWidth, double
>>> dirtyHeight)
>>> void    quadraticCurveTo(double xc, double yc, double x1, double y1)
>>> void    rect(double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    restore()
>>> void    rotate(double degrees)
>>> void    save()
>>> void    scale(double x, double y)
>>> void    setEffect(Effect e)
>>> void    setFill(Paint p)
>>> void    setFont(Font f)
>>> void    setGlobalAlpha(double alpha)
>>> void    setGlobalCompositeOperation(GraphicsContext.CompositeOperation
>>> op)
>>> void    setLineCap(StrokeLineCap cap)
>>> void    setLineJoin(StrokeLineJoin join)
>>> void    setLineWidth(double lw)
>>> void    setMiterLimit(double ml)
>>> void    setStroke(Paint p)
>>> void    setTextAlign(TextAlignment align)
>>> void    setTextBaseline(VPos baseline)
>>> void    setTransform(double mxx, double myx, double mxy, double myy,
>>> double mxt, double myt)
>>> void    stroke()
>>> void    strokeRect(double x, double y, double w, double h)
>>> void    strokeText(java.lang.String text, double x, double y)
>>> void    strokeText(java.lang.String text, double x, double y, double
>>> maxWidth)
>>> void    transform(double mxx, double myx, double mxy, double myy,
>>> double mxt, double myt)
>>> void    translate(double x, double y)
>>
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>> Dr. Michael Paus, Chairman of the Java User Group Stuttgart e.V. (JUGS).
>> For more information visit www.jugs.de.


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