Minimal subset of classes for Graphics context on IOS

[Richard Bair]

Hi Steve,

Prism isn't really designed to be used at that level, and we will definitely break you moving forward. The RoboVM project + libgdx might be more what you're looking for?

Cheers
Richard

On Nov 17, 2013, at 10:56 AM, Steve Hannah <steve at weblite.ca> wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm looking into extracting out the smallest subset of classes to achieve a
> graphics context, similar to Java2D Graphics, that will run on iOS.  I have
> downloaded the OpenJFX sources and have been studying them to try to find
> the appropriate entry points.  On one hand I see that the com.sun.pisces
> package seems to be self-contained and provides the level of abstraction
> that I am looking for.  On the other hand, I notice that this package is
> only used in the native-prism-sw project (i.e. it looks like it is only
> used when using the software pipeline).
> 
> I have looked at the com.sun.prism.es package (specifically the IOSGL*
> classes and ES2Graphics class), as it looks like these are the foundational
> pieces to the iOS port of Open JFX (i.e. the iOS port doesn't seem to use
> the com.sun.pisces package at all).  However even the most minimal set of
> classes seem to have a large transitive footprint of dependencies in the
> openjfx project.
> 
> So I have a couple of questions:
> 
> 1. To achieve what I want (a Java2D level of abstraction to OGLES2 on iOS),
> am I better off pursuing the com.sun.pisces package, or the com.sun.prism.*
> packages.
> 
> 2. Can anyone point me towards any documentation on pisces and prism that
> might help me understand a bit of the history and/or context around the
> development of these packages?
> 
> Any help, comments, or pointers appreciated.
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Steve