Should Canvas have been Image subclass instead of Node?

[Jeff Martin]

Just by using it as an ImageView.Image.

jeff


On Apr 22, 2014, at 5:43 PM, John C. Turnbull <ozemale at ozemail.com.au> wrote:

> How would you (easily) use it in the scenegraph if it wasn't a Node?
> 
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> I have a case where I need to draw to a canvas and reuse it in multiple
> nodes. My non-optimal work-around is to take a snapshot and use that, but it
> makes me wonder if Canvas should have been an Image subclass or if
> WritableImage should get it's own getGraphicsContext() method.
> 
> jeff=
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