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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/core/SkSurface.h | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/include/core/SkSurface.h b/include/core/SkSurface.h index 52c0e5841a..0e2239a4ad 100644 --- a/include/core/SkSurface.h +++ b/include/core/SkSurface.h @@ -18,12 +18,11 @@ class GrContext; class GrRenderTarget; /** - * SkSurface represents the backend/results of drawing to a canvas. For raster - * drawing, the surface will be pixels, but (for example) when drawing into - * a PDF or Picture canvas, the surface stores the recorded commands. + * SkSurface is responsible for managing the pixels that a canvas draws into. The pixels can be + * allocated either in CPU memory (a Raster surface) or on the GPU (a RenderTarget surface). * - * To draw into a canvas, first create the appropriate type of Surface, and - * then request the canvas from the surface. + * SkSurface takes care of allocating a SkCanvas that will draw into the surface. Call + * surface->getCanvas() to use that canvas (but don't delete it, it is owned by the surface). * * SkSurface always has non-zero dimensions. If there is a request for a new surface, and either * of the requested dimensions are zero, then NULL will be returned. |