Proposed SkCanvas API for preLoading textures to VRAM v2.0

include/core/SkDevice.h

Index: include/core/SkDevice.h
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--- include/core/SkDevice.h	(revision 13762)
+++ include/core/SkDevice.h	(working copy)
@@ -178,6 +178,20 @@
 #endif
     };
 
+    /**
+     *  PRIVATE / EXPERIMENTAL -- do not call
+     *  Construct an acceleration object and attach it to 'picture'
+     */
+    virtual void EXPERIMENTAL_optimize(SkPicture* picture);
+
+    /**
+     *  PRIVATE / EXPERIMENTAL -- do not call
+     *  Possibly use the results of an earlier 'optimize' call to render 'picture'.
+     *  Return true if all rendering has been done; false if the caller
+     *  (i.e., SkCanvas) should render normally.
+     */
+    virtual bool EXPERIMENTAL_optimizedRender(SkPicture& picture);

[reed1, 2014/03/13 16:28:10]

why & instead of * ?

[robertphillips, 2014/03/13 16:55:39]

Done. I was mirroring SkCanvas::drawPicture.

+
 protected:
     enum Usage {
        kGeneral_Usage,