gecko/gfx/layers/ipc/PLayers.ipdl

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//include protocol PCompositor;
include protocol PLayer;

using gfx3DMatrix;
using gfxRGBA;
using nsIntPoint;
using nsIntRect;
using nsIntRegion;
using nsIntSize;
using mozilla::GraphicsFilterType;
using mozilla::null_t;

/**
 * The layers protocol is spoken between thread contexts that manage
 * layer (sub)trees.  The protocol comprises atomically publishing
 * layer subtrees to a "shadow" thread context (which grafts the
 * subtree into its own tree), and atomically updating a published
 * subtree.  ("Atomic" in this sense is wrt painting.)
 */

namespace mozilla {
namespace layers {

// Create a shadow layer for |layer|
struct OpCreateThebesLayer     { PLayer layer; };
struct OpCreateContainerLayer  { PLayer layer; };
struct OpCreateImageLayer      { PLayer layer; };
struct OpCreateColorLayer      { PLayer layer; };
struct OpCreateCanvasLayer     { PLayer layer; };
 
// For the "buffer creation" operations, we send an initial front
// buffer that only contains (transparent) black pixels just so that
// we can swap it back after the first OpPaint without a special case.
struct OpCreateThebesBuffer {
  PLayer layer;
  nsIntRect bufferRect;
  Shmem initialFront;
};

struct OpCreateCanvasBuffer {
  PLayer layer;
  nsIntSize size;
  Shmem initialFront;
};

struct OpCreateImageBuffer {
  PLayer layer;
  nsIntSize size;
  Shmem initialFront;
};

// Change a layer's attributes
struct CommonLayerAttributes {
  nsIntRegion visibleRegion;
  gfx3DMatrix transform;
  bool isOpaqueContent;
  float opacity;
  bool useClipRect;
  nsIntRect clipRect;
};

struct ThebesLayerAttributes   { nsIntRegion validRegion; };
struct ColorLayerAttributes    { gfxRGBA color; };
struct CanvasLayerAttributes   { GraphicsFilterType filter; };
struct ImageLayerAttributes    { GraphicsFilterType filter; };

union SpecificLayerAttributes {
  null_t;
  ThebesLayerAttributes;
  ColorLayerAttributes;
  CanvasLayerAttributes;
  ImageLayerAttributes;
};

struct LayerAttributes {
  CommonLayerAttributes common;
  SpecificLayerAttributes specific;
};

struct OpSetLayerAttributes {
  PLayer layer;
  LayerAttributes attrs;
};


// Monkey with the tree structure
struct OpSetRoot      { PLayer root; };
struct OpInsertAfter  { PLayer container; PLayer childLayer; PLayer after; };
struct OpAppendChild  { PLayer container; PLayer childLayer; };
struct OpRemoveChild  { PLayer container; PLayer childLayer; };


// Paint (buffer update)
struct ThebesBuffer {
  Shmem buffer;
  nsIntRect rect;
  nsIntPoint rotation; 
};
struct OpPaintThebesBuffer {
  PLayer layer;
  ThebesBuffer newFrontBuffer;
};

struct OpPaintCanvas  {
  PLayer layer;
  nsIntRect updated;
  Shmem newFrontBuffer;
};

struct OpPaintImage  {
  PLayer layer;
  Shmem newFrontBuffer;
};


// A unit of a changeset; a set of these comprise a changeset
union Edit {
  OpCreateThebesLayer;
  OpCreateContainerLayer;
  OpCreateImageLayer;
  OpCreateColorLayer;
  OpCreateCanvasLayer;
  OpCreateCanvasBuffer;
  OpCreateThebesBuffer;
  OpCreateImageBuffer;

  OpSetLayerAttributes;

  OpSetRoot;
  OpInsertAfter;
  OpAppendChild;
  OpRemoveChild;

  OpPaintThebesBuffer;
  OpPaintCanvas;
  OpPaintImage;
};


// Replies to operations
struct OpBufferSwap   { PLayer layer; Shmem newBackBuffer; };

/*
 * XXX: if we choose *not* to do a new-front-to-new-back fill in the
 * parent process, then we'll need to send back the old buffer
 * attributes so that it can be filled anew.
 *
struct OpThebesBufferSwap {
  PLayer layer;
  ThebesBuffer newBackBuffer;
};
*/

// Unit of a "changeset reply".  This is a weird abstraction, probably
// only to be used for buffer swapping.
union EditReply {
  OpBufferSwap;
//  OpThebesBufferSwap;
};


sync protocol PLayers {
  //manager PCompositor /*or PContent or PMedia or PPlugin*/;
  manages PLayer;

parent:
  async PLayer();

  sync Update(Edit[] cset)
    returns (EditReply[] reply);

  async __delete__();
};

} // namespace layers
} // namespace mozilla