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Author SHA1 Message Date
Adam Barth
68b06c8736 Sketch a DOM-free API for laying out and painting text
Rather than using the DOM to upload text and styling information into the
engine, this patch begins sketching a more direct API that bypasses the DOM and
CSS. Currently, this API doesn't do anything, but it's a first step.

The approach is to have a ParagraphBuilder object that can record a tree of
style interior nodes and text leaves. The build() function then applies
container-level styling information (such as TextAlign) and returns a Paragraph
object that can undergo layout and paint.

The inputs to the builder process are immutable style objects constructed from
primitive values. These primitives are currently carbon-copies of the primitive
we use in the framework today. After this patch lands, I'll convert the frame
to re-expose these values instead of re-defining them.
2015-09-02 01:28:54 -07:00