On Wed, 16 Jul 2025 01:56:21 GMT, John Hendrikx <jhendr...@openjdk.org> wrote:
> > > The first question is: Does this have any use case beyond testing? > > > > > > Good question, and the answer is "Yes, absolutely". One of the main drivers > > for this was a project where PDF prints need to be generated server-side, > > starting from `Node.snapShot(... WritableImage)`. > > @johanvos > > Did you happen to see my proposal to use the software renderer to provide a > Canvas#GraphicsContext like API for writable images? Snapshot is a nice > feature, but it feels like a rather roundabout way to first use the GPU to > draw things, then copy it back to main memory for pixel manipulation or say > PDF creation... > > See here: https://www.mail-archive.com/openjfx-dev@openjdk.org/msg20618.html > > I'm curious what you think of the proposal (and I'm curious if the headless > platform would need to support it or interfere with it :)) I see the benefits from your proposal, and I believe it makes sense. I don't think it interferes with the headless platform, since it is more in the prism-side of things, but there is always some overlap. The Robot.getScreenCapture() is one of those methods where the implementation would depend on it. ------------- PR Comment: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/1836#issuecomment-3088260398
