gecko-dev/gfx/layers/ipc/PLayerTransaction.ipdl

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include LayersSurfaces;
include LayersMessages;
include protocol PCompositable;
include protocol PCompositor;
include protocol PLayer;
include protocol PRenderFrame;
include protocol PTexture;

include "mozilla/GfxMessageUtils.h";

using struct mozilla::layers::TextureInfo from "mozilla/layers/CompositorTypes.h";
using struct mozilla::void_t from "ipc/IPCMessageUtils.h";
using mozilla::layers::TextureFlags from "mozilla/layers/CompositorTypes.h";

/**
 * 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 {

union MaybeTransform {
  gfx3DMatrix;
  void_t;
};

sync protocol PLayerTransaction {
  manager PRenderFrame or PCompositor;
  manages PLayer;
  manages PCompositable;
  manages PTexture;

child:
  async ParentAsyncMessage(AsyncParentMessageData aMessage);

parent:
  async PLayer();
  async PCompositable(TextureInfo aTextureInfo);
  async PTexture(SurfaceDescriptor aSharedData, TextureFlags aTextureFlags);

  // The isFirstPaint flag can be used to indicate that this is the first update
  // for a particular document.
  sync Update(Edit[] cset, TargetConfig targetConfig, bool isFirstPaint, bool scheduleComposite)
    returns (EditReply[] reply);

  // Testing APIs

  // Enter test mode, set the sample time to sampleTime, and resample
  // animations. sampleTime must not be null.
  sync SetTestSampleTime(TimeStamp sampleTime);
  // Leave test mode and resume normal compositing
  sync LeaveTestMode();

  sync GetOpacity(PLayer layer) returns (float opacity);

  // Returns the value of the transform applied to the layer by animation after
  // factoring out translation components introduced to account for the offset
  // of the corresponding frame and transform origin and after converting to CSS
  // pixels. If the layer is not transformed by animation, the return value will
  // be void_t.
  sync GetAnimationTransform(PLayer layer) returns (MaybeTransform transform);

  // The next time this layer is composited, add this async scroll offset in
  // CSS pixels.
  // Useful for testing rendering of async scrolling.
  async SetAsyncScrollOffset(PLayer layer, int32_t x, int32_t y);

  // We don't need to send a sync transaction if
  // no transaction operate require a swap.
  async UpdateNoSwap(Edit[] cset, TargetConfig targetConfig, bool isFirstPaint, bool scheduleComposite);

  // Drop any front buffers that might be retained on the compositor
  // side.
  async ClearCachedResources();

  // Schedule a composite if one isn't already scheduled.
  async ForceComposite();

  async ChildAsyncMessages(AsyncChildMessageData[] aMessages);

  async __delete__();
};

} // namespace layers
} // namespace mozilla