Graphics::Primitive::Canvas(3pm)			User Contributed Perl Documentation			  Graphics::Primitive::Canvas(3pm)

NAME

       Graphics::Primitive::Canvas - Component composed of paths

DESCRIPTION

       Graphics::Primitive::Canvas is a component for drawing arbitrary things.  It holds Paths and Operations.

SYNOPSIS

	 use Graphics::Primitive::Canvas;

	 my $canvas = Graphics::Primitive::Canvas->new;
	 $canvas->move_to($point); # or just $x, $y
	 $canvas->do($op);

DESCRIPTION

       The Canvas is a container for multiple Paths.  It has a path that is the operative path for all path-related methods.  You can treat the
       Canvas as if it was a path, calling methods like line_to or move_to.

       When you are ready to perform an operation on the path, call the do method with the operation you want to call as an argument.  Drawing a
       line and stroking it would look like:

	 $canvas->move_to(0, 0);
	 $canvas->line_to(10, 10);
	 my $op = Graphics::Primitive::Operation::Stroke->new;
	 $stroke->brush->color(
	     Graphics::Color::RGB->new(red => 0, blue => 1, green => 1)
	 );
	 $canvas->do($op);

       When you instantiate a Canvas a newly instantiated path resides in path.  After you call do that current path is moved to the paths list
       and new path is placed in current_path.	If you want to keep the path around you can call save before do then call restore to put a saved
       copy of the path back into path.

METHODS

   Constructor
       new Creates a new Graphics::Primitive::Canvas

   Instance Methods
       do  Given an operation, pushes the current path onto the path stack.

	     FIXME: Example

       path
	   The current path this canvas is using.

       path_count
	   Count of paths in paths.

       paths
	   Arrayref of hashrefs representing paths combined with their operations:

	     [
	       {
		   path => $path,
		   op	=> $op
	       },
	     ]

       restore
	   Replace the current path by popping the top path from the saved path list.

       save
	   Copy the current path and push it onto the stack of saved paths.

       saved_paths
	   List of saved paths.  Add to the list with save and pop from it using restore.

       saved_path_count
	   Count of paths saved in saved_paths.

AUTHOR

       Cory Watson <gphat@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT &; LICENSE
       Copyright 2008-2010 by Cory G Watson.

       You can redistribute and/or modify this code under the same terms as Perl itself.

perl v5.12.3							    2010-08-21					  Graphics::Primitive::Canvas(3pm)