Platform/GFX/Moz2D

The Moz2D graphics API, part of the Azure project, is a cross-platform interface onto the various graphics backends that Gecko uses for rendering such as Direct2D (1.0 and 1.1), Skia, Quartz, and NV Path. Adding a new graphics platform to Gecko is accomplished by adding a backend to Moz2D (see #Implementing a new backend).

Some of the notable features of the API are:

• Mostly stateless—better suited to CSS rendering and eliminates overhead
• Floating-point—better suits platform APIs
• API methods line up with HTML canvas

Current status

Further resources:

• Progress on Moz2D - July 2013 update

Further reading

The following resources describe the motivation for and goals of this API:

• Introducing the Azure Project
• Mozilla 2D graphics (PDF)
• Graphics API Design