Re: Canvas API proposal

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

Gustavo said:

> 	2. Your canvas looks excessively complex to me.   Are you sure we need
> canvas item model/renderer separation?  I think you need it if:
> 		a) You want to store data that is specific for per item-view pair;
> Example: some caching of pixel coordinates, or something like that, I
> don't know..
>
>  
One of the things we need in a canvas is the ability to report the 
objects drawn in it as objects, and report the bounding boxes and 
stacking order of those objects.  This is needed for accessibility 
purposes; it might be easier to do this with a model/renderer 
separation, I am not sure.

- Bill