free the surfaces' pixeldata after rendering it

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/otk/surface.hh b/otk/surface.hh
index 40dfbf84..a44b9049 100644
--- a/otk/surface.hh
+++ b/otk/surface.hh
@@ -34,6 +34,18 @@ typedef u_int32_t pixel32;
 typedef u_int16_t pixel16;
 #endif /* HAVE_STDINT_H */
 
+#ifdef WORDS_BIGENDIAN
+const int default_red_shift=0;
+const int default_green_shift=8;
+const int default_blue_shift=16;
+const int endian=MSBFirst;
+#else
+const int default_red_shift=16;
+const int default_green_shift=8;
+const int default_blue_shift=0;
+const int endian=LSBFirst;
+#endif /* WORDS_BIGENDIAN */
+
 class Surface {
   int _screen;
   Size _size;
@@ -60,6 +72,10 @@ public:
 
   pixel32 *pixelData() { return _pixel_data; }
 
+  //! Frees the pixel data when it will no longer be needed. Only do this once
+  //! you have completed rendering onto the surface.
+  void freePixelData();
+
   // The RenderControl classes use the internal objects in this class to render
   // to it. Noone else needs them tho, so they are private.
   friend class RenderControl;