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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 01, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 01, 2005
Greg D. Schechter, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam M. Smith, Sammamish, WA (US);
Leonardo E. Blanco, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram Subramanian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rajat Goel, Seattle, WA (US);
Greg D. Schechter, Seattle, WA (US);
Adam M. Smith, Sammamish, WA (US);
Leonardo E. Blanco, Redmond, WA (US);
Sriram Subramanian, Kirkland, WA (US);
Rajat Goel, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
In aspects, a class hierarchy is defined that provides definitions of methods for operating on at least bitmaps and vector graphics. A software developer may instantiate an object according to a class definition of the class hierarchy and assign it to any variable (e.g., a control's property) having a type of an ancestor class of the class. The object may be associated with an image internally represented as bitmap, vector graphics, or some other representation. The control does not need to be aware of how the image is represented. Rather, to draw an image associated with the object, a draw method associated with the object may be called.