add SkPictureUtils::GatherPixelRefs()
Review URL: https://codereview.appspot.com/6845106

git-svn-id: http://skia.googlecode.com/svn/trunk@6615 2bbb7eff-a529-9590-31e7-b0007b416f81
diff --git a/include/utils/SkPictureUtils.h b/include/utils/SkPictureUtils.h
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+/*
+ * Copyright 2012 Google Inc.
+ *
+ * Use of this source code is governed by a BSD-style license that can be
+ * found in the LICENSE file.
+ */
+
+#ifndef SkPictureUtils_DEFINED
+#define SkPictureUtils_DEFINED
+
+#include "SkPicture.h"
+
+class SkData;
+struct SkRect;
+
+class SkPictureUtils {
+public:
+    /**
+     *  Given a rectangular visible "window" into the picture, return an array
+     *  of SkPixelRefs that might intersect that area. To keep the call fast,
+     *  the returned list is not guaranteed to be exact, so it may miss some,
+     *  and it may return false positives.
+     *
+     *  The pixelrefs returned in the SkData are already owned by the picture,
+     *  so the returned pointers are only valid while the picture is in scope
+     *  and remains unchanged.
+     */
+    static SkData* GatherPixelRefs(SkPicture* pict, const SkRect& area);
+};
+
+#endif