Evas has an (optional) module that provides client-server infrastructure to share bitmaps across multiple processes, saving data and processing power.

Be warned that it doesn't work when threaded image preloading is enabled for Evas, though.

Functions
Eina_Bool	evas_cserve_want_get (void)
Eina_Bool	evas_cserve_connected_get (void)
Eina_Bool	evas_cserve_stats_get (Evas_Cserve_Stats *stats)
void	evas_cserve_image_cache_contents_clean (Evas_Cserve_Image_Cache *cache)
Eina_Bool	evas_cserve_config_get (Evas_Cserve_Config *config)
Eina_Bool	evas_cserve_config_set (const Evas_Cserve_Config *config)
void	evas_cserve_disconnect (void)

Function Documentation

Eina_Bool evas_cserve_config_get ( Evas_Cserve_Config * config )

Retrieves the current configuration of the Evas image caching server.

Parameters:

config where to store current image caching server's configuration.

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if config was filled with data, EINA_FALSE otherwise (when config is untouched)

The fields of config will be altered to reflect the current configuration's values.

See also:: evas_cserve_config_set()

Eina_Bool evas_cserve_config_set ( const Evas_Cserve_Config * config )

Changes the configurations of the Evas image caching server.

Parameters:

config A bitmap cache configuration handle with fields set to desired configuration values.

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if config was successfully applied, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

See also:: evas_cserve_config_get()

Eina_Bool evas_cserve_connected_get ( void )

Retrieves if the system is connected to the server used to share bitmaps.

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if it's connected, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

void evas_cserve_disconnect ( void )

Force the system to disconnect from the bitmap caching server.

void evas_cserve_image_cache_contents_clean ( Evas_Cserve_Image_Cache * cache )

Completely discard/clean a given images cache, thus re-setting it.

Parameters:

cache A handle to the given images cache.

Eina_Bool evas_cserve_stats_get ( Evas_Cserve_Stats * stats )

Retrieves statistics from a running bitmap sharing server.

Parameters:

stats pointer to structure to fill with statistics about the bitmap cache server.

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if stats were filled with data, EINA_FALSE otherwise (when stats is untouched)

Eina_Bool evas_cserve_want_get ( void )

Retrieves if the system wants to share bitmaps using the server.

Returns:: EINA_TRUE if it wants, EINA_FALSE otherwise.

Functions

Function Documentation