SunFire

Overview

SunFire consists of many sub-components to create a presentation layer for building rich, modern, and beautiful user interfaces quickly. SunFire is one of the major pillars in Universal Platform framework

Components Summary

Graphic Engine
2D Vector Rasterizer	Render vector graphics to raster devices
Pixel Shader	Raster bitmap filters
Animation Composer	Manage realtime animation
Image Loader	Import raster and vector graphic files to SunFire
Font Rasterizer
Glyph Renderer	Render vector glyphs
Text Composer	Manage format and composition of text
Font Loader	Import vector fonts
Declarative UI
UI Controls	Device-independent GUI components
XML Loader	XML parsing, runtime building of UI forms
Page Manager	Handle page-based navigation
Dynamic Binding	Runtime data <-> control binding
Dynamic Validation	Runtime input control validation
Layout Manager	Control layout management
Abstract Window	Platform-independent windows form
Event Manager	Event routing management
Input Manager	Platform-independent manager of keyboard, mouse, etc.
Platform Specific Renderer
Virtual Platform	Device-independent platform abstraction
GDI+ Renderer	GDI+ .Net adapter
OpenGL Renderer	OpenGL adapter
DirectX Renderer	DirectX adapter
Printer Renderer	Abstract renderer for printing devices
HTML Renderer	Bridge between SunFire controls and HTML controls
PDF Renderer	Renderer for PDF file

Compatibility

SunFire uses only CLS (Common Language Specifications) 1.1 and is POCO (Plain Old C# Object) conformant. As long as .Net framework 1.1 is support, SunFire can run smoothly. That means SunFire can run on Windows, Mac, and Linux.