--- title: 'SkPath Overview' linkTitle: 'SkPath Overview' weight: 270 --- Path contains Lines and Curves which can be stroked or filled. Contour is composed of a series of connected Lines and Curves. Path may contain zero, one, or more Contours. Each Line and Curve are described by Verb, Points, and optional Path_Conic_Weight. Each pair of connected Lines and Curves share common Point; for instance, Path containing two connected Lines are described the Path_Verb sequence: SkPath::kMove_Verb, SkPath::kLine_Verb, SkPath::kLine_Verb; and a Point sequence with three entries, sharing the middle entry as the end of the first Line and the start of the second Line. Path components Arc, Rect, Round_Rect, Circle, and Oval are composed of Lines and Curves with as many Verbs and Points required for an exact description. Once added to Path, these components may lose their identity; although Path can be inspected to determine if it describes a single Rect, Oval, Round_Rect, and so on. ### Example
Path contains three Contours: Line, Circle, and Quad. Line is stroked but not filled. Circle is stroked and filled; Circle stroke forms a loop. Quad is stroked and filled, but since it is not closed, Quad does not stroke a loop.
Path contains a Path_Fill_Type which determines whether overlapping Contours form fills or holes. Path_Fill_Type also determines whether area inside or outside Lines and Curves is filled. ### Example
Path is drawn filled, then stroked, then stroked and filled.
Path contents are never shared. Copying Path by value effectively creates a new Path independent of the original. Internally, the copy does not duplicate its contents until it is edited, to reduce memory use and improve performance. --- Contour contains one or more Verbs, and as many Points as are required to satisfy Path_Verb_Array. First Path_Verb in Path is always SkPath::kMove_Verb; each SkPath::kMove_Verb that follows starts a new Contour. ### Example
Each SkPath::moveTo starts a new Contour, and content after SkPath::close() also starts a new Contour. Since SkPath::conicTo is not preceded by SkPath::moveTo, the first Point of the third Contour starts at the last Point of the second Contour.
If final Path_Verb in Contour is SkPath::kClose_Verb, Line connects Path_Last_Point in Contour with first Point. A closed Contour, stroked, draws Paint_Stroke_Join at Path_Last_Point and first Point. Without SkPath::kClose_Verb as final Verb, Path_Last_Point and first Point are not connected; Contour remains open. An open Contour, stroked, draws Paint_Stroke_Cap at Path_Last_Point and first Point. ### Example
Path is drawn stroked, with an open Contour and a closed Contour.
--- Contour length is distance traveled from first Point to Path_Last_Point, plus, if Contour is closed, distance from Path_Last_Point to first Point. Even if Contour length is zero, stroked Lines are drawn if Paint_Stroke_Cap makes them visible. ### Example