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16 
17 package androidx.compose.ui.graphics
18 
19 import androidx.compose.ui.graphics.layer.GraphicsLayer
20 
21 /**
22  * Class responsible for providing graphics related dependencies. This includes the creation and
23  * management of [GraphicsLayer] instances.
24  */
25 interface GraphicsContext {
26 
27     /**
28      * Create a [GraphicsLayer] instance. This may internally return a previously released
29      * [GraphicsLayer] instance passed to [releaseGraphicsLayer]
30      */
createGraphicsLayernull31     fun createGraphicsLayer(): GraphicsLayer
32 
33     /**
34      * Releases a [GraphicsLayer] instance so it can be re-used. After this method is invoked, it is
35      * an error to use this [GraphicsLayer] instance again. The [GraphicsLayer] maybe reused
36      * internally and obtained again through a subsequent call to [createGraphicsLayer]
37      */
38     fun releaseGraphicsLayer(layer: GraphicsLayer)
39 }
40