+
+ /**
+ @name query capabilities
+ */
+ //@{
+
+ /**
+ Does the DC support drawing bitmaps?
+ */
+ bool CanDrawBitmap() const;
+
+ /**
+ Does the DC supoprt calculating the size required to draw text?
+ */
+ bool CanGetTextExtent() const;
+
+ //@}
+
+ /**
+ Returns a value that can be used as a handle to the native drawing
+ context, if this wxDC has something that could be thought of in that
+ way. (Not all of them do.)
+
+ For example, on Windows the return value is an HDC, on OSX it is a
+ CGContextRef and on wxGTK it will be a GdkDrawable. If the DC is a
+ wxGCDC then the return value will be the value returned from
+ wxGraphicsContext::GetNativeContext. A value of NULL is returned if
+ the DC does not have anything that fits the handle concept.
+
+ @since 2.9.5
+ */
+ void* GetHandle() const;
+
+
+ /**
+ If supported by the platform and the type of DC, fetch the contents of the DC, or a subset of it, as a bitmap.
+ */
+ wxBitmap GetAsBitmap(const wxRect *subrect = NULL) const;
+