LiteFX::IBackend Class Reference

The base class for an app backend. More...

#include <app.hpp>

Inherited by LiteFX::Rendering::IRenderBackend.

Public Member Functions
virtual	~IBackend () noexcept=default
virtual BackendType	type () const noexcept=0
	Gets the type of the backend. More...
const BackendState &	state () const noexcept
	Returns the state of the backend. More...
virtual String	name () const noexcept=0
	Gets the name of the backend. More...

Protected Member Functions
BackendState &	state () noexcept
	Returns the state of the backend. More...
virtual void	activate ()=0
	Called by the parent App, if the backend is started. More...
virtual void	deactivate ()=0
	Called by the parent App, if the backend is stopped. More...

Friends
class	App

Detailed Description

The base class for an app backend.

An App can have one or more backends configured per BackendType. However, only one backend of a specific backend type can be active at a time. Backends can be configured with a startup and shutdown callback. Starting a backend will automatically shutdown the active backend of the same type, if any. If the app exits, all backends are shutdown accordingly, allowing to properly cleanup any resources.

See also

App

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

~IBackend()

virtual LiteFX::IBackend::~IBackend ( )

virtualdefaultnoexcept

Member Function Documentation

activate()

virtual void LiteFX::IBackend::activate ( )

protectedpure virtual

Called by the parent App, if the backend is started.

Implemented in LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::DirectX12Backend, and LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::VulkanBackend.

deactivate()

virtual void LiteFX::IBackend::deactivate ( )

protectedpure virtual

Called by the parent App, if the backend is stopped.

Implemented in LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::DirectX12Backend, and LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::VulkanBackend.

name()

virtual String LiteFX::IBackend::name ( ) const

pure virtualnoexcept

Gets the name of the backend.

Returns

The name of the backend.

Implemented in LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::DirectX12Backend, and LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::VulkanBackend.

state() [1/2]

const BackendState & LiteFX::IBackend::state ( ) const

inlinenoexcept

Returns the state of the backend.

Returns

The state of the backend.

See also

BackendState

state() [2/2]

BackendState & LiteFX::IBackend::state ( )

inlineprotectednoexcept

Returns the state of the backend.

Returns

The state of the backend.

type()

virtual BackendType LiteFX::IBackend::type ( ) const

pure virtualnoexcept

Gets the type of the backend.

Returns

The type of the backend.

See also

BackendType

Implemented in LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::DirectX12Backend, and LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::VulkanBackend.

Friends And Related Function Documentation

App

friend class App

friend