`LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::VulkanBackend`¶

Defines a rendering backend that creates a Vulkan device.

Synopsis¶

class [[dllimport, dllexport]] VulkanBackend final
    : public RenderBackend<VulkanDevice>
    , public Resource<VkInstance>

Name	Description
`RenderBackend<VulkanDevice>`	Defines a back-end, that provides a device instance for a certain surface and graphics adapter.
`Resource<VkInstance>`	Implements the `IResource` interface.

Name	Description
`VulkanBackend` [constructor]	Initializes a new vulkan rendering backend.
`~VulkanBackend` [destructor] [virtual]	Destructor
`operator=`	Assignment operators
`adapters` [virtual]	Lists all available graphics adapters.
`createDevice`	Creates a new graphics device.
`createSurface`	Creates a surface on a window handle.
`device`	Looks up a device and returns a pointer to it, or `nullptr`, if no device with the provided `name` could be found.
`findAdapter`	`findAdapter` overloads
`getEnabledValidationLayers`	Returns the validation layers that are enabled on the backend.
`handle` [virtual]	Returns the resource managed by the class.
`name` [virtual]	Gets the name of the backend.
`registerDevice`	Registers a new device on the backend.
`releaseDevice` [virtual]	Destroys and removes a device from the backend.
`type` [virtual]	Gets the type of the backend.

Name	Description
`getAvailableInstanceExtensions`	Returns a list of available extensions.
`getInstanceValidationLayers`	Returns a list of available validation layers.
`validateInstanceExtensions`	Returns `true`, if all elements of `are` contained by the a list of available extensions.
`validateInstanceLayers`	Returns `true`, if all elements of `are` contained by the a list of available validation layers.

Name	Description
`operator=`	Assignment operators
`activate` [virtual]	Called by the parent `App`, if the backend is started.
`deactivate` [virtual]	Called by the parent `App`, if the backend is stopped.
`handle` [virtual]	Returns the resource managed by the class.

Name	Description
`LiteFX::Rendering::Backends::VulkanBackend::VulkanBackendImpl`
`LiteFX::PimplPtr`	A smart pointer that manages an implementation instance for a public interface class.