LiteFX::Rendering::IGraphicsDevice

The interface for a graphics device that.

Synopsis

Declared in <litefx/rendering_api.hpp>

class [[dllimport, dllexport]] IGraphicsDevice
    : public SharedObject

Base Classes

Name	Description
SharedObject	Base class for an object that can be shared.

Type Aliases

Name
_Esft_type

Member Functions

Name	Description
~IGraphicsDevice [destructor] [virtual]	Destructor
adapter [virtual]	Returns the graphics adapter, the device uses for drawing.
allocateGlobalDescriptors	Allocates a range of descriptors in the global descriptor heaps for the provided descriptorSet.
bindDescriptorSet	Binds the descriptors of the descriptor set to the global descriptor heaps.
bindGlobalDescriptorHeaps	Binds the global descriptor heap.
computeAccelerationStructureSizes	computeAccelerationStructureSizes overloads
createQueue	Attempts to create a new queue that supports the combination of queue types specified by the type parameter.
defaultQueue	Returns the instance of the default ICommandQueue that supports the combination of queue types specified by the type parameter.
factory [virtual]	Returns the factory instance, used to create instances from the device.
makeBarrier	Creates a memory barrier instance.
makeFrameBuffer	Creates a new frame buffer instance.
maximumMultiSamplingLevel [virtual]	Queries the device for the maximum supported number of multi-sampling levels.
releaseGlobalDescriptors	Releases a range of descriptors from the global descriptor heaps.
shared_from_this	Returns a shared pointer to the current object instance.
state [virtual]	Returns the device state that can be used to manage resources.
surface [virtual]	Returns the surface, the device draws to.
swapChain	Returns the swap chain, that contains the back and front buffers used for presentation.
ticksPerMillisecond [virtual]	Returns the number of GPU ticks per milliseconds.
updateGlobalDescriptors	Updates a range of descriptors in the global buffer descriptor heap with the descriptors from descriptorSet.
wait [virtual]	Waits until all queues allocated from the device have finished the work issued prior to this point.
weak_from_this	Returns a weak pointer to the current object instance.

Protected Types

Name	Description
Allocator	An allocator used to allocate the shared object.

Protected Member Functions

Name	Description
IGraphicsDevice [constructor]	Constructors
operator=	Assignment operators

Protected Static Member Functions

Name	Description
create	Generic factory method used to create instances of the shared object.

Derived Classes

Name	Description
GraphicsDevice	Represents the graphics device that a rendering back-end is doing work on.