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LiteFX::Rendering::RenderBackend

`LiteFX::Rendering::RenderBackend`¶

Defines a back-end, that provides a device instance for a certain surface and graphics adapter.

Synopsis¶

Declared in <litefx/rendering.hpp>

template<typename TGraphicsDevice>
requires meta::implements<TGraphicsDevice, GraphicsDevice<typename TGraphicsDevice::factory_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::surface_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::adapter_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::swap_chain_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::command_queue_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::render_pass_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::render_pipeline_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::compute_pipeline_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::ray_tracing_pipeline_type, typename TGraphicsDevice::barrier_type>>
class RenderBackend
    : public IRenderBackend

Base Classes¶

Name	Description
`IRenderBackend`	The interface to access a render backend.

Type Aliases¶

Name
`adapter_type`
`barrier_type`
`buffer_type`
`command_buffer_type`
`command_queue_type`
`compute_pipeline_type`
`descriptor_layout_type`
`device_type`
`factory_type`
`frame_buffer_type`
`image_type`
`index_buffer_type`
`input_assembler_type`
`pipeline_layout_type`
`rasterizer_type`
`ray_tracing_pipeline_type`
`render_pass_type`
`render_pipeline_type`
`sampler_type`
`shader_program_type`
`surface_type`
`swap_chain_type`
`vertex_buffer_type`

Member Functions¶

Name	Description
`~RenderBackend` [destructor] [virtual]	Destructor
`adapters` [virtual]	Lists all available graphics adapters.
`createDevice`	Creates a new graphics device.
`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
`listAdapters`	Lists all available graphics adapters.
`name` [virtual]	Gets the name of the backend.
`operator[]`	Looks up a device and returns a pointer to it, or `nullptr`, if no device with the provided `name` could be found.
`registerDevice` [virtual]	Registers a new device on the backend.
`releaseDevice` [virtual]	Destroys and removes a device from the backend.
`state`	Returns the state of the backend.
`type` [virtual]	Gets the type of the backend.

Protected Member Functions¶

Name	Description
`RenderBackend` [constructor]	Constructors
`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.
`state`	Returns the state of the backend.

Template Parameters¶

Name	Description
TGraphicsDevice	The type of the graphics device. Must implement `GraphicsDevice`.

Derived Classes¶

Name	Description
`DirectX12Backend`	Implements the DirectX 12 `RenderBackend`.
`VulkanBackend`	Defines a rendering backend that creates a Vulkan device.