interface IVertexFormat in Tinman.Terrain.Vertices.Formats

Base interface for classes that convert vertex data stored in a one or more IVertexArray containers to GPU vertex data.

interface	IVertexFormat	extends	IVertexArraysDependent
			IVertexElements
		base of	VertexFormat

Remarks

An IVertexFormat always uses the byte endianess of the system when writing multi-byte values (e.g. float32, int32).

Attributes

VertexElements

Returns the vertex declaration elements.

property	VertexElements { get }
type	VertexElements
value	[not-null]	The vertex declaration elements.
inherited	IVertexElements.VertexElements

Methods

Append

Appends the given vertex format to this vertex format.

[Pure]
method	Append (IVertexFormat format)
type	IVertexFormat
params	format	[not-null]	The vertex format to append.
returns		[not-null]	The resulting vertex format.

SetVertexArrays

Sets the vertex data containers from which this vertex converter shall read vertex data.

method	SetVertexArrays (VertexArrays vertexArrays)
params	vertexArrays	[not-null]	The vertex data collection.
inherited	IVertexArraysDependent.SetVertexArrays

WriteVertex

Writes vertex data to the given vertex buffer.

[Pure]
method	WriteVertex (int32 vertex, ByteBuffer buffer)
params	vertex	[>=0]	The vertex index.
	buffer	[not-null]	The target vertex buffer region.

Extensions

WriteVertices

Writes vertex data to the given vertex buffer.

method	WriteVertices (int32 first, int32 count, ByteBuffer buffer)
params	first	[>=0]	Index of first vertex to write.
	count	[>=0]	Number of vertices to write, starting at first.
	buffer	[not-null]	The output byte buffer.