AE::Graphics::Renderer::BufferLayout Class Reference

Manages the layout of vertex attributes in a GPU buffer. More...

#include <Buffer.h>

Public Member Functions
	BufferLayout (const std::initializer_list< BufferElement > &elements)
uint32_t	GetStride () const
	Gets the stride between vertices in bytes.
const std::vector< BufferElement > &	GetElements () const
	Gets the list of buffer elements.
std::vector< BufferElement >::iterator	begin ()
std::vector< BufferElement >::iterator	end ()
std::vector< BufferElement >::const_iterator	begin () const
std::vector< BufferElement >::const_iterator	end () const

Detailed Description

Manages the layout of vertex attributes in a GPU buffer.

The BufferLayout class provides a way to describe how vertex data is organized in memory, enabling proper interpretation of vertex buffer data by the graphics pipeline. It:

• Tracks the size and offset of each vertex attribute
• Calculates stride between vertices
• Supports iteration over buffer elements

Example usage:

BufferLayout layout = {
    {ShaderDataType::Float3, "a_Position"},
    {ShaderDataType::Float4, "a_Color"}
};
vertexBuffer->SetLayout(layout);

Member Function Documentation

GetElements()

const std::vector< BufferElement > & AE::Graphics::Renderer::BufferLayout::GetElements ( ) const

inlinenodiscard

Gets the list of buffer elements.

Returns

Const reference to the vector of buffer elements

GetStride()

uint32_t AE::Graphics::Renderer::BufferLayout::GetStride ( ) const

inlinenodiscard

Gets the stride between vertices in bytes.

Returns

Total size of one vertex in bytes

The stride is the total size of all elements in the layout, representing the distance in bytes between consecutive vertices.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• src/Arnold/Graphics/Renderer/Buffer.h