Struct glium::vertex::VertexBufferAny

pub struct VertexBufferAny { /* fields omitted */ }

A list of vertices loaded in the graphics card's memory.

Contrary to VertexBuffer, this struct doesn't know about the type of data inside the buffer. Therefore you can't map or read it.

This struct is provided for convenience, so that you can have a Vec<VertexBufferAny>, or return a VertexBufferAny instead of a VertexBuffer<MyPrivateVertexType>.

Implementations

impl VertexBufferAny

pub fn get_elements_size(&self) -> usize

Returns the number of bytes between two consecutive elements in the buffer.

pub fn len(&self) -> usize

Returns the number of elements in the buffer.

pub fn get_bindings(&self) -> &VertexFormat

Returns the associated VertexFormat.

pub unsafe fn into_vertex_buffer<T: Copy>(self) -> VertexBuffer<T>

Turns the vertex buffer into a VertexBuffer without checking the type.

pub fn per_instance(&self) -> Result<PerInstance<'_>, InstancingNotSupported>

Creates a marker that instructs glium to use multiple instances.

Instead of calling surface.draw(&vertex_buffer, ...) you can call surface.draw(vertex_buffer.per_instance(), ...). This will draw one instance of the geometry for each element in this buffer. The attributes are still passed to the vertex shader, but each entry is passed for each different instance.

Methods from Deref<Target = BufferAny>

pub fn as_slice_any(&self) -> BufferAnySlice<'_>

Builds a slice-any containing the whole subbuffer.

pub unsafe fn as_typed_slice_mut<T: ?Sized + Content>(
    &mut self
) -> BufferMutSlice<'_, T>

Builds a mutable typed slice containing the whole subbuffer, without checking the type.

pub unsafe fn as_typed_slice<T: ?Sized + Content>(&self) -> BufferSlice<'_, T>

Builds a typed slice containing the whole subbuffer, without checking the type.

pub fn get_elements_size(&self) -> usize

Returns the size in bytes of each element in the buffer.

pub fn get_elements_count(&self) -> usize

Returns the number of elements in the buffer.

pub fn get_context(&self) -> &Rc<Context>

Returns the context corresponding to this buffer.

pub fn get_size(&self) -> usize

Returns the number of bytes in this subbuffer.

pub fn invalidate(&self)

Invalidates the content of the buffer. The data becomes undefined.

This operation is a no-op if the backend doesn't support it and for persistent-mapped buffers.

pub unsafe fn read<T>(&self) -> Result<T::Owned, ReadError> where
    T: Content, 

UNSTABLE. This function can be removed at any moment without any further notice.

Considers that the buffer is filled with elements of type T and reads them.

Panic

Panics if the size of the buffer is not a multiple of the size of the data. For example, trying to read some (u8, u8, u8, u8)s from a buffer of 7 bytes will panic.

Trait Implementations

impl Debug for VertexBufferAny

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl Deref for VertexBufferAny

type Target = BufferAny

The resulting type after dereferencing.

fn deref(&self) -> &BufferAny

Dereferences the value.

impl DerefMut for VertexBufferAny

fn deref_mut(&mut self) -> &mut BufferAny

Mutably dereferences the value.

impl<T> From<Buffer<[T]>> for VertexBufferAny where
    T: Vertex + Copy + Send + 'static, 

fn from(buf: Buffer<[T]>) -> VertexBufferAny

Performs the conversion.

impl<T> From<VertexBuffer<T>> for VertexBufferAny where
    T: Copy + Send + 'static, 

fn from(buf: VertexBuffer<T>) -> VertexBufferAny

Performs the conversion.

impl<'a> Into<VerticesSource<'a>> for &'a VertexBufferAny

fn into(self) -> VerticesSource<'a>

Performs the conversion.