Interface VulkanPhysicalDeviceType

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable, VulkanHandleDispatchableType, VulkanHandleType

All Known Implementing Classes:

VulkanLWJGLPhysicalDevice

public interface VulkanPhysicalDeviceType
extends VulkanHandleDispatchableType

A reference to a physical Vulkan device.

See Also:

• "VkPhysicalDevice"

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
VulkanLogicalDeviceType	createLogicalDevice(VulkanLogicalDeviceCreateInfo info)	Create a new logical device from this physical device.
Optional<VulkanPhysicalDeviceDriverProperties>	driverProperties()	Retrieve the device driver properties.
Map<String, VulkanExtensionProperties>	extensions(Optional<String> layer)
VulkanPhysicalDeviceFeatures	features()
VulkanFormatProperties	formatProperties(VulkanFormat format)
Optional<VulkanPhysicalDeviceIDProperties>	idProperties()	Retrieve the device ID properties.
VulkanImageFormatProperties	imageFormatProperties(VulkanFormat format, VulkanImageKind type, VulkanImageTiling tiling, Set<VulkanImageUsageFlag> usage, Set<VulkanImageCreateFlag> flags)
VulkanInstanceType	instance()
Map<String, VulkanLayerProperties>	layers()
VulkanPhysicalDeviceLimits	limits()
VulkanPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties	memory()
VulkanPhysicalDeviceProperties	properties()
SortedMap<VulkanQueueFamilyIndex, VulkanQueueFamilyProperties>	queueFamilies()
default Optional<VulkanQueueFamilyProperties>	queueFamilyFindWithFlags(VulkanQueueFamilyPropertyFlag... flags)	Find the first queue family that has all the given flags.
default Optional<VulkanQueueFamilyProperties>	queueFamilyFindWithFlags(Set<VulkanQueueFamilyPropertyFlag> flags)	Find the first queue family that has all the given flags.

Methods inherited from interface VulkanHandleType

close, isClosed

Method Details

instance

VulkanInstanceType instance()

Returns:

The instance to which the physical device belongs

extensions

Map<String, VulkanExtensionProperties> extensions(Optional<String> layer)
                                           throws VulkanException

Parameters:

layer - The layer that will be inspected for extensions

Returns:

The available device extensions

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

layers

Map<String, VulkanLayerProperties> layers()
                                   throws VulkanException

Returns:

The available layers

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

properties

VulkanPhysicalDeviceProperties properties()
                                   throws VulkanException

Returns:

The basic properties of the device

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

limits

VulkanPhysicalDeviceLimits limits()
                           throws VulkanException

Returns:

The limits of the device

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

features

VulkanPhysicalDeviceFeatures features()
                               throws VulkanException

Returns:

The features of the device

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

formatProperties

VulkanFormatProperties formatProperties(VulkanFormat format)
                                 throws VulkanException

Parameters:

format - The format

Returns:

The properties of the given format

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

imageFormatProperties

VulkanImageFormatProperties imageFormatProperties(VulkanFormat format,
 VulkanImageKind type,
 VulkanImageTiling tiling,
 Set<VulkanImageUsageFlag> usage,
 Set<VulkanImageCreateFlag> flags)
                                           throws VulkanException

Parameters:

format - The format

type - The image kind

tiling - The image tiling mode

usage - The usage flags

flags - The creation flags

Returns:

The properties of the given image format

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

memory

VulkanPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties memory()
                                     throws VulkanException

Returns:

The memory properties of the device

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

queueFamilies

SortedMap<VulkanQueueFamilyIndex, VulkanQueueFamilyProperties> queueFamilies()
                                                                      throws VulkanException

Returns:

A read-only list of the available queue families

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

createLogicalDevice

VulkanLogicalDeviceType createLogicalDevice(VulkanLogicalDeviceCreateInfo info)
                                     throws VulkanException

Create a new logical device from this physical device.

Parameters:

info - The creation info

Returns:

A new logical device

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

driverProperties

Optional<VulkanPhysicalDeviceDriverProperties> driverProperties()

Retrieve the device driver properties.

Returns:

The device driver properties, if available

idProperties

Optional<VulkanPhysicalDeviceIDProperties> idProperties()

Retrieve the device ID properties.

Returns:

The device ID properties, if available

queueFamilyFindWithFlags

default Optional<VulkanQueueFamilyProperties> queueFamilyFindWithFlags(Set<VulkanQueueFamilyPropertyFlag> flags)
                                                                throws VulkanException

Find the first queue family that has all the given flags.

Parameters:

flags - The flags

Returns:

The first matching queue family, if any

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors

queueFamilyFindWithFlags

default Optional<VulkanQueueFamilyProperties> queueFamilyFindWithFlags(VulkanQueueFamilyPropertyFlag... flags)
                                                                throws VulkanException

Find the first queue family that has all the given flags.

Parameters:

flags - The flags

Returns:

The first matching queue family, if any

Throws:

VulkanException - On errors