MTLBuffer (moe.platform.ios API)

All Superinterfaces:

MTLResource
```
public interface MTLBuffer
extends MTLResource
```
[@protocol] MTLBuffer A typeless allocation accessible by both the CPU and the GPU (MTLDevice) or by only the GPU when the storage mode is MTLResourceStorageModePrivate. Unlike in OpenGL and OpenCL, access to buffers is not synchronized. The caller may use the CPU to modify the data at any time but is also responsible for ensuring synchronization and coherency. The contents become undefined if both the CPU and GPU write to the same buffer without a synchronizing action between those writes. This is true even when the regions written do not overlap.

Method Summary

All Methods Instance Methods Abstract Methods
Modifier and Type	Method	Description
`void`	`addDebugMarkerRange(java.lang.String marker, NSRange range)`	addDebugMarker:range: Adds a marker to a specific range in the buffer.
`org.moe.natj.general.ptr.VoidPtr`	`contents()`	contents Returns the data pointer of this buffer's shared copy.
`long`	`length()`	[@property] length The length of the buffer in bytes.
`MTLTexture`	`newTextureWithDescriptorOffsetBytesPerRow(MTLTextureDescriptor descriptor, long offset, long bytesPerRow)`	newTextureWithDescriptor:offset:bytesPerRow: Create a 2D texture or texture buffer that shares storage with this buffer.
`void`	`removeAllDebugMarkers()`	removeAllDebugMarkers Removes all debug markers from a buffer.

Methods inherited from interface apple.metal.protocol.MTLResource
allocatedSize, cpuCacheMode, device, hazardTrackingMode, heap, heapOffset, isAliasable, label, makeAliasable, resourceOptions, setLabel, setPurgeableState, storageMode

- Method Detail
  - addDebugMarkerRange
```
void addDebugMarkerRange(java.lang.String marker,
                         NSRange range)
```
    addDebugMarker:range: Adds a marker to a specific range in the buffer. When inspecting a buffer in the GPU debugging tools the marker will be shown.
    
    Parameters:
    
    marker - A label used for the marker.
    
    range - The range of bytes the marker is using.
  - contents
```
org.moe.natj.general.ptr.VoidPtr contents()
```
    contents Returns the data pointer of this buffer's shared copy.
  - length
```
long length()
```
    [@property] length The length of the buffer in bytes.
  - newTextureWithDescriptorOffsetBytesPerRow
```
MTLTexture newTextureWithDescriptorOffsetBytesPerRow(MTLTextureDescriptor descriptor,
                                                     long offset,
                                                     long bytesPerRow)
```
    newTextureWithDescriptor:offset:bytesPerRow: Create a 2D texture or texture buffer that shares storage with this buffer.
  - removeAllDebugMarkers
```
void removeAllDebugMarkers()
```
    removeAllDebugMarkers Removes all debug markers from a buffer.