org.bimserver.plugins.renderengine

Interface RenderEngine

All Superinterfaces:

AutoCloseable

public interface RenderEngine
extends AutoCloseable

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	close()
String	getVersion()
void	init() Initialize the render engine.
RenderEngineModel	openModel(InputStream inputStream) Open a model.
RenderEngineModel	openModel(InputStream inputStream, long size) Open a model.

Method Detail

init

void init()
   throws RenderEngineException

Initialize the render engine. This is only called once per RenderEngine instance and all work that can be done before loading a model should be done here (for example starting another process).

Throws:

RenderEngineException

openModel

RenderEngineModel openModel(InputStream inputStream,
                            long size)
                     throws RenderEngineException

Open a model. If the size is not known in advance, use the other openModel method

Parameters:

inputStream -

size -

Returns:

Throws:

RenderEngineException

openModel

RenderEngineModel openModel(InputStream inputStream)
                     throws RenderEngineException

Open a model. The other openModel method is recommended when the size is known in advance.

Parameters:

inputStream -

Returns:

Throws:

RenderEngineException

close

void close()
    throws RenderEngineException

Specified by:

close in interface AutoCloseable

Throws:

RenderEngineException

getVersion

String getVersion()