04 Creating a buffer view.cpp

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// Vulkan Cookbook
// ISBN: 9781786468154
// © Packt Publishing Limited
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// Author:   Pawel Lapinski
// LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/pawel-lapinski-84522329
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// Chapter: 04 Resources and Memory
// Recipe:  04 Creating a buffer view

#include "04 Resources and Memory/04 Creating a buffer view.h"

namespace VulkanCookbook {

  bool CreateBufferView( VkDevice       logical_device,
                         VkBuffer       buffer,
                         VkFormat       format,
                         VkDeviceSize   memory_offset,
                         VkDeviceSize   memory_range,
                         VkBufferView & buffer_view ) {
    VkBufferViewCreateInfo buffer_view_create_info = {
      VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_VIEW_CREATE_INFO,    // VkStructureType            sType
      nullptr,                                      // const void               * pNext
      0,                                            // VkBufferViewCreateFlags    flags
      buffer,                                       // VkBuffer                   buffer
      format,                                       // VkFormat                   format
      memory_offset,                                // VkDeviceSize               offset
      memory_range                                  // VkDeviceSize               range
    };

    VkResult result = vkCreateBufferView( logical_device, &buffer_view_create_info, nullptr, &buffer_view );
    if( VK_SUCCESS != result ) {
      std::cout << "Could not creat buffer view." << std::endl;
      return false;
    }
    return true;
  }

} // namespace VulkanCookbook