............................Contents


Preface	xiii
1. Introduction to XGL	1
...Introduction to the XGL Product	1
......Running an Application in the X Window Environment	2
...Introduction to the XGL Programming Model	4
......What Is an XGL Object?	4
......How the XGL Programming Interface Works	5
......XGL Object-Oriented Programming	8
...Overview of XGL Functionality	9
......Opening and Closing the XGL Library	9
......Graphical Display	9
......Primitives	11
......Graphical Context	12
......Transformations	14
......XGL Viewing Pipeline	14


......Color	16
......Lighting and Shading	18
......Stroke Fonts	18
......Line Patterns	18
......Geometry Caching	19
......NURBS Curves and Surfaces	19
......Texture Mapping	20
2. Overview of the XGL Architecture	21
...XGL Architecture Design Goals	22
...Basic Components of the XGL Architecture	22
......Device-Independent Library	23
......Graphics Pipelines	23
...Overview of the Device Pipeline Architecture	28
......Architecture at the API Level	29
......Internal Pipeline Architecture	29
...Software Pipeline and Pipeline Switching	34
...Handling Context State Changes	34
......First Things First: What Is Context?	35
......Explicit XGL State Changes	36
......Intraprocess State Changes	36
...Window System Interaction	37
...Color	39
3. XGL Class Structure	41
...Overview of the XGL Class Structure	41


...Device-Independent Classes	42
......Classes That Implement the XGL API	43
......Classes That Provide Internal Utility Functions	45
...Device Pipeline Classes	48
......Pipeline Library Class Hierarchy	49
......Device Pipeline Manager Class Hierarchy	51
......Device-Dependent Device Class Hierarchy	52
......Pipeline-Context Class Hierarchy	53
...Classes for Internal Data Storage	55
4. Object Interactions	57
...Opening XGL	57
...How API Calls Are Mapped to XGL Internal Calls	58
...Instantiation of API Objects	58
......System State Object and API Object Lists	59
......What Is a Device Object?	60
......What Is a Context Object?	61
......Device and Context Association	62
...How the Pipelines Are Created and Managed	64
......The XGL Environment Is Set Up	64
......A Device Object Is Created	65
......A Context Object Is Created	66
......The Device Is Associated With the Context	66
...Object Communication	68
......API Object Relationships	68


......Architecture of Object Relationships	69
......Object Registration: The User List	70
......Message Passing	73
...Destroying Objects and Closing XGL	75
......Destroying the Device Object	75
......Destroying the Context Object	75
......Closing XGL	76
5. Rendering and Handling State Changes	77
...Goals of the Rendering Architecture	77
......How Rendering Works	78
......Communciation Between Device-Independent XGL and the
........Device Pipeline	79
......Device Pipeline Options for Rendering	81
......More on the Rendering Architecture	82
...Context State Changes	83
......State Changes From Attribute Setting	84
......State Changes From XGL Object Message Passing	86
......View Model Derived Data	88
......Changes in Context Stroke Attributes	92
...Device State Changes	94
...Rendering Into Backing Store	95
......Architecture of Backing Store	95
......Creating a Shadow Device	97
......Rendering Into the Backing Store Device	99


......Propagation of API Changes to the Backing Store Device .	103
......Backing Store Support for the Z-Buffer and Accumulation
........Buffer	104
6. Error Handling	105
...Design Goals	105
...Overview of Error Handling	105
...External Error Handling Mechanism	106
......Error Notification Function	106
......Error Types and Categories	107
......Error Message Files	109
...Internal Error Handling Mechanism	109
7. XGL Coding Guidelines	111
...Naming Conventions for C++ Constructs	111
...Naming Conventions for C++ Internal Classes	115
...Coding Conventions for set() and get() Interfaces	116
......Conventions for set() Member Functions	116
......Conventions for get() Member Functions	117
Index	119