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XGL Device Pipeline Porting Guide

Cover
Credits
Contents
Figures
Tables
Preface
New Features
- Optimization of Device-Independent Operations
1 Introduction to XGL Loadable Interfaces
- Introduction to the XGL Product
- XGL Loadable Interfaces
2 Getting Started
- Before You Begin
- XGL Architecture from the Pipeline Point of View
- Porting Task
- Calling the Software Pipeline
- What Else You Should Know
3 Pipeline Framework
- Overview of the Pipeline Framework
- Setting Up the Pipeline Framework
- Optional Functions in Device-Dependent Classes
- What Else You Should Know
4 Internal Data Storage
- Internal Data Types
- Accessing Data at the LI-1 Layer
- How Data Is Stored by the Software Pipeline
- LI-2 Point Data
- Conic and Rectangle Data
- Pixel Data
5 Handling Changes to Object State
- State Changes and the Device Pipeline
- Getting Attribute Values from the Context Object
- Getting Attribute Values from Objects Other Than the Context
- Getting Stroke Attribute Values from the Stroke Group Object
- Design Issues
6 Getting Information from XGL Objects
- What You Should Know About XGL Attribute Values
- Getting Attribute Values from the Context
- Getting Attribute Values from Other Objects
- Getting Information from a Transform Object
- Getting Attribute Values From the Stroke Group Object
- Non-API Interfaces Provided in API Objects
- Getting Information From the Device Object
7 View Model Derived Data
- Overview of View Model Derived Data
- Derived Data Items
- Overview of Derived Data's Implementation
- Accessing Derived Data
- Registration of Concerns
- Determining Whether Derived Items Have Changed
- Getting Derived Items
- Example of Detecting Changes and Getting Derived Items
- Current Coordinate System
8 Window System Interactions
- Overview of the XglDrawable
- A Typical Scenario of Drawable Creation and Use
- What You Should Know About Locking the Window
- Drawable Interfaces for the Pipeline
- Description of Drawable Interfaces
9 Writing Loadable Interfaces
- What You Need to Know about the Loadable Interfaces
- What You Should Know about the Software Pipeline
- LI-1 Functions
- LI2 Functions
- LI-3 Functions
10 Utilities
- RefDpCtx
- 3D Utilities
- Bounding Box Utilities
- Copy Buffer Utilities
- Polygon Classification Utilities
- Polygon Decomposition Utilities
A Performance Tuning
- Finding the Performance Critical Paths
- Selecting Good Benchmarks
- Tuning Performance Critical Paths
- Tips and Techniques for Faster Code
B Changes to the XGL Graphics Porting Interface
- Changes in Rendering Architecture
- Changes in State Handling
- Application Data Passed Directly to Pipelines
C Accelerating NURBS Primitives
Index