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Use the following syntax to declare a buffer variable.
| Buffer<Type> Name; |
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Parameters
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Buffer
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Required keyword.
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Type
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One of the scalar, vector, and some matrix HLSL types. You can declare a buffer variable with a matrix as long as it fits in 4 32-bit quantities. So, you can write
Buffer<float2x2>. ButBuffer<float4x4>is too large, and the compiler will generate an error. -
Name
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An ASCII string that uniquely identifies the variable name.
Example
Here is an example of a buffer declaration.
Buffer<float4> g_Buffer;
Data is read from a buffer using an overloaded version of the Load HLSL intrinsic function that takes one input parameter (an integer index). A buffer is accessed like an array of elements; therefore, this example reads the second element.
float4 bufferData = g_Buffer.Load( 1 );
Use the stream-output stage to output data to a buffer.
Remarks
A compatible typed buffer shader resource view (SRV) is required to correctly load from the buffer. The load can optionally perform a type conversion, for example an RGBA8_UNORM buffer can be loaded into a float4 variable. For a buffer contaning structs, use a StructuredBuffer instead.