Describes a shader signature.
Describes a semantic signature.
A shader can take n inputs and can produce m outputs. The order of the input (or output) parameters, their associated types, and any attached semantics make up the shader signature. Each shader has an input and an output signature.
When compiling a shader or an effect, some API calls validate shader signatures That is, they compare the output signature of one shader (like a vertex shader) with the input signature of another shader (like a pixel shader). This ensures that a shader outputs data that is compatible with a downstream shader that is consuming that data. Compatible means that a shader signature is a exact-match subset of the preceding shader stage. Exact match means parameter types and semantics must exactly match. Subset means that a parameter that is not required by a downstream stage, does not need to include that parameter in its shader signature.
Get a shader-signature from a shader or an effect by calling APIs such as
A per-parameter string that identifies how the data will be used.
Semantic index that modifies the semantic. Used to differentiate different parameters that use the same semantic.
The register that will contain this variable's data.
A predefined string that determines the functionality of certain pipeline stages. See D3D10_NAME.
The per-component-data type that is stored in a register. See D3D10_REGISTER_COMPONENT_TYPE. Each register can store up to four-components of data.
Mask which indicates which components of a register are used.
Mask which indicates whether a given component is never written (if the signature is an output signature) or always read (if the signature is an input signature).
Indicates which stream the geometry shader is using for the signature parameter.
The shader variable is a scalar.
The shader variable is a vector.
The shader variable is a row-major matrix.
The shader variable is a column-major matrix.
The shader variable is an object.
The shader variable is a structure.
The shader variable is a class.
The shader variable is an interface.
Values that identify various data, texture, and buffer types that can be assigned to a shader variable.
A call to the
The types in a structured buffer describe the structure of the elements in the buffer. The layout of these types generally match their C++ struct counterparts. The following examples show structured buffers:
struct mystruct {float4 val; uint ind;}; RWStructuredBuffer<mystruct> rwbuf;
RWStructuredBuffer<float3> rwbuf2;The variable is a void reference.
The variable is a boolean.
The variable is an integer.
The variable is a floating-point number.
The variable is a string.
The variable is a texture.
The variable is a 1D texture.
The variable is a 2D texture.
The variable is a 3D texture.
The variable is a texture cube.
The variable is a sampler.
The variable is a sampler.
The variable is a sampler.
The variable is a sampler.
The variable is a sampler.
The variable is a pixel shader.
The variable is a vertex shader.
The variable is a pixel shader.
The variable is a vertex shader.
The variable is an unsigned integer.
The variable is an 8-bit unsigned integer.
The variable is a geometry shader.
The variable is a rasterizer-state object.
The variable is a depth-stencil-state object.
The variable is a blend-state object.
The variable is a buffer.
The variable is a constant buffer.
The variable is a texture buffer.
The variable is a 1D-texture array.
The variable is a 2D-texture array.
The variable is a render-target view.
The variable is a depth-stencil view.
The variable is a 2D-multisampled texture.
The variable is a 2D-multisampled-texture array.
The variable is a texture-cube array.
The variable holds a compiled hull-shader binary.
The variable holds a compiled domain-shader binary.
The variable is an interface.
The variable holds a compiled compute-shader binary.
The variable is a double precision (64-bit) floating-point number.
The variable is a 1D read-and-write texture.
The variable is an array of 1D read-and-write textures.
The variable is a 2D read-and-write texture.
The variable is an array of 2D read-and-write textures.
The variable is a 3D read-and-write texture.
The variable is a read-and-write buffer.
The variable is a byte-address buffer.
The variable is a read-and-write byte-address buffer.
The variable is a structured buffer.
For more information about structured buffer, see the Remarks section.
The variable is a read-and-write structured buffer.
The variable is an append structured buffer.
The variable is a consume structured buffer.