PatchCache Class Reference

Cache for radiosity renderer. More...

#include <PatchCache.h>

Collaboration diagram for PatchCache:

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Public Member Functions
	PatchCache (PatchRandomAccessEnumerator *patchEnumerator, float ffTreshold, long maxCacheSize)
	~PatchCache ()
Color	totalRadiosity (int destPatch)
	Returns: Return radiosity summarized from all patches.
long int	cacheRawSize () const
	Return current patch cache size.
Classes
class	TQueueItem

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Detailed Description

Cache for radiosity renderer.

Now using priority queue to optimal usage of given memory.

Definition at line 22 of file PatchCache.h.

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Constructor & Destructor Documentation

PatchCache::PatchCache	(	PatchRandomAccessEnumerator *	patchEnumerator,
		float	ffTreshold,
		long	maxCacheSize
	)

Parameters:

	patchEnumerator	Shared instance of PatchRandomAccessEnumerator.
	ffTreshold	Pair of patches with smaller form factor than formFactorTreshold will be ignored.
	maxCacheSize	Maximum size of patch cache (in bytes).

Note:

Maximum cache size is raw size (estimated). The real cache size can be greater.

PatchCache::~PatchCache

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Member Function Documentation

Color PatchCache::totalRadiosity

(

int

destPatch

)

Returns:

Return radiosity summarized from all patches.

This computation respectes form factor for each patch.

Parameters:

destPatch

Destination patch to compute radiosity for.

long int PatchCache::cacheRawSize

(

)

const

Return current patch cache size.

Note:

This is raw size (estimated). The real cache size can be greater.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• PatchCache.h

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