Metal Namespace

Extension methods for the MTL4CommandQueueError enumeration.

Extension methods to the IMTLAccelerationStructureCommandEncoder interface to support all the methods from the MTLAccelerationStructureCommandEncoder protocol.

Encapsulates a single parameter to a Metal function.

An description of an argument inside an argument buffer.

Extension methods to the IMTLArgumentEncoder interface to support all the methods from the MTLArgumentEncoder protocol.

Encapsulates the details of an array argument to a Metal function.

Extension methods for the MTLBinaryArchiveError enumeration.

Extension methods to the IMTLBlitCommandEncoder interface to support all the methods from the MTLBlitCommandEncoder protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLBuffer interface to support all the methods from the MTLBuffer protocol.

Extension methods for the MTLCaptureError enumeration.

Manages GPU captures for apps launched from Xcode.

Custom capture scope boundary for debugging from Xcode.

Extension methods to the IMTLCommandBuffer interface to support all the methods from the MTLCommandBuffer protocol.

Extension methods for the MTLCommandBufferError enumeration.

Extension methods for the MTLCommonCounter enumeration.

Configures the compilation of a Metal shader library.

Extension methods to the IMTLComputeCommandEncoder interface to support all the methods from the MTLComputeCommandEncoder protocol.

Describes the compute state used during a compute operation pass. (See also IMTLComputePipelineState.)

Encapsulates the details of the arguments of the compute function used to create an IMTLComputePipelineState object.

Extension methods to the IMTLComputePipelineState interface to support all the methods from the MTLComputePipelineState protocol.

Extension methods for the MTLCounterSampleBufferError enumeration.

Configures a depth stencil test operation.

Extension methods to the IMTLDepthStencilState interface to support all the methods from the MTLDepthStencilState protocol.

Represents a single GPU.

Extension methods to the IMTLDevice interface to support all the methods from the MTLDevice protocol.

Interface definition for objects that can receive rendering commands.

Extension methods for the MTLDynamicLibraryError enumeration.

Extension methods to the IMTLFunction interface to support all the methods from the MTLFunction protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLHeap interface to support all the methods from the MTLHeap protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLIndirectCommandBuffer interface to support all the methods from the MTLIndirectCommandBuffer protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLIndirectComputeCommand interface to support all the methods from the MTLIndirectComputeCommand protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLIndirectRenderCommand interface to support all the methods from the MTLIndirectRenderCommand protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLIntersectionFunctionTable interface to support all the methods from the MTLIntersectionFunctionTable protocol.

Extension methods for the MTLIOError enumeration.

Extension methods to the IMTLLibrary interface to support all the methods from the MTLLibrary protocol.

Extension methods for the MTLLibraryError enumeration.

Extension methods for the MTLLogStateError enumeration.

Contains a mutability description for a buffer.

An array of buffer mutability descriptors.

Extension methods to the IMTLRenderCommandEncoder interface to support all the methods from the MTLRenderCommandEncoder protocol.

Configures a render target of a framebuffer.

A MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor that holds the clear color for the rendering pass.

Holds an array of MTLRenderPassColorAttachmentDescriptor objects.

A MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor that holds the clear depth for a rendering pass.

Defines the rendering target for pixels generated by a rendering pass.

A MTLRenderPassAttachmentDescriptor that holds the clear stencil for a rendering pass.

Configures a color attachment associated with a rendering pipeline.

An array of MTLRenderPipelineColorAttachmentDescriptor objects.

Configures a rendering pipeline with rasterization properties, visibility, blending, and shader functions.

The arguments (see MTLArgument) of a vertex or fragment function within a IMTLRenderPipelineState.

Extension methods to the IMTLRenderPipelineState interface to support all the methods from the MTLRenderPipelineState protocol.

Extension methods to the IMTLResourceStateCommandEncoder interface to support all the methods from the MTLResourceStateCommandEncoder protocol.

Configures a sampler (see IMTLSamplerState).

Extension methods to the IMTLSamplerState interface to support all the methods from the MTLSamplerState protocol.

Configures a stencil test operation.

Describes a single field within a MTLStructType struct.

Defines a type representing a struct, which can be passed as an argument to Metal functions.

Extension methods for the MTLTensorError enumeration.

Extension methods to the IMTLTexture interface to support all the methods from the MTLTexture protocol.

Configuration for IMTLTexture objects.

An attribute for per-vertex input to a vertex shader function.

An attribute for per-vertex input for a vertex shader function.

Holds an array of MTLVertexAttributeDescriptor objects.

Configures how vertex and attribute data are fetched by a vertex shader function.

Holds an array of MTLVertexBufferLayoutDescriptor objects.

Maps vertex data in memory to attributes in a vertex shader.

Extension methods for MTLVertexFormat.

Extension methods to the IMTLVisibleFunctionTable interface to support all the methods from the MTLVisibleFunctionTable protocol.

Extension methods for the NSDeviceCertification enumeration.

Extension methods for the NSProcessPerformanceProfile enumeration.

A struct that represents a range of a Metal buffer.

A container for the arguments for a copy sparse buffer mapping operation.

A container for the arguments for a copy sparse texture mapping operation.

A container for the arguments for a update sparse buffer mapping operation.

A container for the arguments for a update sparse texture mapping operation.

An RGBA color representing a clear pixel.

Struct that contains values that are used to clear various buffers and stencils.

Represents the number of threadgroups in each grid dimension for indirectly dispatched threadgroups.

Represents the data layout needed to draw indexed primitives.

Represents the data layout needed to draw primitives.

The ___location of a pixel in an image or texture.

A rectangle of pixels in an image or texture.

A sample position.

The retangle used for the scissor fragment test.

The dimensions of a grid, image, texture, or threadgroup.

Defines the clipping viewport.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4Archive.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4ArgumentTable.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4BinaryFunction.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CommandAllocator.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CommandBuffer.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CommandEncoder.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CommandQueue.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CommitFeedback.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4Compiler.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CompilerTask.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4ComputeCommandEncoder.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4CounterHeap.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4MachineLearningCommandEncoder.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4MachineLearningPipelineState.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4PipelineDataSetSerializer.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTL4RenderCommandEncoder.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLAccelerationStructure.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLAccelerationStructureCommandEncoder.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLAllocation.

Encodes data into argument buffers.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLBinaryArchive.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLBinding.

Protocol for writing data into frame buffers.

System protocol for raw data that is accessible in strides.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLBufferBinding.

Custom capture scope boundary for debugging from Xcode.

Protocol for commands that are run on a GPU

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLCommandBufferEncoderInfo.

System protocol for enqueuing and writing commands into a buffer.

System protocol for objects that can queue command buffers for running on a GPU.

Protocol for encoding and running parallel commands on a GPU.

System protocol that represents a compiled compute program.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLCounter.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLCounterSampleBuffer.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLCounterSet.

System protocol for describing how the depth stencil should interact with the depth buffer during rendering.

System protocol for interacting with a single graphics device.

Interface definition for objects that can receive rendering commands.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLDynamicLibrary.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLEvent.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLFence.

System protocol for shader functions that are suitable for use on a GPU in a shader or compute function.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLFunctionHandle.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLFunctionLog.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLFunctionLogDebugLocation.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLFunctionStitchingAttribute.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLFunctionStitchingNode.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLHeap.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLIndirectCommandBuffer.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLIndirectComputeCommand.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLIndirectRenderCommand.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLIntersectionFunctionTable.

System protocol for libraries of shaders.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLLogContainer.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLLogState.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLObjectPayloadBinding.

System protocol for breaking a single rendering pass into parallel command sets.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLRasterizationRateMap.

System protocol for encoding render commands and state into a buffer.

System protocol for encoding the state of a rendering pipeline.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLResidencySet.

System protocol for for allocated segments of GPU memory.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLResourceStateCommandEncoder.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLResourceViewPool.

System protocol the way that shaders or compute kernels will sample textures.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLSharedEvent.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLTensor.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLTensorBinding.

System protocol for image data that is used by vertex shaders, fragment shaders, and compute kernels.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLTextureBinding.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLTextureViewPool.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLThreadgroupBinding.

This interface represents the Objective-C protocol MTLVisibleFunctionTable.

Function access restrictions of argument data in the shader code.

Enumerates argument buffer tiers.

The resource type of an argument of a function.

Enumerates formats for function attributes.

Argument values for use with MTLBlendOperation.

How the source and destination values are combined.

Enumerates blitting options.

Permits or restricts writing to specific color channels.

Enumeration of error codes describing why a command buffer has failed.

The state of the command-buffer state-machine. Enqueued->Committed->Scheduled->Completed.

Holds a comparison test. When the comparison test passes, the incoming fragment is compared to the stored data at the specified ___location.

Enumerates what cache mode is used for CPU mapping of a resource.

Enumerates modes for culling and which types of primitives are culled.

The data type of a function argument, as used in the shader language code.

Enumerates values that indicate whether to clip or clamp depth values.

Enumerates the hardware feature sets that are available on a device.

The type of a Metal function.

The index type for an index buffer.

Enumerates Metal shader programming language versions.

Enumerates errors possible in the creation of an MTLLibrary or MTLFunction object.

An action performed at the start of a rendering pass.

Enumerates MSAA dept resolve filter operations.

Enumerates buffer mutability descriptions.

Options relating to argument information in the creation of a pipeline.

The format used by pixels, including color, depth, compression technigue, and data type for components.

Enumerates the primitive geometry used for drawing commands.

The purgeable state of the resource.

Holds options used by buffer and texture objects.

Enumerates resource usage patterns.

The wrapping mode. Used when a fetch falls outside the bounds of a texture.

Options for calculating the pixel value returned within a mipmap level.

Options for calculating the pixel value returned with multiple mipmap levels.

What to do if a stencil value passes or fails a comparison test.

Enumerates CPU cache modes for resource mapping.

The action to be performed at the end of a rendering pass.

Enumerates store action options.

The dimensionality of each texture and how multiple images are arranged.

Enumerates the ways in which a IMTLTexture may be used.

How to rasterize triangle and triangle-strip primitives.

Enumerates vertex data formats (type and number).

The frequency at which the vertex shader function should fetch attribute data.

Enumerates values that control how and whether to monitor samples that pass depth and stencil tests.

Vertex winding rule for front-facing primitives.

Completion handler for deallocating a buffer.