source: OGRE/trunk/ogrenew/RenderSystems/GL/include/OgreGLPixelFormat.h @ 657

/*
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*/
#ifndef __GLPIXELFORMAT_H__
#define __GLPIXELFORMAT_H__

#include "OgreGLPrerequisites.h"
#include "OgrePixelFormat.h"
namespace Ogre {
        /**
        * Class to do pixel format mapping between GL and OGRE
        */
        class GLPixelUtil {
        public:
                /** Takes the OGRE pixel format and returns the appropriate GL one
                        @returns a GLenum describing the format, or 0 if there is no exactly matching 
                        one (and conversion is needed)
                */
                static GLenum getGLOriginFormat(PixelFormat mFormat);
        
                /** Takes the OGRE pixel format and returns type that must be provided
                        to GL as data type for reading it into the GPU
                        @returns a GLenum describing the data type, or 0 if there is no exactly matching 
                        one (and conversion is needed)
                */
                static GLenum getGLOriginDataType(PixelFormat mFormat);
        
                /**     Takes the OGRE pixel format and returns the type that must be provided
                        to GL as internal format.
                */
                static GLenum getClosestGLInternalFormat(PixelFormat mFormat);
                
                /**     Function to get the closest matching OGRE format to an internal GL format. To be
                        precise, the format will be chosen that is most efficient to transfer to the card 
                        without losing precision.
                        @remarks It is valid for this function to always return PF_A8R8G8B8.
                */
                static PixelFormat getClosestOGREFormat(GLenum fmt);
        
                /** Returns the maximum number of Mipmaps that can be generated until we reach
                        the mininum format possible. This does not count the base level.
                        @param width
                                The width of the area
                        @param height
                                The height of the area
                        @param depth
                                The depth of the area
                        @param format
                                The format of the area
                        @remarks
                                In case that the format is non-compressed, this simply returns
                                how many times we can divide this texture in 2 until we reach 1x1.
                                For compressed formats, constraints apply on minimum size and alignment
                                so this might differ.
                */
                static size_t getMaxMipmaps(size_t width, size_t height, size_t depth, PixelFormat format);
        };
};

#endif