describe_modality()

std::string_view MayaFlux::Portal::Graphics::VertexLayoutTranslator::describe_modality ( Kakshya::DataModality  modality )

static

Describe a modality in human-readable form e.g., "vec3" for VERTEX_POSITIONS_3D.

Definition at line 130 of file LayoutTranslator.cpp.

{
    using namespace Kakshya;
 
    switch (modality) {
    case DataModality::VERTEX_POSITIONS_3D:
        return "vec3 (positions)";
    case DataModality::VERTEX_NORMALS_3D:
        return "vec3 (normals)";
    case DataModality::VERTEX_TANGENTS_3D:
        return "vec3 (tangents)";
    case DataModality::VERTEX_COLORS_RGB:
        return "vec3 (color RGB)";
    case DataModality::VERTEX_COLORS_RGBA:
        return "vec4 (color RGBA)";
    case DataModality::TEXTURE_COORDS_2D:
        return "vec2 (UV)";
    case DataModality::AUDIO_1D:
        return "double (audio sample)";
    case DataModality::AUDIO_MULTICHANNEL:
        return "double (audio multichannel)";
    case DataModality::SPECTRAL_2D:
        return "vec2 (frequency, magnitude)";
    case DataModality::TRANSFORMATION_MATRIX:
        return "mat4 (transformation)";
    default:
        return "unknown";
    }
}