Describes a shader-resource view.
typedef struct D3D11_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC {
DXGI_FORMAT Format;
D3D11_SRV_DIMENSION ViewDimension;
union {
D3D11_BUFFER_SRV Buffer;
D3D11_TEX1D_SRV Texture1D;
D3D11_TEX1D_ARRAY_SRV Texture1DArray;
D3D11_TEX2D_SRV Texture2D;
D3D11_TEX2D_ARRAY_SRV Texture2DArray;
D3D11_TEX2DMS_SRV Texture2DMS;
D3D11_TEX2DMS_ARRAY_SRV Texture2DMSArray;
D3D11_TEX3D_SRV Texture3D;
D3D11_TEXCUBE_SRV TextureCube;
D3D11_TEXCUBE_ARRAY_SRV TextureCubeArray;
D3D11_BUFFEREX_SRV BufferEx;
};
} D3D11_SHADER_RESOURCE_VIEW_DESC;
Format
A DXGI_FORMAT specifying the viewing format. See remarks.
ViewDimension
The resource type of the view. See D3D11_SRV_DIMENSION. This should be the same as the resource type of the underlying resource. This parameter also determines which _SRV to use in the union below.
Buffer
View the resource as a buffer using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_BUFFER_SRV).
Texture1D
View the resource as a 1D texture using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX1D_SRV).
Texture1DArray
View the resource as a 1D-texture array using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX1D_ARRAY_SRV).
Texture2D
View the resource as a 2D-texture using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX2D_SRV).
Texture2DArray
View the resource as a 2D-texture array using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX2D_ARRAY_SRV).
Texture2DMS
View the resource as a 2D-multisampled texture using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX2DMS_SRV).
Texture2DMSArray
View the resource as a 2D-multisampled-texture array using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX2DMS_ARRAY_SRV).
Texture3D
View the resource as a 3D texture using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEX3D_SRV).
TextureCube
View the resource as a 3D-cube texture using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEXCUBE_SRV).
TextureCubeArray
View the resource as a 3D-cube-texture array using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_TEXCUBE_ARRAY_SRV).
BufferEx
View the resource as a raw buffer using information from a shader-resource view (see D3D11_BUFFEREX_SRV). For more info about raw viewing of buffers, see Raw Views of Buffers.
A view is a format-specific way to look at the data in a resource. The view determines what data to look at, and how it is cast when read.
When viewing a resource, the resource-view description must specify a typed format, that is compatible with the resource format. So that means that you cannot create a resource-view description using any format with _TYPELESS in the name. You can however view a typeless resource by specifying a typed format for the view. For example, a DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_TYPELESS resource can be viewed with one of these typed formats: DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_FLOAT, DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_UINT, and DXGI_FORMAT_R32G32B32_SINT, since these typed formats are compatible with the typeless resource.
Create a shader-resource-view description by calling ID3D11Device::CreateShaderResourceView. To view a shader-resource-view description, call ID3D11ShaderResourceView::GetDesc.
Header: Declared in d3d11_x.h (d3d11.h on other Windows platforms).