sf::Drawable Class Reference

Abstract base class for objects that can be drawn to a render target. More...

#include <Drawable.hpp>

Inheritance diagram for sf::Drawable:

Public Member Functions
virtual	~Drawable ()
	Virtual destructor. More...

Protected Member Functions
virtual void	draw (RenderTarget &target, RenderStates states) const =0
	Draw the object to a render target. More...

Friends
class	RenderTarget

Detailed Description

Abstract base class for objects that can be drawn to a render target.

sf::Drawable is a very simple base class that allows objects of derived classes to be drawn to a sf::RenderTarget.

All you have to do in your derived class is to override the draw virtual function.

Note that inheriting from sf::Drawable is not mandatory, but it allows this nice syntax "window.draw(object)" rather than "object.draw(window)", which is more consistent with other SFML classes.

Example:

class MyDrawable : public sf::Drawable
{
public:

   ...

private:

    virtual void draw(sf::RenderTarget& target, sf::RenderStates states) const
    {
        // You can draw other high-level objects
        target.draw(m_sprite, states);

        // ... or use the low-level API
        states.texture = &m_texture;
        target.draw(m_vertices, states);

        // ... or draw with OpenGL directly
        glBegin(GL_QUADS);
        ...
        glEnd();
    }

    sf::Sprite m_sprite;
    sf::Texture m_texture;
    sf::VertexArray m_vertices;
};

See also

sf::RenderTarget

Definition at line 44 of file Drawable.hpp.

Constructor & Destructor Documentation

virtual sf::Drawable::~Drawable ( )

inlinevirtual

Virtual destructor.

Definition at line 52 of file Drawable.hpp.

Member Function Documentation

virtual void sf::Drawable::draw ( RenderTarget &  target, RenderStates  states  ) const

protectedpure virtual

Draw the object to a render target.

This is a pure virtual function that has to be implemented by the derived class to define how the drawable should be drawn.

Parameters

target	Render target to draw to
states	Current render states

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

• Drawable.hpp