COSC-3P93-Project/Step 3/include/engine/util/memory_util.h

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/*
* Created by Brett Terpstra 6920201 on 03/12/22.
* Copyright (c) 2022 Brett Terpstra. All Rights Reserved.
*/
#ifndef STEP_3_MEMORY_UTIL_H
#define STEP_3_MEMORY_UTIL_H
#include <engine/util/std.h>
#define ENDIAN_FLIP
namespace Raytracing {
class MemoryConvert {
private:
public:
/**
* returns the bytes from the double ordered based on if ENDIAN_FLIP is defined or not
*/
inline static std::vector<unsigned char> getDoubleBytes(double d) {
std::vector<unsigned char> bytes;
auto* doubleAsBytes = reinterpret_cast<unsigned char*>(&d);
#ifdef ENDIAN_FLIP
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(double); i++)
bytes.push_back(doubleAsBytes[i]);
#else
for (int i = 0; i < sizeof(double); i++)
bytes.push_back(doubleAsBytes[sizeof(double) - i]);
#endif
return bytes;
}
/**
* Note: this is used for the GPU and it is assumed that you are using double precision values.
* Anything else is undefined. (Should be fine though since upcasting is fine)
* @param array array to write into
* @param offset offset of where to start writing into. Will update this value as it moves through the vector
* @param vec the vector to write
*/
inline static void writeVectorBytes(unsigned char* array, size_t& offset, const Vec4& vec) {
auto x = getDoubleBytes(vec.x());
auto y = getDoubleBytes(vec.y());
auto z = getDoubleBytes(vec.z());
auto w = getDoubleBytes(vec.w());
// write the bytes as a packed vector.
for (auto b: x)
array[offset++] = b;
for (auto b: y)
array[offset++] = b;
for (auto b: z)
array[offset++] = b;
for (auto b: w)
array[offset++] = b;
}
};
}
#endif //STEP_3_MEMORY_UTIL_H