class ParticlePool

The ParticlePool class handles storage for particles in a particle system.

Definition

template <class type = Particle> class ParticlePool : public ParticlePoolBase

Member Functions

ParticlePool::NewParticle Returns an unused particle from a particle pool.

Template Parameters

type The structure containing the state data for each particle.

Constructor

ParticlePool(long count, type *pool = nullptr);

Parameters

`count`	The total number of particles in the pool.
`pool`	A pointer to an array of structures that hold the particle state data. This may be `nullptr`, in which case the storage will be allocated by the `ParticlePool` class.

Description

Base Classes

ParticlePoolBase Used internally to encapsulate common functionality that is independent of the template parameter.