Element

Class Overview

The most basic data type. An element represents one cell of a memory allocation. Element is the basic data type of Renderscript. An element can be of two forms: Basic elements or Complex forms. Examples of basic elements are:

• Single float value
• 4 element float vector
• single RGB-565 color
• single unsigned int 16

Complex elements contain a list of sub-elements and names that represents a structure of data. The fields can be accessed by name from a script or shader. The memory layout is defined and ordered. Data alignment is determined by the most basic primitive type. i.e. a float4 vector will be aligned to sizeof(float) and not sizeof(float4). The ordering of elements in memory will be the order in which they were added with each component aligned as necessary. No re-ordering will be done.

The primary source of elements are from scripts. A script that exports a bind point for a data structure generates a Renderscript element to represent the data exported by the script. The other common source of elements is from bitmap formats.

Summary

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From class android.renderscript.BaseObj synchronized void destroy() destroy disconnects the object from the native object effectively rendering this java object dead. boolean equals(Object obj) Compare the current BaseObj with another BaseObj for equality. void finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. String getName() int hashCode() Calculates the hash code value for a BaseObj. void setName(String name) setName assigns a name to an object.
From class java.lang.Object Object clone() Creates and returns a copy of this Object. boolean equals(Object o) Compares this instance with the specified object and indicates if they are equal. void finalize() Invoked when the garbage collector has detected that this instance is no longer reachable. final Class<?> getClass() Returns the unique instance of Class that represents this object's class. int hashCode() Returns an integer hash code for this object. final void notify() Causes a thread which is waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. final void notifyAll() Causes all threads which are waiting on this object's monitor (by means of calling one of the wait() methods) to be woken up. String toString() Returns a string containing a concise, human-readable description of this object. final void wait() Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object. final void wait(long millis, int nanos) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires. final void wait(long millis) Causes the calling thread to wait until another thread calls the notify() or notifyAll() method of this object or until the specified timeout expires.