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MTLDepthStencilState

1.Identifying Properties

MTLTexture

1.Copying Data into a Texture Image2.Copying Data from a Texture Image3.Creating Textures by Reusing Image Data4.Querying Texture Attributes5.Querying IOSurface Attributes6.Querying Parent Texture Attributes7.Querying Source Buffer Attributes

MTLComputeCommandEncoder

1.Specifying the Compute Pipeline State2.Specifying Resources for a Compute Function3.Executing a Compute Function4.Performing Fence Operations

MTLHeap

1.Identifying Properties2.Querying Heap Properties3.Setting the Purgeable State of the Resource4.Creating Sub-Allocated Resources

MTLComputePipelineState

1.Identifying Properties2.Querying Threadgroup Attributes

MTLCommandQueue

1.Identifying Properties2.Creating Command Buffers3.Debugging with Xcode

MTLRenderCommandEncoder

1.Setting Graphics Rendering State2.Specifying Resources for a Vertex Shader Function3.Specifying Resources for a Fragment Shader Function4.Specifying Tessellation Factors5.Drawing Geometric Primitives6.Drawing Tessellated Patches7.Enabling Texture Barriers8.Specifying a Store Action9.Performing Fence Operations

MTLLibrary

1.Identifying Properties2.Fetch a Non-Specialized Function3.Compile a Specialized Function4.Querying Library Contents

MTLRenderPipelineState

MTLCommandEncoder

1.Identifying Properties2.Ending Encoded Commands3.Debugging from Xcode with Strings

MTLDrawable

1.Presenting the Drawable2.Identifying the Drawable

MTLParallelRenderCommandEncoder

1.Creating a Render Command Encoder2.Specifying a Store Action

MTLFunction

1.Identifying the Function2.Identifying the Patch3.Accessing Vertex Attributes4.Instance Properties

MTLCommandBuffer

1.Identifying the Command Buffer2.Creating Command Encoders3.Scheduling and Executing Commands4.Presenting a Drawable5.Obtaining Status and Timestamps6.Determining Whether to Keep Strong References to Associated Resource Objects

MTLBlitCommandEncoder

1.Copying Data Between Two Buffers2.Copying Data From a Buffer to a Texture3.Copying Data Between Two Textures4.Copying Data from a Texture to a Buffer5.Performing Generation Operations6.Performing Synchronization Operations7.Performing Fence Operations

MTLBuffer

1.Creating a Texture That Shares Buffer Data2.Locating the Buffer’s Storage3.Invalidating the Buffer’s Storage

MTLResource

1.Identifying Properties2.Setting the Purgeable State of the Resource3.Querying the Heap and Setting the Aliasable State of the Resource

MTLDevice

1.Creating Metal Shader Libraries2.Creating Command Queues3.Creating Resources4.Creating Command Objects Needed to Render Graphics5.Creating Command Objects Needed to Perform Computational Tasks

MTLSamplerState

MTLFence