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IDirect3DQuery9::GetData method (d3d9helper.h)

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Polls a queried resource to get the query state or a query result. For more information about queries, see Queries (Direct3D 9).

Syntax

HRESULT GetData(
  [in, out] void  *pData,
  [in]      DWORD dwSize,
  [in]      DWORD dwGetDataFlags
);

Parameters

[in, out] pData

Type: void*

Pointer to a buffer containing the query data. The user is responsible for allocating this. pData may be NULL only if dwSize is 0.

[in] dwSize

Type: DWORD

Number of bytes of data in pData. If you set dwSize to zero, you can use this method to poll the resource for the query status. See remarks.

[in] dwGetDataFlags

Type: DWORD

Data flags specifying the query type. Valid values are either 0 or D3DGETDATA_FLUSH. Use 0 to avoid flushing batched queries to the driver and use D3DGETDATA_FLUSH to go ahead and flush them. For applications writing their own version of waiting, a query result is not realized until the driver receives a flush.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

The return type identifies the query state (see Queries (Direct3D 9)). The method returns S_OK if the query data is available and S_FALSE if it is not. These are considered successful return values. If the method fails when D3DGETDATA_FLUSH is used, the return value can be D3DERR_DEVICELOST.

Remarks

It is possible to lose the device while polling for query status. When D3DGETDATA_FLUSH is specified, this method will return D3DERR_DEVICELOST in response to a lost device. This allows an application to prevent threads from endlessly polling due to a lost device (which cannot respond to the query).

An application must never write code that only invokes GetData ( ... , 0 ), expecting that GetData will eventually return S_OK by itself over time. This is true, even if the application has used the FLUSH flag with GetData in the past. For example:

// Enables an infinite loop:
while( pQuery->GetData( ... , 0 ) == S_FALSE ) ;

// Still enables an infinite loop:
pQuery->GetData( ... , D3DGETDATA_FLUSH );
while( pQuery->GetData( ... , 0 ) == S_FALSE ) ;

// Does not enable an infinite loop because eventually the command
// buffer will fill up and that will cause a flush to occur.
while( pQuery->GetData( ..., 0 ) == S_FALSE ) {
	pDevice->SetTexture(...);
	pDevice->Draw(...);
}

Requirements

Requirement Value
Target Platform Windows
Header d3d9helper.h (include D3D9.h)
Library D3D9.lib

See also

IDirect3DQuery9