Interfaces

The Iray API follows conventional modern C++ library design principles for component software to achieve binary compatibility across shared library boundaries and future extensibility. The design provides access to the shared library through interfaces, abstract base classes with pure virtual member functions. Parameters of those interface methods are interface pointers or simple types and POD types, such as the math vector class.

The global function mi::neuraylib::mi_neuray_factory() returns the main interface mi::neuraylib::INeuray that allows access to the whole library. From this interface other interfaces of the library can be accessed with the mi::neuraylib::INeuray::get_api_component() member function.

See also Reference counting and Handle class.