C Specification

The VkObjectType enumeration defines values, each of which corresponds to a specific Vulkan handle type. These values can be used to associate debug information with a particular type of object through one or more extensions.

// Provided by VK_VERSION_1_0
typedef enum VkObjectType {
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN = 0,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_INSTANCE = 1,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE = 2,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEVICE = 3,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_QUEUE = 4,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SEMAPHORE = 5,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER = 6,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_FENCE = 7,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEVICE_MEMORY = 8,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER = 9,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_IMAGE = 10,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_EVENT = 11,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_QUERY_POOL = 12,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_VIEW = 13,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW = 14,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SHADER_MODULE = 15,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PIPELINE_CACHE = 16,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PIPELINE_LAYOUT = 17,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_RENDER_PASS = 18,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PIPELINE = 19,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT = 20,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SAMPLER = 21,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL = 22,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET = 23,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_FRAMEBUFFER = 24,
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMAND_POOL = 25,
  // Provided by VK_VERSION_1_1
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION = 1000156000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_surface
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SURFACE_KHR = 1000000000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_swapchain
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SWAPCHAIN_KHR = 1000001000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_display
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DISPLAY_KHR = 1000002000,
  // Provided by VK_KHR_display
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DISPLAY_MODE_KHR = 1000002001,
  // Provided by VK_EXT_debug_utils
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSENGER_EXT = 1000128000,
  // Provided by VK_NV_external_sci_sync2
    VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SEMAPHORE_SCI_SYNC_POOL_NV = 1000489000,
} VkObjectType;

Description

Table 1. VkObjectType and Vulkan Handle Relationship
VkObjectType Vulkan Handle Type

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_UNKNOWN

Unknown/Undefined Handle

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_INSTANCE

VkInstance

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PHYSICAL_DEVICE

VkPhysicalDevice

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEVICE

VkDevice

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_QUEUE

VkQueue

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SEMAPHORE

VkSemaphore

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMAND_BUFFER

VkCommandBuffer

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_FENCE

VkFence

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEVICE_MEMORY

VkDeviceMemory

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER

VkBuffer

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_IMAGE

VkImage

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_EVENT

VkEvent

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_QUERY_POOL

VkQueryPool

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_BUFFER_VIEW

VkBufferView

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_IMAGE_VIEW

VkImageView

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PIPELINE_CACHE

VkPipelineCache

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PIPELINE_LAYOUT

VkPipelineLayout

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_RENDER_PASS

VkRenderPass

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_PIPELINE

VkPipeline

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_LAYOUT

VkDescriptorSetLayout

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SAMPLER

VkSampler

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL

VkDescriptorPool

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_SET

VkDescriptorSet

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_FRAMEBUFFER

VkFramebuffer

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_COMMAND_POOL

VkCommandPool

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SAMPLER_YCBCR_CONVERSION

VkSamplerYcbcrConversion

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SURFACE_KHR

VkSurfaceKHR

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_SWAPCHAIN_KHR

VkSwapchainKHR

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DISPLAY_KHR

VkDisplayKHR

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DISPLAY_MODE_KHR

VkDisplayModeKHR

VK_OBJECT_TYPE_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSENGER_EXT

VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT

See Also

Document Notes

For more information, see the Vulkan Specification

This page is extracted from the Vulkan Specification. Fixes and changes should be made to the Specification, not directly.

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