[core] introduce CommandEncoder object

2 files changed, 21 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/src/mbgl/gfx/command_encoder.hpp b/src/mbgl/gfx/command_encoder.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..3f996bb701
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/mbgl/gfx/command_encoder.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+namespace mbgl {
+namespace gfx {
+
+class CommandEncoder {
+protected:
+    explicit CommandEncoder() = default;
+
+public:
+    virtual ~CommandEncoder() = default;
+    CommandEncoder(const CommandEncoder&) = delete;
+    CommandEncoder& operator=(const CommandEncoder&) = delete;
+};
+
+} // namespace gfx
+} // namespace mbgl
diff --git a/src/mbgl/gfx/context.hpp b/src/mbgl/gfx/context.hpp
index fcce2d3070..06a59fd238 100644
--- a/src/mbgl/gfx/context.hpp
+++ b/src/mbgl/gfx/context.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <mbgl/gfx/index_buffer.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/gfx/texture.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/gfx/renderbuffer.hpp>
+#include <mbgl/gfx/command_encoder.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/gfx/draw_scope.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/gfx/program.hpp>
 #include <mbgl/gfx/types.hpp>
@@ -148,6 +149,9 @@ public:
 private:
     template <typename Backend, typename Name>
     std::unique_ptr<Program<Name>> createProgram(const ProgramParameters&);
+
+public:
+    virtual std::unique_ptr<CommandEncoder> createCommandEncoder() = 0;
 };
 
 } // namespace gfx