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external/loft/modules/base/include/io/ShaderBinary.h

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+//
+// Created by martin on 7/1/24.
+//
+
+#ifndef LOFT_SHADERBINARY_H
+#define LOFT_SHADERBINARY_H
+
+#include <utility>
+#include <vector>
+#include <cstdint>
+
+struct ShaderBinary {
+private:
+    std::vector<uint32_t> m_data;
+
+public:
+    inline const std::vector<uint32_t>& data() const {
+        return m_data;
+    }
+
+    inline const uint32_t code_size() const {
+        // last integer is '\0' => should not be included in code size
+        return m_data.size() - 1;
+    }
+
+    explicit ShaderBinary(std::vector<uint32_t> data) :
+    m_data(std::move(data)) {
+
+    }
+};
+
+#endif //LOFT_SHADERBINARY_H

external/loft/modules/base/include/io/file.hpp

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+#include <cstdint>
+#include <string>
+#include "ShaderBinary.h"
+
+namespace io::file {
+	/**
+	 * Reads file on path in as binary.
+	 * 
+	 * @param path Path of the file
+	 * @param pOutSize Pointer to the size_t variable to which the number of 
+	 * bytes of the file will be set.
+	 */
+	ShaderBinary read_binary(const std::string& path);
+}