From 9c83423c79551c342b3dec33e065791d631ca597 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cosmonaut <evan@moonside.games>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2022 14:29:43 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] add buffer creation convenience method

---
 src/Graphics/Resources/Buffer.cs | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 21 insertions(+)

diff --git a/src/Graphics/Resources/Buffer.cs b/src/Graphics/Resources/Buffer.cs
index be11ec2..e8e5621 100644
--- a/src/Graphics/Resources/Buffer.cs
+++ b/src/Graphics/Resources/Buffer.cs
@@ -11,6 +11,27 @@ namespace MoonWorks.Graphics
 	{
 		protected override Action<IntPtr, IntPtr, IntPtr> QueueDestroyFunction => Refresh.Refresh_QueueDestroyBuffer;
 
+		/// <summary>
+		/// Creates a buffer of appropriate size given a type and element count.
+		/// </summary>
+		/// <typeparam name="T">The type that the buffer will contain.</typeparam>
+		/// <param name="device">The GraphicsDevice.</param>
+		/// <param name="usageFlags">Specifies how the buffer will be used.</param>
+		/// <param name="elementCount">How many elements of type T the buffer will contain.</param>
+		/// <returns></returns>
+		public static Buffer Create<T>(
+			GraphicsDevice device,
+			BufferUsageFlags usageFlags,
+			uint elementCount
+		)
+		{
+			return new Buffer(
+				device,
+				usageFlags,
+				(uint) Marshal.SizeOf<T>() * elementCount
+			);
+		}
+
 		/// <summary>
 		/// Creates a buffer.
 		/// </summary>