GPUComputePipeline: getBindGroupLayout() method

Experimental: This is an experimental technology
Check the Browser compatibility table carefully before using this in production.

The getBindGroupLayout() method of the GPUComputePipeline interface returns the pipeline's GPUBindGroupLayout object with the given index (i.e. included in the originating GPUDevice.createComputePipeline() or GPUDevice.createComputePipelineAsync() call's pipeline layout).

If the GPUComputePipeline was created with layout: "auto", this method is the only way to retrieve the GPUBindGroupLayouts generated by the pipeline.

Syntax

getBindGroupLayout(index)

Parameters

index: A number representing the index of the GPUBindGroupLayout to return.

Return value

A GPUBindGroupLayout object instance.

Validation

The following criteria must be met when calling getBindGroupLayout(), otherwise a GPUValidationError is generated and an invalid GPUBindGroupLayout object is returned:

index is less than the number of GPUBindGroupLayout objects used in the pipeline layout.

Examples

Note: You can see complete working examples with getBindGroupLayout() in action in the WebGPU samples.

// ...

// Create a compute pipeline using layout: "auto" to automatically generate
// appropriate bind group layouts
const computePipeline = device.createComputePipeline({
  layout: "auto",
  compute: {
    module: shaderModule,
    entryPoint: "main",
  },
});

// Create a bind group with the auto-generated layout from the compute pipeline
const computeBindGroup = device.createBindGroup({
  layout: computePipeline.getBindGroupLayout(0),
  entries: [
    {
      binding: 0,
      resource: { buffer: storageBuffer },
    },
  ],
});

// ...

Specifications

Specification
WebGPU # dom-gpupipelinebase-getbindgrouplayout

Browser compatibility

	Desktop						Mobile
	Chrome	Edge	Firefox	Internet Explorer	Opera	Safari	WebView Android	Chrome Android	Firefox for Android	Opera Android	Safari on IOS	Samsung Internet
`getBindGroupLayout`	113 Currently supported on ChromeOS, macOS, and Windows only.	113 Currently supported on ChromeOS, macOS, and Windows only.	preview Currently supported on Linux and Windows only.	No	99 Currently supported on ChromeOS, macOS, and Windows only.	No	No	No	No	No	No	No

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