opengl Encapsulating OpenGL objects with C++ RAII In C++11 and later

Example

C++11 offers tools that enhance the functionality of RAII-encapsulated OpenGL objects. Without C++11 features like move semantics, such objects would have to be dynamically allocated if you want to pass them around, since they cannot be copied. Move support allows them to be passed back and forth like normal values, though not by copying:

class BufferObject
{
public:
    BufferObject(GLenum target, GLsizeiptr size, const void *data, GLenum usage)
    {
        glGenBuffers(1, &object_);
        glBindBuffer(target, object_);
        glBufferData(target, size, data, usage);
        glBindBuffer(target, 0);
    }
    
    //Cannot be copied.
    BufferObject(const BufferObject &) = delete;
    BufferObject &operator=(const BufferObject &) = delete;
    
    //Can be moved
    BufferObject(BufferObject &&other) noexcept : object_(other.Release())
    {}
    
    //Self-assignment is OK with this implementation.
    BufferObject &operator=(BufferObject &&other) noexcept
    {
        Reset(other.Release());
    }
    
    //Destroys the old buffer and claims ownership of a new buffer object.
    //It's OK to call glDeleteBuffers on buffer object 0.
    GLuint Reset(GLuint object = 0)
    {
        glDeleteBuffers(1, &object_);
        object_ = object;
    }
    
    //Relinquishes ownership of the object without destroying it
    GLuint Release()
    {
        GLuint ret = object_;
        object_ = 0;
        return ret;
    }    
    
    ~BufferObject()
    {
        Reset();
    }
    
    //Accessors and manipulators
    void Bind(GLenum target) const {glBindBuffer(target, object_);}
    GLuint GetObject() const {return object_;}

private:
    GLuint object_;
};

Such a type can be returned by a function:

BufferObject CreateStaticBuffer(GLsizeiptr byteSize) {return BufferObject(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, byteSize, nullptr, GL_STATIC_DRAW);}

Which allows you to store them in your own (implicitly move-only) types:

struct Mesh
{
public:
private:
    //Default member initializer.
    BufferObject buff_ = CreateStaticBuffer(someSize);
};

A scoped binder class can also have move semantics, thus allowing the binder to be returned from functions and stored in C++ standard library containers:

class BindBuffer
{
public:
    BindBuffer(GLenum target, const BufferObject &buff) : target_(target)
    {
        buff.Bind(target_);
    }

    //Non-copyable.
    BindBuffer(const BindBuffer &) = delete;
    BindBuffer &operator=(const BindBuffer &) = delete;
    
    //Move-constructible.
    BindBuffer(BindBuffer &&other) noexcept : target_(other.target_)
    {
        other.target_ = 0;
    }
    
    //Not move-assignable.
    BindBuffer &operator=(BindBuffer &&) = delete;
    
    ~BindBuffer()
    {
        //Only unbind if not moved from.
        if(target_)
            glBindBuffer(target_, 0);
    }
    
private:
    GLenum target_;
};

Note that the object is move constructible but not move-assignable. The idea with this is to prevent rebinding of a scoped buffer binding. Once it is set, the only thing that can unset it is being moved from.