A type descriptor for MaterialX data types. More...

#include <TypeDesc.h>

Public Types
enum	BaseType { BASETYPE_NONE , BASETYPE_BOOLEAN , BASETYPE_INTEGER , BASETYPE_FLOAT , BASETYPE_STRING , BASETYPE_STRUCT , BASETYPE_LAST }

enum	Semantic { SEMANTIC_NONE , SEMANTIC_COLOR , SEMANTIC_VECTOR , SEMANTIC_MATRIX , SEMANTIC_FILENAME , SEMANTIC_CLOSURE , SEMANTIC_SHADER , SEMANTIC_MATERIAL , SEMANTIC_ENUM , SEMANTIC_LAST }

Public Member Functions
const string &	getName () const
	Return the name of the type.

unsigned char	getBaseType () const
	Return the basetype for the type.

int	getChannelIndex (char channel) const
	Returns the channel index for the supplied channel name. More...

unsigned char	getSemantic () const
	Return the semantic for the type.

size_t	getSize () const
	Return the number of elements the type is composed of. More...

bool	isEditable () const
	Returns true if the type is editable by users. More...

bool	isScalar () const
	Return true if the type is a scalar type.

bool	isAggregate () const
	Return true if the type is an aggregate type.

bool	isArray () const
	Return true if the type is an array type.

bool	isFloat2 () const
	Return true if the type is an aggregate of 2 floats.

bool	isFloat3 () const
	Return true if the type is an aggregate of 3 floats.

bool	isFloat4 () const
	Return true if the type is an aggregate of 4 floats.

bool	isClosure () const
	Return true if the type represents a closure.

Static Public Member Functions
static const TypeDesc *	registerType (const string &name, unsigned char basetype, unsigned char semantic=SEMANTIC_NONE, size_t size=1, bool editable=true, const ChannelMap &channelMapping=ChannelMap())
	Register a type descriptor for a MaterialX data type. More...

static const TypeDesc *	get (const string &name)
	Get a type descriptor for given name. More...

Detailed Description

A type descriptor for MaterialX data types.

All types need to have a type descriptor registered in order for shader generators to know about the type. A unique type descriptor pointer is the identifier used for types, and can be used for type comparisons as well as getting more information about the type. All standard library data types are registered by default and their type descriptors can be accessed from the Type namespace, e.g. MaterialX::Type::FLOAT. If custom types are used they must be registered by calling TypeDesc::registerType(). Descriptors for registered types can be retreived using TypeDesc::get(), see below.

Member Function Documentation

◆ get()

const TypeDesc * get ( const string & name )

static

Get a type descriptor for given name.

Returns an empty shared pointer if no type with the given name is found.

◆ getChannelIndex()

int getChannelIndex ( char channel ) const

Returns the channel index for the supplied channel name.

Will return -1 on failure to find a matching index.

◆ getSize()

size_t getSize ( ) const

inline

Return the number of elements the type is composed of.

Will return 1 for scalar types and a size greater than 1 for aggregate type. For array types 0 is returned since the number of elements is undefined until an array is instantiated.

◆ isEditable()

bool isEditable ( ) const

inline

Returns true if the type is editable by users.

Editable types are allowed to be published as shader uniforms and hence must be presentable in a user interface.

◆ registerType()

const TypeDesc * registerType	(	const string &	name,
		unsigned char	basetype,
		unsigned char	semantic = `SEMANTIC_NONE`,
		size_t	size = `1`,
		bool	editable = `true`,
		const ChannelMap &	channelMapping = `ChannelMap()`
	)

static

Register a type descriptor for a MaterialX data type.

Throws an exception if a type with the same name is already registered.

The documentation for this class was generated from the following files:

source/MaterialXGenShader/TypeDesc.h
source/MaterialXGenShader/TypeDesc.cpp

Public Types

Public Member Functions