gameplay::Technique Class Reference

#include <Technique.h>

Inheritance diagram for gameplay::Technique:

List of all members.

Public Member Functions
const char *	getId () const
unsigned int	getPassCount () const
Pass *	getPassByIndex (unsigned int index) const
Pass *	getPass (const char *id) const
void	setNodeBinding (Node *node)

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Detailed Description

Defines a technique for how an object to be rendered.

You should use techniques to support different sets of shader + definitions that will be all loaded when a material is loaded. You can then change the rendering technique at runtime without having to first load the shaders.

A technique has one or more passes for supporting multi pass rendering.

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Member Function Documentation

const char* gameplay::Technique::getId

(

)

const

Gets the id of this technique.

Returns:

The Id of this technique.

Pass* gameplay::Technique::getPass

(

const char *

id

)

const

Gets the pass with the specified id.

Returns:

The pass at the specified id.

Pass* gameplay::Technique::getPassByIndex

(

unsigned int

index

)

const

Gets the pass at the specified index.

Returns:

The pass at the specified index.

unsigned int gameplay::Technique::getPassCount

(

)

const

Gets the number of passes in this technique.

Returns:

The number of passes in this technique.

void gameplay::Technique::setNodeBinding

(

Node *

node

)

[virtual]

See also:

RenderState::setNodeBinding

Reimplemented from gameplay::RenderState.