#include <IDxMaterial.h>

Class Description

An interface class to manage access to various parameters used by DirectX effects.

Description:: The Effect file has many internal presentations and as such the DxMaterial does not always store a one to one look up. Many parameters are stored in a ParamBlock and can be accessed that way. The paramblock index for the Effect is located at 0 (the material maintains 5 ParamBlocks) and hosts all the parameters with the param name being that of the parameter in the effect File.

However not all entries in the paramblock match the parameter type of the effect file directly. One such example is the light data, which in the paramblock will use a TYPE_INTLISTBOX, where in the Effect file it is a vector.

To overcome this, the interface provides direct access to the lights and textures used by the effect. It is possible to both get and set the bitmaps, but only read access is available for the lights.

Inheritance diagram for IDxMaterial:

Public Types
enum	LightSemantics { LIGHT_COLOR, LIGHT_DIRECTION, LIGHT_POSITION, LIGHT_FALLOFF, LIGHT_HOTSPOT, LIGHT_ATTENUATION }

Public Types inherited from BaseInterface
enum	LifetimeType { noRelease, immediateRelease, wantsRelease, serverControlled }

Public Member Functions
virtual void	ReloadDXEffect ()=0
	Reloads the current active effect. More...

virtual int	GetNumberOfEffectBitmaps ()=0
	Returns the number of bitmaps used by the currently loaded effect. More...

virtual PBBitmap *	GetEffectBitmap (int index)=0
	Gets the bitmap used by the effect. More...

virtual void	SetEffectBitmap (int index, PBBitmap *bmap)=0
	Set the bitmap used by the effect. More...

virtual const MaxSDK::AssetManagement::AssetUser &	GetEffectFile ()=0
	Get the Dx Effect file AssetUser. More...

virtual void	SetEffectFile (const MaxSDK::AssetManagement::AssetUser &file)=0
	Set the Dx Effect file AssetUser. More...

virtual PBBitmap *	GetSoftwareRenderBitmap ()=0
	Get the bitmap used for the software rendering overrride. More...

virtual void	SetSoftwareRenderBitmap (PBBitmap *bmap)=0
	Set the bitmap to be used by the Renderer. More...

virtual int	GetNumberOfLightParams ()=0
	Get the number of light based parameters. More...

virtual INode *	GetLightNode (int index)=0
	The actual node used by the parameter. More...

virtual const MCHAR *	GetLightParameterName (int index)=0
	The name of the parameter in the Effect file. More...

virtual LightSemantics	GetLightSemantic (int index)=0
	The light semantic as defined in the effect file. More...

Public Member Functions inherited from FPMixinInterface
	FPMixinInterface ()

virtual LifetimeType	LifetimeControl ()

virtual CoreExport bool	RegisterNotifyCallback (InterfaceNotifyCallback *incb)

virtual void	UnRegisterNotifyCallback (InterfaceNotifyCallback *incb)

CoreExport	~FPMixinInterface ()

virtual BaseInterface *	GetInterface (Interface_ID id)

virtual FPInterfaceDesc *	GetDescByID (Interface_ID id)

virtual Interface_ID	GetID ()

Public Member Functions inherited from FPInterface
virtual FPInterfaceDesc *	GetDesc ()=0

virtual CoreExport FPStatus	Invoke (FunctionID fid, TimeValue t=0, FPParams *params=NULL)

virtual FPStatus	Invoke (FunctionID fid, FPParams *params)

virtual CoreExport FPStatus	Invoke (FunctionID fid, TimeValue t, FPValue &result, FPParams *params=NULL)

virtual FPStatus	Invoke (FunctionID fid, FPValue &result, FPParams *params=NULL)

virtual CoreExport FunctionID	FindFn (const MCHAR *name)

virtual CoreExport BOOL	IsEnabled (FunctionID actionID)

virtual CoreExport BOOL	IsChecked (FunctionID actionID)

virtual CoreExport BOOL	IsVisible (FunctionID actionID)

virtual CoreExport FunctionID	GetIsEnabled (FunctionID actionID)

virtual CoreExport FunctionID	GetIsChecked (FunctionID actionID)

virtual CoreExport FunctionID	GetIsVisible (FunctionID actionID)

virtual ActionTable *	GetActionTable ()

virtual void	EnableActions (BOOL onOff)

Public Member Functions inherited from BaseInterface
virtual UtilExport	~BaseInterface ()
	Destructor. More...

virtual BaseInterface *	AcquireInterface ()

virtual void	ReleaseInterface ()

virtual void	DeleteInterface ()

virtual BaseInterface *	CloneInterface (void *remapDir=NULL)

Public Member Functions inherited from InterfaceServer
virtual UtilExport	~InterfaceServer ()
	Destructor. More...

Additional Inherited Members
Static Public Member Functions inherited from MaxHeapOperators
static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size)
	Standard new operator used to allocate objects If there is insufficient memory, an exception will be thrown. More...

static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t &e)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, const char *filename, int line)
	New operator used to allocate objects that takes the filename and line number where the new was called If there is insufficient memory, an exception will be thrown. More...

static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, int block_type, const char *filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t &e, const char *filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, unsigned long flags)
	New operator used to allocate objects that takes extra flags to specify special operations If there is insufficient memory, an exception will be thrown. More...

static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t &e, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t &e)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size, const char *filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size, int block_type, const char *filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t &e, const char *filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new[] (size_t size, const std::nothrow_t &e, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void *ptr)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void *ptr, const std::nothrow_t &e)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void ptr, const char filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void ptr, int block_type, const char filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void ptr, const std::nothrow_t &e, const char filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void *ptr, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete (void *ptr, const std::nothrow_t &e, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void *ptr)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void *ptr, const std::nothrow_t &e)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void ptr, const char filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void ptr, int block_type, const char filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void ptr, const std::nothrow_t &e, const char filename, int line)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void *ptr, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void	operator delete[] (void *ptr, const std::nothrow_t &e, unsigned long flags)
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static UtilExport void *	operator new (size_t size, void *placement_ptr)
	Placement new operator. More...

static UtilExport void	operator delete (void ptr, void placement_ptr)
	Placement delete operator. More...

static UtilExport void *	aligned_malloc (size_t size, size_t alignment)
	Allocates memory on a specified alignment boundary. More...

static UtilExport void *	aligned_realloc (void *ptr, size_t size, size_t alignment)
	Reallocates memory on a specified alignment boundary. More...

static UtilExport void	aligned_free (void *ptr)
	Frees a block of memory that was allocated with aligned_malloc/aligned_realloc. More...

Static Public Attributes inherited from FPInterface
static CoreExport FPInterfaceDesc	nullInterface

Protected Member Functions inherited from FPMixinInterface
	FPMixinInterface (const FPMixinInterface &rhs)

FPMixinInterface &	operator= (const FPMixinInterface &rhs)

Protected Member Functions inherited from FPInterface
virtual FPStatus	_dispatch_fn (FunctionID fid, TimeValue t, FPValue &result, FPParams *p)

Protected Attributes inherited from FPMixinInterface
Tab< InterfaceNotifyCallback * > *	interfaceNotifyCBs

Member Enumeration Documentation

enum LightSemantics

Enumerator
LIGHT_COLOR
LIGHT_DIRECTION
LIGHT_POSITION
LIGHT_FALLOFF
LIGHT_HOTSPOT
LIGHT_ATTENUATION

     {
         LIGHT_COLOR,
         LIGHT_DIRECTION,
         LIGHT_POSITION,
         LIGHT_FALLOFF,
         LIGHT_HOTSPOT,
         LIGHT_ATTENUATION
     };

Member Function Documentation

virtual void ReloadDXEffect ( )

pure virtual

Reloads the current active effect.

virtual int GetNumberOfEffectBitmaps ( )

pure virtual

Returns the number of bitmaps used by the currently loaded effect.

The number of bitmaps returned will be equal to the number of bitmap entries found in the effect file. This will include bitmap slots that haven't been assigned, so it is important to check the return value from the various Bitmap related functions that take an index.

Returns: The number of bitmaps

virtual PBBitmap* GetEffectBitmap ( int index )

pure virtual

Gets the bitmap used by the effect.

Parameters

index The index of the bitmap to retrieve

Returns: A PBBitmap pointer for the bitmap used

virtual void SetEffectBitmap	(	int	index,
		PBBitmap *	bmap
	)

pure virtual

Set the bitmap used by the effect.

Parameters

index	The index of the bitmap to set
*bmap	A PBBitmap pointer for the bitmap to set

virtual const MaxSDK::AssetManagement::AssetUser& GetEffectFile ( )

pure virtual

Get the Dx Effect file AssetUser.

This can also be accessed via the paramblock, but it is simply provided for completeness

Returns: The effect file in use

virtual void SetEffectFile ( const MaxSDK::AssetManagement::AssetUser & file )

pure virtual

Set the Dx Effect file AssetUser.

This can also be accessed via the paramblock, but it is simply provided for completeness

Parameters

file	The effect file to set

virtual PBBitmap* GetSoftwareRenderBitmap ( )

pure virtual

Get the bitmap used for the software rendering overrride.

This can also be set by the Paramblock, it is just used for completeness return The Bitmap used

virtual void SetSoftwareRenderBitmap ( PBBitmap * bmap )

pure virtual

Set the bitmap to be used by the Renderer.

This can also be set by the Paramblock, it is just used for completeness

Parameters

*bmap A PBBitmap specifiying the bitmap to use

virtual int GetNumberOfLightParams ( )

pure virtual

Get the number of light based parameters.

This will return the number of parameters that are light based, even Light Color. Care needs to be taken with Light Color as it could also have a Color Swatch associated with it, so could already have been exported as part of the ParamBlock.

Returns: The number of light based parameters

virtual INode* GetLightNode ( int index )

pure virtual

The actual node used by the parameter.

This represent the light node used by the parameter. Care needs to taken as this could be a NULL pointer. There are two reason for this. The first is that the LightColor Semantic is stored internally as a LightElement, but the writer of the Effect file may not have specified a parentID for the light, this will result in a NULL. Secondly if the user has not actually assigned a light via the UI drop down list, then again this will again result in a NULL pointer.

Parameters

index The index of the light to return.

Returns: The INode for the active light.

virtual const MCHAR* GetLightParameterName ( int index )

pure virtual

The name of the parameter in the Effect file.

virtual LightSemantics GetLightSemantic ( int index )

pure virtual

The light semantic as defined in the effect file.

IDxMaterial Class Reference

Class Description

Public Types

Public Member Functions

Additional Inherited Members

Member Enumeration Documentation

Member Function Documentation