Shader.h

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#ifndef __PLRENDERER_SHADER_H__
#define __PLRENDERER_SHADER_H__
#pragma once


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#include <PLCore/String/String.h>
#include "PLRenderer/Renderer/Resource.h"


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namespace PLRenderer {


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/**
*  @brief
*    Abstract renderer shader resource
*/
class Shader : public Resource {


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    public:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Removes precision qualifiers from the given GLSL shader source code
        *
        *  @param[in] sSourceCode
        *    Shader source code, usually blank ASCII code
        *
        *  @return
        *    The modified GLSL shader source code
        *
        *  @remarks
        *    From the "The OpenGL® Shading Language" specification "Language Version: 3.30, Document Revision: 6, 11-Mar-2010"
        *        "Precision qualifiers are added for code portability with OpenGL ES, not for functionality. They have the
        *         same syntax as in OpenGL ES, as described below, but they have no semantic meaning, which includes no
        *         effect on the precision used to store or operate on variables."
        *    Although the precision qualifiers "should" have no effect when not using OpenGL ES, we noticed that some NVIDIA GPU
        *    drivers produced compiler errors when using precision qualifiers. Due this buggy behavior, it's recommended to
        *    remove the precision qualifiers before passing on the shader source code to OpenGL.
        */
        static PLRENDERER_API PLCore::String RemovePrecisionQualifiersFromGLSL(const PLCore::String &sSourceCode);


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    public:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Destructor
        */
        PLRENDERER_API virtual ~Shader();


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    //[ Public virtual Shader functions                       ]
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    public:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Returns the name of the shader language the shader is using
        *
        *  @return
        *    The name of the shader language the shader is using (for example "GLSL" or "Cg")
        */
        virtual PLCore::String GetShaderLanguage() const = 0;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Returns the shader source code
        *
        *  @return
        *    The shader source code
        */
        virtual PLCore::String GetSourceCode() const = 0;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Returns the name of the shader profile the shader is using
        *
        *  @return
        *    The name of the shader profile the shader is using (for example "arbvp1")
        */
        virtual PLCore::String GetProfile() const = 0;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Returns the name of the shader entry point the shader is using
        *
        *  @return
        *    The name of the shader entry point the shader is using (for example "main")
        */
        virtual PLCore::String GetEntry() const = 0;

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Sets the shader source code
        *
        *  @param[in] sSourceCode
        *    Shader source code, usually blank ASCII code
        *  @param[in] sProfile
        *    Shader profile to use, if empty string, a default profile will be used which usually
        *    tries to use the best available profile that runs on most hardware
        *  @param[in] sEntry
        *    Entry point, if empty string, "main" is used as default
        *
        *  @return
        *    'true' if all went fine, else 'false'
        *
        *  @remarks
        *    'sProfile' is not supported by each shader-API and is in general shader-API dependent. GLSL doesn't have such
        *    profiles, just something named "version" - one has to directly write into the shader. But even when this information
        *    is not used for compiling the GLSL shader, we highly recommend to provide GLSL version information in the form of e.g.
        *    "130" for OpenGL 3.0 shaders ("#version 130"). Within Cg, a basic vertex profile may be "arbvp1" and a basic
        *    fragment profile "arbfp1". Cg also provides GLSL profiles: "glslv" for vertex shader, "glslg" for geometry shader and
        *    "glslf" for fragment shader.
        *    Please note that the profile is just a hint, if necessary, the implementation is free to choose another profile.
        *    In general, be carefully when explicitly setting a profile - when using Cg, and one of the shaders, a GPU program
        *    is composed of, is a GLSL profile like "glslv", all other shaders must use GLSL profiles as well!
        *
        *   'sEntry' is not supported by each shader-API. GLSL doesn't have such an user defined entry point and the main
        *   function must always be "main". Cg supports entry points with names other than "main".
        *
        *   Look out! When working with shaders you have to be prepared that a shader may work on one system, but fails to even
        *   compile on another one. Sadly, even if there are e.g. official GLSL specifications, you CAN'T be sure that every
        *   GPU driver is implementing them in detail. Here are some pitfalls which already produced some headaches...
        *
        *   When using GLSL, don't forget to provide the #version directive! Quote from
        *     "The OpenGL® Shading Language - Language Version: 3.30 - Document Revision: 6 - 11-Mar-2010" Page 14
        *       "Version 1.10 of the language does not require shaders to include this directive, and shaders that do not include
        *        a #version directive will be treated as targeting version 1.10."
        *   It looks like that AMD/ATI drivers ("AMD Catalyst™ 11.3") are NOT using just version 1.10 if there's no #version directive, but a higher
        *   version... so don't trust your GPU driver when your GLSL code, using modern language features, also works for you without
        *   #version directive, because it may not on other systems! OpenGL version and GLSL version can be a bit confusing, so
        *   here's a version table:
        *     GLSL #version    OpenGL version    Some comments
        *     110              2.0
        *     120              2.1
        *     130              3.0               Precision qualifiers added
        *                                        "attribute" deprecated; linkage between a vertex shader and OpenGL for per-vertex data -> use "in" instead
        *                                        "varying"/"centroid varying" deprecated; linkage between a vertex shader and a fragment shader for interpolated data -> use "in"/"out" instead
        *     140              3.1
        *     150              3.2
        *     330              3.3
        *     400              4.0
        *     410              4.1
        *  #version must occur before any other statement in the program as stated within:
        *    "The OpenGL® Shading Language - Language Version: 3.30 - Document Revision: 6 - 11-Mar-2010" Page 15
        *      "The #version directive must occur in a shader before anything else, except for comments and white space."
        *  ... sadly, this time NVIDIA (driver: "266.58 WHQL") is not implementing the specification in detail and while on AMD/ATI drivers ("AMD Catalyst™ 11.3")
        *  you get the error message "error(#105) #version must occur before any other statement in the program" when breaking specification,
        *  NVIDIA just accepts it without any error.
        *
        *  Enough on GLSL - now to Cg. Sadly, in general Cg is on AMD/ATI GPU's just poor due to the lack of modern profiles. When using Cg on none NVIDIA
        *  GPU's you have virtually no other change then using the GLSL profiles in order to write shaders using modern features. While the concept of Cg is
        *  fantastic, this lack of modern none NVIDIA profiles destroys many of Cg's advantages...
        */
        virtual bool SetSourceCode(const PLCore::String &sSourceCode, const PLCore::String &sProfile = "", const PLCore::String &sEntry = "") = 0;


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    protected:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Constructor
        *
        *  @param[in] cRenderer
        *    Owner renderer
        *  @param[in] nType
        *    Resource type
        */
        PLRENDERER_API Shader(Renderer &cRenderer, EType nType);


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    private:
        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Copy constructor
        *
        *  @param[in] cSource
        *    Source to copy from
        */
        Shader(const Shader &cSource);

        /**
        *  @brief
        *    Copy operator
        *
        *  @param[in] cSource
        *    Source to copy from
        *
        *  @return
        *    Reference to this instance
        */
        Shader &operator =(const Shader &cSource);


};


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} // PLRenderer


#endif // __PLRENDERER_SHADER_H__