Raven::Material Class Reference

Abstract interface for material resource binding. More...

#include <Material.h>

Inheritance diagram for Raven::Material:

Public Member Functions
virtual void	SetTexture (const std::string &name, const Ref< Texture2D > &texture)=0
	Assigns a 2D texture to the material.
virtual void	SetFloat (const std::string &name, float value)=0
	Assigns a scalar float value to the material.
virtual void	SetFloat3 (const std::string &name, const Crux::vec3 &value)=0
	Assigns a 3-component float vector to the material.
virtual void	SetFloat4 (const std::string &name, const Crux::vec4 &value)=0
	Assigns a 4-component float vector to the material.
virtual void	Bind (const Ref< RenderCommandBuffer > &commandBuffer, void *pipelineLayout)=0
	Binds this material to the GPU pipeline.

Static Public Member Functions
static Ref< Material >	Create (const Ref< Shader > &shader)
	Factory method to create a material for the active rendering backend.

Detailed Description

Abstract interface for material resource binding.

Materials define the data provided to a shader at draw time, such as textures and uniform values. Derived classes (VulkanMaterial, future backends) implement platform-specific binding logic.

Typical workflow:

1. Create a Material using Material::Create(shader).
2. Assign properties via SetTexture / SetFloat / SetFloat3 / SetFloat4.
3. Call Bind() to apply the material before issuing draw calls.

Member Function Documentation

Bind()

virtual void Raven::Material::Bind ( const Ref< RenderCommandBuffer > & commandBuffer, void * pipelineLayout )

pure virtual

Binds this material to the GPU pipeline.

Backend implementations update GPU state (e.g., descriptor sets in Vulkan) and bind the material's parameters to the command buffer for rendering.

Parameters

commandBuffer	Command buffer where binding occurs.
pipelineLayout	The pipeline layout to bind against (backend-specific).

Implemented in Raven::VulkanMaterial.

Create()

Ref< Material > Raven::Material::Create ( const Ref< Shader > & shader )

static

Factory method to create a material for the active rendering backend.

The specific subclass returned depends on the current renderer API (e.g., VulkanMaterial when using Vulkan).

Parameters

shader

Shader reference defining this material's binding layout.

Returns

A reference to a newly created Material instance.

SetFloat()

virtual void Raven::Material::SetFloat ( const std::string & name, float value )

pure virtual

Assigns a scalar float value to the material.

Parameters

name	The shader uniform name.
value	The float value to bind.

Implemented in Raven::VulkanMaterial.

SetFloat3()

virtual void Raven::Material::SetFloat3 ( const std::string & name, const Crux::vec3 & value )

pure virtual

Assigns a 3-component float vector to the material.

Parameters

name	The shader uniform name.
value	The vec3 value to bind.

Implemented in Raven::VulkanMaterial.

SetFloat4()

virtual void Raven::Material::SetFloat4 ( const std::string & name, const Crux::vec4 & value )

pure virtual

Assigns a 4-component float vector to the material.

Parameters

name	The shader uniform name.
value	The vec4 value to bind.

Implemented in Raven::VulkanMaterial.

SetTexture()

virtual void Raven::Material::SetTexture ( const std::string & name, const Ref< Texture2D > & texture )

pure virtual

Assigns a 2D texture to the material.

Parameters

name	The shader resource name (e.g., "u_AlbedoMap").
texture	Reference to a Texture2D resource.

Implemented in Raven::VulkanMaterial.

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

• Illumine/src/Renderer/Material.h
• Illumine/src/Renderer/Material.cpp