Raven::ShaderLibrary Class Reference

Manages a collection of shaders for efficient reuse and lookup. More...

#include <Shader.h>

Public Member Functions
void	Add (const std::string &name, const Ref< Shader > &shader)
	Add a shader to the library with a custom name.
void	Add (const Ref< Shader > &shader)
	Add a shader to the library using its internal name.
Ref< Shader >	Load (const std::string &filepath)
	Load and add a shader by file path, using its internal name.
Ref< Shader >	Load (const std::string &name, const std::string &filepath)
	Load and add a shader by file path with a custom name.
Ref< Shader >	Get (const std::string &name)
	Retrieve a shader by name.
bool	Exists (const std::string &name) const
	Checks if a shader exists in the library.
std::unordered_map< std::string, Ref< Shader > > &	GetShaders ()

Static Public Member Functions
static Ref< ShaderLibrary >	Create ()
	Factory method to create a new ShaderLibrary instance.

Detailed Description

Manages a collection of shaders for efficient reuse and lookup.

Allows adding, loading, and retrieving shaders by name, preventing duplicate loads. Acts as a cache and centralized management point.

Member Function Documentation

Add() [1/2]

void Raven::ShaderLibrary::Add

(

const Ref< Shader > &

shader

)

Add a shader to the library using its internal name.

Parameters

shader

Shader reference to add.

Add() [2/2]

void Raven::ShaderLibrary::Add	(	const std::string &	name,
		const Ref< Shader > &	shader )

Add a shader to the library with a custom name.

Parameters

name	Name to associate with the shader.
shader	Shader reference to add.

Create()

Ref< ShaderLibrary > Raven::ShaderLibrary::Create ( )

static

Factory method to create a new ShaderLibrary instance.

Returns

Reference to a new ShaderLibrary.

Exists()

bool Raven::ShaderLibrary::Exists

(

const std::string &

name

)

const

Checks if a shader exists in the library.

Parameters

name	Shader name to check.

Returns

True if exists, false otherwise.

Get()

Ref< Shader > Raven::ShaderLibrary::Get

(

const std::string &

name

)

Retrieve a shader by name.

Parameters

name	Name of the shader.

Returns

Reference to the Shader.

GetShaders()

std::unordered_map< std::string, Ref< Shader > > & Raven::ShaderLibrary::GetShaders ( )

inline

Load() [1/2]

Ref< Shader > Raven::ShaderLibrary::Load

(

const std::string &

filepath

)

Load and add a shader by file path, using its internal name.

Parameters

filepath

Path to the shader file.

Returns

Reference to the loaded Shader.

Load() [2/2]

Ref< Shader > Raven::ShaderLibrary::Load	(	const std::string &	name,
		const std::string &	filepath )

Load and add a shader by file path with a custom name.

Parameters

name	Name to associate with the shader.
filepath	Path to the shader file.

Returns

Reference to the loaded Shader.

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

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