ModelVertexRenderer.h

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/*
 * Definition of ModelVertexRenderer, the abstract base class for model
 * vertex transformation implementations.
 */

#ifndef INCLUDED_MODELVERTEXRENDERER
#define INCLUDED_MODELVERTEXRENDERER

#include "graphics/MeshManager.h"
#include "graphics/ShaderProgram.h"

class CModel;
class CModelRData;

/**
 * Class ModelVertexRenderer: Normal ModelRenderer implementations delegate
 * vertex array management and vertex transformation to an implementation of
 * ModelVertexRenderer.
 *
 * ModelVertexRenderer implementations should be designed so that one
 * instance of the implementation can be used with more than one ModelRenderer
 * simultaneously.
 */
class ModelVertexRenderer
{
public:
    virtual ~ModelVertexRenderer() { }


    /**
     * CreateModelData: Create internal data for one model.
     *
     * ModelRenderer implementations must call this once for every
     * model that will later be rendered, with @p key set to a value
     * that's unique to that ModelRenderer.
     *
     * ModelVertexRenderer implementations should use this function to
     * create per-CModel and per-CModelDef data like vertex arrays.
     *
     * @param key An opaque pointer to pass to the CModelRData constructor
     * @param model The model.
     *
     * @return A new CModelRData that will be passed into other
     * ModelVertexRenderer functions whenever the same CModel is used again.
     */
    virtual CModelRData* CreateModelData(const void* key, CModel* model) = 0;


    /**
     * UpdateModelData: Calculate per-model data for each frame.
     *
     * ModelRenderer implementations must call this once per frame for
     * every model that is to be rendered in this frame, even if the
     * value of updateflags will be zero.
     * This implies that this function will also be called at least once
     * between a call to CreateModelData and a call to RenderModel.
     *
     * ModelVertexRenderer implementations should use this function to
     * perform software vertex transforms and potentially other per-frame
     * calculations.
     *
     * @param model The model.
     * @param data Private data as returned by CreateModelData.
     * @param updateflags Flags indicating which data has changed during
     * the frame. The value is the same as the value of the model's
     * CRenderData::m_UpdateFlags.
     */
    virtual void UpdateModelData(CModel* model, CModelRData* data, int updateflags) = 0;


    /**
     * BeginPass: Setup global OpenGL state for this ModelVertexRenderer.
     *
     * ModelVertexRenderer implementations should prepare "heavy" OpenGL
     * state such as vertex shader state to prepare for rendering models
     * and delivering vertex data to the fragment stage as described by
     * streamflags.
     *
     * ModelRenderer implementations must call this function before any
     * calls to other rendering related functions.
     *
     * Recursive calls to BeginPass are not allowed, and every BeginPass
     * is matched by a corresponding call to EndPass.
     *
     * @param streamflags Vertex streams required by the fragment stage.
     */
    virtual void BeginPass(int streamflags) = 0;


    /**
     * EndPass: Cleanup OpenGL state set up by BeginPass.
     *
     * ModelRenderer implementations must call this function after
     * rendering related functions for one pass have been called.
     *
     * @param streamflags Vertex streams required by the fragment stage.
     * This equals the streamflags parameter passed on the last call to
     * BeginPass.
     */
    virtual void EndPass(int streamflags) = 0;


    /**
     * PrepareModelDef: Setup OpenGL state for rendering of models that
     * use the given CModelDef object as base.
     *
     * ModelRenderer implementations must call this function before
     * rendering a sequence of models based on the given CModelDef.
     * When a ModelRenderer switches back and forth between CModelDefs,
     * it must call PrepareModelDef for every switch.
     *
     * @param streamflags Vertex streams required by the fragment stage.
     * This equals the streamflags parameter passed on the last call to
     * BeginPass.
     * @param def The model definition.
     */
    virtual void PrepareModelDef(const CShaderProgramPtr& shader, int streamflags, const CModelDef& def) = 0;


    /**
     * RenderModel: Invoke the rendering commands for the given model.
     *
     * ModelRenderer implementations must call this function to perform
     * the actual rendering.
     *
     * preconditions  : The most recent call to PrepareModelDef since
     * BeginPass has been for model->GetModelDef().
     *
     * @param streamflags Vertex streams required by the fragment stage.
     * This equals the streamflags parameter passed on the last call to
     * BeginPass.
     * @param model The model that should be rendered.
     * @param data Private data for the model as returned by CreateModelData.
     *
     * postconditions : Subsequent calls to RenderModel for models
     * that use the same CModelDef object and the same texture must
     * succeed.
     */
    virtual void RenderModel(const CShaderProgramPtr& shader, int streamflags, CModel* model, CModelRData* data) = 0;
};


#endif // INCLUDED_MODELVERTEXRENDERER