com.openinventor.inventor.nodes

Class SoFragmentShader

java.lang.Object

com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase

com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer

com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode

com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShaderObject

com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoFragmentShader

All Implemented Interfaces:

SafeDisposable

public class SoFragmentShader
extends SoShaderObject

Node that defines a fragment shader. This node defines a fragment shader.

See SoShaderProgram for general information about using shaders and shader parameters.

See parent class SoShaderObject for details about using the inherited fields.

Notes:

• Shaders in the scene graph.
  Shader object nodes cannot be inserted directly in a scene graph.
  They must be added to the shaderObject field of an SoShaderProgram node.
• Predefined GLSL variables.
  Open Inventor uses a compatibility profile context for rendering. So legacy GLSL predefined variables, for example gl_FragColor, can be used in fragment shaders. However, if you use the GLSL "#version" directive in a shader, you should append the keyword "compatibility", for example: "#version 150 compatibility".
• Transparency.
  To maintain compatibility with Open Inventor's high quality transparency algorithms like SORTED_PIXEL, fragment shaders should not output a color by setting gl_FragColor (or equivalent parameter) directly. Use the GLSL method OivDepthPeelingOutputColor() instead.
  
  Fragment shaders can access the depthPeeling API using Open Inventor's built-in "include" mechanism as shown below. (Note: In the "oiv_include" statement there must not be any white space in the string "//!oiv_include". The space character shown below is required by a limitation of our documentation tools.)

   // Fragment shader GLSL code
   
   // !oiv_include <Inventor/oivDepthPeeling_frag.h> 
   
   void main()
   {
       if (OivDepthPeel( gl_FragCoord.xyz )) {
   
           // Compute and set fragment color
           vec4 color = . . .
   
           OivDepthPeelingOutputColor( color );
       }
   }

• Transparency.
  If a fragment shader makes geometry transparent (sets alpha values < 1), the application should set the SoShaderProgram.generateTransparency field to true. This ensures that Open Inventor knows to apply the correct handling for the current transparency mode.
• Shadows.
  To integrate with Open Inventor's shadow casting algorithm, fragment shaders should call the GLSL methods OivComputeShadow() and OivGenerateShadowMap(). Please see SoShadowGroup for example code.

File format/default:

FragmentShader {

sourceProgram	""
sourceType	FILENAME
isActive	true
parameter	NULL

}

See also:

SoGeometryShader, SoShaderObject, SoShaderProgram, SoTessellationControlShader, SoTessellationEvaluationShader, SoUniformShaderParameter, SoVertexShader

Nested Class Summary

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShaderObject

SoShaderObject.ShaderTypes, SoShaderObject.SourceTypes

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode

SoNode.RenderModes

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

Inventor.ConstructorCommand

Field Summary

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShaderObject

isActive, parameter, sourceProgram, sourceType

Fields inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

VERBOSE_LEVEL, ZeroHandle

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
SoFragmentShader() Constructor.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static int	getMaxTextureImageUnit() Returns the maximum number of texture image units.
static boolean	isSupported(SoShaderObject.SourceTypes sourceType) Calls isSupported(sourceType, (com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoState)null).
static boolean	isSupported(SoShaderObject.SourceTypes sourceType, SoState state) Indicates if fragment shaders in the specified language are supported by your graphics board.

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoShaderObject

getShaderType

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.nodes.SoNode

affectsState, callback, copy, copy, distribute, doAction, getAlternateRep, getBoundingBox, getByName, getMatrix, getPrimitiveCount, getRenderEngineMode, getRenderUnitID, GLRender, GLRenderBelowPath, GLRenderInPath, GLRenderOffPath, grabEventsCleanup, grabEventsSetup, handleEvent, isBoundingBoxIgnoring, isOverride, pick, rayPick, search, setOverride, touch, write

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.fields.SoFieldContainer

copyFieldValues, copyFieldValues, enableNotify, fieldsAreEqual, get, getAllFields, getEventIn, getEventOut, getField, getFieldName, hasDefaultValues, isNotifyEnabled, set, setToDefaults

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoBase

dispose, getName, isDisposable, isSynchronizable, setName, setSynchronizable

Methods inherited from class com.openinventor.inventor.Inventor

getNativeResourceHandle

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

SoFragmentShader

public SoFragmentShader()

Constructor.

Method Detail

isSupported

public static boolean isSupported(SoShaderObject.SourceTypes sourceType)

Calls isSupported(sourceType, (com.openinventor.inventor.misc.SoState)null).

isSupported

public static boolean isSupported(SoShaderObject.SourceTypes sourceType,
                                  SoState state)

Indicates if fragment shaders in the specified language are supported by your graphics board. When using a debug build of Open Inventor, some "no context available" warning messages may be generated. You can ignore them or see SoGLExtension for an example of using SoGLContext to avoid them.

getMaxTextureImageUnit

public static int getMaxTextureImageUnit()

Returns the maximum number of texture image units.