a class for representation of an OpenGL material

This is thought to be the base material class.

It might be derived from it later. (e.g. for Texturing)

Source:

../src/cMaterial.hh:38

public cMaterial ( const char * name = NULL ) ;

default constructor

public cMaterial ( const cADSEColor & color = cADSEColor ( ) ,
                   const int shininess = 0 ,
                   const char * name = NULL ) ;

constructor with full initialization

public virtual ~ cMaterial ( ) ;

destructor

protected cADSEColor mColor

color of material

protected cADSEColor mOldFrontColor

we need to restore the material which was active before Activate()

protected GLfloat mOldFrontShininess

protected cADSEColor mOldBackColor

we later need to restore back color too

protected GLfloat mOldBackShininess

protected int mShininess

shininess of material

public virtual int Init ( ) ;

not used, but if omitted, it might not be overloaded later

public virtual void StartMaterialUse ( ) ;

start using the material's properties

This is only neccessary to embed a cMaterial into a cVisibleObject. We cannot use Activate() there since it will call cObject::Activate() which in turn calls Deactivate() so the material settings are undone before the object gets drawn.

public virtual void EndMaterialUse ( ) ;

end using the material's properties

protected virtual const char * GetDefaultName ( ) const ;

protected virtual void Activate ( ) ;

activate material

protected virtual void Deactivate ( ) ;

deactivate material