Detailed Description

An extension to the IRTShaderManager interface.

#include <IRTShaderNode.h>

Inheritance diagram for IRTShaderManager2:

Public Member Functions
virtual const MCHAR *	GetShaderCode (Animatable *anim)=0
	For the given Animatable access the compiled effect code from the system.
Static Public Member Functions
static DllExport IRTShaderManager2 *	GetRTShaderManager2 ()
	Access to the IRTShaderManager2 interface.

Member Function Documentation

virtual const MCHAR* GetShaderCode ( Animatable * anim ) [pure virtual]

For the given Animatable access the compiled effect code from the system.

THis will be the actual code generated by the tree compiler, and passed to the DirectX frame work.

Parameters:

[in] anim The animatable whose shader code is requested

Returns:: A buffer containing the effect (shader) code. The pointer should not be stored as the shader node responsible for maintaining the buffer could be destroyed.

static DllExport IRTShaderManager2* GetRTShaderManager2 ( ) [static]

Access to the IRTShaderManager2 interface.

A developer would use something like the following.

    IRTShaderManager2 * lpShaderMgr2 = IRTShaderManager2::GetIRTShaderManager2()

It is exported in the RTMax.dll