import UniformNode from '../core/UniformNode.js';
import { nodeObject } from '../tsl/TSLBase.js';
/** @module BufferNode **/
/**
* A special type of uniform node which represents array-like data
* as uniform buffers. The access usually happens via `element()`
* which returns an instance of {@link ArrayElementNode}. For example:
*
* ```js
* const bufferNode = buffer( array, 'mat4', count );
* const matrixNode = bufferNode.element( index ); // access a matrix from the buffer
* ```
* In general, it is recommended to use the more managed {@link UniformArrayNode}
* since it handles more input types and automatically cares about buffer paddings.
*
* @augments module:UniformNode~UniformNode
*/
class BufferNode extends UniformNode {
static get type() {
return 'BufferNode';
}
/**
* Constructs a new buffer node.
*
* @param {Array<Number>} value - Array-like buffer data.
* @param {String} bufferType - The data type of the buffer.
* @param {Number} [bufferCount=0] - The count of buffer elements.
*/
constructor( value, bufferType, bufferCount = 0 ) {
super( value, bufferType );
/**
* This flag can be used for type testing.
*
* @type {Boolean}
* @readonly
* @default true
*/
this.isBufferNode = true;
/**
* The data type of the buffer.
*
* @type {String}
*/
this.bufferType = bufferType;
/**
* The uniform node that holds the value of the reference node.
*
* @type {Number}
* @default 0
*/
this.bufferCount = bufferCount;
}
/**
* The data type of the buffer elements.
*
* @param {NodeBuilder} builder - The current node builder.
* @return {String} The element type.
*/
getElementType( builder ) {
return this.getNodeType( builder );
}
/**
* Overwrites the default implementation to return a fixed value `'buffer'`.
*
* @param {NodeBuilder} builder - The current node builder.
* @return {String} The input type.
*/
getInputType( /*builder*/ ) {
return 'buffer';
}
}
export default BufferNode;
/**
* TSL function for creating a buffer node.
*
* @function
* @param {Array} value - Array-like buffer data.
* @param {String} type - The data type of a buffer element.
* @param {Number} count - The count of buffer elements.
* @returns {BufferNode}
*/
export const buffer = ( value, type, count ) => nodeObject( new BufferNode( value, type, count ) );