shader.h

#ifndef SHADER_H
#define SHADER_H

#include <GL/glew.h>
#include <glm/glm.hpp>

#include <string>
#include <fstream>
#include <sstream>
#include <iostream>

/*
 * This class manages the OpenGL shader program instantiation and handling.
 * It provides methods to set uniforms and to inform about shader source code compile errors.
 */
class Shader
{
public:
    unsigned int ID;
    // constructor generates the shader on the fly
    Shader(const char* vertexPath, const char* fragmentPath, const char* geometryPath = nullptr);
    Shader();

    // activate the shader
    void use() 
    { 
        glUseProgram(ID); 
    }
    // utility uniform functions
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setBool(const std::string &name, bool value) const
    {         
        glUniform1i(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), (int)value); 
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setInt(const std::string &name, int value) const
    { 
        glUniform1i(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), value); 
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setFloat(const std::string &name, float value) const
    { 
        glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), value); 
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setVec2(const std::string &name, const glm::vec2 &value) const
    { 
        glUniform2fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, &value[0]); 
    }
    void setVec2(const std::string &name, float x, float y) const
    { 
        glUniform2f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), x, y); 
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setVec3(const std::string &name, const glm::vec3 &value) const
    { 
        glUniform3fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, &value[0]); 
    }
    void setVec3(const std::string &name, float x, float y, float z) const
    { 
        glUniform3f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), x, y, z); 
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setVec4(const std::string &name, const glm::vec4 &value) const
    { 
        glUniform4fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, &value[0]); 
    }
    void setVec4(const std::string &name, float x, float y, float z, float w) 
    { 
        glUniform4f(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), x, y, z, w); 
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setMat2(const std::string &name, const glm::mat2 &mat) const
    {
        glUniformMatrix2fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, GL_FALSE, &mat[0][0]);
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setMat3(const std::string &name, const glm::mat3 &mat) const
    {
        glUniformMatrix3fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, GL_FALSE, &mat[0][0]);
    }
    // ------------------------------------------------------------------------
    void setMat4(const std::string &name, const glm::mat4 &mat) const
    {
        glUniformMatrix4fv(glGetUniformLocation(ID, name.c_str()), 1, GL_FALSE, &mat[0][0]);
    }

private:
    // utility function for checking shader compilation/linking errors.
    void checkCompileErrors(GLuint shader, std::string type);
};
#endif