Getters/Setters for basic lights

core/Light.cpp

@@ -22,7 +22,37 @@
 */
 #include "Light.h"
 
-Name Light::GetType() const {return "Light";}
+Vector3 Light::GetColor() {
+  return color;
+}
+
+void Light::SetColor(Vector3 color) {
+  this->color = color;
+}
+
+float Light::GetAmbient() {
+  return ambient;
+}
+
+void Light::SetAmbient(float ambient) {
+  this->ambient = ambient;
+}
+
+float Light::GetDiffuse() {
+  return diffuse;
+}
+
+void Light::SetDiffuse(float diffuse) {
+  this->diffuse = diffuse;
+}
+
+float Light::GetSpecular() {
+  return specular;
+}
+
+void Light::SetSpecular(float specular) {
+  this->specular = specular;
+}
 
 Light *Light::Duplicate() {
   Light *light = static_cast<Light*>(Spatial::Duplicate());
@@ -42,6 +72,8 @@ Light *Light::Create() {
   return new Light;
 }
 
+Name Light::GetType() const {return "Light";}
+
 Name DirectionalLight::GetType() const {return "DirectionalLight";}
 
 DirectionalLight::DirectionalLight() {

core/Light.h

@@ -27,16 +27,72 @@
 #include "types.h"
 #include "Spatial.h"
 
+/**
+   All lights have color as well as ambient, diffuse, and specular properties.
+   In the future, light properties might be a color, but for now they are
+   strength modulations on the main light color.
+*/
 class Light : public Spatial {
 public:
-  Vector3 color;
-  float ambient, diffuse, specular;
-  virtual Name GetType() const;
+
+  /**
+     Get the color property of this light
+     @returns The color property
+  */
+  Vector3 GetColor();
+  /**
+    Set the color property of this light
+    @param color The desired color.
+  */
+  void SetColor(Vector3 color);
+
+  /** Ambient light is how much light is emitted from an object illuminated by
+      this light with no accounting for incidence angle or the location of the observer.
+      @returns The ambient intensity
+  */
+  float GetAmbient();
+  /** Set the ambient light intensity.
+      @param ambient The desired ambient intensity for this light.
+  */
+  void SetAmbient(float ambient);
+
+  /** Diffuse light is how much light is reflected by an object illuminated
+      by this light, accounting for incidence angle of the light but not the
+      location of the observer.
+      @returns The diffuse intensity.
+  */
+  float GetDiffuse();
+  /** Set the diffuse intensity.
+      @param diffuse The desired diffuse intensity for this light
+  */
+  void SetDiffuse(float diffuse);
+
+  /** Specular light is how much light is reflected by an object illuminated
+      by this light, taking into account both the incidence angle of the light
+      as well as the location of the observer. This is what creates the 
+      "Specular Artifact", the shiny bit on a 3D sphere.
+      @returns The specular intensity
+  */
+  float GetSpecular();
+  /** Set the specular intensity.
+      @param specular The desired specular intensity for this light.
+  */
+  void SetSpecular(float specular);
+    
   virtual Light *Create();
   virtual Light *Duplicate();
   virtual Light *Instance();
+
+  virtual Name GetType() const;
+
+protected:
+  Vector3 color;
+  float ambient, diffuse, specular;
 };
 
+/**
+   Directional lights are infinitely far away lights that illuminate the whole world.
+*/
 class DirectionalLight : public Light {
 public:
   Vector3 direction;

core/Shaders/Shader.cpp

@@ -75,11 +75,11 @@ void Shader::UpdateMaterial(Material material) {
 
 void Shader::UpdateDirectionalLight(DirectionalLight directionalLight) {
   glUniform3fv(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.direction"), 1, glm::value_ptr(directionalLight.direction));
-  glUniform3fv(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.color"), 1, glm::value_ptr(directionalLight.color));
+  glUniform3fv(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.color"), 1, glm::value_ptr(directionalLight.GetColor()));
 
-  glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.ambient"), directionalLight.ambient);
-  glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.diffuse"), directionalLight.diffuse);
-  glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.specular"), directionalLight.specular);
+  glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.ambient"), directionalLight.GetAmbient());
+  glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.diffuse"), directionalLight.GetDiffuse());
+  glUniform1f(glGetUniformLocation(id, "directionalLight.specular"), directionalLight.GetSpecular());
 }
 
 Name Shader::GetName() const {

demo/exampleworld/main.lua

@@ -38,10 +38,10 @@ function init()
 
    local light = couch.DirectionalLight()
    light.direction = couch.Vector3(0.0, -1.0, -1.0)
-   light.color = couch.Vector3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
-   light.ambient = 0.2
-   light.diffuse = 1.0
-   light.specular = 0.1
+   light:SetColor(couch.Vector3(1.0, 1.0, 1.0))
+   light:SetAmbient(0.2)
+   light:SetDiffuse(1.0)
+   light:SetSpecular(0.1)
    couch.Node.GetRoot():AddChild(light:Instance())
 
    local skybox = couch.Skybox.FromFiles(