virtual ZRESULT createMaterial(
                    rend::IMaterial** ppMat, 
                    LPCTSTR pszClass=NULL, 
                    bool bAddIt=false)=0;

Description

Creates material. You can specify class name of new material, or material class will be taken from current compatibility info. You can also specify whether it's needed to add created material into a set of materials and method will raise EVENT_MATERIAL_ADD event in such a case.

Parameters:

ppMat

Ret-val argument with an address for rend::IMaterial interface.

pszClass

Optional argument with a class name of material instance to create. By default materials service will use material class name from current compatibility info.

bAddIt

Set to true to add created material to the set of materials. You can add it later with insertMaterial method.

See Also:

Interface overview and methods

addMaterialClass method

insertMaterial method

rend::IMaterial interface

core::ICompatibilityInfo::getMaterialClassName method