libTangerine/include/entity.h

#pragma once

#include <glm/glm.hpp>

#include "mesh.h"
#include "render_object.h"


struct render_objects
{
	render_object* objs;
	uint count;
};

// NOTE: an entity is the basic unit of the high level renderer interface
struct entity
{
	// NOTE: glm::mat4 combines translation, scale, and rotation in a 4x4
	// 	transform matrix. This is the equivalent of the 'model' matrix in
	// 	the model, view, projection matrix composition
	glm::mat4 world_transform;

	// TODO: should be a pointer into a global array of mesh_info(s) or
	// 	mesh_groups stored on the render_state object
	meMeshGroup mesh_group;

	render_objects render_objs;
};

bool entInit(entity& e, const char* model_path);

void entFree(entity& e);

void entSetWorldPosition(entity& e, glm::vec3 v);

void entTranslate(entity& e, glm::vec3 v);

void entScale(entity& e, glm::vec3 v);