Method createLight

dae2ma/src/DAE2MALightImporter.cpp:141–210

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    void LightImporter::createLight ( 
        const COLLADAFW::Light* light,  
        MayaNode* mayaTransformNode )
    {
        // Check if the camera is already imported.
        const COLLADAFW::UniqueId& lightId = light->getUniqueId ();

        // Make the maya name unique and manage it in all necessary lists.
        String lightName = light->getName ();
        if ( lightName.empty () ) lightName = LIGHT_NAME;
        lightName = DocumentImporter::frameworkNameToMayaName ( lightName );
        const ExtraDataCallbackHandler& callbackHandler = getDocumentImporter ()->getMayaIdCallbackHandler ();
        String originalMayaId = getOriginalMayaId ( callbackHandler, lightId, COLLADASaxFWL15::HASH_ELEMENT_LIGHT );
        if ( !originalMayaId.empty () ) lightName = originalMayaId;
        lightName = generateUniqueDagNodeName ( lightName, mayaTransformNode );

        // Create a maya node object of the current node and push it into the map.
        MayaNode* mayaLightNode = new MayaNode ( lightId, lightName, mayaTransformNode );
        mMayaLightNodesMap [ lightId ] = mayaLightNode;

        FILE* file = getDocumentImporter ()->getFile ();

        MayaDM::Light* mayaLight = 0;
        COLLADAFW::Light::LightType lightType = light->getLightType ();
        switch ( lightType )
        {
        case COLLADAFW::Light::AMBIENT_LIGHT:
            {
                mayaLight = new MayaDM::AmbientLight ( file, lightName, mayaTransformNode->getNodePath () );
            }
            break;
        case COLLADAFW::Light::DIRECTIONAL_LIGHT:
            {
                mayaLight = new MayaDM::DirectionalLight ( file, lightName, mayaTransformNode->getNodePath () );
            }
            break;
        case COLLADAFW::Light::POINT_LIGHT:
            {
                mayaLight = new MayaDM::PointLight ( file, lightName, mayaTransformNode->getNodePath () );
                setPointLightAttributes ( light, mayaLight );
            }
            break;
        case COLLADAFW::Light::SPOT_LIGHT:
            {
                mayaLight = new MayaDM::SpotLight ( file, lightName, mayaTransformNode->getNodePath () );
                setSpotLightAttributes ( light, mayaLight );
            }
            break;
        default:
            std::cerr << "Unknown light type!" << std::endl;
            return;
        }

        // Add the original id attribute.
        String colladaId = light->getOriginalId ();
        if ( !colladaId.empty () )
        {
            MayaDM::addAttr ( file, COLLADA_ID_ATTRIBUTE_NAME, ATTRIBUTE_DATA_TYPE, ATTRIBUTE_TYPE_STRING );