@combeenation/3d-viewer 12.4.1-beta4 → 12.4.2-rc1

package/src/api/classes/viewerLight.ts

@@ -1,335 +1,335 @@
-import {
-  cloneNodeWithParents,
-  disableNodeWithParents,
-  enableNodeWithParents,
-  getRootNode,
-  injectMetadata,
-  transformTransformNode,
-} from './../util/babylonHelper';
-import { DottedPath } from './dottedPath';
-import { Parameter } from './parameter';
-import { Variant } from './variant';
-import { VariantParameterizable } from './variantParameterizable';
-import { ShadowGenerator } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/Shadows/shadowGenerator';
-import '@babylonjs/core/Lights/Shadows/shadowGeneratorSceneComponent';
-import { HemisphericLight } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/hemisphericLight';
-import { Light } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/light';
-import { PointLight } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/pointLight';
-import { ShadowLight } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/shadowLight';
-import { Vector3 } from '@babylonjs/core/Maths/math.vector';
-import { TransformNode } from '@babylonjs/core/Meshes/transformNode';
-import '@babylonjs/loaders/glTF/2.0/Extensions/KHR_lights_punctual';
-import { get, isEmpty, isString, set } from 'lodash-es';
-
-/**
- * A {@link ViewerLight} of a {@link Variant}. Acts as a container for Babylon.js lights. Lives only in the context of a
- * {@link Variant}.
- */
-export class ViewerLight extends VariantParameterizable {
-  protected _light: Light | undefined;
-
-  /**
-   * Constructor.
-   */
-  protected constructor(public readonly variant: Variant, public readonly name: string) {
-    super(variant, name);
-    this.addParameterObservers();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Creates a {@link ViewerLight} with given name.
-   */
-  public static async create(variant: Variant, name: string): Promise<ViewerLight> {
-    const viewerLight = new ViewerLight(variant, name);
-    viewerLight._light = await viewerLight.createBabylonLightFromDefinition(viewerLight.definition);
-    return viewerLight;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The wrapped Light.
-   */
-  get light(): Light {
-    if (!this._light) {
-      throw new Error(`Light for ViewerLight "${this.name}" has not been properly initialized.`);
-    }
-    return this._light!;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The {@link DottedPath} in the built tree of {@link ViewerLight}s.
-   * E.g. "_.top-1.sub-2.sub-sub-3.el-1"
-   */
-  get dottedPath(): DottedPath {
-    return DottedPath.create(this.variant.dottedPath).addPart(this.name);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The id representing a {@link DottedPath}.
-   */
-  get id(): string {
-    const dottedPath = DottedPath.create(this.dottedPath);
-    dottedPath.shiftPart(); // remove root
-    return dottedPath.path;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The {@link LightDefinition} of the {@link ViewerLight}.
-   */
-  get definition(): LightDefinition {
-    const definition = this.variant.structureJson.lights![this.name];
-    if (isString(definition)) {
-      return {
-        type: 'baked',
-        path: definition,
-      } as LightDefinition;
-    }
-    return definition as LightDefinition;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * The type of the {@link ViewerLight}'s light.
-   */
-  get type(): string {
-    return this.light.constructor.name.replace(/light/i, '').toLowerCase();
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @see {@link VariantParameterizable.commitParameters}
-   * @emit {@link Event.VIEWER_LIGHT_PARAMETER_COMMITTED}
-   */
-  public async commitParameters(parameters?: ParameterBag): Promise<VariantParameterizable> {
-    return super.commitParameters(parameters);
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * Adds the default {@link ParameterObserver}s which are called every time {@link commitParameters} is called.
-   */
-  protected addParameterObservers(): ViewerLight {
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.VISIBLE, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        let visible;
-        try {
-          visible = Parameter.parseBoolean(newValue);
-        } catch (e) {
-          return;
-        }
-        if (visible === true) {
-          enableNodeWithParents(light.light);
-        } else if (visible === false) {
-          disableNodeWithParents(light.light);
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.INTENSITY, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        set(light.light, 'intensity', Parameter.parseNumber(newValue));
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.SCALING, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        // we have to deal just with root nodes here due to relative impacts in a node tree
-        const rootNode = getRootNode(light.light);
-        if (rootNode instanceof TransformNode) {
-          transformTransformNode(rootNode, {
-            scaling: Parameter.parseScaling(newValue),
-            position: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.POSITION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
-            rotation: Parameter.parseRotation(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.ROTATION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
-          });
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.POSITION, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        // we have to deal just with root nodes here due to relative impacts in a node tree
-        const rootNode = getRootNode(light.light);
-        if (rootNode instanceof TransformNode) {
-          transformTransformNode(rootNode, {
-            scaling: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.SCALING] || '(1, 1, 1)'),
-            position: Parameter.parseVector(newValue),
-            rotation: Parameter.parseRotation(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.ROTATION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
-          });
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.ROTATION, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        // we have to deal just with root nodes here due to relative impacts in a node tree
-        const rootNode = getRootNode(light.light);
-        if (rootNode instanceof TransformNode) {
-          transformTransformNode(rootNode, {
-            scaling: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.SCALING] || '(1, 1, 1)'),
-            position: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.POSITION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
-            rotation: Parameter.parseRotation(newValue),
-          });
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.DIRECTION, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        if (
-          (light.light instanceof ShadowLight && !(light.light instanceof PointLight)) ||
-          light.light instanceof HemisphericLight
-        ) {
-          set(light.light, 'direction', Parameter.parseVector(newValue));
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.ANGLE, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        if (light.light.getClassName() === 'SpotLight') {
-          set(light.light, 'angle', Parameter.parseNumber(newValue));
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.EXPONENT, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        if (light.light.getClassName() === 'SpotLight') {
-          set(light.light, 'exponent', Parameter.parseNumber(newValue));
-        }
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.DIFFUSE, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        set(light.light, 'diffuse', Parameter.parseColor(newValue));
-      },
-    ]);
-    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.SPECULAR, [
-      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
-        set(light.light, 'specular', Parameter.parseColor(newValue));
-      },
-    ]);
-    return this;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @param definition
-   * @protected
-   */
-  protected async createBabylonLightFromDefinition(definition: LightDefinition): Promise<Light> {
-    const parameters = Parameter.parseFromDeclarations(Parameter.declarations, this.inheritedParameters);
-    const scene = this.variant.viewer.scene;
-    let lightId = this.id;
-    let babylonLight;
-    switch (definition.type) {
-      case 'baked': {
-        if (!definition['path']) {
-          throw new Error(`The light "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "path".`);
-        }
-        const bakedLight = this.variant.inheritedLights.find(l => l.metadata.dottedPath.path === definition['path']);
-        if (bakedLight) {
-          lightId = bakedLight.metadata.dottedPath.clone().unshiftPart(this.id).path;
-          babylonLight = cloneNodeWithParents(bakedLight) as Light;
-          babylonLight!.name = lightId;
-          babylonLight!.id = lightId;
-        } else {
-          throw new Error(`No light found for path "${definition['path']}" in ViewerLight "${lightId}".`);
-        }
-        break;
-      }
-      case 'hemispheric': {
-        if (!parameters['direction']) {
-          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "direction".`);
-        }
-        const hemisphericLightModule = await import(
-          /* webpackChunkName: "hemispheric-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/hemisphericLight'
-        );
-        babylonLight = new hemisphericLightModule.HemisphericLight(lightId, parameters['direction'], scene);
-        break;
-      }
-      case 'point': {
-        const pointLightModule = await import(
-          /* webpackChunkName: "point-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/pointLight'
-        );
-        babylonLight = new pointLightModule.PointLight(
-          lightId,
-          Vector3.Zero(), // position is set via parent TransformNode
-          scene
-        );
-        break;
-      }
-      case 'directional': {
-        if (!parameters['direction']) {
-          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "direction".`);
-        }
-        const directionalLightModule = await import(
-          /* webpackChunkName: "directional-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/directionalLight'
-        );
-        babylonLight = new directionalLightModule.DirectionalLight(lightId, parameters['direction'], scene);
-        break;
-      }
-      case 'spot': {
-        if (!parameters['direction']) {
-          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "direction".`);
-        }
-        if (!parameters['angle']) {
-          throw new Error(`A ViewerLight of type "${definition.type}" needs an "angle".`);
-        }
-        if (!parameters['exponent']) {
-          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs an "exponent".`);
-        }
-        const spotLightModule = await import(/* webpackChunkName: "spot-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/spotLight');
-        babylonLight = new spotLightModule.SpotLight(
-          lightId,
-          Vector3.Zero(), // position is set via parent TransformNode
-          parameters['direction'],
-          parameters['angle'],
-          parameters['exponent'],
-          scene
-        );
-        break;
-      }
-      default:
-        throw new Error(`The type "${definition.type}" for ViewerLight "${lightId}" is not implemented (yet).`);
-    }
-    if (!babylonLight) {
-      throw new Error(
-        `The Light for ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" could no be created ` + `or found.`
-      );
-    }
-    if (!babylonLight.parent) {
-      // Create pseudo parent since lights do not implement mutations like "rotation" by itself.
-      babylonLight.parent = new TransformNode('__light__', this.variant.viewer.scene, true);
-    }
-    injectMetadata(babylonLight.parent, {
-      variant: this.variant,
-      variantParameterizable: this,
-    });
-    // disable/hide by default
-    disableNodeWithParents(babylonLight);
-    // process shadow generator
-    const shadowGeneratorDefinition = get(definition, 'shadowGenerator') as ShadowGeneratorDefinition;
-    if (!isEmpty(shadowGeneratorDefinition)) {
-      if (!(babylonLight instanceof ShadowLight)) {
-        throw new Error(
-          `Using a ShadowGenerator with light type "${definition.type}" is not supported for ` +
-            `"${lightId}". Use lights deriving from ShadowLight.`
-        );
-      }
-      await this.processShadowGenerator(babylonLight, shadowGeneratorDefinition);
-    }
-    return babylonLight;
-  }
-
-  /**
-   * @param babylonLight
-   * @param definition
-   * @protected
-   */
-  protected async processShadowGenerator(
-    babylonLight: ShadowLight,
-    definition: ShadowGeneratorDefinition
-  ): Promise<ShadowGenerator> {
-    const parameterDeclarations: ParameterDeclarations = {};
-    // define declarations here if needed in future
-    const parameterBag = definition as {} as ParameterBag;
-    const parameters = Parameter.parseFromDeclarations(parameterDeclarations, parameterBag);
-    const shadowGenerator = new ShadowGenerator(parameters['mapSize'], babylonLight);
-    for (const parameter in parameters) {
-      if (parameter === 'mapSize') {
-        continue;
-      }
-      set(shadowGenerator, parameter, get(parameters, parameter));
-    }
-    return shadowGenerator;
-  }
-}
+import {
+  cloneNodeWithParents,
+  disableNodeWithParents,
+  enableNodeWithParents,
+  getRootNode,
+  injectMetadata,
+  transformTransformNode,
+} from './../util/babylonHelper';
+import { DottedPath } from './dottedPath';
+import { Parameter } from './parameter';
+import { Variant } from './variant';
+import { VariantParameterizable } from './variantParameterizable';
+import { ShadowGenerator } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/Shadows/shadowGenerator';
+import '@babylonjs/core/Lights/Shadows/shadowGeneratorSceneComponent';
+import { HemisphericLight } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/hemisphericLight';
+import { Light } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/light';
+import { PointLight } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/pointLight';
+import { ShadowLight } from '@babylonjs/core/Lights/shadowLight';
+import { Vector3 } from '@babylonjs/core/Maths/math.vector';
+import { TransformNode } from '@babylonjs/core/Meshes/transformNode';
+import '@babylonjs/loaders/glTF/2.0/Extensions/KHR_lights_punctual';
+import { get, isEmpty, isString, set } from 'lodash-es';
+
+/**
+ * A {@link ViewerLight} of a {@link Variant}. Acts as a container for Babylon.js lights. Lives only in the context of a
+ * {@link Variant}.
+ */
+export class ViewerLight extends VariantParameterizable {
+  protected _light: Light | undefined;
+
+  /**
+   * Constructor.
+   */
+  protected constructor(public readonly variant: Variant, public readonly name: string) {
+    super(variant, name);
+    this.addParameterObservers();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a {@link ViewerLight} with given name.
+   */
+  public static async create(variant: Variant, name: string): Promise<ViewerLight> {
+    const viewerLight = new ViewerLight(variant, name);
+    viewerLight._light = await viewerLight.createBabylonLightFromDefinition(viewerLight.definition);
+    return viewerLight;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The wrapped Light.
+   */
+  get light(): Light {
+    if (!this._light) {
+      throw new Error(`Light for ViewerLight "${this.name}" has not been properly initialized.`);
+    }
+    return this._light!;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The {@link DottedPath} in the built tree of {@link ViewerLight}s.
+   * E.g. "_.top-1.sub-2.sub-sub-3.el-1"
+   */
+  get dottedPath(): DottedPath {
+    return DottedPath.create(this.variant.dottedPath).addPart(this.name);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The id representing a {@link DottedPath}.
+   */
+  get id(): string {
+    const dottedPath = DottedPath.create(this.dottedPath);
+    dottedPath.shiftPart(); // remove root
+    return dottedPath.path;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The {@link LightDefinition} of the {@link ViewerLight}.
+   */
+  get definition(): LightDefinition {
+    const definition = this.variant.structureJson.lights![this.name];
+    if (isString(definition)) {
+      return {
+        type: 'baked',
+        path: definition,
+      } as LightDefinition;
+    }
+    return definition as LightDefinition;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * The type of the {@link ViewerLight}'s light.
+   */
+  get type(): string {
+    return this.light.constructor.name.replace(/light/i, '').toLowerCase();
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @see {@link VariantParameterizable.commitParameters}
+   * @emit {@link Event.VIEWER_LIGHT_PARAMETER_COMMITTED}
+   */
+  public async commitParameters(parameters?: ParameterBag): Promise<VariantParameterizable> {
+    return super.commitParameters(parameters);
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Adds the default {@link ParameterObserver}s which are called every time {@link commitParameters} is called.
+   */
+  protected addParameterObservers(): ViewerLight {
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.VISIBLE, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        let visible;
+        try {
+          visible = Parameter.parseBoolean(newValue);
+        } catch (e) {
+          return;
+        }
+        if (visible === true) {
+          enableNodeWithParents(light.light);
+        } else if (visible === false) {
+          disableNodeWithParents(light.light);
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.INTENSITY, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        set(light.light, 'intensity', Parameter.parseNumber(newValue));
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.SCALING, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        // we have to deal just with root nodes here due to relative impacts in a node tree
+        const rootNode = getRootNode(light.light);
+        if (rootNode instanceof TransformNode) {
+          transformTransformNode(rootNode, {
+            scaling: Parameter.parseScaling(newValue),
+            position: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.POSITION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
+            rotation: Parameter.parseRotation(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.ROTATION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.POSITION, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        // we have to deal just with root nodes here due to relative impacts in a node tree
+        const rootNode = getRootNode(light.light);
+        if (rootNode instanceof TransformNode) {
+          transformTransformNode(rootNode, {
+            scaling: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.SCALING] || '(1, 1, 1)'),
+            position: Parameter.parseVector(newValue),
+            rotation: Parameter.parseRotation(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.ROTATION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.ROTATION, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        // we have to deal just with root nodes here due to relative impacts in a node tree
+        const rootNode = getRootNode(light.light);
+        if (rootNode instanceof TransformNode) {
+          transformTransformNode(rootNode, {
+            scaling: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.SCALING] || '(1, 1, 1)'),
+            position: Parameter.parseVector(light.inheritedParameters[Parameter.POSITION] || '(0, 0, 0)'),
+            rotation: Parameter.parseRotation(newValue),
+          });
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.DIRECTION, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        if (
+          (light.light instanceof ShadowLight && !(light.light instanceof PointLight)) ||
+          light.light instanceof HemisphericLight
+        ) {
+          set(light.light, 'direction', Parameter.parseVector(newValue));
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.ANGLE, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        if (light.light.getClassName() === 'SpotLight') {
+          set(light.light, 'angle', Parameter.parseNumber(newValue));
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.EXPONENT, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        if (light.light.getClassName() === 'SpotLight') {
+          set(light.light, 'exponent', Parameter.parseNumber(newValue));
+        }
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.DIFFUSE, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        set(light.light, 'diffuse', Parameter.parseColor(newValue));
+      },
+    ]);
+    this._parameterObservers.set(Parameter.SPECULAR, [
+      async (light: ViewerLight, oldValue: Undefinable<ParameterValue>, newValue: ParameterValue) => {
+        set(light.light, 'specular', Parameter.parseColor(newValue));
+      },
+    ]);
+    return this;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param definition
+   * @protected
+   */
+  protected async createBabylonLightFromDefinition(definition: LightDefinition): Promise<Light> {
+    const parameters = Parameter.parseFromDeclarations(Parameter.declarations, this.inheritedParameters);
+    const scene = this.variant.viewer.scene;
+    let lightId = this.id;
+    let babylonLight;
+    switch (definition.type) {
+      case 'baked': {
+        if (!definition['path']) {
+          throw new Error(`The light "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "path".`);
+        }
+        const bakedLight = this.variant.inheritedLights.find(l => l.metadata.dottedPath.path === definition['path']);
+        if (bakedLight) {
+          lightId = bakedLight.metadata.dottedPath.clone().unshiftPart(this.id).path;
+          babylonLight = cloneNodeWithParents(bakedLight) as Light;
+          babylonLight!.name = lightId;
+          babylonLight!.id = lightId;
+        } else {
+          throw new Error(`No light found for path "${definition['path']}" in ViewerLight "${lightId}".`);
+        }
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'hemispheric': {
+        if (!parameters['direction']) {
+          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "direction".`);
+        }
+        const hemisphericLightModule = await import(
+          /* webpackChunkName: "hemispheric-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/hemisphericLight'
+        );
+        babylonLight = new hemisphericLightModule.HemisphericLight(lightId, parameters['direction'], scene);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'point': {
+        const pointLightModule = await import(
+          /* webpackChunkName: "point-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/pointLight'
+        );
+        babylonLight = new pointLightModule.PointLight(
+          lightId,
+          Vector3.Zero(), // position is set via parent TransformNode
+          scene
+        );
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'directional': {
+        if (!parameters['direction']) {
+          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "direction".`);
+        }
+        const directionalLightModule = await import(
+          /* webpackChunkName: "directional-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/directionalLight'
+        );
+        babylonLight = new directionalLightModule.DirectionalLight(lightId, parameters['direction'], scene);
+        break;
+      }
+      case 'spot': {
+        if (!parameters['direction']) {
+          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs a "direction".`);
+        }
+        if (!parameters['angle']) {
+          throw new Error(`A ViewerLight of type "${definition.type}" needs an "angle".`);
+        }
+        if (!parameters['exponent']) {
+          throw new Error(`The ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" needs an "exponent".`);
+        }
+        const spotLightModule = await import(/* webpackChunkName: "spot-light" */ '@babylonjs/core/Lights/spotLight');
+        babylonLight = new spotLightModule.SpotLight(
+          lightId,
+          Vector3.Zero(), // position is set via parent TransformNode
+          parameters['direction'],
+          parameters['angle'],
+          parameters['exponent'],
+          scene
+        );
+        break;
+      }
+      default:
+        throw new Error(`The type "${definition.type}" for ViewerLight "${lightId}" is not implemented (yet).`);
+    }
+    if (!babylonLight) {
+      throw new Error(
+        `The Light for ViewerLight "${lightId}" of type "${definition.type}" could no be created ` + `or found.`
+      );
+    }
+    if (!babylonLight.parent) {
+      // Create pseudo parent since lights do not implement mutations like "rotation" by itself.
+      babylonLight.parent = new TransformNode('__light__', this.variant.viewer.scene, true);
+    }
+    injectMetadata(babylonLight.parent, {
+      variant: this.variant,
+      variantParameterizable: this,
+    });
+    // disable/hide by default
+    disableNodeWithParents(babylonLight);
+    // process shadow generator
+    const shadowGeneratorDefinition = get(definition, 'shadowGenerator') as ShadowGeneratorDefinition;
+    if (!isEmpty(shadowGeneratorDefinition)) {
+      if (!(babylonLight instanceof ShadowLight)) {
+        throw new Error(
+          `Using a ShadowGenerator with light type "${definition.type}" is not supported for ` +
+            `"${lightId}". Use lights deriving from ShadowLight.`
+        );
+      }
+      await this.processShadowGenerator(babylonLight, shadowGeneratorDefinition);
+    }
+    return babylonLight;
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * @param babylonLight
+   * @param definition
+   * @protected
+   */
+  protected async processShadowGenerator(
+    babylonLight: ShadowLight,
+    definition: ShadowGeneratorDefinition
+  ): Promise<ShadowGenerator> {
+    const parameterDeclarations: ParameterDeclarations = {};
+    // define declarations here if needed in future
+    const parameterBag = definition as {} as ParameterBag;
+    const parameters = Parameter.parseFromDeclarations(parameterDeclarations, parameterBag);
+    const shadowGenerator = new ShadowGenerator(parameters['mapSize'], babylonLight);
+    for (const parameter in parameters) {
+      if (parameter === 'mapSize') {
+        continue;
+      }
+      set(shadowGenerator, parameter, get(parameters, parameter));
+    }
+    return shadowGenerator;
+  }
+}