super-three 0.172.0 → 0.173.1

package/src/renderers/webgpu/nodes/WGSLNodeBuilder.js

@@ -157,30 +157,83 @@ if ( ( typeof navigator !== 'undefined' && /Firefox|Deno/g.test( navigator.userA
 
 }
 
-//
-
+/**
+ * A node builder targeting WGSL.
+ *
+ * This module generates WGSL shader code from node materials and also
+ * generates the respective bindings and vertex buffer definitions. These
+ * data are later used by the renderer to create render and compute pipelines
+ * for render objects.
+ *
+ * @augments NodeBuilder
+ */
 class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
+	/**
+	 * Constructs a new WGSL node builder renderer.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Object3D} object - The 3D object.
+	 * @param {Renderer} renderer - The renderer.
+	 */
 	constructor( object, renderer ) {
 
 		super( object, renderer, new WGSLNodeParser() );
 
+		/**
+		 * A dictionary that holds for each shader stage ('vertex', 'fragment', 'compute')
+		 * another dictionary which manages UBOs per group ('render','frame','object').
+		 *
+		 * @type {Object<String,Object<String,NodeUniformsGroup>>}
+		 */
 		this.uniformGroups = {};
 
+		/**
+		 * A dictionary that holds for each shader stage a Map of builtins.
+		 *
+		 * @type {Object<String,Map<String,Object>>}
+		 */
 		this.builtins = {};
 
+		/**
+		 * A dictionary that holds for each shader stage a Set of directives.
+		 *
+		 * @type {Object<String,Set<String>>}
+		 */
 		this.directives = {};
 
+		/**
+		 * A map for managing scope arrays. Only relevant for when using
+		 * {@link module:WorkgroupInfoNode} in context of compute shaders.
+		 *
+		 * @type {Map<String,Object>}
+		 */
 		this.scopedArrays = new Map();
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Checks if the given texture requires a manual conversion to the working color space.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to check.
+	 * @return {Boolean} Whether the given texture requires a conversion to working color space or not.
+	 */
 	needsToWorkingColorSpace( texture ) {
 
 		return texture.isVideoTexture === true && texture.colorSpace !== NoColorSpace;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet for sampled textures.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	_generateTextureSample( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage === 'fragment' ) {
@@ -207,6 +260,15 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet when sampling video textures.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the video texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	_generateVideoSample( textureProperty, uvSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage === 'fragment' ) {
@@ -221,6 +283,18 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet when sampling textures with explicit mip level.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} levelSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents the mip level, with level 0 containing a full size version of the texture.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	_generateTextureSampleLevel( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, levelSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( ( shaderStage === 'fragment' || shaderStage === 'compute' ) && this.isUnfilterable( texture ) === false ) {
@@ -239,6 +313,12 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates a wrap function used in context of textures.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to generate the function for.
+	 * @return {String} The name of the generated function.
+	 */
 	generateWrapFunction( texture ) {
 
 		const functionName = `tsl_coord_${ wrapNames[ texture.wrapS ] }S_${ wrapNames[ texture.wrapT ] }_${texture.isData3DTexture ? '3d' : '2d'}T`;
@@ -308,6 +388,29 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the array declaration string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} type - The type.
+	 * @param {Number?} [count] - The count.
+	 * @return {String} The generated value as a shader string.
+	 */
+	generateArrayDeclaration( type, count ) {
+
+		return `array< ${ this.getType( type ) }, ${ count } >`;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Generates a WGSL variable that holds the texture dimension of the given texture.
+	 * It also returns information about the the number of layers (elements) of an arrayed
+	 * texture as well as the cube face count of cube textures.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture to generate the function for.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the video texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} levelSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents the mip level, with level 0 containing a full size version of the texture.
+	 * @return {String} The name of the dimension variable.
+	 */
 	generateTextureDimension( texture, textureProperty, levelSnippet ) {
 
 		const textureData = this.getDataFromNode( texture, this.shaderStage, this.globalCache );
@@ -376,6 +479,15 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet for a manual filtered texture.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} levelSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents the mip level, with level 0 containing a full size version of the texture.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateFilteredTexture( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, levelSnippet = '0u' ) {
 
 		this._include( 'biquadraticTexture' );
@@ -387,6 +499,17 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet for a texture lookup with explicit level-of-detail.
+	 * Since it's a lookup, no sampling or filtering is applied.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [levelSnippet='0u'] - A WGSL snippet that represents the mip level, with level 0 containing a full size version of the texture.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureLod( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, depthSnippet, levelSnippet = '0u' ) {
 
 		const wrapFunction = this.generateWrapFunction( texture );
@@ -399,6 +522,16 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet that reads a single texel from a texture without sampling or filtering.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvIndexSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [levelSnippet='0u'] - A WGSL snippet that represents the mip level, with level 0 containing a full size version of the texture.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureLoad( texture, textureProperty, uvIndexSnippet, depthSnippet, levelSnippet = '0u' ) {
 
 		if ( texture.isVideoTexture === true || texture.isStorageTexture === true ) {
@@ -417,18 +550,39 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet that writes a single texel to a texture.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvIndexSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} valueSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represent the new texel value.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureStore( texture, textureProperty, uvIndexSnippet, valueSnippet ) {
 
 		return `textureStore( ${ textureProperty }, ${ uvIndexSnippet }, ${ valueSnippet } )`;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns `true` if the sampled values of the given texture should be compared against a reference value.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @return {Boolean} Whether the sampled values of the given texture should be compared against a reference value or not.
+	 */
 	isSampleCompare( texture ) {
 
 		return texture.isDepthTexture === true && texture.compareFunction !== null;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns `true` if the given texture is unfilterable.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @return {Boolean} Whether the given texture is unfilterable or not.
+	 */
 	isUnfilterable( texture ) {
 
 		return this.getComponentTypeFromTexture( texture ) !== 'float' ||
@@ -438,6 +592,16 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet for sampling/loading the given texture.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTexture( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		let snippet = null;
@@ -460,6 +624,17 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet for sampling/loading the given texture using explicit gradients.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {Array<String>} gradSnippet - An array holding both gradient WGSL snippets.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureGrad( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, gradSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage === 'fragment' ) {
@@ -475,6 +650,18 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet for sampling a depth texture and comparing the sampled depth values
+	 * against a reference value.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} compareSnippet -  A WGSL snippet that represents the reference value.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureCompare( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, compareSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage === 'fragment' ) {
@@ -489,6 +676,17 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet when sampling textures with explicit mip level.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} levelSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents the mip level, with level 0 containing a full size version of the texture.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureLevel( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, levelSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		let snippet = null;
@@ -507,6 +705,17 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Generates the WGSL snippet when sampling textures with a bias to the mip level.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Texture} texture - The texture.
+	 * @param {String} textureProperty - The name of the texture uniform in the shader.
+	 * @param {String} uvSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents texture coordinates used for sampling.
+	 * @param {String} biasSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents the bias to apply to the mip level before sampling.
+	 * @param {String?} depthSnippet - A WGSL snippet that represents 0-based texture array index to sample.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet.
+	 */
 	generateTextureBias( texture, textureProperty, uvSnippet, biasSnippet, depthSnippet, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage === 'fragment' ) {
@@ -521,6 +730,13 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL snippet that represents the property name of the given node.
+	 *
+	 * @param {Node} node - The node.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The property name.
+	 */
 	getPropertyName( node, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( node.isNodeVarying === true && node.needsInterpolation === true ) {
@@ -542,7 +758,13 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 			} else if ( type === 'buffer' || type === 'storageBuffer' || type === 'indirectStorageBuffer' ) {
 
-				return `NodeBuffer_${ node.id }.${name}`;
+				if ( this.isCustomStruct( node ) ) {
+
+					return name;
+
+				}
+
+				return name + '.value';
 
 			} else {
 
@@ -556,18 +778,36 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the output struct name.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The name of the output struct.
+	 */
 	getOutputStructName() {
 
 		return 'output';
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns uniforms group count for the given shader stage.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {Number} The uniforms group count for the given shader stage.
+	 */
 	_getUniformGroupCount( shaderStage ) {
 
 		return Object.keys( this.uniforms[ shaderStage ] ).length;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the native shader operator name for a given generic name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} op - The operator name to resolve.
+	 * @return {String} The resolved operator name.
+	 */
 	getFunctionOperator( op ) {
 
 		const fnOp = wgslFnOpLib[ op ];
@@ -584,6 +824,13 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the node access for the given node and shader stage.
+	 *
+	 * @param {StorageTextureNode|StorageBufferNode} node - The storage node.
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The node access.
+	 */
 	getNodeAccess( node, shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage !== 'compute' )
@@ -593,12 +840,32 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns A WGSL snippet representing the storage access.
+	 *
+	 * @param {StorageTextureNode|StorageBufferNode} node - The storage node.
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet representing the storage access.
+	 */
 	getStorageAccess( node, shaderStage ) {
 
 		return accessNames[ this.getNodeAccess( node, shaderStage ) ];
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This method is one of the more important ones since it's responsible
+	 * for generating a matching binding instance for the given uniform node.
+	 *
+	 * These bindings are later used in the renderer to create bind groups
+	 * and layouts.
+	 *
+	 * @param {UniformNode} node - The uniform node.
+	 * @param {String} type - The node data type.
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @param {String?} [name=null] - An optional uniform name.
+	 * @return {NodeUniform} The node uniform object.
+	 */
 	getUniformFromNode( node, type, shaderStage, name = null ) {
 
 		const uniformNode = super.getUniformFromNode( node, type, shaderStage, name );
@@ -638,7 +905,7 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 				if ( ( shaderStage === 'fragment' || shaderStage === 'compute' ) && this.isUnfilterable( node.value ) === false && texture.store === false ) {
 
-					const sampler = new NodeSampler( `${uniformNode.name}_sampler`, uniformNode.node, group );
+					const sampler = new NodeSampler( `${ uniformNode.name }_sampler`, uniformNode.node, group );
 					sampler.setVisibility( gpuShaderStageLib[ shaderStage ] );
 
 					bindings.push( sampler, texture );
@@ -664,6 +931,8 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 				uniformGPU = buffer;
 
+				uniformNode.name = name ? name : 'NodeBuffer_' + uniformNode.id;
+
 			} else {
 
 				const uniformsStage = this.uniformGroups[ shaderStage ] || ( this.uniformGroups[ shaderStage ] = {} );
@@ -695,6 +964,17 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This method should be used whenever builtins are required in nodes.
+	 * The internal builtins data structure will make sure builtins are
+	 * defined in the WGSL source.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} name - The builtin name.
+	 * @param {String} property - The property name.
+	 * @param {String} type - The node data type.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} The property name.
+	 */
 	getBuiltin( name, property, type, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		const map = this.builtins[ shaderStage ] || ( this.builtins[ shaderStage ] = new Map() );
@@ -713,12 +993,24 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns `true` if the given builtin is defined in the given shader stage.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} name - The builtin name.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage this code snippet is generated for.
+	 * @return {String} Whether the given builtin is defined in the given shader stage or not.
+	 */
 	hasBuiltin( name, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		return ( this.builtins[ shaderStage ] !== undefined && this.builtins[ shaderStage ].has( name ) );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the vertex index builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The vertex index.
+	 */
 	getVertexIndex() {
 
 		if ( this.shaderStage === 'vertex' ) {
@@ -731,6 +1023,12 @@ class WGSLNodeBuilder extends NodeBuilder {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Builds the given shader node.
+	 *
+	 * @param {ShaderNodeInternal} shaderNode - The shader node.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL function code.
+	 */
 	buildFunctionCode( shaderNode ) {
 
 		const layout = shaderNode.layout;
@@ -765,6 +1063,11 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the instance index builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The instance index.
+	 */
 	getInstanceIndex() {
 
 		if ( this.shaderStage === 'vertex' ) {
@@ -777,12 +1080,22 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the invocation local index builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The invocation local index.
+	 */
 	getInvocationLocalIndex() {
 
 		return this.getBuiltin( 'local_invocation_index', 'invocationLocalIndex', 'u32', 'attribute' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the subgroup size builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The subgroup size.
+	 */
 	getSubgroupSize() {
 
 		this.enableSubGroups();
@@ -791,6 +1104,11 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the invocation subgroup index builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The invocation subgroup index.
+	 */
 	getInvocationSubgroupIndex() {
 
 		this.enableSubGroups();
@@ -799,6 +1117,11 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the subgroup index builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The subgroup index.
+	 */
 	getSubgroupIndex() {
 
 		this.enableSubGroups();
@@ -807,42 +1130,78 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Overwritten as a NOP since this method is intended for the WebGL 2 backend.
+	 *
+	 * @return {null} Null.
+	 */
 	getDrawIndex() {
 
 		return null;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the front facing builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The front facing builtin.
+	 */
 	getFrontFacing() {
 
 		return this.getBuiltin( 'front_facing', 'isFront', 'bool' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the frag coord builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The frag coord builtin.
+	 */
 	getFragCoord() {
 
 		return this.getBuiltin( 'position', 'fragCoord', 'vec4<f32>' ) + '.xy';
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the frag depth builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The frag depth builtin.
+	 */
 	getFragDepth() {
 
 		return 'output.' + this.getBuiltin( 'frag_depth', 'depth', 'f32', 'output' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the clip distances builtin.
+	 *
+	 * @return {String} The clip distances builtin.
+	 */
 	getClipDistance() {
 
 		return 'varyings.hw_clip_distances';
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether to flip texture data along its vertical axis or not.
+	 *
+	 * @return {Boolean} Returns always `false` in context of WGSL.
+	 */
 	isFlipY() {
 
 		return false;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables the given directive for the given shader stage.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} name - The directive name.
+	 * @param {String} [shaderStage=this.shaderStage] - The shader stage to enable the directive for.
+	 */
 	enableDirective( name, shaderStage = this.shaderStage ) {
 
 		const stage = this.directives[ shaderStage ] || ( this.directives[ shaderStage ] = new Set() );
@@ -850,6 +1209,12 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the directives of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} A WGSL snippet that enables the directives of the given stage.
+	 */
 	getDirectives( shaderStage ) {
 
 		const snippets = [];
@@ -869,36 +1234,56 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables the 'subgroups' directive.
+	 */
 	enableSubGroups() {
 
 		this.enableDirective( 'subgroups' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables the 'subgroups-f16' directive.
+	 */
 	enableSubgroupsF16() {
 
 		this.enableDirective( 'subgroups-f16' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables the 'clip_distances' directive.
+	 */
 	enableClipDistances() {
 
 		this.enableDirective( 'clip_distances' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables the 'f16' directive.
+	 */
 	enableShaderF16() {
 
 		this.enableDirective( 'f16' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables the 'dual_source_blending' directive.
+	 */
 	enableDualSourceBlending() {
 
 		this.enableDirective( 'dual_source_blending' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Enables hardware clipping.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} planeCount - The clipping plane count.
+	 */
 	enableHardwareClipping( planeCount ) {
 
 		this.enableClipDistances();
@@ -906,6 +1291,12 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the builtins of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} A WGSL snippet that represents the builtins of the given stage.
+	 */
 	getBuiltins( shaderStage ) {
 
 		const snippets = [];
@@ -925,6 +1316,17 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * This method should be used when a new scoped buffer is used in context of
+	 * compute shaders. It adds the array to the internal data structure which is
+	 * later used to generate the respective WGSL.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} name - The array name.
+	 * @param {String} scope - The scope.
+	 * @param {String} bufferType - The buffer type.
+	 * @param {String} bufferCount - The buffer count.
+	 * @return {String} The array name.
+	 */
 	getScopedArray( name, scope, bufferType, bufferCount ) {
 
 		if ( this.scopedArrays.has( name ) === false ) {
@@ -942,6 +1344,13 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the scoped arrays of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String|undefined} The WGSL snippet that defines the scoped arrays.
+	 * Returns `undefined` when used in the vertex or fragment stage.
+	 */
 	getScopedArrays( shaderStage ) {
 
 		if ( shaderStage !== 'compute' ) {
@@ -964,13 +1373,19 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the shader attributes of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines the shader attributes.
+	 */
 	getAttributes( shaderStage ) {
 
 		const snippets = [];
 
 		if ( shaderStage === 'compute' ) {
 
-			this.getBuiltin( 'global_invocation_id', 'id', 'vec3<u32>', 'attribute' );
+			this.getBuiltin( 'global_invocation_id', 'globalId', 'vec3<u32>', 'attribute' );
 			this.getBuiltin( 'workgroup_id', 'workgroupId', 'vec3<u32>', 'attribute' );
 			this.getBuiltin( 'local_invocation_id', 'localId', 'vec3<u32>', 'attribute' );
 			this.getBuiltin( 'num_workgroups', 'numWorkgroups', 'vec3<u32>', 'attribute' );
@@ -1008,57 +1423,102 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the members of the given struct type node as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {StructTypeNode} struct - The struct type node.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines the struct members.
+	 */
 	getStructMembers( struct ) {
 
 		const snippets = [];
-		const members = struct.getMemberTypes();
 
-		for ( let i = 0; i < members.length; i ++ ) {
+		for ( const member of struct.members ) {
 
-			const member = members[ i ];
-			snippets.push( `\t@location( ${i} ) m${i} : ${ member }<f32>` );
+			const prefix = struct.output ? '@location( ' + member.index + ' ) ' : '';
 
-		}
+			let type = this.getType( member.type );
 
-		const builtins = this.getBuiltins( 'output' );
+			if ( member.atomic ) {
+
+				type = 'atomic< ' + type + ' >';
+
+			}
 
-		if ( builtins ) snippets.push( '\t' + builtins );
+			snippets.push( `\t${ prefix + member.name } : ${ type }` );
+
+		}
 
 		return snippets.join( ',\n' );
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the structs of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines the structs.
+	 */
 	getStructs( shaderStage ) {
 
-		const snippets = [];
+		let result = '';
+
 		const structs = this.structs[ shaderStage ];
 
-		for ( let index = 0, length = structs.length; index < length; index ++ ) {
+		if ( structs.length > 0 ) {
 
-			const struct = structs[ index ];
-			const name = struct.name;
+			const snippets = [];
 
-			let snippet = `\struct ${ name } {\n`;
-			snippet += this.getStructMembers( struct );
-			snippet += '\n}';
+			for ( const struct of structs ) {
 
+				let snippet = `struct ${ struct.name } {\n`;
+				snippet += this.getStructMembers( struct );
+				snippet += '\n};';
 
-			snippets.push( snippet );
+				snippets.push( snippet );
 
-			snippets.push( `\nvar<private> output : ${ name };\n\n` );
+			}
+
+			result = '\n' + snippets.join( '\n\n' ) + '\n';
 
 		}
 
-		return snippets.join( '\n\n' );
+		return result;
 
 	}
 
-	getVar( type, name ) {
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL string representing a variable.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} type - The variable's type.
+	 * @param {String} name - The variable's name.
+	 * @param {Number?} [count=null] - The array length.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines a variable.
+	 */
+	getVar( type, name, count = null ) {
+
+		let snippet = `var ${ name } : `;
+
+		if ( count !== null ) {
+
+			snippet += this.generateArrayDeclaration( type, count );
+
+		} else {
+
+			snippet += this.getType( type );
+
+		}
 
-		return `var ${ name } : ${ this.getType( type ) }`;
+		return snippet;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the variables of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines the variables.
+	 */
 	getVars( shaderStage ) {
 
 		const snippets = [];
@@ -1068,7 +1528,7 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 			for ( const variable of vars ) {
 
-				snippets.push( `\t${ this.getVar( variable.type, variable.name ) };` );
+				snippets.push( `\t${ this.getVar( variable.type, variable.name, variable.count ) };` );
 
 			}
 
@@ -1078,6 +1538,12 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the varyings of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines the varyings.
+	 */
 	getVaryings( shaderStage ) {
 
 		const snippets = [];
@@ -1130,6 +1596,18 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	isCustomStruct( nodeUniform ) {
+
+		return nodeUniform.value.isStorageBufferAttribute && nodeUniform.node.structTypeNode !== null;
+
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Returns the uniforms of the given shader stage as a WGSL string.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} shaderStage - The shader stage.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet that defines the uniforms.
+	 */
 	getUniforms( shaderStage ) {
 
 		const uniforms = this.uniforms[ shaderStage ];
@@ -1205,7 +1683,7 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 					const componentPrefix = this.getComponentTypeFromTexture( texture ).charAt( 0 );
 
-					textureType = `texture${multisampled}_2d<${ componentPrefix }32>`;
+					textureType = `texture${ multisampled }_2d<${ componentPrefix }32>`;
 
 				}
 
@@ -1214,15 +1692,23 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 			} else if ( uniform.type === 'buffer' || uniform.type === 'storageBuffer' || uniform.type === 'indirectStorageBuffer' ) {
 
 				const bufferNode = uniform.node;
-				const bufferType = this.getType( bufferNode.bufferType );
+				const bufferType = this.getType( bufferNode.getNodeType( this ) );
 				const bufferCount = bufferNode.bufferCount;
-
 				const bufferCountSnippet = bufferCount > 0 && uniform.type === 'buffer' ? ', ' + bufferCount : '';
-				const bufferTypeSnippet = bufferNode.isAtomic ? `atomic<${bufferType}>` : `${bufferType}`;
-				const bufferSnippet = `\t${ uniform.name } : array< ${ bufferTypeSnippet }${ bufferCountSnippet } >\n`;
 				const bufferAccessMode = bufferNode.isStorageBufferNode ? `storage, ${ this.getStorageAccess( bufferNode, shaderStage ) }` : 'uniform';
 
-				bufferSnippets.push( this._getWGSLStructBinding( 'NodeBuffer_' + bufferNode.id, bufferSnippet, bufferAccessMode, uniformIndexes.binding ++, uniformIndexes.group ) );
+				if ( this.isCustomStruct( uniform ) ) {
+
+					bufferSnippets.push( `@binding( ${ uniformIndexes.binding ++ } ) @group( ${ uniformIndexes.group } ) var<${ bufferAccessMode }> ${ uniform.name } : ${ bufferType };` );
+
+				} else {
+
+					const bufferTypeSnippet = bufferNode.isAtomic ? `atomic<${ bufferType }>` : `${ bufferType }`;
+					const bufferSnippet = `\tvalue : array< ${ bufferTypeSnippet }${ bufferCountSnippet } >`;
+
+					bufferSnippets.push( this._getWGSLStructBinding( uniform.name, bufferSnippet, bufferAccessMode, uniformIndexes.binding ++, uniformIndexes.group ) );
+
+				}
 
 			} else {
 
@@ -1257,6 +1743,9 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Controls the code build of the shader stages.
+	 */
 	buildCode() {
 
 		const shadersData = this.material !== null ? { fragment: {}, vertex: {} } : { compute: {} };
@@ -1265,6 +1754,8 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 		for ( const shaderStage in shadersData ) {
 
+			this.shaderStage = shaderStage;
+
 			const stageData = shadersData[ shaderStage ];
 			stageData.uniforms = this.getUniforms( shaderStage );
 			stageData.attributes = this.getAttributes( shaderStage );
@@ -1295,7 +1786,7 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 					if ( flow.length > 0 ) flow += '\n';
 
-					flow += `\t// flow -> ${ slotName }\n\t`;
+					flow += `\t// flow -> ${ slotName }\n`;
 
 				}
 
@@ -1313,7 +1804,8 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 						if ( isOutputStruct ) {
 
-							stageData.returnType = outputNode.nodeType;
+							stageData.returnType = outputNode.getNodeType( this );
+							stageData.structs += 'var<private> output : ' + stageData.returnType + ';';
 
 							flow += `return ${ flowSlotData.result };`;
 
@@ -1327,7 +1819,7 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 							stageData.returnType = 'OutputStruct';
 							stageData.structs += this._getWGSLStruct( 'OutputStruct', structSnippet );
-							stageData.structs += '\nvar<private> output : OutputStruct;\n\n';
+							stageData.structs += '\nvar<private> output : OutputStruct;';
 
 							flow += `output.color = ${ flowSlotData.result };\n\n\treturn output;`;
 
@@ -1341,9 +1833,10 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 			stageData.flow = flow;
 
-
 		}
 
+		this.shaderStage = null;
+
 		if ( this.material !== null ) {
 
 			this.vertexShader = this._getWGSLVertexCode( shadersData.vertex );
@@ -1357,6 +1850,13 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the native shader method name for a given generic name.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} method - The method name to resolve.
+	 * @param {String} [output=null] - An optional output.
+	 * @return {String} The resolved WGSL method name.
+	 */
 	getMethod( method, output = null ) {
 
 		let wgslMethod;
@@ -1377,12 +1877,24 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the WGSL type of the given node data type.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} type - The node data type.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL type.
+	 */
 	getType( type ) {
 
 		return wgslTypeLib[ type ] || type;
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Whether the requested feature is available or not.
+	 *
+	 * @param {String} name - The requested feature.
+	 * @return {Boolean} Whether the requested feature is supported or not.
+	 */
 	isAvailable( name ) {
 
 		let result = supports[ name ];
@@ -1407,6 +1919,13 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns the native shader method name for a given generic name.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {String} method - The method name to resolve.
+	 * @return {String} The resolved WGSL method name.
+	 */
 	_getWGSLMethod( method ) {
 
 		if ( wgslPolyfill[ method ] !== undefined ) {
@@ -1419,6 +1938,14 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Includes the given method name into the current
+	 * function node.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {String} name - The method name to include.
+	 * @return {CodeNode} The respective code node.
+	 */
 	_include( name ) {
 
 		const codeNode = wgslPolyfill[ name ];
@@ -1434,12 +1961,22 @@ ${ flowData.code }
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL vertex shader based on the given shader data.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {Object} shaderData - The shader data.
+	 * @return {String} The vertex shader.
+	 */
 	_getWGSLVertexCode( shaderData ) {
 
 		return `${ this.getSignature() }
 // directives
 ${shaderData.directives}
 
+// structs
+${shaderData.structs}
+
 // uniforms
 ${shaderData.uniforms}
 
@@ -1466,18 +2003,25 @@ fn main( ${shaderData.attributes} ) -> VaryingsStruct {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL fragment shader based on the given shader data.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {Object} shaderData - The shader data.
+	 * @return {String} The vertex shader.
+	 */
 	_getWGSLFragmentCode( shaderData ) {
 
 		return `${ this.getSignature() }
 // global
 ${ diagnostics }
 
-// uniforms
-${shaderData.uniforms}
-
 // structs
 ${shaderData.structs}
 
+// uniforms
+${shaderData.uniforms}
+
 // codes
 ${shaderData.codes}
 
@@ -1495,6 +2039,14 @@ fn main( ${shaderData.varyings} ) -> ${shaderData.returnType} {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL compute shader based on the given shader data.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {Object} shaderData - The shader data.
+	 * @param {String} workgroupSize - The workgroup size.
+	 * @return {String} The vertex shader.
+	 */
 	_getWGSLComputeCode( shaderData, workgroupSize ) {
 
 		return `${ this.getSignature() }
@@ -1507,6 +2059,9 @@ var<private> instanceIndex : u32;
 // locals
 ${shaderData.scopedArrays}
 
+// structs
+${shaderData.structs}
+
 // uniforms
 ${shaderData.uniforms}
 
@@ -1517,7 +2072,7 @@ ${shaderData.codes}
 fn main( ${shaderData.attributes} ) {
 
 	// system
-	instanceIndex = id.x + id.y * numWorkgroups.x * u32(${workgroupSize}) + id.z * numWorkgroups.x * numWorkgroups.y * u32(${workgroupSize});
+	instanceIndex = globalId.x + globalId.y * numWorkgroups.x * u32(${workgroupSize}) + globalId.z * numWorkgroups.x * numWorkgroups.y * u32(${workgroupSize});
 
 	// vars
 	${shaderData.vars}
@@ -1530,6 +2085,14 @@ fn main( ${shaderData.attributes} ) {
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL struct based on the given name and variables.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {String} name - The struct name.
+	 * @param {String} vars - The struct variables.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet representing a struct.
+	 */
 	_getWGSLStruct( name, vars ) {
 
 		return `
@@ -1539,14 +2102,25 @@ ${vars}
 
 	}
 
+	/**
+	 * Returns a WGSL struct binding.
+	 *
+	 * @private
+	 * @param {String} name - The struct name.
+	 * @param {String} vars - The struct variables.
+	 * @param {String} access - The access.
+	 * @param {Number} [binding=0] - The binding index.
+	 * @param {Number} [group=0] - The group index.
+	 * @return {String} The WGSL snippet representing a struct binding.
+	 */
 	_getWGSLStructBinding( name, vars, access, binding = 0, group = 0 ) {
 
 		const structName = name + 'Struct';
 		const structSnippet = this._getWGSLStruct( structName, vars );
 
 		return `${structSnippet}
-@binding( ${binding} ) @group( ${group} )
-var<${access}> ${name} : ${structName};`;
+@binding( ${ binding } ) @group( ${ group } )
+var<${access}> ${ name } : ${ structName };`;
 
 	}