Applications use the methods of the IDirect3DMaterial2 interface to retrieve and set the properties of materials. This section is a reference to the methods of this interface. For a conceptual overview, see Materials.
The IDirect3DMaterial2 interface is an extension of the IDirect3DMaterial interface. You create this interface by calling the IDirect3D2::CreateMaterial method.
The methods of the IDirect3DMaterial2 interface can be organized into the following groups:
| Handles | GetHandle |
| Materials | GetMaterial |
| SetMaterial |
The IDirect3DMaterial2 interface, like all COM interfaces, inherits the IUnknown interface methods. The IUnknown interface supports the following three methods:
The LPDIRECT3DMATERIAL2 and LPDIRECT3DMATERIAL types are defined as pointers to the IDirect3DMaterial2 and IDirect3DMaterial interfaces:
typedef struct IDirect3DMaterial2 *LPDIRECT3DMATERIAL2;
typedef struct IDirect3DMaterial *LPDIRECT3DMATERIAL;