TSL: Introduce uniformTexture() and uniformCubeTexture()

src/Three.TSL.js

@@ -506,8 +506,10 @@ export const trunc = TSL.trunc;
 export const tslFn = TSL.tslFn;
 export const uint = TSL.uint;
 export const uniform = TSL.uniform;
+export const uniformCubeTexture = TSL.uniformCubeTexture;
 export const uniformArray = TSL.uniformArray;
 export const uniformGroup = TSL.uniformGroup;
+export const uniformTexture = TSL.uniformTexture;
 export const uniforms = TSL.uniforms;
 export const unpremult = TSL.unpremult;
 export const userData = TSL.userData;

src/nodes/accessors/CubeTextureNode.js

@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 import TextureNode from './TextureNode.js';
 import { reflectVector, refractVector } from './ReflectVector.js';
-import { nodeProxy, vec3 } from '../tsl/TSLBase.js';
+import { nodeObject, nodeProxy, vec3 } from '../tsl/TSLBase.js';
 
 import { CubeReflectionMapping, CubeRefractionMapping, WebGPUCoordinateSystem } from '../../constants.js';
 import { materialEnvRotation } from './MaterialProperties.js';
 
+import { CubeTexture } from '../../textures/CubeTexture.js';
+
+const EmptyTexture = /*@__PURE__*/ new CubeTexture();
+
 /**
  * This type of uniform node represents a cube texture.
  *
@@ -138,4 +142,48 @@ export default CubeTextureNode;
  * @param {?Node<float>} [biasNode=null] - The bias node.
  * @returns {CubeTextureNode}
  */
-export const cubeTexture = /*@__PURE__*/ nodeProxy( CubeTextureNode ).setParameterLength( 1, 4 ).setName( 'cubeTexture' );
+export const cubeTextureBase = /*@__PURE__*/ nodeProxy( CubeTextureNode ).setParameterLength( 1, 4 ).setName( 'cubeTexture' );
+
+/**
+ * TSL function for creating a cube texture uniform node.
+ *
+ * @tsl
+ * @function
+ * @param {?CubeTexture|CubeTextureNode} [value=EmptyTexture] - The cube texture.
+ * @param {?Node<vec3>} [uvNode=null] - The uv node.
+ * @param {?Node<int>} [levelNode=null] - The level node.
+ * @param {?Node<float>} [biasNode=null] - The bias node.
+ * @returns {CubeTextureNode}
+ */
+export const cubeTexture = ( value = EmptyTexture, uvNode = null, levelNode = null, biasNode = null ) => {
+
+	let textureNode;
+
+	if ( value && value.isCubeTextureNode === true ) {
+
+		textureNode = nodeObject( value.clone() );
+		textureNode.referenceNode = value.getSelf(); // Ensure the reference is set to the original node
+
+		if ( uvNode !== null ) textureNode.uvNode = nodeObject( uvNode );
+		if ( levelNode !== null ) textureNode.levelNode = nodeObject( levelNode );
+		if ( biasNode !== null ) textureNode.biasNode = nodeObject( biasNode );
+
+	} else {
+
+		textureNode = cubeTextureBase( value, uvNode, levelNode, biasNode );
+
+	}
+
+	return textureNode;
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * TSL function for creating a uniform cube texture node.
+ *
+ * @tsl
+ * @function
+ * @param {?CubeTexture} [value=EmptyTexture] - The cube texture.
+ * @returns {CubeTextureNode}
+ */
+export const uniformCubeTexture = ( value = EmptyTexture ) => cubeTextureBase( value );

src/nodes/accessors/TextureNode.js

@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@ import { NodeUpdateType } from '../core/constants.js';
 
 import { IntType, NearestFilter, UnsignedIntType } from '../../constants.js';
 
+import { Texture } from '../../textures/Texture.js';
+
+const EmptyTexture = /*@__PURE__*/ new Texture();
+
 /**
  * This type of uniform node represents a 2D texture.
  *
@@ -25,12 +29,12 @@ class TextureNode extends UniformNode {
 	/**
 	 * Constructs a new texture node.
 	 *
-	 * @param {Texture} value - The texture.
+	 * @param {Texture} [value=EmptyTexture] - The texture.
 	 * @param {?Node<vec2|vec3>} [uvNode=null] - The uv node.
 	 * @param {?Node<int>} [levelNode=null] - The level node.
 	 * @param {?Node<float>} [biasNode=null] - The bias node.
 	 */
-	constructor( value, uvNode = null, levelNode = null, biasNode = null ) {
+	constructor( value = EmptyTexture, uvNode = null, levelNode = null, biasNode = null ) {
 
 		super( value );
 
@@ -737,20 +741,64 @@ export default TextureNode;
  *
  * @tsl
  * @function
- * @param {Texture} value - The texture.
+ * @param {?Texture} value - The texture.
  * @param {?Node<vec2|vec3>} [uvNode=null] - The uv node.
  * @param {?Node<int>} [levelNode=null] - The level node.
  * @param {?Node<float>} [biasNode=null] - The bias node.
  * @returns {TextureNode}
  */
-export const texture = /*@__PURE__*/ nodeProxy( TextureNode ).setParameterLength( 1, 4 );
+const textureBase = /*@__PURE__*/ nodeProxy( TextureNode ).setParameterLength( 1, 4 ).setName( 'texture' );
+
+/**
+ * TSL function for creating a texture node or sample a texture node already existing.
+ *
+ * @tsl
+ * @function
+ * @param {?Texture|TextureNode} [value=EmptyTexture] - The texture.
+ * @param {?Node<vec2|vec3>} [uvNode=null] - The uv node.
+ * @param {?Node<int>} [levelNode=null] - The level node.
+ * @param {?Node<float>} [biasNode=null] - The bias node.
+ * @returns {TextureNode}
+ */
+export const texture = ( value = EmptyTexture, uvNode = null, levelNode = null, biasNode = null ) => {
+
+	let textureNode;
+
+	if ( value && value.isTextureNode === true ) {
+
+		textureNode = nodeObject( value.clone() );
+		textureNode.referenceNode = value.getSelf(); // Ensure the reference is set to the original node
+
+		if ( uvNode !== null ) textureNode.uvNode = nodeObject( uvNode );
+		if ( levelNode !== null ) textureNode.levelNode = nodeObject( levelNode );
+		if ( biasNode !== null ) textureNode.biasNode = nodeObject( biasNode );
+
+	} else {
+
+		textureNode = textureBase( value, uvNode, levelNode, biasNode );
+
+	}
+
+	return textureNode;
+
+};
+
+/**
+ * TSL function for creating a uniform texture node.
+ *
+ * @tsl
+ * @function
+ * @param {?Texture} value - The texture.
+ * @returns {TextureNode}
+ */
+export const uniformTexture = ( value = EmptyTexture ) => texture( value );
 
 /**
  * TSL function for creating a texture node that fetches/loads texels without interpolation.
  *
  * @tsl
  * @function
- * @param {Texture} value - The texture.
+ * @param {?Texture|TextureNode} [value=EmptyTexture] - The texture.
  * @param {?Node<vec2|vec3>} [uvNode=null] - The uv node.
  * @param {?Node<int>} [levelNode=null] - The level node.
  * @param {?Node<float>} [biasNode=null] - The bias node.