Basic openGL shader class codereview

OpenGL
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hi, the problem is a code review and not just an openGL related.
I can’t explain the problem in brief so here is the class code and the main() function and i’ll comment the problem.

//-------------------------shaderManager.h---------------


#include <iostream>
#include <sstream>
#include <string>
#include <fstream>

#include "glew.h"
#include "glfw3.h"

class shader{
    private:
    GLchar    infolog[512];
    const GLchar* FragShaderPath;
    const GLchar* VertShaderPath;
    const GLchar* FragShaderCode;
    const GLchar* VertShaderCode;
    GLuint FragShader;
    GLuint VertShader;
    GLuint ShaderProgram;
    
    public:
    shader(const GLchar* VSPath,const GLchar* FSPath);
    const GLchar* getFragShaderCode();
    const GLchar* getVertShaderCode();
    void load();
    void compile();
    void use();
    void clear();
    
};

//----------------------shaderManager.cpp----------------


#include "shaderManager.h"

using namespace std;

void shader::load(){
    ifstream VertShaderFile;
    ifstream FragShaderFile;
    stringstream FragShaderSS;
    stringstream VertShaderSS;
    string VertShaderContent;
    string FragShaderContent;
    VertShaderFile.exceptions(ifstream::failbit|ifstream::badbit);
    FragShaderFile.exceptions(ifstream::failbit|ifstream::badbit);
    try{
        FragShaderFile.open(this->FragShaderPath);
        FragShaderSS << FragShaderFile.rdbuf();
        FragShaderContent = FragShaderSS.str();
        FragShaderFile.close();
        
        VertShaderFile.open(this->VertShaderPath);
        VertShaderSS << VertShaderFile.rdbuf();
        VertShaderContent = VertShaderSS.str();
        VertShaderFile.close();
    }catch(ifstream::failure e){
        cout<<"error while loading vertex or fragment file";
    }
    this->VertShaderCode = VertShaderContent.c_str();
    this->FragShaderCode = FragShaderContent.c_str();
    
    //now i will use std::cout<< to be sure that data has been loaded when i call this methode in the main() function
    cout<<this->VertShaderCode<<endl;
    cout<<this->FragShaderCode<<endl;
}

void shader::compile(){
        //now the problem i think will occure, this->VertShaderCode and this->FragShaderCode apear to contain no data !! were they gone
        //what's wrong?? let see.
        
        cout<<this->VertShaderCode;
        cout<<this->FragShaderCode;
        this->VertShader = glCreateShader(GL_VERTEX_SHADER);
        glShaderSource(this->VertShader,1,&this->VertShaderCode,NULL);
        glCompileShader(this->VertShader);
        GLint success;
        
        glGetShaderiv(this->VertShader,GL_COMPILE_STATUS,&success);
        if(!success){
            glGetShaderInfoLog(this->VertShader,512,NULL,this->infolog);
            cout<<"Vertex Shader Compilation Errore "<<this->infolog<<endl;
        }
        
        this->FragShader = glCreateShader(GL_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
        glShaderSource(this->FragShader,1,&this->FragShaderCode,NULL);
        glCompileShader(this->FragShader);
        glCompileShader(this->FragShader);
        
        glGetShaderiv(this->FragShader,GL_COMPILE_STATUS,&success);
        if(!success){
            glGetShaderInfoLog(this->FragShader,512,NULL,this->infolog);
            cout<<"Fragment Shader Compilation Errore "<<this->infolog<<endl;
        }
        
        this->ShaderProgram = glCreateProgram();
        glAttachShader(this->ShaderProgram,this->FragShader);
        glAttachShader(this->ShaderProgram,this->VertShader);
        glLinkProgram(this->ShaderProgram);
        
        glGetProgramiv(this->ShaderProgram,GL_LINK_STATUS,&success);
        if(!success){
            glGetProgramInfoLog(this->ShaderProgram,512,NULL,this->infolog);
            cout<<"program Linking Errore "<<this->infolog<<endl;
        }
}

void shader::use(){
    glUseProgram(this->ShaderProgram);
}

void shader::clear(){
    glDeleteShader(this->VertShader);
    glDeleteShader(this->FragShader);
}

shader::shader(const GLchar* VSPath,const GLchar* FSPath){
    this->FragShaderPath = FSPath;
    this->VertShaderPath = VSPath;
}

const GLchar* shader::getVertShaderCode(){
    return this->VertShaderCode;
}

const GLchar* shader::getFragShaderCode(){
    return this->FragShaderCode;
}

//------------main.cpp--------------------------


#include "inc/primitivesRenderers.h"
#include "inc/shaderManager.h"

void key_callback(GLFWwindow* window,int key,int scancode,int action,int mode);

GLfloat vertices[] = {
// Positions     // Colors     // Texture Coords
0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, // Top Right
0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, // Bottom Right
-0.5f, -0.5f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, // Bottom Left
-0.5f, 0.5f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f // Top Left
};

using namespace std;

int main(){
    if(!glfwInit()){
        std::cout<<"error: failed to init glfw"<<std::endl;
        return -1;
    }
    
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
    glfwWindowHint(GLFW_RESIZABLE, GL_FALSE);
    
    GLFWwindow* window = glfwCreateWindow(800,600,"streater",nullptr,nullptr);
    glfwSetKeyCallback(window,key_callback);
    
    if(window == nullptr){
        std::cout<<"Failed to create GLFW window"<<std::endl;
        glfwTerminate();
        return -1;
    }
    
    glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
    
    glewExperimental = GL_TRUE;
    
    if(glewInit() != GLEW_OK){
        std::cout<<"failed to initilize glew"<<std::endl;
        return -1;
    }
    
    glViewport(0,0,800,600);
    
    shader myshaderobject = shader("vshader.txt","fshader.txt");
    myshaderobject.load();
    // after load method i see the myshaderobject.VertShaderCode and myshaderobject.FragShaderCode as i planned to in shader::load()
    
    myshaderobject.compile();
    //after compile method i cant see the myshaderobject.VertShaderCode and myshaderobject.FragShaderCode as i planned to in shder::compile() and as expected some openGL shader compilation errores
    
    //also here i think contain no data
    cout<<myshaderobject.getFragShaderCode()<<endl;
    cout<<myshaderobject.getVertShaderCode()<<endl;
    
    model mdl = model(vertices);
    
    while(!glfwWindowShouldClose(window)){
        glfwPollEvents();
        //rendering command here
        //myshaderobject.use(); but its not compiled
        mdl.draw();
        glClear(GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT);
        glClearColor(0.2f, 0.3f, 0.3f, 1.0f);

        glfwSwapBuffers(window);
    }
    
    glfwTerminate();
    
    return 0;
}

void key_callback(GLFWwindow* window,int key,int scancode,int action,int mode){
    if(key == GLFW_KEY_ESCAPE && action==GLFW_PRESS)
        glfwSetWindowShouldClose(window,GL_TRUE);
}

-------------compilation commandline---------------


C:\Users
idal\Desktop\streater>g++ main.cpp -std=c++11 "inc/shaderManager.cpp" "inc/primitivesRenderers.cpp" -L"lib" -lglfw3dll -lglew32.dll -lopengl32

--------------------program output-----------------


C:\Users
idal\Desktop\streater>a
#version 330 core
layout (location = 0) in vec3 position;
void main()
{
gl_Position = vec4(position.x, position.y, position.z, 1.0);
}//this is the content of myshaderobject.VertShaderCode

#version 330 core
out vec4 color;
void main()
{
color = vec4(1.0f, 0.5f, 0.2f, 1.0f);
};//this is the content of myshaderobject.FragShaderCode

//this two last output are the result to the call of myshaderobject.load

└ 
└
// this two last output are the call to myshaderobject.compile

Vertex Shader Compilation Errore ERROR: 0:1: '' :  illegal non-ASCII character
(0xc0)


Fragment Shader Compilation Errore ERROR: 0:1: '' :  illegal non-ASCII character
 (0xc0)


program Linking Errore Attached vertex shader is not compiled.

└ //the call to cout<<myshaderobject.getFragShaderCode()<<endl;
└ //the call to cout<<myshaderobject.getVertShaderCode()<<endl;
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VertShaderContent and FragShaderContent are local variables, so they’ll be destroyed when the function returns. The .c_str() method returns a pointer to the string’s internal data, which will be deallocated when the string is destroyed.

The simplest solution is to make VertShaderContent and FragShaderContent member variables, so that they exist for as long as the shader object exists.

3

Yes; contrary to what you might expect if your experience is with C++ objects, pointer assignment just assigns the pointer. It does not assign that-which-is-pointed-to.

So if you have a pointer A pointing to memory at location 0x8000 which contains data, and if you do B = A, all you are doing is making B also point to memory location 0x8000. The data is not affected; it is not copied, it is not duplicated, and if somewhere else in your code you overwrite this memory location, then both B and A will be affected by this overwriting.

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