+ // How many inputs this effect will take (a fixed number).
+ // If you have only one input, it will be called INPUT() in GLSL;
+ // if you have several, they will be INPUT1(), INPUT2(), and so on.
+ virtual unsigned num_inputs() const { return 1; }
+
+ // Let the effect rewrite the effect chain as it sees fit.
+ // Most effects won't need to do this, but this is very useful
+ // if you have an effect that consists of multiple sub-effects
+ // (for instance, two passes). The effect is given to its own
+ // pointer, and it can add new ones (by using add_node()
+ // and connect_node()) as it sees fit. This is called at
+ // EffectChain::finalize() time, when the entire graph is known,
+ // in the order that the effects were originally added.
+ //
+ // Note that if the effect wants to take itself entirely out
+ // of the chain, it must set “disabled” to true and then disconnect
+ // itself from all other effects.
+ virtual void rewrite_graph(EffectChain *graph, Node *self) {}
+