MaterialProperty - Cesium Documentation

# MaterialProperty

#### new MaterialProperty()

  The interface for all `Property` objects that represent `Material` uniforms. This type defines an interface and cannot be instantiated directly.

  ##### See:

  - ColorMaterialProperty
  - CompositeMaterialProperty
  - GridMaterialProperty
  - ImageMaterialProperty
  - PolylineGlowMaterialProperty
  - PolylineOutlineMaterialProperty
  - StripeMaterialProperty
  Source: DataSources/MaterialProperty.js, line 31

### Members

#### readonlydefinitionChanged :Event

  Gets the event that is raised whenever the definition of this property changes. The definition is considered to have changed if a call to getValue would return a different result for the same time.
  Source: DataSources/MaterialProperty.js, line 56

#### equals

  Compares this property to the provided property and returns `true` if they are equal, `false` otherwise.
  Source: DataSources/MaterialProperty.js, line 87

#### readonlyisConstant :Boolean

  Gets a value indicating if this property is constant. A property is considered constant if getValue always returns the same result for the current definition.
  Source: DataSources/MaterialProperty.js, line 44

### Methods

#### getType(time) → String

  Gets the `Material` type at the provided time.

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `time` | JulianDate | The time for which to retrieve the type.

  ##### Returns:

  The type of material.
  Source: DataSources/MaterialProperty.js, line 68

#### getValue(time, result) → Object

  Gets the value of the property at the provided time.

  Name | Type | Description
  --- | --- | ---
  `time` | JulianDate | The time for which to retrieve the value.
  `result` | Object | optional The object to store the value into, if omitted, a new instance is created and returned.

  ##### Returns:

  The modified result parameter or a new instance if the result parameter was not supplied.
  Source: DataSources/MaterialProperty.js, line 78