Added additional convenience constructors to Light, AmbientLight, DirectionalLight, PointLight and SpotLight as mentioned in #297

jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/light/AmbientLight.java

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 package com.jme3.light;
 
 import com.jme3.bounding.BoundingBox;
+import com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA;
 import com.jme3.math.Vector3f;
 import com.jme3.renderer.Camera;
 import com.jme3.scene.Spatial;
@@ -49,6 +50,21 @@ import com.jme3.util.TempVars;
  */
 public class AmbientLight extends Light {
 
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for AmbientLight.
+     */
+    public AmbientLight() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting of the color.
+     *
+     * @param color the color to apply to this light.
+     */
+    public AmbientLight(final ColorRGBA color) {
+        super(color);
+    }
+
     @Override
     public boolean intersectsBox(BoundingBox box, TempVars vars) {
         return true;

jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/light/DirectionalLight.java

@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.jme3.export.InputCapsule;
 import com.jme3.export.JmeExporter;
 import com.jme3.export.JmeImporter;
 import com.jme3.export.OutputCapsule;
+import com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA;
 import com.jme3.math.Vector3f;
 import com.jme3.renderer.Camera;
 import com.jme3.scene.Spatial;
@@ -53,6 +54,32 @@ public class DirectionalLight extends Light {
 
     protected Vector3f direction = new Vector3f(0f, -1f, 0f);
 
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for DirectionalLight. Direction will be defaulted to -1 on the Y axis.
+     */
+    public DirectionalLight() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting of the direction.
+     *
+     * @param direction the direction vector for the light.
+     */
+    public DirectionalLight(final Vector3f direction) {
+        this.direction = direction;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting of the color and direction.
+     *
+     * @param color the color to apply to this light.
+     * @param direction the direction vector for the light.
+     */
+    public DirectionalLight(final ColorRGBA color, final Vector3f direction) {
+        super(color);
+        this.direction = direction;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void computeLastDistance(Spatial owner) {
         lastDistance = 0; // directional lights are always closest to their owner

jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/light/Light.java

@@ -115,6 +115,22 @@ public abstract class Light implements Savable, Cloneable {
     boolean frustumCheckNeeded = true;
     boolean intersectsFrustum  = false;
 
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for Light.
+     */
+    public Light() {
+
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting of the color.
+     *
+     * @param color the color to apply to this light.
+     */
+    public Light(final ColorRGBA color) {
+        this.color = color;
+    }
+
     /**
      * Returns the color of the light.
      * 

jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/light/PointLight.java

@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ import com.jme3.export.InputCapsule;
 import com.jme3.export.JmeExporter;
 import com.jme3.export.JmeImporter;
 import com.jme3.export.OutputCapsule;
+import com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA;
 import com.jme3.math.FastMath;
 import com.jme3.math.Plane;
 import com.jme3.math.Vector3f;
@@ -62,6 +63,41 @@ public class PointLight extends Light {
     protected float radius = 0;
     protected float invRadius = 0;
 
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for PointLight.
+     * <p>
+     *  <ul>
+     *      <li>Position will be defaulted to 0,0,0.</li>
+     *      <li>Radius will be defaulted to 0</li>
+     *  </ul>
+     * </p>
+     */
+    public PointLight() {
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting of the color and position.
+     *
+     * @param color the color to apply to this light.
+     * @param position the position of the light.
+     */
+    public PointLight(final ColorRGBA color, final Vector3f position) {
+        this(color, position, 0);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting of the color, position and radius.
+     *
+     * @param color the color to apply to this light.
+     * @param position the position of the light.
+     * @param radius the radius of the light.
+     */
+    public PointLight(final ColorRGBA color, final Vector3f position, final float radius) {
+        super(color);
+        this.position = position;
+        this.radius = radius;
+    }
+
     @Override
     public void computeLastDistance(Spatial owner) {
         if (owner.getWorldBound() != null) {

jme3-core/src/main/java/com/jme3/light/SpotLight.java

@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ package com.jme3.light;
 import com.jme3.bounding.BoundingBox;
 import com.jme3.bounding.BoundingVolume;
 import com.jme3.export.*;
+import com.jme3.math.ColorRGBA;
 import com.jme3.math.FastMath;
 import com.jme3.math.Plane;
 import com.jme3.math.Vector3f;
@@ -51,8 +52,8 @@ import java.io.IOException;
  * can be used to attenuate the influence of the light depending on the 
  * distance between the light and the effected object.
  * Also the angle of the cone can be tweaked by changing the spot inner angle and the spot outer angle.
- * the spot inner angle determin the cone of light where light has full influence.
- * the spot outer angle determin the cone global cone of light of the spot light.
+ * the spot inner angle determine the cone of light where light has full influence.
+ * the spot outer angle determine the cone global cone of light of the spot light.
  * the light intensity slowly decrease between the inner cone and the outer cone.
  *  @author Nehon
  */
@@ -64,16 +65,48 @@ public class SpotLight extends Light {
     protected float spotOuterAngle = FastMath.QUARTER_PI / 6;
     protected float spotRange = 100;
     protected float invSpotRange = 1f / 100;
-    protected float packedAngleCos=0;
+    protected float packedAngleCos = 0;
     
     protected float outerAngleCosSqr, outerAngleSinSqr;
     protected float outerAngleSinRcp, outerAngleSin, outerAngleCos;
-    
+
+    /**
+     * Default constructor for SpotLight.
+     * <p>
+     *     <ul>
+     *         <li>Position will be defaulted to 0,0,0</li>
+     *         <li>Direction will be defaulted to -1 on the Y axis</li>
+     *         <li>Range will be defaulted to 100</li>
+     *     </ul>
+     * </p>
+     */
     public SpotLight() {
         super();
         computeAngleParameters();
     }
 
+    /**
+     * Constructor which allows setting color, position, direction, inner angle, outer angle and range.
+     *
+     * @param color the color of the spotlight.
+     * @param position the position of the spotlight.
+     * @param direction the direction of the spotlight.
+     * @param spotInnerAngle the inner angle of the spotlight.
+     * @param spotOuterAngle the outer angle of the spotlight.
+     * @param spotRange the range of the spotlight.
+     */
+    public SpotLight(final ColorRGBA color, final Vector3f position, final Vector3f direction, final float spotInnerAngle,
+                     final float spotOuterAngle, final float spotRange)
+    {
+        super(color);
+        this.position = position;
+        this.direction = direction;
+        this.spotInnerAngle = spotInnerAngle;
+        this.spotOuterAngle = spotOuterAngle;
+        this.spotRange = spotRange;
+        computeAngleParameters();
+    }
+
     private void computeAngleParameters() {
         float innerCos = FastMath.cos(spotInnerAngle);
         outerAngleCos = FastMath.cos(spotOuterAngle);