Passing a custom vertex structure to GLSL shaders

Question

I am trying to pass a structure into a simple Vetrex GLSL shader. Here's what the structure looks like on the C ++ side:

struct Vertex
{
    float position[3];
    char boneIndex[4];
    float weights[4];
    float normals[3];
    float textureCords[2];
};

Is it possible to transfer an array of this vertex to the vertex shader without creating a separate array for each component?

Can I do something like this:

#version 330 core

uniform mat4 MVP;

layout(location = 0) in struct Vertex
{
    vec3 position;
    uint boneIndex;
    vec4 weights;
    vec3 normals;
    vec2 textureCords;
} vertex;

out vec2 UV;

void main()
{
    gl_Position =  MVP * vec4(vertex.position, 1.0f);
    UV = vertex.textureCords;
}

(Do not remember that not all components are used, this is just an example.)

And if I can, how can I pass data to it from the C ++ side using the glVertexAttribPointer () function? (In my opinion, you can only pass 1,2,3,4 to the size parameter ).

Is this even the right way to do something? I am new to OpenGL programming, so if you have an answer, please feel free to include the obvious details.

Edit:

I ended up doing something like this:

    glEnableVertexAttribArray(0);
    glEnableVertexAttribArray(1);
    glEnableVertexAttribArray(2);
    glEnableVertexAttribArray(3);
    glEnableVertexAttribArray(4);

    glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, vertexBuffer);

    glVertexAttribPointer(0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 0, (void*)0);  //float position[3]
    glVertexAttribPointer(1, 1, GL_INT, GL_FALSE, 12, (void*)0);    //char boneIndex[4]
    glVertexAttribPointer(2, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 16, (void*)0); //float weights[4]
    glVertexAttribPointer(3, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 32, (void*)0); //float normals[3]
    glVertexAttribPointer(4, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, 44, (void*)0); //float textureCords[2]


    glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, indiceBuffer);

    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, indices.size(), GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, (void*)0);

    glDisableVertexAttribArray(0);
    glDisableVertexAttribArray(1);
    glDisableVertexAttribArray(2);
    glDisableVertexAttribArray(3);
    glDisableVertexAttribArray(4);

++ GLSL:

    #version 330 core

uniform mat4 MVP;

layout(location = 0) in vec3 position;
layout(location = 1) in int boneIndex;
layout(location = 2) in vec4 weight;
layout(location = 3) in vec3 normal;
layout(location = 4) in vec2 UVCords;

out vec2 UV;

void main()
{
    gl_Position =  MVP * vec4(position, 1.0f);
    UV = UVCords;
}

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Answer 1

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glVertexAttribPointer(
    0, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), nullptr
); //float position[3]

glVertexAttribIPointer(
    1, 1, GL_INT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), 
    std::reinterpret_cast<void *>(offsetof(Vertex, boneIndex))
); //char boneIndex[4]

glVertexAttribPointer(
    2, 4, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), 
    std::reinterpret_cast<void *>(offsetof(Vertex, weights))
); //float weights[4]

glVertexAttribPointer(
    3, 3, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), 
    std::reinterpret_cast<void *>(offsetof(Vertex, normals))
); //float normals[3]

glVertexAttribPointer(
    4, 2, GL_FLOAT, GL_FALSE, sizeof(Vertex), 
    std::reinterpret_cast<void *>(offsetof(Vertex, textureCoords))
); //float textureCoords[2]

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#pragma pack(push, 0)

struct Vertex {
    float position[3];
    char  boneIndex[4];
    float weights[4],
          normals[4],
          textureCoords[2];
};

#pragma pack(pop)