Opentk/Source/OpenTK/Graphics/GraphicsBindingsBase.cs

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using System;

namespace OpenTK.Graphics
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Implements BindingsBase for the OpenTK.Graphics namespace (OpenGL and OpenGL|ES).
    /// </summary>
    public abstract class GraphicsBindingsBase : BindingsBase
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Retrieves an unmanaged function pointer to the specified function.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="funcname">
        /// A <see cref="System.String"/> that defines the name of the function.
        /// </param>
        /// <returns>
        /// A <see cref="IntPtr"/> that contains the address of funcname or IntPtr.Zero,
        /// if the function is not supported by the drivers.
        /// </returns>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Note: some drivers are known to return non-zero values for unsupported functions.
        /// Typical values include 1 and 2 - inheritors are advised to check for and ignore these
        /// values.
        /// </remarks>
        protected override IntPtr GetAddress(string funcname)
        {
            var context = GraphicsContext.CurrentContext as IGraphicsContextInternal;
            if (context == null)
                throw new GraphicsContextMissingException();
            return context != null ? context.GetAddress(funcname) : IntPtr.Zero;
        }
    }
}