Opentk/Source/OpenTK/Toolkit.cs

#region License
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#endregion

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;

namespace OpenTK
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Provides static methods to manage an OpenTK application.
    /// </summary>
    public sealed class Toolkit
    {
        volatile static bool initialized;
        static readonly object InitLock = new object();

        #region Constructors

        Toolkit() { }

        #endregion

        #region Public Members

        /// <summary>
        /// Initializes OpenTK. This method is necessary only if you are using OpenTK
        /// alongside a different windowing toolkit (e.g. GTK#) and should be the very
        /// first method called by your application (i.e. calling this method should be
        /// the very first statement executed by the "Main" method).
        /// </summary>
        /// <remarks>
        /// Some windowing toolkits do not configure the underlying platform
        /// correctly or configure it in a way that is incompatible with OpenTK.
        /// Calling this method first ensures that OpenTK is given the chance to
        /// initialize itself and configure the platform correctly.
        /// </remarks>
        public static void Init()
        {
            lock (InitLock)
            {
                if (!initialized)
                {
                    initialized = true;
                    Configuration.Init();
                    // The actual initialization takes place in the platform-specific factory
                    // constructors.
                    new Platform.Factory();
                }
            }
        }

        #endregion
    }
}