Opentk/Source/Bind/Specifications/Docs/ES30/glGetBufferParameter.xml
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<info>
<copyright>
<year>2005</year>
<holder>Sams Publishing</holder>
</copyright>
<copyright>
<year>2010-2014</year>
<holder>Khronos Group</holder>
</copyright>
</info>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>glGetBufferParameter</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
</refmeta>
<refnamediv>
<refname>glGetBufferParameter</refname>
<refpurpose>return parameters of a buffer object</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>glGetBufferParameteriv</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>target</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>value</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLint * <parameter>data</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
<funcsynopsis>
<funcprototype>
<funcdef>void <function>glGetBufferParameteri64v</function></funcdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>target</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLenum <parameter>value</parameter></paramdef>
<paramdef>GLint64 * <parameter>data</parameter></paramdef>
</funcprototype>
</funcsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
<refsect1 xml:id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>target</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the target buffer object.
The symbolic constant must be <constant>GL_ARRAY_BUFFER</constant>,
<constant>GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER</constant>,
<constant>GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER</constant>,
<constant>GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER</constant>,
<constant>GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER</constant>,
<constant>GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER</constant>,
<constant>GL_TRANSFORM_FEEDBACK_BUFFER</constant>, or
<constant>GL_UNIFORM_BUFFER</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>value</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Specifies the symbolic name of a buffer object parameter.
Accepted values are <constant>GL_BUFFER_ACCESS_FLAGS</constant>, <constant>GL_BUFFER_MAPPED</constant>,
<constant>GL_BUFFER_MAP_LENGTH</constant>, <constant>GL_BUFFER_MAP_OFFSET</constant>,
<constant>GL_BUFFER_SIZE</constant>, or <constant>GL_BUFFER_USAGE</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>data</parameter></term>
<listitem>
<para>
Returns the requested parameter.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="description"><title>Description</title>
<para>
<function>glGetBufferParameteriv</function> and <function>glGetBufferParameteri64v</function>
return in <parameter>data</parameter> a selected parameter of the buffer object
specified by <parameter>target</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
<parameter>value</parameter> names a specific buffer object parameter, as follows:
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>GL_BUFFER_ACCESS_FLAGS</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<parameter>params</parameter> returns the access policy set while mapping the buffer object.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>GL_BUFFER_MAPPED</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<parameter>params</parameter> returns a flag indicating whether the buffer object is currently
mapped. The initial value is <constant>GL_FALSE</constant>.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>GL_BUFFER_MAP_LENGTH</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<parameter>params</parameter> returns the length of the buffer object mapping,
measured in bytes.
The initial value is 0.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>GL_BUFFER_MAP_OFFSET</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<parameter>params</parameter> returns the offset (start) of the buffer object mapping,
measured in bytes.
The initial value is 0.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>GL_BUFFER_SIZE</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<parameter>params</parameter> returns the size of the buffer object, measured in bytes.
The initial value is 0.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry>
<term><constant>GL_BUFFER_USAGE</constant></term>
<listitem>
<para>
<parameter>params</parameter> returns the buffer object's usage pattern.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
<para>
If an error is generated,
no change is made to the contents of <parameter>data</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
If <function>glGetBufferParameteriv</function> is used to query a <parameter>value</parameter> of
<constant>GL_BUFFER_SIZE</constant>, values greater than or equal to
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</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <parameter>target</parameter> or <parameter>value</parameter> is not an
accepted value.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if the reserved buffer object name 0 is bound to <parameter>target</parameter>.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <function>glGetBufferParameteri64v</function> is used to query a <parameter>value</parameter> of
<constant>GL_BUFFER_ACCESS_FLAGS</constant>, <constant>GL_BUFFER_MAPPED</constant> or <constant>GL_BUFFER_USAGE</constant>.
</para>
<para>
<constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <function>glGetBufferParameteriv</function> is used to query a <parameter>value</parameter> of
<constant>GL_BUFFER_MAP_LENGTH</constant> or <constant>GL_BUFFER_MAP_OFFSET</constant>.
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="versions">
<title>API Version Support</title>
<informaltable>
<tgroup cols="3" align="left">
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="apifunchead.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/*/*)"/>
<tbody>
<row>
<entry><function>glGetBufferParameteriv</function></entry>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="apiversion.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@role='es20']/*)"/>
</row>
<row>
<entry><function>glGetBufferParameteri64v</function></entry>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="apiversion.xml" xpointer="xpointer(/*/*[@role='es30']/*)"/>
</row>
</tbody>
</tgroup>
</informaltable>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
<para>
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBindBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBufferData</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glMapBufferRange</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
<citerefentry><refentrytitle>glUnmapBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1 xml:id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
<para>
Copyright <trademark class="copyright"/> 2005 Addison-Wesley.
Copyright <trademark class="copyright"/> 2010-2014 Khronos Group.
This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.
<link xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xlink:href="http://opencontent.org/openpub/">http://opencontent.org/openpub/</link>.
</para>
</refsect1>
</refentry>