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4<refentry id="glGetTexLevelParameter">
5 <refmeta>
6 <refmetainfo>
7 <copyright>
8 <year>1991-2006</year>
9 <holder>Silicon Graphics, Inc.</holder>
10 </copyright>
11 </refmetainfo>
12 <refentrytitle>glGetTexLevelParameter</refentrytitle>
13 <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
14 </refmeta>
15 <refnamediv>
16 <refname>glGetTexLevelParameter</refname>
17 <refpurpose>return texture parameter values for a specific level of detail</refpurpose>
18 </refnamediv>
19 <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title>
20 <funcsynopsis>
21 <funcprototype>
22 <funcdef>void <function>glGetTexLevelParameterfv</function></funcdef>
23 <paramdef>GLenum <parameter>target</parameter></paramdef>
24 <paramdef>GLint <parameter>level</parameter></paramdef>
25 <paramdef>GLenum <parameter>pname</parameter></paramdef>
26 <paramdef>GLfloat * <parameter>params</parameter></paramdef>
27 </funcprototype>
28 </funcsynopsis>
29 <funcsynopsis>
30 <funcprototype>
31 <funcdef>void <function>glGetTexLevelParameteriv</function></funcdef>
32 <paramdef>GLenum <parameter>target</parameter></paramdef>
33 <paramdef>GLint <parameter>level</parameter></paramdef>
34 <paramdef>GLenum <parameter>pname</parameter></paramdef>
35 <paramdef>GLint * <parameter>params</parameter></paramdef>
36 </funcprototype>
37 </funcsynopsis>
38 </refsynopsisdiv>
39 <!-- eqn: ignoring delim $$ -->
40 <refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
41 <variablelist>
42 <varlistentry>
43 <term><parameter>target</parameter></term>
44 <listitem>
45 <para>
46 Specifies the symbolic name of the target texture,
47 one of
48 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_1D</constant>,
49 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_2D</constant>,
50 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_3D</constant>,
51 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_1D_ARRAY</constant>,
52 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY</constant>,
53 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE</constant>,
54 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE</constant>,
55 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY</constant>,
56 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X</constant>,
57 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X</constant>,
58 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y</constant>,
59 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y</constant>,
60 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z</constant>,
61 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z</constant>,
62 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_1D</constant>,
63 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_2D</constant>,
64 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_3D</constant>,
65 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_1D_ARRAY</constant>,
66 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY</constant>,
67 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE</constant>,
68 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE</constant>,
69 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_2D_MULTISAMPLE_ARRAY</constant>,
70 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP</constant>, or
71 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_BUFFER</constant>.
72 </para>
73 </listitem>
74 </varlistentry>
75 <varlistentry>
76 <term><parameter>level</parameter></term>
77 <listitem>
78 <para>
79 Specifies the level-of-detail number of the desired image.
80 Level 0 is the base image level.
81 Level
82 <inlineequation><mml:math><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>
83 is the
84 <inlineequation><mml:math><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">n</mml:mi></mml:math></inlineequation>th
85 mipmap reduction image.
86 </para>
87 </listitem>
88 </varlistentry>
89 <varlistentry>
90 <term><parameter>pname</parameter></term>
91 <listitem>
92 <para>
93 Specifies the symbolic name of a texture parameter.
94 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_WIDTH</constant>,
95 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_HEIGHT</constant>,
96 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH</constant>,
97 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT</constant>,
98 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_BORDER</constant>,
99 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_RED_SIZE</constant>,
100 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_GREEN_SIZE</constant>,
101 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_BLUE_SIZE</constant>,
102 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_ALPHA_SIZE</constant>,
103 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH_SIZE</constant>,
104 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED</constant>, and
105 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SIZE</constant>
106 are accepted.
107 </para>
108 </listitem>
109 </varlistentry>
110 <varlistentry>
111 <term><parameter>params</parameter></term>
112 <listitem>
113 <para>
114 Returns the requested data.
115 </para>
116 </listitem>
117 </varlistentry>
118 </variablelist>
119 </refsect1>
120 <refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title>
121 <para>
122 <function>glGetTexLevelParameter</function> returns in <parameter>params</parameter> texture parameter values for a specific
123 level-of-detail value,
124 specified as <parameter>level</parameter>.
125 <parameter>target</parameter> defines the target texture,
126 either <constant>GL_TEXTURE_1D</constant>, <constant>GL_TEXTURE_2D</constant>, <constant>GL_TEXTURE_3D</constant>,
127 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_1D</constant>,
128 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_2D</constant>,
129 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_3D</constant>,
130 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_X</constant>,
131 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_X</constant>,
132 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Y</constant>,
133 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Y</constant>,
134 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_POSITIVE_Z</constant>,
135 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_NEGATIVE_Z</constant>, or
136 <constant>GL_PROXY_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP</constant>.
137 </para>
138 <para>
139 <constant>GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE</constant>, and <constant>GL_MAX_3D_TEXTURE_SIZE</constant> are not really
140 descriptive enough.
141 It has to report the largest square texture image that can be
142 accommodated with mipmaps and borders,
143 but a long skinny texture, or a texture without mipmaps and borders, may
144 easily fit in texture memory.
145 The proxy targets allow the user to more accurately query
146 whether the GL can accommodate a texture of a given configuration.
147 If the texture cannot be accommodated, the texture state variables, which
148 may be queried with <function>glGetTexLevelParameter</function>, are set to 0. If the texture can be accommodated,
149 the texture state values will be set as they would be set for a
150 non-proxy target.
151 </para>
152 <para>
153 <parameter>pname</parameter> specifies the texture parameter whose value or values
154 will be returned.
155 </para>
156 <para>
157 The accepted parameter names are as follows:
158 </para>
159 <variablelist>
160 <varlistentry>
161 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_WIDTH</constant></term>
162 <listitem>
163 <para>
164 </para>
165 <para>
166 <parameter>params</parameter> returns a single value,
167 the width of the texture image.
168 This value includes the border of the texture image. The initial value is
169 0.
170 </para>
171 </listitem>
172 </varlistentry>
173 <varlistentry>
174 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_HEIGHT</constant></term>
175 <listitem>
176 <para>
177 </para>
178 <para>
179 <parameter>params</parameter> returns a single value,
180 the height of the texture image.
181 This value includes the border of the texture image. The initial value is
182 0.
183 </para>
184 </listitem>
185 </varlistentry>
186 <varlistentry>
187 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH</constant></term>
188 <listitem>
189 <para>
190 </para>
191 <para>
192 <parameter>params</parameter> returns a single value,
193 the depth of the texture image.
194 This value includes the border of the texture image. The initial value is
195 0.
196 </para>
197 </listitem>
198 </varlistentry>
199 <varlistentry>
200 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_INTERNAL_FORMAT</constant></term>
201 <listitem>
202 <para>
203 </para>
204 <para>
205 <parameter>params</parameter> returns a single value,
206 the internal format of the texture image.
207 </para>
208 </listitem>
209 </varlistentry>
210 <varlistentry>
211 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_RED_TYPE</constant>,</term>
212 <listitem>
213 </listitem>
214 </varlistentry>
215 <varlistentry>
216 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_GREEN_TYPE</constant>,</term>
217 <listitem>
218 </listitem>
219 </varlistentry>
220 <varlistentry>
221 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_BLUE_TYPE</constant>,</term>
222 <listitem>
223 </listitem>
224 </varlistentry>
225 <varlistentry>
226 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_ALPHA_TYPE</constant>,</term>
227 <listitem>
228 </listitem>
229 </varlistentry>
230 <varlistentry>
231 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH_TYPE</constant></term>
232 <listitem>
233 <para>
234 </para>
235 <para>
236 The data type used to store the component.
237 The types <constant>GL_NONE</constant>, <constant>GL_SIGNED_NORMALIZED</constant>,
238 <constant>GL_UNSIGNED_NORMALIZED</constant>, <constant>GL_FLOAT</constant>,
239 <constant>GL_INT</constant>, and <constant>GL_UNSIGNED_INT</constant> may be returned
240 to indicate signed normalized fixed-point, unsigned normalized fixed-point, floating-point, integer unnormalized, and
241 unsigned integer unnormalized components, respectively.
242 </para>
243 </listitem>
244 </varlistentry>
245 <varlistentry>
246 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_RED_SIZE</constant>,</term>
247 <listitem>
248 </listitem>
249 </varlistentry>
250 <varlistentry>
251 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_GREEN_SIZE</constant>,</term>
252 <listitem>
253 </listitem>
254 </varlistentry>
255 <varlistentry>
256 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_BLUE_SIZE</constant>,</term>
257 <listitem>
258 </listitem>
259 </varlistentry>
260 <varlistentry>
261 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_ALPHA_SIZE</constant>,</term>
262 <listitem>
263 </listitem>
264 </varlistentry>
265 <varlistentry>
266 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_DEPTH_SIZE</constant></term>
267 <listitem>
268 <para>
269 </para>
270 <para>
271 The internal storage resolution of an individual component.
272 The resolution chosen by the GL will be a close match for the resolution
273 requested by the user with the component argument of <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
274 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, and
275 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>. The initial value is 0.
276 </para>
277 </listitem>
278 </varlistentry>
279 <varlistentry>
280 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED</constant></term>
281 <listitem>
282 <para>
283 </para>
284 <para>
285 <parameter>params</parameter> returns a single boolean value indicating if the texture image is
286 stored in a compressed internal format. The initiali value is <constant>GL_FALSE</constant>.
287 </para>
288 </listitem>
289 </varlistentry>
290 <varlistentry>
291 <term><constant>GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SIZE</constant></term>
292 <listitem>
293 <para>
294 </para>
295 <para>
296 <parameter>params</parameter> returns a single integer value, the number of unsigned bytes of the
297 compressed texture image that would be returned from
298 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetCompressedTexImage</refentrytitle></citerefentry>.
299 </para>
300 </listitem>
301 </varlistentry>
302 </variablelist>
303 </refsect1>
304 <refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
305 <para>
306 If an error is generated,
307 no change is made to the contents of <parameter>params</parameter>.
308 </para>
309 <para>
310 <function>glGetTexLevelParameter</function> returns the texture level parameters for the active texture unit.
311 </para>
312 </refsect1>
313 <refsect1 id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
314 <para>
315 <constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM</constant> is generated if <parameter>target</parameter> or <parameter>pname</parameter> is not an
316 accepted value.
317 </para>
318 <para>
319 <constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> is generated if <parameter>level</parameter> is less than 0.
320 </para>
321 <para>
322 <constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> may be generated if <parameter>level</parameter> is greater
323 than
324 <inlineequation><mml:math>
325 <!-- eqn: log sub 2: -->
326 <mml:msub><mml:mi mathvariant="italic">log</mml:mi>
327 <mml:mn>2</mml:mn>
328 </mml:msub>
329 </mml:math></inlineequation>
330 <emphasis>max</emphasis>,
331 where <emphasis>max</emphasis> is the returned value of <constant>GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE</constant>.
332 </para>
333 <para>
334 <constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> is generated if <parameter>target</parameter> is <constant>GL_TEXTURE_BUFFER</constant>
335 and <parameter>level</parameter> is not zero.
336 </para>
337 <para>
338 <constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION</constant> is generated if
339 <constant>GL_TEXTURE_COMPRESSED_IMAGE_SIZE</constant> is queried on texture images with an
340 uncompressed internal format or on proxy targets.
341 </para>
342 </refsect1>
343 <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
344 <para>
345 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glActiveTexture</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
346 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGetTexParameter</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
347 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
348 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
349 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
350 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
351 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glCopyTexSubImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
352 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
353 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
354 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
355 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage1D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
356 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage2D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
357 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexSubImage3D</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
358 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glTexParameter</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
359 </para>
360 </refsect1>
361 <refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
362 <para>
363 Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 1991-2006
364 Silicon Graphics, Inc. Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 2010
365 Khronos Group. This document is licensed under the SGI
366 Free Software B License. For details, see
367 <ulink url="http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/">http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/</ulink>.
368 </para>
369 </refsect1>
370</refentry>