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| 4 | <refentry id="glGenBuffers"> |
| 5 | <refmeta> |
| 6 | <refmetainfo> |
| 7 | <copyright> |
| 8 | <year>2005</year> |
| 9 | <holder>Sams Publishing</holder> |
| 10 | </copyright> |
| 11 | </refmetainfo> |
| 12 | <refentrytitle>glGenBuffers</refentrytitle> |
| 13 | <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum> |
| 14 | </refmeta> |
| 15 | <refnamediv> |
| 16 | <refname>glGenBuffers</refname> |
| 17 | <refpurpose>generate buffer object names</refpurpose> |
| 18 | </refnamediv> |
| 19 | <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification</title> |
| 20 | <funcsynopsis> |
| 21 | <funcprototype> |
| 22 | <funcdef>void <function>glGenBuffers</function></funcdef> |
| 23 | <paramdef>GLsizei <parameter>n</parameter></paramdef> |
| 24 | <paramdef>GLuint * <parameter>buffers</parameter></paramdef> |
| 25 | </funcprototype> |
| 26 | </funcsynopsis> |
| 27 | </refsynopsisdiv> |
| 28 | <refsect1 id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title> |
| 29 | <variablelist> |
| 30 | <varlistentry> |
| 31 | <term><parameter>n</parameter></term> |
| 32 | <listitem> |
| 33 | <para> |
| 34 | Specifies the number of buffer object names to be generated. |
| 35 | </para> |
| 36 | </listitem> |
| 37 | </varlistentry> |
| 38 | <varlistentry> |
| 39 | <term><parameter>buffers</parameter></term> |
| 40 | <listitem> |
| 41 | <para> |
| 42 | Specifies an array in which the generated buffer object names are stored. |
| 43 | </para> |
| 44 | </listitem> |
| 45 | </varlistentry> |
| 46 | </variablelist> |
| 47 | </refsect1> |
| 48 | <refsect1 id="description"><title>Description</title> |
| 49 | <para> |
| 50 | <function>glGenBuffers</function> returns <parameter>n</parameter> buffer object names in <parameter>buffers</parameter>. |
| 51 | There is no guarantee that the names form a contiguous set of integers; |
| 52 | however, it is guaranteed that none of the returned names was in use |
| 53 | immediately before the call to <function>glGenBuffers</function>. |
| 54 | </para> |
| 55 | <para> |
| 56 | Buffer object names returned by a call to <function>glGenBuffers</function> are not returned by |
| 57 | subsequent calls, unless they are first deleted with |
| 58 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDeleteBuffers</refentrytitle></citerefentry>. |
| 59 | </para> |
| 60 | <para> |
| 61 | No buffer objects are associated with the returned buffer object names until they are first bound by calling |
| 62 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBindBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>. |
| 63 | </para> |
| 64 | </refsect1> |
| 65 | <refsect1 id="errors"><title>Errors</title> |
| 66 | <para> |
| 67 | <constant>GL_INVALID_VALUE</constant> is generated if <parameter>n</parameter> is negative. |
| 68 | </para> |
| 69 | </refsect1> |
| 70 | <refsect1 id="associatedgets"><title>Associated Gets</title> |
| 71 | <para> |
| 72 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glIsBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry> |
| 73 | </para> |
| 74 | </refsect1> |
| 75 | <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title> |
| 76 | <para> |
| 77 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBindBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, |
| 78 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glDeleteBuffers</refentrytitle></citerefentry>, |
| 79 | <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glGet</refentrytitle></citerefentry> |
| 80 | </para> |
| 81 | </refsect1> |
| 82 | <refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title> |
| 83 | <para> |
| 84 | Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 2005 Addison-Wesley. |
| 85 | This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in |
| 86 | the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. |
| 87 | <ulink url="http://opencontent.org/openpub/">http://opencontent.org/openpub/</ulink>. |
| 88 | </para> |
| 89 | </refsect1> |
| 90 | </refentry> |