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9 <holder>Sams Publishing
</holder>
12 <refentrytitle>glGetBufferParameteriv
</refentrytitle>
13 <manvolnum>3G
</manvolnum>
16 <refname>glGetBufferParameteriv
</refname>
17 <refpurpose>return parameters of a buffer object
</refpurpose>
19 <refsynopsisdiv><title>C Specification
</title>
22 <funcdef>void
<function>glGetBufferParameteriv
</function></funcdef>
23 <paramdef>GLenum
<parameter>target
</parameter></paramdef>
24 <paramdef>GLenum
<parameter>value
</parameter></paramdef>
25 <paramdef>GLint *
<parameter>data
</parameter></paramdef>
30 <funcdef>void
<function>glGetBufferParameteri64v
</function></funcdef>
31 <paramdef>GLenum
<parameter>target
</parameter></paramdef>
32 <paramdef>GLenum
<parameter>value
</parameter></paramdef>
33 <paramdef>GLint64 *
<parameter>data
</parameter></paramdef>
37 <refsect1 id=
"parameters"><title>Parameters
</title>
40 <term><parameter>target
</parameter></term>
43 Specifies the target buffer object.
44 The symbolic constant must be
<constant>GL_ARRAY_BUFFER
</constant>,
45 <constant>GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER
</constant>,
46 <constant>GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER
</constant>, or
47 <constant>GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER
</constant>.
52 <term><parameter>value
</parameter></term>
55 Specifies the symbolic name of a buffer object parameter.
56 Accepted values are
<constant>GL_BUFFER_ACCESS
</constant>,
<constant>GL_BUFFER_MAPPED
</constant>,
57 <constant>GL_BUFFER_SIZE
</constant>, or
<constant>GL_BUFFER_USAGE
</constant>.
62 <term><parameter>data
</parameter></term>
65 Returns the requested parameter.
71 <refsect1 id=
"description"><title>Description
</title>
73 <function>glGetBufferParameteriv
</function> returns in
<parameter>data
</parameter> a selected parameter of the buffer object
74 specified by
<parameter>target
</parameter>.
77 <parameter>value
</parameter> names a specific buffer object parameter, as follows:
81 <term><constant>GL_BUFFER_ACCESS
</constant></term>
84 <parameter>params
</parameter> returns the access policy set while mapping the buffer object.
85 The initial value is
<constant>GL_READ_WRITE
</constant>.
90 <term><constant>GL_BUFFER_MAPPED
</constant></term>
93 <parameter>params
</parameter> returns a flag indicating whether the buffer object is currently
94 mapped. The initial value is
<constant>GL_FALSE
</constant>.
99 <term><constant>GL_BUFFER_SIZE
</constant></term>
102 <parameter>params
</parameter> returns the size of the buffer object, measured in bytes.
103 The initial value is
0.
108 <term><constant>GL_BUFFER_USAGE
</constant></term>
111 <parameter>params
</parameter> returns the buffer object's usage pattern. The initial value is
112 <constant>GL_STATIC_DRAW
</constant>.
118 <refsect1 id=
"notes"><title>Notes
</title>
120 If an error is generated,
121 no change is made to the contents of
<parameter>data
</parameter>.
124 <refsect1 id=
"errors"><title>Errors
</title>
126 <constant>GL_INVALID_ENUM
</constant> is generated if
<parameter>target
</parameter> or
<parameter>value
</parameter> is not an
130 <constant>GL_INVALID_OPERATION
</constant> is generated if the reserved buffer object name
0 is bound to
<parameter>target
</parameter>.
133 <refsect1 id=
"seealso"><title>See Also
</title>
135 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBindBuffer
</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
136 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBufferData
</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
137 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glMapBuffer
</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
138 <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glUnmapBuffer
</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
141 <refsect1 id=
"Copyright"><title>Copyright
</title>
143 Copyright
<trademark class=
"copyright"></trademark> 2005 Addison-Wesley.
144 This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in
145 the Open Publication License, v
1.0,
8 June
1999.
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"http://opencontent.org/openpub/">http://opencontent.org/openpub/
</ulink>.