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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE book PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook MathML Module V1.1b1//EN"
+              "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/mathml/1.1CR1/dbmathml.dtd">
+<refentry id="glGetBufferParameteriv">
+    <refmeta>
+        <refmetainfo>
+            <copyright>
+                <year>2005</year>
+                <holder>Sams Publishing</holder>
+            </copyright>
+        </refmetainfo>
+        <refentrytitle>glGetBufferParameteriv</refentrytitle>
+        <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
+    </refmeta>
+    <refnamediv>
+        <refname>glGetBufferParameteriv</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 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_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_COPY_READ_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_COPY_WRITE_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_DRAW_INDIRECT_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_DISPATCH_INDIRECT_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_PIXEL_PACK_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_PIXEL_UNPACK_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER</constant>,
+                    <constant>GL_TEXTURE_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</constant>, <constant>GL_BUFFER_MAPPED</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 id="description"><title>Description</title>
+        <para>
+            <function>glGetBufferParameteriv</function> returns 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</constant></term>
+                <listitem>
+                    <para>
+                        <parameter>params</parameter> returns the access policy set while mapping the buffer object.  
+                        The initial value is <constant>GL_READ_WRITE</constant>.
+                    </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_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.  The initial value is
+                        <constant>GL_STATIC_DRAW</constant>.
+                    </para>
+                </listitem>
+            </varlistentry>
+        </variablelist>
+    </refsect1>
+    <refsect1 id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
+        <para>
+            If an error is generated,
+            no change is made to the contents of <parameter>data</parameter>.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+            The <constant>GL_ATOMIC_COUNTER_BUFER</constant> target is available only if the GL version is 4.2 or greater.
+        </para>
+        <para>
+            The <constant>GL_DISPATCH_INDIRECT_BUFFER</constant> and <constant>GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER</constant> targets are available only if the GL version is 4.3 or greater.
+        </para>
+    </refsect1>
+    <refsect1 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>
+    </refsect1>
+    <refsect1 id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
+        <para>
+            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBindBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glBufferData</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glMapBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
+            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glUnmapBuffer</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
+        </para>
+    </refsect1>
+    <refsect1 id="Copyright"><title>Copyright</title>
+        <para>
+            Copyright <trademark class="copyright"></trademark> 2005 Addison-Wesley. 
+            This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in 
+            the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.
+            <ulink url="http://opencontent.org/openpub/">http://opencontent.org/openpub/</ulink>.
+        </para>
+    </refsect1>
+</refentry>