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+<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>