Name

glGetPointerv - return the address of the specified pointer

C Specification

void glGetPointerv(GLenum pname, GLvoid * *params)

Parameters

pname

Specifies the array or buffer pointer to be returned. Accepted symbolic names are GL_COLOR_ARRAY_POINTER, GL_NORMAL_ARRAY_POINTER, GL_TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY_POINTER, GL_VERTEX_ARRAY_POINTER, GL_MATRIX_INDEX_ARRAY_POINTER_OES, GL_POINT_SIZE_ARRAY_POINTER_OES, and GL_WEIGHT_ARRAY_POINTER_OES.

params

Returns the pointer value specified by pname.

Description

glGetPointer returns pointer information. pname is a symbolic constant indicating the pointer to be returned, and params is a pointer to a location in which to place the returned data.

Notes

The pointers are all client-side state.

The initial value for each pointer is 0.

Errors

GL_INVALID_ENUM is generated if pname is not an accepted value.

Copyright

Copyright © 2003-2004 Silicon Graphics, Inc.

This document is licensed under the SGI Free Software B License. For details, see http://oss.sgi.com/projects/FreeB/.

See Also

glColorPointer, glDrawArrays, glMatrixIndexPointer glNormalPointer, glTexCoordPointer, glPointSizePointer glVertexPointer glWeightPointer