Name

    APPLE_vertex_array_object

Name Strings

    GL_APPLE_vertex_array_object

Contact

    Bob Beretta, Apple Computer (beretta 'at' apple.com)

Status

    Complete

Version

    $Date: 2002/09/23 04:37:25 $ $Revision: 1.9 $

Number

    273

Dependencies

    APPLE_vertex_array_range affects the definition of this extension.

    APPLE_element_array affects the definition of this extension.

    ARB_vertex_program affects the definition of this extension.

    EXT_secondary_color affects the definition of this extension.
    
    EXT_fog_coord affects the definition of this extension.

    ARB_vertex_blend affects the definition of this extension.

Overview

    This extension introduces named vertex array objects which encapsulate
    vertex array state on the client side. The main purpose of these 
    objects is to keep pointers to static vertex data and provide a name 
    for different sets of static vertex data.  
    
    By extending vertex array range functionality this extension allows multiple
    vertex array ranges to exist at one time, including their complete sets of
    state, in manner analogous to texture objects. 
    
    GenVertexArraysAPPLE creates a list of n number of vertex array object
    names.  After creating a name, BindVertexArrayAPPLE associates the name with
    a vertex array object and selects this vertex array and its associated
    state as current.  To get back to the default vertex array and its
    associated state the client should bind to vertex array named 0.

    Once a client is done using a vertex array object it can be deleted with
    DeleteVertexArraysAPPLE.  The client is responsible for allocating and
    deallocating the memory used by the vertex array data, while the
    DeleteVertexArraysAPPLE command deletes vertex array object names and
    associated state only.

Issues

    None

New Procedures and Functions

    void BindVertexArrayAPPLE(uint array);

    void DeleteVertexArraysAPPLE(sizei n, const uint *arrays);

    void GenVertexArraysAPPLE(sizei n, const uint *arrays);

    boolean IsVertexArrayAPPLE(uint array);

New Tokens

    Accepted by the <pname> parameter of GetBooleanv, GetIntegerv, GetFloatv,
    and GetDoublev:

    VERTEX_ARRAY_BINDING_APPLE                 0x85B5

Additions to Chapter 2, 3, 4 of the 1.1 Specification (OpenGL Operation,
    Rasterization, Per-Fragment Operations and the Frame Buffer)

    None

Additions to Chapter 5 of the 1.1 Specification (Special Functions)

    A vertex array object is created by binding an unused name. This binding is
    accomplished by calling BindVertexArrayAPPLE with id set to the name of the
    new vertex array object.
    
    The state encapsulated by a vertex array object immediately after it is
    first bound is equivalent to the default vertex array state at GL
    initialization.  Subsequent bindings of a vertex array object have no effect
    on its encapsulated state unless changed explicitly.
    
    When an OpenGL context is created, there is set of default vertex array
    state associated with the context. In order that the access to this default
    state is not lost, this extension treats the default state as if its name
    was zero. Unlike other vertex array objects, the zero named object cannot be
    deleted.
    
    GenVertexArraysAPPLE returns a list of <n> unused vertex array object names
    in <arrays>.  Only names that were not in use immediately prior to the call
    to GenVertexArraysAPPLE are included in the returned list.  Names returned
    by GenVertexArraysAPPLE are marked as used, so that they are not returned by
    subsequent calls to GenVertexArraysAPPLE, but they are associated with a
    vertex array object only after they are first bound (just as if the name
    were unused).

    Vertex array objects are deleted by calling DeleteVertexArraysAPPLE with
    <arrays> specifying a list of <n> names to be deleted.  Once a vertex array
    object is deleted it has no contents and its name is freed.  If a vertex
    array object that is currently bound is deleted, the binding for that object
    reverts to zero and the default vertex array becomes current.
    DeleteVertexArraysAPPLE ignores names that do not correspond to existing
    vertex array objects, including zero.
    
Additions to Chapter 6 of the 1.0 Specification (State and State Requests)

    IsVertexArrayAPPLE returns TRUE if <id> is the name of a valid vertex array
    object.  If <id> is zero, or is a non-zero value that is not the name of a
    vertex array object, or if an error condition occurs, IsVertexArrayAPPLE
    returns FALSE.  A name that has been returned GenVertexArraysAPPLE but never
    bound with BindVertexArrayAPPLE is not the name of a vertex array object.
    
    The name of the currently bound vertex array object is returned in <params>
    when GetIntegerv is called with <pname> set to  VERTEX_ARRAY_BINDING_APPLE.
    If the default vertex array object is currently bound, zero is returned.
    
    A vertex array object comprises vertex array pointers, the size, type, and
    stride information for each array, the corresponding enable flags and the
    range of static data for each array. More explicitly, the state list

    VERTEX_ARRAY
    VERTEX_ARRAY_SIZE
    VERTEX_ARRAY_TYPE
    VERTEX_ARRAY_STRIDE
    VERTEX_ARRAY_POINTER
    NORMAL_ARRAY
    NORMAL_ARRAY_TYPE
    NORMAL_ARRAY_STRIDE
    NORMAL_ARRAY_POINTER
    COLOR_ARRAY
    COLOR_ARRAY_SIZE
    COLOR_ARRAY_TYPE
    COLOR_ARRAY_STRIDE
    COLOR_ARRAY_POINTER
    INDEX_ARRAY
    INDEX_ARRAY_TYPE
    INDEX_ARRAY_STRIDE
    INDEX_ARRAY_POINTER
    TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY
    TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY_SIZE
    TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY_TYPE
    TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY_STRIDE
    TEXTURE_COORD_ARRAY_POINTER
    EDGE_FLAG_ARRAY
    EDGE_FLAG_ARRAY_STRIDE
    EDGE_FLAG_ARRAY_POINTER

    composes a single vertex array object.

    Additionally, if APPLE_vertex_array_range is supported the state list also
    includes

    VERTEX_ARRAY_RANGE_POINTER_APPLE
    VERTEX_ARRAY_RANGE_LENGTH_APPLE

    Additionally, if ARB_vertex_program is supported the state list also
    includes

    VERTEX_ATTRIB_ARRAY_ARB
    VERTEX_ATTRIB_ARRAY_SIZE_ARB
    VERTEX_ATTRIB_ARRAY_TYPE_ARB
    VERTEX_ATTRIB_ARRAY_STRIDE_ARB
    VERTEX_ATTRIB_ARRAY_POINTER_ARB
    
    Additionally, if EXT_secondary_color is supported the state list also
    includes

    SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_EXT
    SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_SIZE_EXT
    SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_TYPE_EXT
    SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_STRIDE_EXT
    SECONDARY_COLOR_ARRAY_POINTER_EXT
    
    Additionally, if EXT_fog_coord is supported the state list also includes

    FOG_COORDINATE_ARRAY_EXT
    FOG_COORDINATE_ARRAY_TYPE_EXT
    FOG_COORDINATE_ARRAY_STRIDE_EXT
    FOG_COORDINATE_ARRAY_POINTER_EXT
    
    Additionally, if ARB_vertex_blend is supported the state list also includes

    WEIGHT_ARRAY_ARB
    WEIGHT_ARRAY_SIZE_ARB
    WEIGHT_ARRAY_TYPE_ARB
    WEIGHT_ARRAY_STRIDE_ARB
    WEIGHT_ARRAY_POINTER_ARB

    Additionally, if APPLE_element_array is supported the state list also
    includes

    ELEMENT_ARRAY_APPLE
    ELEMENT_ARRAY_TYPE_APPLE
    ELEMENT_ARRAY_POINTER_APPLE

    When PushClientAttrib is called with CLIENT_VERTEX_ARRAY_BIT enabled, the
    array pointers, types, size and stride are pushed, as well as array pointer
    enables and the current vertex array object binding. When the attribute set
    that includes vertex array information is popped, the binding is first
    restored to its pushed value and then the enables and the array pointers,
    types, size and stride are restored to their pushed values.

Additions to the GLX Specification

    No change is made to the GLX API.

GLX Protocol

    None

Errors

    INVALID_OPERATION is generated if any of the commands defined in this
    extension is executed between the execution of Begin and the corresponding
    execution of End.

New State

    Get Value                    Get Command Type    Value   Attrib
    ---------                    ----------- ----    ------- ------
    VERTEX_ARRAY_BINDING_APPLE   GetIntegerv Z+      0       vertex-array

New Implementation Dependent State
    
    None

Revision History

    None