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Diffstat (limited to 'src/net/java/games/jogl/GLDrawable.java')
| -rw-r--r-- | src/net/java/games/jogl/GLDrawable.java | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/src/net/java/games/jogl/GLDrawable.java b/src/net/java/games/jogl/GLDrawable.java index 7c671c0b2..7c120f7af 100644 --- a/src/net/java/games/jogl/GLDrawable.java +++ b/src/net/java/games/jogl/GLDrawable.java @@ -94,10 +94,22 @@ public interface GLDrawable extends ComponentEvents { Dimension is null a new one will be allocated and returned. */ public Dimension getSize(Dimension d); - /** Returns the {@link GL} pipeline object this GLDrawable uses. */ + /** Returns the {@link GL} pipeline object this GLDrawable uses. If + this method is called outside of the {@link GLEventListener}'s + callback methods (init, display, etc.) it may return null. Users + should not rely on the identity of the returned GL object; for + example, users should not maintain a hash table with the GL + object as the key. Additionally, the GL object should not be + cached in client code, but should be re-fetched from the + GLDrawable at the beginning of each call to init, display, + etc. */ public GL getGL(); - /** Sets the {@link GL} pipeline object this GLDrawable uses. */ + /** Sets the {@link GL} pipeline object this GLDrawable uses. This + should only be called from within the GLEventListener's callback + methods, and usually only from within the init() method, in + order to install a composable pipeline. See the JOGL demos for + examples. */ public void setGL(GL gl); /** Returns the {@link GLU} pipeline object this GLDrawable uses. */ |