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package net.java.games.jogl;

/** Offscreen rendering support via pbuffers. This class adds very
    little functionality over the GLDrawable class; the only methods
    are those which allow access to the pbuffer's contents as a
    texture map. These methods are currently highly experimental and
    may be removed in a future release. */

public interface GLPbuffer extends GLDrawable {
  /** Binds this pbuffer to its internal texture target. Only valid to
      call if offscreen render-to-texture has been specified in the
      GLCapabilities for this GLPbuffer. If the
      render-to-texture-rectangle capability has also been specified,
      this will use e.g. wglBindTexImageARB as its implementation and
      cause the texture to be bound to e.g. the
      GL_TEXTURE_RECTANGLE_NV state; otherwise, during the display()
      phase the pixels will have been copied into an internal texture
      target and this will cause that to be bound to the GL_TEXTURE_2D
      state. */
  public void bindTexture();

  /** Unbinds the pbuffer from its internal texture target. */
  public void releaseTexture();

  /** Querries initialization status a <code>this</code> pBuffer*/
  public boolean isInitialized();
}