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package net.java.games.jogl.util;

import java.nio.*;

/** Utility routines for dealing with direct buffers. */

public class BufferUtils {
  public static final int SIZEOF_FLOAT = 4;
  public static final int SIZEOF_INT = 4;

  public static FloatBuffer newFloatBuffer(int numElements) {
    ByteBuffer bb = newByteBuffer(numElements * SIZEOF_FLOAT);
    return bb.asFloatBuffer();
  }

  public static IntBuffer newIntBuffer(int numElements) {
    ByteBuffer bb = newByteBuffer(numElements * SIZEOF_INT);
    return bb.asIntBuffer();
  }

  public static ByteBuffer newByteBuffer(int numElements) {
    ByteBuffer bb = ByteBuffer.allocateDirect(numElements);
    bb.order(ByteOrder.nativeOrder());
    return bb;
  }

  public static FloatBuffer copyFloatBuffer(FloatBuffer orig) {
    FloatBuffer dest = newFloatBuffer(orig.capacity());
    orig.rewind();
    dest.put(orig);
    return dest;
  }

  /** Creates an "offset buffer" for use with the
      ARB_vertex_buffer_object extension. The resulting Buffers are
      suitable for use with routines such as glVertexPointer <em>when
      used in conjunction with that extension</em>. They have no
      capacity and are not suitable for passing to OpenGL routines
      that do not support buffer offsets, or to non-OpenGL
      routines. */
  public static native ByteBuffer bufferOffset(int offset);
}