GLGETUNIFORM(3G)						    OpenGL 3.3							  GLGETUNIFORM(3G)

NAME

       glGetUniformfv, glGetUniformiv - Returns the value of a uniform variable

C SPECIFICATION

       void glGetUniformfv(GLuint program, GLint location, GLfloat *params);

       void glGetUniformiv(GLuint program, GLint location, GLint *params);

PARAMETERS

       program
	   Specifies the program object to be queried.

       location
	   Specifies the location of the uniform variable to be queried.

       params
	   Returns the value of the specified uniform variable.

DESCRIPTION

       glGetUniform returns in params the value(s) of the specified uniform variable. The type of the uniform variable specified by location
       determines the number of values returned. If the uniform variable is defined in the shader as a boolean, int, or float, a single value will
       be returned. If it is defined as a vec2, ivec2, or bvec2, two values will be returned. If it is defined as a vec3, ivec3, or bvec3, three
       values will be returned, and so on. To query values stored in uniform variables declared as arrays, call glGetUniform for each element of
       the array. To query values stored in uniform variables declared as structures, call glGetUniform for each field in the structure. The
       values for uniform variables declared as a matrix will be returned in column major order.

       The locations assigned to uniform variables are not known until the program object is linked. After linking has occurred, the command
       glGetUniformLocation() can be used to obtain the location of a uniform variable. This location value can then be passed to glGetUniform in
       order to query the current value of the uniform variable. After a program object has been linked successfully, the index values for uniform
       variables remain fixed until the next link command occurs. The uniform variable values can only be queried after a link if the link was
       successful.

NOTES

       If an error is generated, no change is made to the contents of params.

ERRORS

       GL_INVALID_VALUE is generated if program is not a value generated by OpenGL.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if program is not a program object.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if program has not been successfully linked.

       GL_INVALID_OPERATION is generated if location does not correspond to a valid uniform variable location for the specified program object.

ASSOCIATED GETS

       glGetActiveUniform() with arguments program and the index of an active uniform variable

       glGetProgram() with arguments program and GL_ACTIVE_UNIFORMS or GL_ACTIVE_UNIFORM_MAX_LENGTH

       glGetUniformLocation() with arguments program and the name of a uniform variable

       glIsProgram()

SEE ALSO

       glCreateProgram(), glLinkProgram(), glUniform()

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright (C) 2003-2005 3Dlabs Inc. Ltd. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open
       Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999.  http://opencontent.org/openpub/.

OpenGL 3.3							    03/08/2011							  GLGETUNIFORM(3G)