icy.util

Class OpenGLUtil

java.lang.Object

icy.util.OpenGLUtil

public class OpenGLUtil
extends java.lang.Object

Utilities class for OpenGL.

Author:

Stephane

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor and Description
OpenGLUtil()

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
static boolean	isOpenGLSupported(int version) Returns true is the specified version of OpenGL is supported by the graphics card (or by its driver).
static boolean	isOpenGLSupported(int version, boolean hard) Returns true is the specified version of OpenGL is supported by the graphics card (or by its driver).

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

equals, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

OpenGLUtil

public OpenGLUtil()

Method Detail

isOpenGLSupported

public static boolean isOpenGLSupported(int version)

Returns true is the specified version of OpenGL is supported by the graphics card (or by its driver).
Ex: if (isOpenGLSupported(2)) // test for OpenGL 2 compliance

Parameters:

version - the version of OpenGL we want to test for (1 to 4)

isOpenGLSupported

public static boolean isOpenGLSupported(int version,
                        boolean hard)

Returns true is the specified version of OpenGL is supported by the graphics card (or by its driver).
Ex: if (isOpenGLSupported(2, true)) // test if GPU supports OpenGL 2 (hardware support)
if (isOpenGLSupported(3, false)) // test if driver support OpenGL 3 (hardware or software implementation)

Parameters:

version - the version of OpenGL we want to test for (1 to 4)

hard - specify if we query about hardware support (GPU) or not