Java Binding for the OpenGL API is a JSR

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specification (JSR 231) for the

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which allows to use

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on the

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. There is also Java Binding for the OpenGL ES API (JSR 239) for the

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Programming concepts

Core OpenGL API and GLU library calls are available from

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through a thin wrapper looking very much as the original OpenGL C API, Except GLU

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routines which are not exposed through the public API. All platform specific libraries (available from the CGL API for

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for

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, and WGL for Microsoft Windows) are also abstracted out to create a platform independent way of selecting

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attributes and performing platform specific Framebuffer operations. Platform-specific extensions are not included in the public API. Each implementation can choose to export some of these APIs via th
GL.getPlatformGLExtensions()
an

method calls which return Objects whose data types are specific to the given implementation.

Example

This example shows how to draw a polygon (without initialization or repaint code). Here is the reference C implementation: int DrawGLScene(GLvoid) Which translates to the following

implementation: public void display(GLAutoDrawable glDrawable)

Implementations

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: The reference implementation, available on Microsoft Windows,

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, and Solaris platforms.

References

External links

JSR web page for Java Binding for the OpenGL API

JSR web page for Java Binding for the OpenGL ES API

JOGL home page

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Programming concepts

Example

Implementations

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