ml::GLContextStack Class Reference

Manages a stack of GL contexts and their correct activation. More...

#include <mlGLContext.h>

Classes
class	StoreCurrentGLContextScope
	Stores the current GL context and re-activates it when the scope object is deleted. More...
class	TemporaryGLContextScope
	Creates a temporary OpenGL context and destroys it when the object goes out of scope. More...

Static Public Member Functions
static void	pushCurrentContext ()
	Pushes the current OpenGL context (detected via a platform-specific state) to the stack.
static void	popCurrentContext ()
	Pops the previously pushed context and activates it.
static void	createTemporaryContextAndActivate ()
	Pushes the current context and creates and activates a new temporary OpenGL context, which may be used to query GL capabilities.
static void	destroyTemporaryContextAndActivatePreviousContext ()
	Destroys the temporary context created via createTemporaryContextAndActivate() and pops/activates the previous context.

Detailed Description

Manages a stack of GL contexts and their correct activation.

Note: This is only accessible in the GUI main thread!

Definition at line 27 of file mlGLContext.h.

Member Function Documentation

createTemporaryContextAndActivate()

static void ml::GLContextStack::createTemporaryContextAndActivate ( )

static

Pushes the current context and creates and activates a new temporary OpenGL context, which may be used to query GL capabilities.

Note: This call needs to be paired with a call to destroyTemporaryContextAndActivatePreviousContext() to cleanup the allocated context.

destroyTemporaryContextAndActivatePreviousContext()

static void ml::GLContextStack::destroyTemporaryContextAndActivatePreviousContext ( )

static

Destroys the temporary context created via createTemporaryContextAndActivate() and pops/activates the previous context.

popCurrentContext()

static void ml::GLContextStack::popCurrentContext ( )

static

Pops the previously pushed context and activates it.

pushCurrentContext()

static void ml::GLContextStack::pushCurrentContext ( )

static

Pushes the current OpenGL context (detected via a platform-specific state) to the stack.

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The documentation for this class was generated from the following file:

• MeVis/Foundation/Sources/MLOpenGL/mlGLContext.h