Forward compatible OpenGL 3 entry points

Saturday, August 23, 2008 in Computer Graphics | 2 comments

This list only includes core entry points; constants and extensions are forthcoming. The commands are categorized according their purpose or “main concern”. Any entry point not listed is deprecated by Appendix E of the OpenGL 3.0 specification. Finally, entry point variants are not listed (f, i, v, etc.) and the “gl” prefix is omitted.

Comments to improve this list or to notify me of factual errors are welcome; the entry will be updated as needed.

Update (2008-09-08): Michael Lucas-Smith posted on his blog a list of forward-compatible OpenGL 3.0 constants. This, combined with my list of forward-compatible OpenGL 3.0 entry points, should help people write future-proof OpenGL code.

http://www.cincomsmalltalk.com/userblogs/mls/blogView?showComments=true&printTitle=Forward_compatible_OpenGL_3.0_defines&entry=3398275422

Update (2008-10-17): Added TexSubImage* to the list in the texture objects section. Thanks to an anonymous poster for noticing the omission.

Buffer objects

BindBuffer
BufferData
BufferSubData
DeleteBuffers
FlushMappedBufferRange
GenBuffers
GetBufferParameter*
GetBufferPointer*
GetBufferSubData
IsBuffer
MapBuffer
MapBufferRange
UnmapBuffer

Drawing

DrawArrays
DrawElements
DrawRangeElements
MultiDrawArrays
MultiDrawElements

Drawing control

BeginConditionalRender
ClampColor
ClipPlane
CullFace
DepthRange
EndConditionalRender
FrontFace
Hint
LineWidth width larger than 1.0 are deprecated
PointParameter*
PointSize
PolygonMode FRONT_AND_BACK is the only valid face
SampleCoverage
Scissor
ShadeModel

Framebuffer

Clear
ClearBuffer*
ClearColor
ClearStencil
ClearDepth
ColorMask*
DepthMask
DrawBuffer
DrawBuffers
StencilMask
StencilMaskSeparate

Framebuffer objects

BindFragDataLocation
BindFramebuffer
BindRenderbuffer
BlitFramebuffer
CheckFramebufferStatus
DeleteFramebuffers
DeleteRenderbuffers
FramebufferRenderbuffer
FramebufferTexture*
FramebufferTextureLayer
GenerateMipmap
GenFramebuffers
GenRenderbuffers
GetFragDataLocation
GetFramebufferAttachmentParameter*
GetRenderbufferParameter*
IsFramebuffer
IsRenderbuffer
RenderbufferStorage
RenderbufferStorageMultisample

Miscellaneous

Disable
Enable
Finish
Flush

Pixel operations

BlendColor
BlendEquation
BlendEquationSeparate
BlendFunc
BlendFuncSeparate
DepthFunc
LogicOp
StencilFunc
StencilFuncSeparate
StencilOp
StencilOpSeparate

Pixel read-write

PixelStore*
ReadBuffer
CopyPixels
ReadPixels

Query objects

BeginQuery
DeleteQueries
GenQueries
IsQuery
EndQuery
GetQuery*
GetQueryObject*

Shader and program objects

AttachShader
CompileShader
CreateProgram
CreateShader
DeleteProgram
DeleteShader
DetachShader
GetAttachedShaders
GetProgram*
GetProgramInfoLog
GetShader*
GetShaderInfoLog
GetShaderSource
IsProgram
IsShader
LinkProgram
ShaderSource
UseProgram
ValidateProgram

Shader uniforms

GetActiveUniform
GetUniformLocation
GetUniform*
Uniform1*
Uniform2*
Uniform3*
Uniform4*
UniformMatrix2*
UniformMatrix2×3*
UniformMatrix2×4*
UniformMatrix3*
UniformMatrix3×2*
UniformMatrix3×4*
UniformMatrix4*
UniformMatrix4×2*
UniformMatrix4×3*

State requests

GetBooleanv
GetClipPlane
GetDoublev
GetError
GetFloatv
GetIntegerv
GetString
GetTexEnv* target TEXTURE_ENV is deprecated
IsEnabled

Texture objects

ActiveTexture
BindTexture
CompressedTexImage*
CompressedTexSubImage*
CopyTexImage*
CopyTexSubImage*
DeleteTextures
GetCompressedTexImage
GetTexImage
GetTexParameter* all texture border parameters are deprecated, automatic mipmap generation is deprecated, target TEXTURE_PRIORITY is deprecated
GetTexLevelParameter*
GenTextures
IsTexture
TexEnv target TEXTURE_ENV is deprecated
TexImage* legacy OpenGL 1.0 internal formats (1, 2, 3, 4) are deprecated
TexParameter* all texture border parameters are deprecated, automatic mipmap generation is deprecated, target TEXTURE_PRIORITY is deprecated
TexSubImage*