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1<refentry xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" version="5.0" xml:base="" xml:id="eglCopyBuffers">
2    <info>
3         <copyright>
4             <year>2003-2014</year>
5             <holder>The Khronos Group Inc.</holder>
6         </copyright>
7    </info>
8    <refmeta>
9        <refentrytitle>eglCopyBuffers</refentrytitle>
10        <manvolnum>3G</manvolnum>
11    </refmeta>
12    <refnamediv>
13        <refname>eglCopyBuffers</refname>
14        <refpurpose>
15            copy <acronym>EGL</acronym> surface color buffer to a native pixmap
16        </refpurpose>
17    </refnamediv>
18    <refsynopsisdiv>
19        <title>C Specification</title>
20        <funcsynopsis>
21            <funcprototype>
22                <funcdef>EGLBoolean <function>eglCopyBuffers</function></funcdef>
23                <paramdef>EGLDisplay <parameter>display</parameter></paramdef>
24                <paramdef>EGLSurface <parameter>surface</parameter></paramdef>
25                <paramdef>NativePixmapType <parameter>native_pixmap</parameter></paramdef>
26            </funcprototype>
27        </funcsynopsis>
28    </refsynopsisdiv>
29    <refsect1 xml:id="parameters"><title>Parameters</title>
30        <variablelist>
31            <varlistentry>
32                <term><parameter>display</parameter></term>
33                <listitem>
34                    <para>
35                        Specifies the EGL display connection.
36                    </para>
37                </listitem>
38            </varlistentry>
39            <varlistentry>
40                <term><parameter>surface</parameter></term>
41                <listitem>
42                    <para>
43                        Specifies the EGL surface whose color buffer is to be copied.
44                    </para>
45                </listitem>
46            </varlistentry>
47            <varlistentry>
48                <term><parameter>native_pixmap</parameter></term>
49                <listitem>
50                    <para>
51                        Specifies the native pixmap as target of the copy.
52                    </para>
53                </listitem>
54            </varlistentry>
55        </variablelist>
56    </refsect1>
57    <refsect1 xml:id="description"><title>Description</title>
58        <para>
59            <function>eglCopyBuffers</function> copies the color buffer of
60            <parameter>surface</parameter> to <parameter>native_pixmap</parameter>.
61        </para>
62        <para>
63            <function>eglCopyBuffers</function> performs an implicit
64            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glFlush</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
65            before it returns. Subsequent
66            GL commands may be issued immediately after calling
67            <function>eglCopyBuffers</function>,
68            but are not executed until copying of the color buffer is completed.
69        </para>
70    </refsect1>
71    <refsect1 xml:id="notes"><title>Notes</title>
72        <para>
73            The color buffer of <parameter>surface</parameter> is left unchanged
74            after calling <function>eglCopyBuffers</function>.
75        </para>
76    </refsect1>
77    <refsect1 xml:id="errors"><title>Errors</title>
78        <para>
79            <constant>EGL_FALSE</constant> is returned if swapping of the
80            surface buffers fails, <constant>EGL_TRUE</constant> otherwise.
81        </para>
82        <para>
83            <constant>EGL_BAD_DISPLAY</constant> is generated if
84            <parameter>display</parameter> is not an EGL display connection.
85        </para>
86        <para>
87            <constant>EGL_NOT_INITIALIZED</constant> is generated if
88            <parameter>display</parameter> has not been initialized.
89        </para>
90        <para>
91            <constant>EGL_BAD_SURFACE</constant> is generated if
92            <parameter>surface</parameter> is not an EGL drawing surface.
93        </para>
94        <para>
95            <constant>EGL_BAD_NATIVE_PIXMAP</constant> is generated if
96            the implementation does not support native pixmaps.
97        </para>
98        <para>
99            <constant>EGL_BAD_NATIVE_PIXMAP</constant> may be generated if
100            <parameter>native_pixmap</parameter> is not a valid native pixmap.
101        </para>
102        <para>
103            <constant>EGL_BAD_MATCH</constant> is generated if
104            the format of <parameter>native_pixmap</parameter> is not compatible
105            with the color buffer of <parameter>surface</parameter>.
106        </para>
107        <para>
108            <constant>EGL_CONTEXT_LOST</constant> is generated if a power management
109            event has occurred. The application must destroy all contexts and
110            reinitialise OpenGL ES state and objects to continue rendering.
111        </para>
112    </refsect1>
113    <refsect1 xml:id="seealso"><title>See Also</title>
114        <para>
115            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>glFlush</refentrytitle></citerefentry>,
116            <citerefentry><refentrytitle>eglSwapBuffers</refentrytitle></citerefentry>
117        </para>
118    </refsect1>
119    <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="copyright.xml"/>
120</refentry>
121