JOGL Classes

In this section, we will learn about the classes provided by JOGL. Through these classes, we can add the functionality of OpenGL in Java code.

Following are the important classes provided by JOGL: -

• GLCanvas Class
• GLJPanel Class
• GLProfile Class
• GLCapabilities Class

GLCanvas and GLJPanel class are GUI classes that implements GLAutoDrawable interface and utilized as drawing surfaces for Open GL commands.

GLCanvas Class

• GLCanvas class is a heavy-weight AWT component present in javax.media.opengl.awt package.
• It extends the functionality of Canvas class and provides OpenGL rendering support.
• Being an AWT component, GLCanvas is much compatible with AWT in comparison to Swing.
• Due to hardware acceleration, it executes OpenGL operations rapidly.

GLCanvas Constructors

GLCanvas Methods

GLJPanel Class

• GLCanvas class is a light-weight Swing component present in javax.media.opengl.awt package.
• It extends JPanel interface and provide OpenGL rendering support.
• It uses hardware-accelerated rendering through pbuffers. As pbuffer cannot be resized, sometimes problem may occurs during resize operations.

GLCanvas Constructor

GLCanvas Constructor

GLProfile Class

The OpenGL interfaces such as GL2, GL3, GL4 contains all the core method of a particular version. The role of GLProfile class is to specify the particular OpenGL interface on the basis of version required.

GLProfile Methods

GLCapibilities Class

GLCapibilities class is used to specify the capabilities of OpenGL such as OpenGL profile, color depth etc. The object of GLProfile class is passed as a parameter to this class.

GLCapibilities Method