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# glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameter

## Name

glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv, glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv — retrieve information about attachments of a framebuffer object

## C Specification

`void glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv(` | GLenum target,
| GLenum attachment,
| GLenum pname,
| GLint *params`)`;

`void glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv(` | GLuint framebuffer,
| GLenum attachment,
| GLenum pname,
| GLint *params`)`;

## Parameters

`target`

  Specifies the target to which the framebuffer object is bound for `glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv`.

`framebuffer`

  Specifies the name of the framebuffer object for `glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv`.

`attachment`

  Specifies the attachment of the framebuffer object to query.

`pname`

  Specifies the parameter of `attachment` to query.

`params`

  Returns the value of parameter `pname` for `attachment`.

## Description

`glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv` and `glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv` return parameters of attachments of a specified framebuffer object.

For `glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv`, the framebuffer object is that bound to `target`, which must be one of `GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER`, `GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER` or `GL_FRAMEBUFFER`. `GL_FRAMEBUFFER` is equivalent to `GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER`. Buffers of default framebuffers may also be queried if bound to `target`.

For `glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv`, `framebuffer` is the name of the framebuffer object. If `framebuffer` is zero, the default draw framebuffer is queried.

If the specified framebuffer is a framebuffer object, `attachment` must be one of `GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT`, `GL_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT` `GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT`, or `GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT` i, where i is between zero and the value of `GL_MAX_COLOR_ATTACHMENTS` minus one.

If the specified framebuffer is a default framebuffer, `target`, `attachment` must be one of `GL_FRONT_LEFT`, `GL_FRONT_RIGHT`, `GL_BACK_LEFT`, `GL_BACK_RIGHT`, `GL_DEPTH` or `GL_STENCIL`, identifying the corresponding buffer.

If `attachment` is `GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT`, the same object must be bound to both the depth and stencil attachment points of the framebuffer object, and information about that object is returned.

Upon successful return, if `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE`, then `params` will contain one of `GL_NONE`, `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_DEFAULT`, `GL_TEXTURE`, or `GL_RENDERBUFFER`, identifying the type of object which contains the attached image. Other values accepted for `pname` depend on the type of object, as described below.

If the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE` is `GL_NONE`, then either no framebuffer is bound to `target`; or a default framebuffer is queried, `attachment` is `GL_DEPTH` or `GL_STENCIL`, and the number of depth or stencil bits, respectively, is zero. In this case querying `pname` `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME` will return zero, and all other queries will generate an error.

If the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE` is not `GL_NONE`, these queries apply to all other framebuffer types:

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_RED_SIZE`, `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_GREEN_SIZE`, `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_BLUE_SIZE`, `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_ALPHA_SIZE`, `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_DEPTH_SIZE` or `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_STENCIL_SIZE`, then `params` will contain the number of bits in the corresponding red, green, blue, alpha, depth, or stencil component of the specified attachment. If the requested component is not present in the attachment, or if no data storage or texture image has been specified for the attachment, then `params` will contain zero.

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_COMPONENT_TYPE`, then `params` will contain the format of components of the specified attachment, one of `GL_FLOAT`, `GL_INT`, `GL_UNSIGNED_INT`, `GL_SIGNED_NORMALIZED`, or `GL_UNSIGNED_NORMALIZED` for floating-point, signed integer, unsigned integer, signed normalized fixed-point, or unsigned normalized fixed-point components respectively. Only color buffers may have integer components. If no data storage or texture image has been specified for the attachment, then `params` will contain `GL_NONE`. This query cannot be performed for a combined depth+stencil attachment, since it does not have a single format.

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_COLOR_ENCODING`, then `params` will contain the encoding of components of the specified attachment, one of `GL_LINEAR` or `GL_SRGB` for linear or sRGB-encoded components, respectively. Only color buffer components may be sRGB-encoded; such components are treated as described in the OpenGL Specification. For a default framebuffer, color encoding is determined by the implementation. For framebuffer objects, components are sRGB-encoded if the internal format of a color attachment is one of the color-renderable SRGB formats. If the attachment is not a color attachment, or if no data storage or texture image has been specified for the attachment, then `params` will contain `GL_LINEAR`.

If the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE` is `GL_RENDERBUFFER`, then

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME`, `params` will contain the name of the renderbuffer object which contains the attached image.

If the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE` is `GL_TEXTURE`, then

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME`, then `params` will contain the name of the texture object which contains the attached image.

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_TEXTURE_LEVEL`, then `params` will contain the mipmap level of the texture object which contains the attached image.

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_TEXTURE_CUBE_MAP_FACE` and the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME` is the name of a cube map texture object, then `params` will contain the cube map face of the cubemap texture object which contains the attached image. Otherwise `params` will contain zero.

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED`, then `params` will contain `GL_TRUE` if an entire level of a three-dimensional texture, cube map texture, or one-or two-dimensional array texture is attached. Otherwise, `params` will contain `GL_FALSE`.

- If `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_TEXTURE_LAYER`; the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME` is the name of a three-dimensional, or a one- or two-dimensional array texture; and the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED` is `GL_FALSE`, then `params` will contain the texture layer which contains the attached image. Otherwise `params` will contain zero.

## Notes

The `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_LAYERED` query is supported only if the GL version is 3.2 or greater.

## Errors

`GL_INVALID_ENUM` is generated by `glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv` if `target` is not one of the accepted framebuffer targets.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` is generated by `glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv` if `framebuffer` is not zero or the name of an existing framebuffer object.

`GL_INVALID_ENUM` is generated if `pname` is not valid for the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE`, as described above.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` is generated if `attachment` is not one of the accepted framebuffer attachment points, as described above.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` is generated if the value of `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE` is `GL_NONE` and `pname` is not `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME` or `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_TYPE`.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` is generated if `attachment` is `GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT` and different objects are bound to the depth and stencil attachment points of `target`.

`GL_INVALID_OPERATION` is generated if `attachment` is `GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT` and `pname` is `GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_COMPONENT_TYPE`.

## Version Support

| OpenGL Version
--- | ---
Function / Feature Name | 2.0 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.5
`glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv` | - | - | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔
`glGetNamedFramebufferAttachmentParameteriv` | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ✔

## See Also

glGenFramebuffers, glBindFramebuffer glGetFramebufferParameter

## Copyright

Copyright © 2010-2014 Khronos Group. This material may be distributed subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Open Publication License, v 1.0, 8 June 1999. https://opencontent.org/openpub/.

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