Name

cgGetParameterSemantic - get a parameter's semantic

Synopsis

#include <Cg/cg.h>

const char * cgGetParameterSemantic( CGparameter param );

Parameters

param
The parameter.

Return Values

Returns the null-terminated semantic string for the parameter.

Returns NULL if an error occurs.

Description

cgGetParameterSemantic allows the application to retrieve the semantic of a parameter in a Cg program. If a uniform parameter does not have a user-assigned semantic, an empty string will be returned. If a varying parameter does not have a user-assigned semantic, the semantic string corresponding to the compiler-assigned resource for that varying will be returned.

Examples

to-be-written

Errors

CG_INVALID_PARAM_HANDLE_ERROR is generated if param is not a valid parameter.

History

cgGetParameterSemantic was introduced in Cg 1.1.

See Also

cgSetParameterSemantic, cgGetSemanticCasePolicy, cgSetSemanticCasePolicy, cgGetParameterResource, cgGetParameterResourceIndex, cgGetParameterName, cgGetParameterType