gl_generator

Code generators for creating bindings to the Khronos OpenGL APIs.

Usage

If you need a specific version of OpenGL, or you need a different API (OpenGL ES, EGL, WGL, GLX), or if you need certain extensions, you should use the gl_generator plugin instead.

See gfx_gl for an example of using a custom gfx-rs loader for a project.

Add this to your Cargo.toml:

[build-dependencies]
gl_generator = "0.4.2"
khronos_api = "1.0.0"

Under the [package] section, add:

build = "build.rs"

Create a build.rs to pull your specific version/API:

extern crate gl_generator;
extern crate khronos_api;

use std::env;
use std::fs::File;
use std::io::BufWriter;
use std::path::Path;

fn main() {
    let out_dir = env::var("OUT_DIR").unwrap();
    let dest = Path::new(&out_dir);

    let mut file = BufWriter::new(File::create(&dest.join("bindings.rs")).unwrap());
    gl_generator::generate_bindings(gl_generator::GlobalGenerator,
                                    gl_generator::registry::Ns::Gl,
                                    gl_generator::Fallbacks::All,
                                    khronos_api::GL_XML, vec![], "4.5", "core",
                                    &mut file).unwrap();
}

Then use it like this:

mod gles {
    include!(concat!(env!("OUT_DIR"), "/bindings.rs"));
}

/*
 * Simple loading example
 */
fn main() {
    // Assuming window is GLFW, initialized, and made current
    gles::load_with(|s| window.get_proc_address(s));
}

The build.rs file will generate all the OpenGL functions in a file named, bindings.rs plus all enumerations, and all types in the types submodule.

Arguments

The type of loader to generate. Can be gl_generator::StaticGenerator, gl_generator::StaticStructGenerator, gl_generator::StructGenerator, or gl_generator::GlobalGenerator.
The API to generate. Can be Gl, Gles1, Gles2 (GLES 2 or 3), Wgl, Glx, Egl.
The file which contains the bindings to parse. Can be GL_XML (for GL and GL ES), GLX_XML, WGL_XML, EGL_XML.
Extra extensions to include in the bindings. These are specified as a list of strings.
The requested API version. This is usually in the form "major.minor".
The GL profile. Can be either "core" or "compatibility". "core" will only include all functions supported by the requested version it self, while "compatibility" will include all the functions from previous versions as well.
The file to save the generated bindings to.

Generator types

Global generator

The global generator is the one used by default by the gl crate. See above for more details.

Struct generator

The struct generator is a cleaner alternative to the global generator.

The main difference is that you must call gl::Gl::load_with instead of gl::load_with, and this functions returns a struct of type Gl. The OpenGL functions are not static functions but member functions in this Gl struct. This is important when the GL functions are associated with the current context, as is true on Windows.

The enumerations and types are still static and available in a similar way as in the global generator.

Static generator

The static generator generates plain old bindings. You don't need to load the functions.

This generator should only be used only if the platform you are compiling for is guaranteed to support the requested API. Otherwise you will get a compilation error. For example, you can use it for WGL and OpenGL 1.1 on Windows or GLX and OpenGL 1.3 on Linux, because Windows and Linux are guaranteed to provide implementations for these APIs.

You will need to manually provide the linkage. For example to use WGL or OpenGL 1.1 on Windows, you will need to add #[link="OpenGL32.lib"] extern {} somewhere in your code.

Custom Generators

The gl_generator crate is extensible. This is a niche feature useful only in very rare cases. To create a custom generator, create a new plugin crate which depends on gl_generator. Then, implement the gl_generator::Generator trait and in your plugin registrar, register a function which calls gl_generator::generate_bindings with your custom generator and its name.

Extra features

The global and struct generators will attempt to use fallbacks functions when they are available. For example, if glGenFramebuffers cannot be loaded it will also attempt to load glGenFramebuffersEXT as a fallback.

Changelog

v0.4.2

Update crate metadata

v0.4.1

Upgrade khronos_api to v1.0.0

v0.4.0

Upgrade xml-rs to v0.2.2
Use raw::c_void for GLvoid
Remove registry::{Group, EnumNs, CmdNs}
Remove groups field from registry::Registry
Remove is_safe field from registry::Cmd
Remove comment field from registry::{Require, Remove, GlxOpcode}
Downgrade khronos_api to be a dev-dependency

gl_generator 0.4.2