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

cgGetParameterResource, cgGetParameterResourceIndex, cgGetParameterName, cgGetParameterType