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package jogamp.opengl;

import com.jogamp.opengl.*;

public interface ToolkitThreadingPlugin {
  /** Indicates whether the current thread is the designated toolkit thread,
      if such semantics exists. */
  public boolean isToolkitThread() throws GLException;

  /** Indicates whether the current thread is the thread on
      which this implementation of the com.jogamp.opengl APIs
      performs all of its OpenGL-related work. This method should only
      be called if the single-thread model is in effect. */
  public boolean isOpenGLThread() throws GLException;

  /** Executes the passed Runnable on the single thread used for all
      OpenGL work in this com.jogamp.opengl API implementation. It is
      not specified exactly which thread is used for this
      purpose. This method should only be called if the single-thread
      model is in use and if the current thread is not the OpenGL
      thread (i.e., if <code>isOpenGLThread()</code> returns
      false). It is up to the end user to check to see whether the
      current thread is the OpenGL thread and either execute the
      Runnable directly or perform the work inside it. */
  public void invokeOnOpenGLThread(boolean wait, Runnable r) throws GLException;
}