WebGLRenderingContext: isBuffer() method

Baseline Widely available

This feature is well established and works across many devices and browser versions. It’s been available across browsers since ⁨July 2015⁩.

Note: This feature is available in Web Workers.

The WebGLRenderingContext.isBuffer() method of the WebGL API returns true if the passed WebGLBuffer is valid and false otherwise.

Syntax

js
isBuffer(buffer) 

Parameters

buffer

A WebGLBuffer to check.

Return value

A GLboolean indicating whether or not the buffer is valid.

Examples

Creating a buffer

js
const canvas = document.getElementById("canvas"); const gl = canvas.getContext("webgl"); const buffer = gl.createBuffer(); gl.isBuffer(buffer); 

Specifications

Specification
WebGL Specification
# 5.14.5

Browser compatibility

See also