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+/*
+	checkGLerror.h
+
+	Author:		C. Prince
+	Created:	8 November 2001
+
+	Error checking for OpenGL bindings
+*/
+
+#ifndef _CHECKGLERROR_H_INCLUDED_
+#define _CHECKGLERROR_H_INCLUDED_
+
+#ifdef _DEBUG
+
+#include <jni.h>
+#include <AL/al.h>
+
+#define CHECK_AL_ERROR \
+	{ \
+		int err = alGetError(); \
+		if (err != AL_NO_ERROR) { \
+			jclass cls = env->FindClass("org/lwjgl/openal/OpenALException"); \
+			env->ThrowNew(cls, (const char*) alGetString(err)); \
+			env->DeleteLocalRef(cls); \
+		} \
+	}
+/* only available if deviceaddress is specified in method */
+#define CHECK_ALC_ERROR \
+	{ \
+		int err = alcGetError((ALCdevice*) deviceaddress); \
+		if (err != AL_NO_ERROR) { \
+			jclass cls = env->FindClass("org/lwjgl/openal/OpenALException"); \
+			env->ThrowNew(cls, (const char*) alcGetString((ALCdevice*) deviceaddress, err)); \
+			env->DeleteLocalRef(cls); \
+		} \
+	}
+
+#else
+
+#define CHECK_AL_ERROR
+#define CHECK_ALC_ERROR
+
+#endif /* _DEBUG */
+
+#endif /* _CHECKGLERROR_H_INCLUDED_ */