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What is JOGL?

Java OpenGL (JOGL) is a wrapper library by the Game Technology Group at Sun Microsystems that allow OpenGL to be used in Java.

The base OpenGL C API is accessed in JOGL via Java Native Interface (JNI) calls. As such, the underlying system must support OpenGL for JOGL to work.
The straightforward mapping of the OpenGL C API to Java methods makes conversion of existing C applications and example code simple.

Other Java OpenGL wrappers: GL4Java, Java3D