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diff --git a/doc/src/manual/cowboy_stream.info.asciidoc b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_stream.info.asciidoc new file mode 100644 index 0000000..32cbd85 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/src/manual/cowboy_stream.info.asciidoc @@ -0,0 +1,77 @@ += cowboy_stream:info(3) + +== Name + +cowboy_stream:info - Handle a message for a stream + +== Description + +[source,erlang] +---- +info(StreamID, Info, State) -> {Commands, State} + +StreamID :: cowboy_stream:stream_id() +Info :: any() +Commands :: cowboy_stream:commands() +State - opaque +---- + +Handle a message for a stream. + +This function should be called by all stream handlers. It will +propagate the event to the next configured stream handler. +Handlers do not have to propagate events that have been +fully handled. + +== Arguments + +StreamID:: + +The stream ID. + +Info:: + +The event received. + +Commands:: + +The commands to be executed. + +State:: + +The state for the next stream handler. + +== Return value + +A list of commands and an opaque state is returned. + +The list of commands returned should be included in the +commands returned from the current stream handler. It +can be modified if necessary. + +The state should be stored in the current stream +handler's state and passed to `cowboy_stream` when +necessary. The state should be treated as opaque. + +== Changelog + +* *2.0*: Function introduced. + +== Examples + +.Propagate an event to the next stream handler +[source,erlang] +---- +info(StreamID, Info, State=#state{next=Next0}) -> + MyCommands = my_commands(), + {Commands, Next} = cowboy_stream:info(StreamID, Info, Next0), + {MyCommands ++ Commands, #state{next=Next}}. +---- + +== See also + +link:man:cowboy_stream(3)[cowboy_stream(3)], +link:man:cowboy_stream:init(3)[cowboy_stream:init(3)], +link:man:cowboy_stream:data(3)[cowboy_stream:data(3)], +link:man:cowboy_stream:terminate(3)[cowboy_stream:terminate(3)], +link:man:cowboy_stream:early_error(3)[cowboy_stream:early_error(3)] |