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authorPeter Andersson <[email protected]>2016-03-10 14:10:37 +0100
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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2010</year><year>2012</year>
+ <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
+ </copyright>
+ <legalnotice>
+ Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+ http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+ Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ limitations under the License.
+
+ </legalnotice>
+
+ <title>ct_rpc</title>
+ <prepared></prepared>
+ <responsible></responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved></approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>A</rev>
+ <file>ct_rpc.xml</file>
+ </header>
+ <module>ct_rpc</module>
+ <modulesummary>Common Test specific layer on Erlang/OTP rpc.</modulesummary>
+
+ <description>
+
+ <p><c>Common Test</c> specific layer on Erlang/OTP <c>rpc</c>.</p>
+
+ </description>
+
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name>app_node(App, Candidates) -&gt; NodeName</name>
+ <fsummary>From a set of candidate nodes determines which of them is
+ running the application App.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>App = atom()</v>
+ <v>Candidates = [NodeName]</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="app_node-2"/>
+ <p>From a set of candidate nodes determines which of them is running
+ the application <c>App</c>. If none of the candidate nodes is
+ running <c>App</c>, the function makes the test case calling
+ this function to fail. This function is the same as calling
+ <c>app_node(App, Candidates, true)</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>app_node(App, Candidates, FailOnBadRPC) -&gt; NodeName</name>
+ <fsummary>Same as app_node/2, except that argument FailOnBadRPC
+ determines if the search for a candidate node is to stop if
+ badrpc is received at some point.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>App = atom()</v>
+ <v>Candidates = [NodeName]</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ <v>FailOnBadRPC = true | false</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="app_node-3"/>
+ <p>Same as
+ <seealso marker="app_node-2"><c>ct_rpc:app_node/2</c></seealso>,
+ except that argument <c>FailOnBadRPC</c> determines if the search
+ for a candidate node is to stop if <c>badrpc</c> is received at
+ some point.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>app_node(App, Candidates, FailOnBadRPC, Cookie) -&gt; NodeName</name>
+ <fsummary>Same as app_node/2, except that argument FailOnBadRPC
+ determines if the search for a candidate node is to stop if badrpc is
+ received at some point.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>App = atom()</v>
+ <v>Candidates = [NodeName]</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ <v>FailOnBadRPC = true | false</v>
+ <v>Cookie = atom()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="app_node-4"/>
+ <p>Same as
+ <seealso marker="app_node-2"><c>ct_rpc:app_node/2</c></seealso>,
+ except that argument <c>FailOnBadRPC</c> determines if the search
+ for a candidate node is to stop if <c>badrpc</c> is received at
+ some point.</p>
+
+ <p>The cookie on the client node is set to <c>Cookie</c> for this
+ <c>rpc</c> operation (used to match the server node cookie).</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>call(Node, Module, Function, Args) -&gt; term() | {badrpc, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Same as call(Node, Module, Function, Args, infinity).</fsummary>
+ <desc><marker id="call-4"/>
+ <p>Same as <c>call(Node, Module, Function, Args, infinity)</c>.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>call(Node, Module, Function, Args, TimeOut) -&gt; term() | {badrpc, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Evaluates apply(Module, Function, Args) on the node
+ Node.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Node = NodeName | {Fun, FunArgs}</v>
+ <v>Fun = function()</v>
+ <v>FunArgs = term()</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ <v>Module = atom()</v>
+ <v>Function = atom()</v>
+ <v>Args = [term()]</v>
+ <v>Reason = timeout | term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="call-5"/>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Module, Function, Args)</c> on the node
+ <c>Node</c>. Returns either whatever <c>Function</c> returns, or
+ <c>{badrpc, Reason}</c> if the remote procedure call fails. If
+ <c>Node</c> is <c>{Fun, FunArgs}</c>, applying <c>Fun</c> to
+ <c>FunArgs</c> is to return a node name.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>call(Node, Module, Function, Args, TimeOut, Cookie) -&gt; term() | {badrpc, Reason}</name>
+ <fsummary>Evaluates apply(Module, Function, Args) on the node
+ Node.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Node = NodeName | {Fun, FunArgs}</v>
+ <v>Fun = function()</v>
+ <v>FunArgs = term()</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ <v>Module = atom()</v>
+ <v>Function = atom()</v>
+ <v>Args = [term()]</v>
+ <v>Reason = timeout | term()</v>
+ <v>Cookie = atom()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="call-6"/>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Module, Function, Args)</c> on the node
+ <c>Node</c>. Returns either whatever <c>Function</c> returns, or
+ <c>{badrpc, Reason}</c> if the remote procedure call fails. If
+ <c>Node</c> is <c>{Fun, FunArgs}</c>, applying <c>Fun</c> to
+ <c>FunArgs</c> is to return a node name.</p>
+
+ <p>The cookie on the client node is set to <c>Cookie</c> for this
+ <c>rpc</c> operation (used to match the server node cookie).</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>cast(Node, Module, Function, Args) -&gt; ok</name>
+ <fsummary>Evaluates apply(Module, Function, Args) on the node
+ Node.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Node = NodeName | {Fun, FunArgs}</v>
+ <v>Fun = function()</v>
+ <v>FunArgs = term()</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ <v>Module = atom()</v>
+ <v>Function = atom()</v>
+ <v>Args = [term()]</v>
+ <v>Reason = timeout | term()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="cast-4"/>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Module, Function, Args)</c> on the node
+ <c>Node</c>. No response is delivered and the process that makes
+ the call is not suspended until the evaluation is completed as in
+ the case of <c>call/3,4</c>. If <c>Node</c> is
+ <c>{Fun, FunArgs}</c>, applying <c>Fun</c> to <c>FunArgs</c> is to
+ return a node name.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+
+ <func>
+ <name>cast(Node, Module, Function, Args, Cookie) -&gt; ok</name>
+ <fsummary>Evaluates apply(Module, Function, Args) on the node
+ Node.</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Node = NodeName | {Fun, FunArgs}</v>
+ <v>Fun = function()</v>
+ <v>FunArgs = term()</v>
+ <v>NodeName = atom()</v>
+ <v>Module = atom()</v>
+ <v>Function = atom()</v>
+ <v>Args = [term()]</v>
+ <v>Reason = timeout | term()</v>
+ <v>Cookie = atom()</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc><marker id="cast-5"/>
+ <p>Evaluates <c>apply(Module, Function, Args)</c> on the node
+ <c>Node</c>. No response is delivered and the process that makes
+ the call is not suspended until the evaluation is completed as in
+ the case of <c>call/3,4</c>. If <c>Node</c> is
+ <c>{Fun, FunArgs}</c>, applying <c>Fun</c> to <c>FunArgs</c> is to
+ return a node name.</p>
+
+ <p>The cookie on the client node is set to <c>Cookie</c> for this
+ <c>rpc</c> operation (used to match the server node cookie).</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+</erlref>
+
+