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authortmanevik <[email protected]>2015-07-06 21:21:27 +0200
committerIngela Anderton Andin <[email protected]>2015-09-01 14:59:15 +0200
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Inets Reference Manual
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diff --git a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml
index c71bfbd686..47c40da96a 100644
--- a/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml
+++ b/lib/inets/doc/src/http_uri.xml
@@ -35,38 +35,45 @@
<description>
<p>This module provides utility functions for working with URIs,
- according to RFC 3986. </p>
-
+ according to
+ <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.</p>
</description>
<section>
- <title>COMMON DATA TYPES </title>
+ <title>DATA TYPES</title>
<p>Type definitions that are used more than once in
this module:</p>
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
-boolean() = true | false
-string() = list of ASCII characters
- ]]></code>
+ <p><c>boolean() = true | false</c></p>
+ <p><c>string()</c> = list of ASCII characters</p>
</section>
<section>
- <title>URI DATA TYPES </title>
+ <title>URI DATA TYPES</title>
<p>Type definitions that are related to URI:</p>
- <p>For more information about URI, see RFC 3986. </p>
-
- <code type="none"><![CDATA[
-uri() = string() - Syntax according to the URI definition in rfc 3986,
- e.g.: "http://www.erlang.org/"
-user_info() = string()
-scheme() = atom() - Example: http, https
-host() = string()
-port() = pos_integer()
-path() = string() - Representing a file path or directory path
-query() = string()
-fragment() = string()
- ]]></code>
-
+
+<taglist>
+ <tag><c>uri() = string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>Syntax according to the URI definition in RFC 3986,
+ for example, "http://www.erlang.org/"</p></item>
+ <tag><c>user_info() = string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p></p></item>
+ <tag><c>scheme() = atom()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>Example: http, https</p></item>
+ <tag><c>host() = string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p></p></item>
+ <tag><c>port() = pos_integer()</c></tag>
+ <item><p></p></item>
+ <tag><c>path() = string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p>Represents a file path or directory path</p></item>
+ <tag><c>query() = string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p></p></item>
+ <tag><c>fragment() = string()</c></tag>
+ <item><p></p></item>
+ </taglist>
+
+ <p>For more information about URI, see
+ <url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3986.txt">RFC 3986</url>.</p>
<marker id="scheme_defaults"></marker>
</section>
@@ -74,28 +81,28 @@ fragment() = string()
<func>
<name>decode(HexEncodedURI) -> URI</name>
- <fsummary>Decode a hex encoded URI</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Decodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - A possibly hex encoded uri</v>
+ <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - A possibly hexadecimal encoded URI</v>
<v>URI = uri()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Decode a possibly hex encoded URI. </p>
+ <p>Decodes a possibly hexadecimal encoded URI.</p>
</desc>
</func>
<func>
<name>encode(URI) -> HexEncodedURI</name>
- <fsummary>Hex encode an URI</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Encodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>URI = uri()</v>
- <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - Hex encoded uri</v>
+ <v>HexEncodedURI = string() - Hexadecimal encoded URI</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>Hex encode an URI. </p>
+ <p>Encodes a hexadecimal encoded URI.</p>
<marker id="decode"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -104,10 +111,10 @@ fragment() = string()
<func>
<name>parse(URI) -> {ok, Result} | {error, Reason}</name>
<name>parse(URI, Options) -> {ok, Result} | {error, Reason}</name>
- <fsummary>Parse an URI</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Parses a URI.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>URI = uri() </v>
- <v>Options = [Option] </v>
+ <v>URI = uri()</v>
+ <v>Options = [Option]</v>
<v>Option = {ipv6_host_with_brackets, boolean()} |
{scheme_defaults, scheme_defaults()} |
{fragment, boolean()}]</v>
@@ -119,20 +126,20 @@ fragment() = string()
<v>Path = path()</v>
<v>Query = query()</v>
<v>Fragment = fragment()</v>
- <v>Reason = term() </v>
+ <v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>This function is used to parse an URI. If no scheme defaults
- are provided, the value of
+ <p>Parses a URI. If no scheme defaults
+ are provided, the value of the
<seealso marker="#scheme_defaults">scheme_defaults</seealso>
- function will be used. </p>
+ function is used.</p>
- <p>Note that when parsing an URI with an unknown scheme (that is,
- a scheme not found in the scheme defaults) a port number must be
- provided or else the parsing will fail. </p>
+ <p>When parsing a URI with an unknown scheme (that is,
+ a scheme not found in the scheme defaults), a port number must be
+ provided, otherwise the parsing fails.</p>
- <p>If the fragment option is true, the URI fragment will be returned as
- part of the parsing result, otherwise it is completely ignored.</p>
+ <p>If the fragment option is <c>true</c>, the URI fragment is returned as
+ part of the parsing result, otherwise it is ignored.</p>
<marker id="encode"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -140,14 +147,14 @@ fragment() = string()
<func>
<name>scheme_defaults() -> SchemeDefaults</name>
- <fsummary>A list of scheme and their default ports</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>A list of the scheme and their default ports.</fsummary>
<type>
<v>SchemeDefaults = [{scheme(), default_scheme_port_number()}] </v>
<v>default_scheme_port_number() = pos_integer()</v>
</type>
<desc>
- <p>This function provides a list of the scheme and their default
- port numbers currently supported (by default) by this utility. </p>
+ <p>Provides a list of the scheme and their default
+ port numbers supported (by default) by this utility.</p>
<marker id="parse"></marker>
</desc>
@@ -160,7 +167,8 @@ fragment() = string()
<!--
<section>
<title>SEE ALSO</title>
- <p>RFC 2616, <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>,
+ <p><url href="http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2616.txt">RFC 2616</url>,
+ <seealso marker="inets">inets(3)</seealso>,
<seealso marker="kernel:gen_tcp">gen_tcp(3)</seealso>,
<seealso marker="ssl:ssl">ssl(3)</seealso>
</p>