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author | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2015-09-02 15:43:57 +0200 |
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committer | Sverker Eriksson <[email protected]> | 2015-09-02 15:43:57 +0200 |
commit | 6e75676652d87d78041a9db11b088b33ad7ef672 (patch) | |
tree | bdfab5e00f4059950c927a5ca748efb9965c782c /lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml | |
parent | 0c52e3c18da16dbb896871865b71093b8c5617c4 (diff) | |
parent | 3af9e6ef9bd6a9e9faf0e5bf683f4f1c5c0c0ca9 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'maint' into sverk/trace-process_dump-matchstate
Conflicts:
erts/emulator/beam/erl_printf_term.c
erts/emulator/beam/erl_term.c
erts/emulator/beam/utils.c
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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml index b9dfff833e..1efac1535a 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_event.xml @@ -4,20 +4,21 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2013</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> - The contents of this file are subject to the Erlang Public License, - Version 1.1, (the "License"); you may not use this file except in - compliance with the License. You should have received a copy of the - Erlang Public License along with this software. If not, it can be - retrieved online at http://www.erlang.org/. + 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 - Software distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" - basis, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See - the License for the specific language governing rights and limitations - under the License. + 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> @@ -44,6 +45,7 @@ <pre> gen_event module Callback module ---------------- --------------- +gen_event:start gen_event:start_link -----> - gen_event:add_handler @@ -177,7 +179,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <name>add_handler(EventMgrRef, Handler, Args) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Add an event handler to a generic event manager.</fsummary> <type> - <v>EventMgr = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} + <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> <v> Name = Node = atom()</v> <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> @@ -223,7 +225,7 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 <name>add_sup_handler(EventMgrRef, Handler, Args) -> Result</name> <fsummary>Add a supervised event handler to a generic event manager.</fsummary> <type> - <v>EventMgr = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} + <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> <v> Name = Node = atom()</v> <v> GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> @@ -456,19 +458,37 @@ gen_event:stop -----> Module:terminate/2 </func> <func> <name>stop(EventMgrRef) -> ok</name> + <name>stop(EventMgrRef, Reason, Timeout) -> ok</name> <fsummary>Terminate a generic event manager.</fsummary> <type> <v>EventMgrRef = Name | {Name,Node} | {global,GlobalName} | {via,Module,ViaName} | pid()</v> <v>Name = Node = atom()</v> <v>GlobalName = ViaName = term()</v> + <v>Reason = term()</v> + <v>Timeout = int()>0 | infinity</v> </type> <desc> - <p>Terminates the event manager <c>EventMgrRef</c>. Before - terminating, the event manager will call - <c>Module:terminate(stop,...)</c> for each installed event - handler.</p> - <p>See <c>add_handler/3</c> for a description of the argument.</p> + <p>Orders the event manager <c>EventMgrRef</c> to exit with + the given <c>Reason</c> and waits for it to + terminate. Before terminating, the gen_event will call + <seealso marker="#Module:terminate/2">Module:terminate(stop,...)</seealso> + for each installed event handler.</p> + <p>The function returns <c>ok</c> if the event manager terminates + with the expected reason. Any other reason than <c>normal</c>, + <c>shutdown</c>, or <c>{shutdown,Term}</c> will cause an + error report to be issued using + <seealso marker="kernel:error_logger#format/2">error_logger:format/2</seealso>. + The default <c>Reason</c> is <c>normal</c>.</p> + <p><c>Timeout</c> is an integer greater than zero which + specifies how many milliseconds to wait for the event manager to + terminate, or the atom <c>infinity</c> to wait + indefinitely. The default value is <c>infinity</c>. If the + event manager has not terminated within the specified time, a + <c>timeout</c> exception is raised.</p> + <p>If the process does not exist, a <c>noproc</c> exception + is raised.</p> + <p>See <c>add_handler/3</c> for a description of <c>EventMgrRef</c>.</p> </desc> </func> </funcs> |