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| author | Gustav Simonsson <[email protected]> | 2012-02-24 14:51:48 +0100 |
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| committer | Gustav Simonsson <[email protected]> | 2012-02-24 14:51:55 +0100 |
| commit | d9ee75fa3df8676deb92136c38b65e928cde196e (patch) | |
| tree | 3fa69ad981703294dc4b2e307aaae4ddfb38918d /lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml | |
| parent | dbb30ebf60fc9e851f1a8d9c0970ec2a2cc88f57 (diff) | |
| parent | b0426732cc19598f0c0c310b1e79918252495259 (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'uw/extending_gen' into maint
* uw/extending_gen:
Add plugin support for alternative name lookup
OTP-9945
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml | 12 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml index 33a7f5bb6a..d1e62230bc 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/supervisor.xml @@ -264,8 +264,14 @@ child_spec() = {Id,StartFunc,Restart,Shutdown,Type,Modules} <p>If <c><anno>SupName</anno>={local,Name}</c> the supervisor is registered locally as <c>Name</c> using <c>register/2</c>. If <c><anno>SupName</anno>={global,Name}</c> the supervisor is registered - globally as <c>Name</c> using <c>global:register_name/2</c>. - If no name is provided, the supervisor is not registered.</p> + globally as <c>Name</c> using <c>global:register_name/2</c>. If + <c><anno>SupName</anno>={via,Module,Name}</c> the supervisor + is registered as <c>Name</c> using the registry represented by + <c>Module</c>. The <c>Module</c> callback should export the functions + <c>register_name/2</c>, <c>unregister_name/1</c> and <c>send/2</c>, + which should behave like the corresponding functions in <c>global</c>. + Thus, <c>{via,global,Name}</c> is a valid reference.</p> + <p>If no name is provided, the supervisor is not registered.</p> <p><c><anno>Module</anno></c> is the name of the callback module.</p> <p><c><anno>Args</anno></c> is an arbitrary term which is passed as the argument to <c><anno>Module</anno>:init/1</c>.</p> @@ -308,6 +314,8 @@ child_spec() = {Id,StartFunc,Restart,Shutdown,Type,Modules} registered at another node, or</item> <item><c>{global,Name}</c>, if the supervisor is globally registered.</item> + <item><c>{via,Module,Name}</c>, if the supervisor is registered + through an alternative process registry.</item> </list> <p><c><anno>ChildSpec</anno></c> should be a valid child specification (unless the supervisor is a <c>simple_one_for_one</c> |