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author | Raimo Niskanen <[email protected]> | 2016-04-25 17:04:35 +0200 |
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committer | Raimo Niskanen <[email protected]> | 2016-04-25 17:04:35 +0200 |
commit | b6da7406d35f9decaaa7fa089f58ed03879dadfe (patch) | |
tree | a4f767bad05d024615b104053839e72023c72f23 /lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml | |
parent | b842026cc5e86cf7f054da073f6da16adf02baa9 (diff) | |
parent | f06f69068807168cf4cc731711ed82489cc5b99c (diff) | |
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Merge branch 'raimo/new-gen-state-machine/OTP-13065'
* raimo/new-gen-state-machine/OTP-13065: (52 commits)
Add section on state filtering
Promote gen_statem over gen_fsm
Modify code_change/4 to return CallbackMode
Use ?NAME macro in examples
Introduce Fred Herbert suggested additions
Introduce corrections from Fred Hebert and Ingela
Use .png pictures instead of .gif
Write Design Principles chapter
Fix missing short forms for event timeout
Do more intricate Fred Hebert doc changes
Change Caller -> From as suggested by Fred Hebert
Do documentation improvements from Fred Hebert
Fix broken documenation reference
Rename state_timeout -> event_timeout
Fix most of the system docs and emacs mode
Change code_change/4 to {ok,State,Data}
Fixup sharpened test suite
Sharpen test suite
Remove the remove_event action and all alike
Relax caller() type check and cleanup
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Conflicts:
lib/stdlib/src/gen.erl
lib/stdlib/src/gen_event.erl
lib/stdlib/src/gen_fsm.erl
lib/stdlib/src/gen_server.erl
lib/stdlib/test/error_logger_forwarder.erl
Diffstat (limited to 'lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml | 29 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml index d80ec4dfa6..2255395f46 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml @@ -217,14 +217,18 @@ processes. For example, a <c>gen_server</c> process returns the callback module's state, a <c>gen_fsm</c> process returns information such as its current state name and state data, - and a <c>gen_event</c> process returns information about each of its + a <c>gen_statem</c> process returns information about + its current state and data, and a <c>gen_event</c> process + returns information about each of its registered handlers. Callback modules for <c>gen_server</c>, - <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> can also customise the value + <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c> and <c>gen_event</c> + can also customise the value of <c><anno>Misc</anno></c> by exporting a <c>format_status/2</c> function that contributes module-specific information; - see <seealso marker="gen_server#Module:format_status/2">gen_server:format_status/2</seealso>, - <seealso marker="gen_fsm#Module:format_status/2">gen_fsm:format_status/2</seealso>, and - <seealso marker="gen_event#Module:format_status/2">gen_event:format_status/2</seealso> + see <seealso marker="gen_server#Module:format_status/2">gen_server format_status/2</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_fsm#Module:format_status/2">gen_fsm format_status/2</seealso>, + <seealso marker="gen_statem#Module:format_status/2">gen_statem format_status/2</seealso>, and + <seealso marker="gen_event#Module:format_status/2">gen_event format_status/2</seealso> for more details.</p> </desc> </func> @@ -245,6 +249,8 @@ processes. For a <c>gen_server</c> process, the returned <c><anno>State</anno></c> is simply the callback module's state. For a <c>gen_fsm</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentStateName, CurrentStateData}</c>. + For a <c>gen_statem</c> process <c><anno>State</anno></c> is + the tuple <c>{CurrentState,CurrentData}.</c> For a <c>gen_event</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> a list of tuples, where each tuple corresponds to an event handler registered in the process and contains <c>{Module, Id, HandlerState}</c>, where <c>Module</c> is the event handler's module name, @@ -263,8 +269,9 @@ details of the exception.</p> <p>The <c>system_get_state/1</c> function is primarily useful for user-defined behaviours and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special - processes</seealso>. The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP - behaviour modules export this function, and so callback modules for those behaviours + processes</seealso>. The <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, + <c>gen_statem</c> and <c>gen_event</c> OTP + behaviour modules export this function, so callback modules for those behaviours need not supply their own.</p> <p>To obtain more information about a process, including its state, see <seealso marker="#get_status-1">get_status/1</seealso> and @@ -290,6 +297,8 @@ <c>gen_fsm</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{CurrentStateName, CurrentStateData}</c>, and <c><anno>NewState</anno></c> is a similar tuple that may contain a new state name, new state data, or both. + The same applies for a <c>gen_statem</c> process but + it names the tuple fields <c>{CurrentState,CurrentData}</c>. For a <c>gen_event</c> process, <c><anno>State</anno></c> is the tuple <c>{Module, Id, HandlerState}</c> where <c>Module</c> is the event handler's module name, <c>Id</c> is the handler's ID (which is the value <c>false</c> if it was registered without @@ -304,7 +313,8 @@ state, then regardless of process type, it may simply return its <c><anno>State</anno></c> argument.</p> <p>If a <c><anno>StateFun</anno></c> function crashes or throws an exception, then - for <c>gen_server</c> and <c>gen_fsm</c> processes, the original state of the process is + for <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c> or <c>gen_statem</c> processes, + the original state of the process is unchanged. For <c>gen_event</c> processes, a crashing or failing <c><anno>StateFun</anno></c> function means that only the state of the particular event handler it was working on when it failed or crashed is unchanged; it can still succeed in changing the states of other event @@ -329,7 +339,8 @@ <c>{callback_failed, StateFun, {Class, Reason}}</c>.</p> <p>The <c>system_replace_state/2</c> function is primarily useful for user-defined behaviours and modules that implement OTP <seealso marker="#special_process">special processes</seealso>. The - <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, and <c>gen_event</c> OTP behaviour modules export this function, + <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, <c>gen_statem</c> and + <c>gen_event</c> OTP behaviour modules export this function, and so callback modules for those behaviours need not supply their own.</p> </desc> </func> |