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authorRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2016-02-23 16:55:45 +0100
committerRaimo Niskanen <[email protected]>2016-02-23 16:55:45 +0100
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Rename Client -> Caller
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-rw-r--r--lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml50
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
index bd210a0d22..5ae930f48b 100644
--- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
+++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/gen_statem.xml
@@ -270,13 +270,13 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
</datatype>
<datatype>
- <name name="client" />
+ <name name="caller" />
<desc>
- <p>Client address to use when replying through for example the
+ <p>Destination to use when replying through for example the
<seealso marker="#type-transition_op">
- transition_op() {reply,Client,Reply}
+ transition_op() {reply,Caller,Reply}
</seealso>
- to a client that has called the <c>gen_statem</c> server using
+ to a process that has called the <c>gen_statem</c> server using
<seealso marker="#call/2">call/2</seealso>.
</p>
</desc>
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
<name name="event_type" />
<desc>
<p>External events are of 3 different type:
- <c>{call,<anno>Client</anno>}</c>, <c>cast</c> or <c>info</c>.
+ <c>{call,<anno>Caller</anno>}</c>, <c>cast</c> or <c>info</c>.
Calls (synchronous) and casts (asynchronous)
originate from the corresponding API functions.
For calls the event contain whom to reply to.
@@ -476,7 +476,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
</p>
<taglist>
<tag><c>reply_action()</c></tag>
- <item>Reply to a calling client.</item>
+ <item>Reply to a caller.</item>
<tag><c>next_event</c></tag>
<item>Insert the given <c><anno>EventType</anno></c>
and <c><anno>EventContent</anno></c> as the next to process.
@@ -525,11 +525,11 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
<datatype>
<name name="reply_action" />
<desc>
- <p>Reply to a client that called
+ <p>Reply to a caller waiting for a reply in
<seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso>.
- <c><anno>Client</anno></c> must be the term from the
+ <c><anno>Caller</anno></c> must be the term from the
<seealso marker="#type-event_type">
- <c>{call,<anno>Client</anno>}</c>
+ <c>{call,<anno>Caller</anno>}</c>
</seealso> argument to the
<seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>.
</p>
@@ -747,13 +747,13 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
The <c>gen_statem</c> will call the
<seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso> with
<seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>event_type()</c></seealso>
- <c>{call,Client}</c> and event content
+ <c>{call,Caller}</c> and event content
<c><anno>Request</anno></c>.
</p>
<p>A <c><anno>Reply</anno></c> is generated when a
<seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>
returns with
- <c>{reply,Client,<anno>Reply</anno>}</c> as one
+ <c>{reply,Caller,<anno>Reply</anno>}</c> as one
<seealso marker="#type-transition_op">
<c>transition_op()</c>
</seealso>,
@@ -803,21 +803,21 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
<func>
<name name="reply" arity="1" />
<name name="reply" arity="2" />
- <fsummary>Send a reply to a client</fsummary>
+ <fsummary>Reply to a caller</fsummary>
<desc>
<p>This function can be used by a <c>gen_statem</c>
- to explicitly send a reply to a client that called
+ to explicitly send a reply to a process that waits in
<seealso marker="#call/2"><c>call/2</c></seealso>
when the reply cannot be defined in
- the return value of the
+ the return value of a
<seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>.
</p>
- <p><c><anno>Client</anno></c> must be the term from the
+ <p><c><anno>Caller</anno></c> must be the term from the
<seealso marker="#type-event_type">
- <c>{call,<anno>Client</anno>}</c>
+ <c>{call,<anno>Caller</anno>}</c>
</seealso> argument to the
<seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>.
- <c><anno>Client</anno></c> and <c><anno>Reply</anno></c>
+ <c><anno>Caller</anno></c> and <c><anno>Reply</anno></c>
can also be specified using a
<seealso marker="#type-reply_action">
<c>reply_action()</c>
@@ -975,7 +975,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
<seealso marker="#start_link/3">start_link/3,4</seealso>.
</p>
<p>This function may use
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>
to return <c>Result</c>.
</p>
</desc>
@@ -1024,16 +1024,16 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
then <c>Module:handle_event/5</c> is called.
</p>
<p>If <c>EventType</c> is
- <seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>{call,Client}</c></seealso>
- the client is waiting for a reply. The reply can be sent
+ <seealso marker="#type-event_type"><c>{call,Caller}</c></seealso>
+ the caller is waiting for a reply. The reply can be sent
from this or from any other
<seealso marker="#state_function">state function</seealso>
- by returning with <c>{reply,Client,Reply}</c> in
+ by returning with <c>{reply,Caller,Reply}</c> in
<seealso marker="#type-transition_op">Ops</seealso>, in
<seealso marker="#type-reply_action">Replies</seealso>
or by calling
<seealso marker="#reply/2">
- <c>reply(Client, Reply)</c>
+ <c>reply(Caller, Reply)</c>
</seealso>.
</p>
<p><c>StateName</c> is useful in some odd cases for example
@@ -1121,7 +1121,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
</seealso>.
</p>
<p>This function may use
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>
to return <c>Ignored</c>, which is ignored anyway.
</p>
</desc>
@@ -1177,7 +1177,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
<p>If the function returns <c>Reason</c>, the ongoing
upgrade will fail and roll back to the old release.</p>
<p>This function may use
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>
to return <c>Result</c> or <c>Reason</c>.
</p>
</desc>
@@ -1268,7 +1268,7 @@ erlang:'!' -----> Module:StateName/5
being written to the error log.
</p>
<p>This function may use
- <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>,
+ <seealso marker="erts:erlang#throw/1"><c>throw</c></seealso>
to return <c>Status</c>.
</p>
</desc>