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authorMicael Karlberg <bmk@erlang.org>2011-03-17 16:02:02 +0100
committerMicael Karlberg <bmk@erlang.org>2011-03-17 16:02:02 +0100
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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2009</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2011</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -217,5 +217,22 @@ terminate(_Args, Fd) ->
ok</pre>
</section>
</section>
+ <section>
+ <title>Handling Other Messages</title>
+ <p>If the gen_event should be able to receive other messages than
+ events, the callback function <c>handle_info(Info, StateName, StateData)</c>
+ must be implemented to handle them. Examples of
+ other messages are exit messages, if the gen_event is linked to
+ other processes (than the supervisor) and trapping exit signals.</p>
+ <code type="none">
+handle_info({'EXIT', Pid, Reason}, State) ->
+ ..code to handle exits here..
+ {ok, NewState}.</code>
+ <p>The code_change method also has to be implemented.</p>
+ <code type="none">
+code_change(OldVsn, State, Extra) ->
+ ..code to convert state (and more) during code change
+ {ok, NewState}</code>
+ </section>
</chapter>