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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?>
+<!DOCTYPE erlref SYSTEM "erlref.dtd">
+
+<erlref>
+ <header>
+ <copyright>
+ <year>2002</year><year>2009</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/.
+
+ 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.
+
+ </legalnotice>
+
+ <title>et_selector</title>
+ <prepared>H&aring;kan Mattsson</prepared>
+ <responsible>H&aring;kan Mattsson</responsible>
+ <docno></docno>
+ <approved>H&aring;kan Mattsson</approved>
+ <checked></checked>
+ <date></date>
+ <rev>%VSN%</rev>
+ </header>
+ <module>et_selector</module>
+ <modulesummary>Define event transforms and trace patterns</modulesummary>
+ <description>
+ <p></p>
+ </description>
+ <funcs>
+ <func>
+ <name>make_pattern(RawPattern) -> TracePattern</name>
+ <fsummary>Makes a trace pattern suitable to feed change_pattern/1</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>RawPattern = detail_level()</v>
+ <v>TracePattern = erlang_trace_pattern_match_spec()</v>
+ <v>detail_level() = min | max | integer(X) when X =&lt; 0, X >= 100</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Makes a trace pattern suitable to feed change_pattern/1</p>
+ <p>Min detail level deactivates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5</p>
+ <p>Max detail level activates tracing of all calls to phone_home/4,5</p>
+ <p>integer(X) detail level activates tracing of all calls to
+ phone_home/4,5 whose detail level argument is lesser than X.</p>
+ <p>See also erlang:trace_pattern/2 for more info about its match_spec()</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>change_pattern(Pattern) -> ok</name>
+ <fsummary>Activates/deactivates tracing by changing the current trace pattern</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Pattern = detail_level() | empty_match_spec() | erlang_trace_pattern_match_spec()</v>
+ <v>detail_level() = min | max | integer(X) when X =&lt;0, X >= 100</v>
+ <v>empty_match_spec() = [] </v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Activates/deactivates tracing by changing the current trace pattern.</p>
+ <p>Min detail level deactivates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5</p>
+ <p>Max detail level activates tracing of all calls to phone_home/4,5</p>
+ <p>integer(X) detail level activates tracing of all calls to
+ phone_home/4,5 whose detail level argument is lesser than X.</p>
+ <p>An empty match spec deactivates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5</p>
+ <p>Other match specs activates tracing of calls to phone_home/4,5
+ accordingly with erlang:trace_pattern/2.</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ <func>
+ <name>parse_event(Mod, ValidTraceData) -> false | true | {true, Event}</name>
+ <fsummary>Transforms trace data and makes an event record out of it</fsummary>
+ <type>
+ <v>Mod = module_name() | undefined &lt;v>module_name() = atom() &lt;v>ValidTraceData = erlang_trace_data() | record(event)</v>
+ <v>erlang_trace_data() = {trace, Pid, Label, Info} | {trace, Pid, Label, Info, Extra} | {trace_ts, Pid, Label, Info, ReportedTS} | {trace_ts, Pid, Label, Info, Extra, ReportedTS} | {seq_trace, Label, Info} | {seq_trace, Label, Info, ReportedTS} | {drop, NumberOfDroppedItems}</v>
+ </type>
+ <desc>
+ <p>Transforms trace data and makes an event record out of it.</p>
+ <p>See erlang:trace/3 for more info about the semantics of
+ the trace data.</p>
+ <p>An event record consists of the following fields:
+ detail_level - Noise has a high level as opposed to essentials.
+ trace_ts - Time when the trace was generated.
+ Same as event_ts if omitted in trace data.
+ event_ts - Time when the event record was created.
+ from - From actor, such as sender of a message.
+ to - To actor, such as receiver of message.
+ label - Label intended to provide a brief event summary.
+ contents - All nitty gritty details of the event.</p>
+ <p>See et:phone_home/4 and et:phone_home/5 for details.</p>
+ <p>Returns:
+ {true, Event} - where Event is an #event{} record representing the
+ trace data
+ true - means that the trace data already is an event
+ record and that it is valid as it is.
+ No transformation is needed.
+ false - means that the trace data is uninteresting and
+ should be dropped</p>
+ </desc>
+ </func>
+ </funcs>
+
+</erlref>
+
+