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-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml26
-rw-r--r--lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml6
2 files changed, 23 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
index 464c65ba76..8f54d0e54f 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger.xml
@@ -1041,10 +1041,11 @@ logger:set_process_metadata(maps:merge(logger:get_process_metadata(), Meta)).
</func>
<func>
- <name>HModule:changing_config(Config1, Config2) -> {ok, Config3} | {error, Reason}</name>
+ <name>HModule:changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig) -> {ok, Config} | {error, Reason}</name>
<fsummary>The configuration for this handler is about to change.</fsummary>
<type>
- <v>Config1 = Config2 = Config3 =
+ <v>SetOrUpdate = set | update</v>
+ <v>OldConfig = NewConfig = Config =
<seealso marker="#type-handler_config">handler_config()</seealso></v>
<v>Reason = term()</v>
</type>
@@ -1053,12 +1054,25 @@ logger:set_process_metadata(maps:merge(logger:get_process_metadata(), Meta)).
<p>The function is called on a temporary process when the
configuration for a handler is about to change. The purpose
is to verify and act on the new configuration.</p>
- <p><c>Config1</c> is the existing configuration
- and <c>Config2</c> is the new configuration.</p>
+ <p><c>OldConfig</c> is the existing configuration
+ and <c>NewConfig</c> is the new configuration.</p>
<p>The handler identity is associated with the <c>id</c> key
- in <c>Config1</c>.</p>
+ in <c>OldConfig</c>.</p>
+ <p><c>SetOrUpdate</c> has the value <c>set</c> if the
+ configuration change originates from a call to
+ <seealso marker="#set_handler_config-2">
+ <c>set_handler_config/2,3</c></seealso>, and <c>update</c>
+ if it originates from <seealso marker="#update_handler_config-2">
+ <c>update_handler_config/2</c></seealso>. The handler can
+ use this parameteter to decide how to update the value of
+ the <c>config</c> field, that is, the handler specific
+ configuration data. Typically, if <c>SetOrUpdate</c>
+ equals <c>set</c>, values that are not specified must be
+ given their default values. If <c>SetOrUpdate</c>
+ equals <c>update</c>, the values found in <c>OldConfig</c>
+ must be used instead.</p>
<p>If everything succeeds, the callback function must return a
- possibly adjusted configuration in <c>{ok,Config3}</c>.</p>
+ possibly adjusted configuration in <c>{ok,Config}</c>.</p>
<p>If the configuration is faulty, the callback function must
return <c>{error,Reason}</c>.</p>
</desc>
diff --git a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml
index 4a81cfa34a..7e88f82dad 100644
--- a/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml
+++ b/lib/kernel/doc/src/logger_chapter.xml
@@ -384,7 +384,7 @@ logger:debug(#{got => connection_request, id => Id, state => State},
<p>In addition to the mandatory callback function <c>log/2</c>, a
handler module can export the optional callback
- functions <c>adding_handler/1</c>, <c>changing_config/2</c>
+ functions <c>adding_handler/1</c>, <c>changing_config/3</c>
and <c>removing_handler/1</c>. See
section <seealso marker="logger#handler_callback_functions">Handler
Callback Functions</seealso> in the logger(3) manual page for
@@ -1024,7 +1024,7 @@ ok</pre>
<list>
<item><c>adding_handler(Config)</c></item>
<item><c>removing_handler(Config)</c></item>
- <item><c>changing_config(OldConfig, NewConfig)</c></item>
+ <item><c>changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig)</c></item>
</list>
<p>When a handler is added, by for example a call
to <seealso marker="logger#add_handler-3">
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ ok</pre>
or <seealso marker="logger#update_handler_config/2">
<c>logger:update_handler_config/2</c></seealso> is called,
Logger
- calls <c>HModule:changing_config(OldConfig, NewConfig)</c>. If
+ calls <c>HModule:changing_config(SetOrUpdate, OldConfig, NewConfig)</c>. If
this function returns <c>{ok,NewConfig1}</c>, Logger
writes <c>NewConfig1</c> to the configuration database.</p>