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diff --git a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml index d400f72e1d..2255395f46 100644 --- a/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml +++ b/lib/stdlib/doc/src/sys.xml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ <erlref> <header> <copyright> - <year>1996</year><year>2014</year> + <year>1996</year><year>2016</year> <holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder> </copyright> <legalnotice> @@ -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> |