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diff --git a/system/doc/tutorial/example.xmlsrc b/system/doc/tutorial/example.xmlsrc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..7ee2ef6ff3 --- /dev/null +++ b/system/doc/tutorial/example.xmlsrc @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="latin1" ?> +<!DOCTYPE chapter SYSTEM "chapter.dtd"> + +<chapter> + <header> + <copyright> + <year>2000</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>Problem Example</title> + <prepared></prepared> + <docno></docno> + <date></date> + <rev></rev> + <file>example.xml</file> + </header> + + <section> + <title>Description</title> + <p>A common interoperability situation is when there exists a piece of code solving some complex problem, and we would like to incorporate this piece of code in our Erlang program. Suppose for example we have the following C functions that we would like to be able to call from Erlang.</p> + <codeinclude file="complex.c" tag="" type="none"></codeinclude> + <p>(For the sake of keeping the example as simple as possible, the functions are not very complicated in this case).</p> + <p>Preferably we would like to able to call <c>foo</c> and <c>bar</c> without having to bother about them actually being C functions.</p> + <pre> +% Erlang code +... +Res = complex:foo(X), +...</pre> + <p>The communication with C is hidden in the implementation of <c>complex.erl</c>. In the following chapters it is shown how this module can be implemented using the different interoperability mechanisms.</p> + </section> +</chapter> + |