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-rw-r--r--system/doc/definitions/term.defs1
-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml5
-rw-r--r--system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml6
-rw-r--r--system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml3
4 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/system/doc/definitions/term.defs b/system/doc/definitions/term.defs
index 6091a46a20..921175a7f0 100644
--- a/system/doc/definitions/term.defs
+++ b/system/doc/definitions/term.defs
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ the module Erlang in the application kernel","kenneth"},
{"gen_event","gen_event","A behaviour used for programming event handling mechanisms, such as alarm handlers, error loggers, and plug-and-play handlers.","mbj"},
{"gen_fsm","gen_fsm","A behaviour used for programming finite state machines.","mbj"},
{"gen_server","gen_server","A behaviour used for programming client-server processes.","mbj"},
+{"gen_statem","gen_statem","A behaviour used for programming generic state machines.","raimo"},
{"gterm","Global Glossary Database","A glossary database used to list common acronymns and defintions etc.","jocke"},
{"xref","xref","A cross reference tool that can be used for finding dependencies between functions, modules, applications and releases. Part of the Tools application.","gunilla"},
{"GSlong","Graphics System","A library module which provides a graphics interface for Erlang.","mbj"},
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml
index 31335197d7..4f23c42c59 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/appup_cookbook.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2003</year><year>2014</year>
+ <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -50,7 +50,8 @@
<p>In a system implemented according to the OTP design principles,
all processes, except system processes and special processes,
reside in one of the behaviours <c>supervisor</c>,
- <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>, or <c>gen_event</c>. These
+ <c>gen_server</c>, <c>gen_fsm</c>,
+ <c>gen_statem</c> or <c>gen_event</c>. These
belong to the STDLIB application and upgrading/downgrading
normally requires an emulator restart.</p>
<p>OTP thus provides no support for changing residence modules except
diff --git a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
index 5e2f6ba9cb..a6b7dbb68d 100644
--- a/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
+++ b/system/doc/design_principles/sup_princ.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>1997</year><year>2014</year>
+ <year>1997</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ child_spec() = #{id => child_id(), % mandatory
<item><c>supervisor:start_link</c></item>
<item><c>gen_server:start_link</c></item>
<item><c>gen_fsm:start_link</c></item>
+ <item><c>gen_statem:start_link</c></item>
<item><c>gen_event:start_link</c></item>
<item>A function compliant with these functions. For details,
see the <c>supervisor(3)</c> manual page.</item>
@@ -276,7 +277,8 @@ child_spec() = #{id => child_id(), % mandatory
<p><c>modules</c> are to be a list with one element
<c>[Module]</c>, where <c>Module</c> is the name of
the callback module, if the child process is a supervisor,
- gen_server or gen_fsm. If the child process is a gen_event,
+ gen_server, gen_fsm or gen_statem.
+ If the child process is a gen_event,
the value shall be <c>dynamic</c>.</p>
<p>This information is used by the release handler during
upgrades and downgrades, see
diff --git a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml
index 5f2ac2a67d..96968b547e 100644
--- a/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml
+++ b/system/doc/reference_manual/modules.xml
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
<chapter>
<header>
<copyright>
- <year>2003</year><year>2015</year>
+ <year>2003</year><year>2016</year>
<holder>Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</holder>
</copyright>
<legalnotice>
@@ -144,6 +144,7 @@ fact(0) -> % |
<list type="bulleted">
<item><c>gen_server</c></item>
<item><c>gen_fsm</c></item>
+ <item><c>gen_statem</c></item>
<item><c>gen_event</c></item>
<item><c>supervisor</c></item>
</list>