pg2

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pg2 Distributed named process groups.

This module implements process groups. Each message can be sent to one, some, or all group members.

A group of processes can be accessed by a common name. For example, if there is a group named foobar, there can be a set of processes (which can be located on different nodes) that are all members of the group foobar. There are no special functions for sending a message to the group. Instead, client functions are to be written with the functions get_members/1 and get_local_members/1 to determine which processes are members of the group. Then the message can be sent to one or more group members.

If a member terminates, it is automatically removed from the group.

This module is used by module disk_log for managing distributed disk logs. The disk log names are used as group names, which means that some action can be needed to avoid name clashes.

The name of a process group.

Create a new, empty process group.

Creates a new, empty process group. The group is globally visible on all nodes. If the group exists, nothing happens.

Delete a process group.

Deletes a process group.

Common dispatch function.

A useful dispatch function that can be used from client functions. It returns a process on the local node, if such a process exists. Otherwise, it selects one randomly.

Return all local processes in a group.

Returns all processes running on the local node in the group Name. This function is to be used from within a client function that accesses the group. It is therefore optimized for speed.

Return all processes in a group.

Returns all processes in the group Name. This function is to be used from within a client function that accesses the group. It is therefore optimized for speed.

Join a process to a group.

Joins the process Pid to the group Name. A process can join a group many times and must then leave the group the same number of times.

Make a process leave a group.

Makes the process Pid leave the group Name. If the process is not a member of the group, ok is returned.

Start the pg2 server.

Starts the pg2 server. Normally, the server does not need to be started explicitly, as it is started dynamically if it is needed. This is useful during development, but in a target system the server is to be started explicitly. Use the configuration parameters for kernel(6) for this.

Return a list of all known groups.

Returns a list of all known groups.