Sophie

Sophie

distrib > Fedora > 13 > i386 > media > os > by-pkgid > f806c0f24240b25bde21a53f71766070 > files > 31

erlang-doc-R13B-04.6.fc13.noarch.rpm

<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html xmlns:fn="http://www.w3.org/2005/02/xpath-functions">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
<link rel="stylesheet" href="../otp_doc.css" type="text/css">
<title>Erlang -- OTP Design Principles</title>
</head>
<body bgcolor="white" text="#000000" link="#0000ff" vlink="#ff00ff" alink="#ff0000"><div id="container">
<script id="js" type="text/javascript" language="JavaScript" src="../js/flipmenu/flipmenu.js"></script><script id="js2" type="text/javascript" src="../js/erlresolvelinks.js"></script><script language="JavaScript" type="text/javascript">
            <!--            
              function getWinHeight() {
                var myHeight = 0;
                if( typeof( window.innerHeight ) == 'number' ) {
                  //Non-IE
                  myHeight = window.innerHeight;
                } else if( document.documentElement && ( document.documentElement.clientWidth || 
                                                         document.documentElement.clientHeight ) ) {
                  //IE 6+ in 'standards compliant mode'
                  myHeight = document.documentElement.clientHeight;
                } else if( document.body && ( document.body.clientWidth || document.body.clientHeight ) ) {
                  //IE 4 compatible
                  myHeight = document.body.clientHeight;
                }
                return myHeight;            
              }

              function setscrollpos() {
                var objf=document.getElementById('loadscrollpos');
                 document.getElementById("leftnav").scrollTop = objf.offsetTop - getWinHeight()/2;
              }

              function addEvent(obj, evType, fn){ 
                if (obj.addEventListener){ 
                obj.addEventListener(evType, fn, true); 
                return true; 
              } else if (obj.attachEvent){ 
                var r = obj.attachEvent("on"+evType, fn); 
                return r; 
              } else { 
                return false; 
              } 
             }

             addEvent(window, 'load', setscrollpos);

             //--></script><div id="leftnav"><div class="innertube">
<img alt="Erlang logo" src="../erlang-logo.png"><br><small><a href="users_guide.html">User's Guide</a><br><a href="../pdf/otp-system-documentation-5.7.5.pdf">PDF</a><br><a href="../index.html">Top</a></small><p><strong>OTP Design Principles</strong><br><strong>User's Guide</strong><br><small>Version 5.7.5</small></p>
<br><a href="javascript:openAllFlips()">Expand All</a><br><a href="javascript:closeAllFlips()">Contract All</a><p><small><strong>Chapters</strong></small></p>
<ul class="flipMenu" imagepath="../js/flipmenu">
<li id="no" title="Overview" expanded="false">Overview<ul>
<li><a href="des_princ.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Supervision Trees"><a href="des_princ.html#id2259490">Supervision Trees</a></li>
<li title="Behaviours"><a href="des_princ.html#id2259180">Behaviours</a></li>
<li title="Applications"><a href="des_princ.html#id2264713">Applications</a></li>
<li title="Releases"><a href="des_princ.html#id2255242">Releases</a></li>
<li title="Release Handling"><a href="des_princ.html#id2259709">Release Handling</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Gen_Server Behaviour" expanded="false">Gen_Server Behaviour<ul>
<li><a href="gen_server_concepts.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Client-Server Principles"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2261164">Client-Server Principles</a></li>
<li title="Example"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2264901">Example</a></li>
<li title="Starting a Gen_Server"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2259151">Starting a Gen_Server</a></li>
<li title="Synchronous Requests - Call"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2254113">Synchronous Requests - Call</a></li>
<li title="Asynchronous Requests - Cast"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2265534">Asynchronous Requests - Cast</a></li>
<li title="Stopping"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2267578">Stopping</a></li>
<li title="Handling Other Messages"><a href="gen_server_concepts.html#id2263156">Handling Other Messages</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Gen_Fsm Behaviour" expanded="false">Gen_Fsm Behaviour<ul>
<li><a href="fsm.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Finite State Machines"><a href="fsm.html#id2257804">Finite State Machines</a></li>
<li title="Example"><a href="fsm.html#id2257864">Example</a></li>
<li title="Starting a Gen_Fsm"><a href="fsm.html#id2261372">Starting a Gen_Fsm</a></li>
<li title="Notifying About Events"><a href="fsm.html#id2259367">Notifying About Events</a></li>
<li title="Timeouts"><a href="fsm.html#id2268148">Timeouts</a></li>
<li title="All State Events"><a href="fsm.html#id2268194">All State Events</a></li>
<li title="Stopping"><a href="fsm.html#id2268230">Stopping</a></li>
<li title="Handling Other Messages"><a href="fsm.html#id2268334">Handling Other Messages</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Gen_Event Behaviour" expanded="false">Gen_Event Behaviour<ul>
<li><a href="events.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Event Handling Principles"><a href="events.html#id2268433">Event Handling Principles</a></li>
<li title="Example"><a href="events.html#id2268494">Example</a></li>
<li title="Starting an Event Manager"><a href="events.html#id2268542">Starting an Event Manager</a></li>
<li title="Adding an Event Handler"><a href="events.html#id2268608">Adding an Event Handler</a></li>
<li title="Notifying About Events"><a href="events.html#id2268700">Notifying About Events</a></li>
<li title="Deleting an Event Handler"><a href="events.html#id2268777">Deleting an Event Handler</a></li>
<li title="Stopping"><a href="events.html#id2268858">Stopping</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Supervisor Behaviour" expanded="false">Supervisor Behaviour<ul>
<li><a href="sup_princ.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Supervision Principles"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2268983">Supervision Principles</a></li>
<li title="Example"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2269011">Example</a></li>
<li title="Restart Strategy"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2269086">Restart Strategy</a></li>
<li title="Maximum Restart Frequency"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2266778">Maximum Restart Frequency</a></li>
<li title="Child Specification"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2266843">Child Specification</a></li>
<li title="Starting a Supervisor"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2267161">Starting a Supervisor</a></li>
<li title="Adding a Child Process"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2267286">Adding a Child Process</a></li>
<li title="Stopping a Child Process"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2267335">Stopping a Child Process</a></li>
<li title="Simple-One-For-One Supervisors"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2269234">Simple-One-For-One Supervisors</a></li>
<li title="Stopping"><a href="sup_princ.html#id2269331">Stopping</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Sys and Proc_Lib" expanded="false">Sys and Proc_Lib<ul>
<li><a href="spec_proc.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Simple Debugging"><a href="spec_proc.html#id2269440">Simple Debugging</a></li>
<li title="Special Processes"><a href="spec_proc.html#id2269539">Special Processes</a></li>
<li title="User-Defined Behaviours"><a href="spec_proc.html#id2270221">User-Defined Behaviours</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Applications" expanded="false">Applications<ul>
<li><a href="applications.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Application Concept"><a href="applications.html#id2270382">Application Concept</a></li>
<li title="Application Callback Module"><a href="applications.html#id2270456">Application Callback Module</a></li>
<li title="Application Resource File"><a href="applications.html#id2270581">Application Resource File</a></li>
<li title="Directory Structure"><a href="applications.html#id2270848">Directory Structure</a></li>
<li title="Application Controller"><a href="applications.html#id2270983">Application Controller</a></li>
<li title="Loading and Unloading Applications"><a href="applications.html#id2271020">Loading and Unloading Applications</a></li>
<li title="Starting and Stopping Applications"><a href="applications.html#id2271089">Starting and Stopping Applications</a></li>
<li title="Configuring an Application"><a href="applications.html#id2271188">Configuring an Application</a></li>
<li title="Application Start Types"><a href="applications.html#id2271404">Application Start Types</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Included Applications" expanded="false">Included Applications<ul>
<li><a href="included_applications.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Definition"><a href="included_applications.html#id2271558">Definition</a></li>
<li title="Specifying Included Applications"><a href="included_applications.html#id2271632">Specifying Included Applications</a></li>
<li title="Synchronizing Processes During Startup"><a href="included_applications.html#id2271661">Synchronizing Processes During Startup</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Distributed Applications" expanded="false">Distributed Applications<ul>
<li><a href="distributed_applications.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Definition"><a href="distributed_applications.html#id2271906">Definition</a></li>
<li title="Specifying Distributed Applications"><a href="distributed_applications.html#id2271949">Specifying Distributed Applications</a></li>
<li title="Starting and Stopping Distributed Applications"><a href="distributed_applications.html#id2272176">Starting and Stopping Distributed Applications</a></li>
<li title="Failover"><a href="distributed_applications.html#id2272288">Failover</a></li>
<li title="Takeover"><a href="distributed_applications.html#id2272440">Takeover</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Releases" expanded="false">Releases<ul>
<li><a href="release_structure.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Release Concept"><a href="release_structure.html#id2272649">Release Concept</a></li>
<li title="Release Resource File"><a href="release_structure.html#id2272706">Release Resource File</a></li>
<li title="Generating Boot Scripts"><a href="release_structure.html#id2272856">Generating Boot Scripts</a></li>
<li title="Creating a Release Package"><a href="release_structure.html#id2272963">Creating a Release Package</a></li>
<li title="Directory Structure"><a href="release_structure.html#id2273097">Directory Structure</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Release Handling" expanded="false">Release Handling<ul>
<li><a href="release_handling.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Release Handling Principles"><a href="release_handling.html#id2273383">Release Handling Principles</a></li>
<li title="Requirements"><a href="release_handling.html#id2273657">Requirements</a></li>
<li title="Distributed Systems"><a href="release_handling.html#id2273760">Distributed Systems</a></li>
<li title="Release Handling Instructions"><a href="release_handling.html#id2273790">Release Handling Instructions</a></li>
<li title="Application Upgrade File"><a href="release_handling.html#id2274273">Application Upgrade File</a></li>
<li title="Release Upgrade File"><a href="release_handling.html#id2274476">Release Upgrade File</a></li>
<li title="Installing a Release"><a href="release_handling.html#id2274647">Installing a Release</a></li>
<li title="Updating Application Specifications"><a href="release_handling.html#id2275165">Updating Application Specifications</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li id="no" title="Appup Cookbook" expanded="false">Appup Cookbook<ul>
<li><a href="appup_cookbook.html">
              Top of chapter
            </a></li>
<li title="Changing a Functional Module"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2275369">Changing a Functional Module</a></li>
<li title="Changing a Residence Module"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2275394">Changing a Residence Module</a></li>
<li title="Changing a Callback Module"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2275436">Changing a Callback Module</a></li>
<li title="Changing Internal State"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2275491">Changing Internal State</a></li>
<li title="Module Dependencies"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2275641">Module Dependencies</a></li>
<li title="Changing Code For a Special Process"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2275825">Changing Code For a Special Process</a></li>
<li title="Changing a Supervisor"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276011">Changing a Supervisor</a></li>
<li title="Adding or Deleting a Module"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276292">Adding or Deleting a Module</a></li>
<li title="Starting or Terminating a Process"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276318">Starting or Terminating a Process</a></li>
<li title="Adding or Removing an Application"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276338">Adding or Removing an Application</a></li>
<li title="Restarting an Application"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276371">Restarting an Application</a></li>
<li title="Changing an Application Specification"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276417">Changing an Application Specification</a></li>
<li title="Changing Application Configuration"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276443">Changing Application Configuration</a></li>
<li title="Changing Included Applications"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276479">Changing Included Applications</a></li>
<li title="Changing Non-Erlang Code"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276759">Changing Non-Erlang Code</a></li>
<li title="Emulator Restart"><a href="appup_cookbook.html#id2276856">Emulator Restart</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</div></div>
<div id="content">
<div class="innertube">
<div class="frontpage"></div>
<center><h1>OTP Design Principles User's Guide</h1></center>
<center><h4>Version 5.7.5</h4></center>
<center><h4>February 22 2010</h4></center>
</div>
<div class="footer">
<hr>
<p>Copyright © 1997-2010 Ericsson AB. All Rights Reserved.</p>
</div>
</div>
</div></body>
</html>