Module e2_reloader

Erlang module for automatically reloading modified modules during development.

Copyright © 2007 Mochi Media, Inc.

Behaviours: gen_server.

Authors: Matthew Dempsky ([email protected]).

Description

Erlang module for automatically reloading modified modules during development.

This module is a copy of Mochiweb's "reloader" module for use within e2. All Mochi Media, Inc. copyrights and licenseing terms apply.

Function Index

all_changed/0Return a list of beam modules that have changed.
code_change/3gen_server code_change callback (trivial).
handle_call/3gen_server callback.
handle_cast/2gen_server callback.
handle_info/2gen_server callback.
init/1gen_server init, opens the server in an initial state.
is_changed/1true if the loaded module is a beam with a vsn attribute and does not match the on-disk beam file, returns false otherwise.
reload_modules/1code:purge/1 and code:load_file/1 the given list of modules in order, return the results of code:load_file/1.
start/0Start the reloader.
start_link/0Start the reloader.
stop/0Stop the reloader.
terminate/2gen_server termination callback.

Function Details

all_changed/0

all_changed() -> [atom()]

Return a list of beam modules that have changed.

code_change/3

code_change(Vsn::_OldVsn, State, Extra::_Extra) -> State

gen_server code_change callback (trivial).

handle_call/3

handle_call(Req::Args, From, State) -> tuple()

gen_server callback.

handle_cast/2

handle_cast(Req::Cast, State) -> tuple()

gen_server callback.

handle_info/2

handle_info(Info, State) -> tuple()

gen_server callback.

init/1

init(X1::[]) -> {ok, State}

gen_server init, opens the server in an initial state.

is_changed/1

is_changed(M::atom()) -> boolean()

true if the loaded module is a beam with a vsn attribute and does not match the on-disk beam file, returns false otherwise.

reload_modules/1

reload_modules(Modules::[atom()]) -> [{module, atom()} | {error, term()}]

code:purge/1 and code:load_file/1 the given list of modules in order, return the results of code:load_file/1.

start/0

start() -> ServerRet

Start the reloader.

start_link/0

start_link() -> ServerRet

Start the reloader.

stop/0

stop() -> ok

Stop the reloader.

terminate/2

terminate(Reason, State) -> ok

gen_server termination callback.


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