cowboy/src/cowboy_loop_handler.erl

%% Copyright (c) 2011-2013, Loïc Hoguin <essen@ninenines.eu>
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%% @doc Behaviour for long-lived HTTP handlers.
%%
%% <em>init/3</em> allows you to initialize a state for all subsequent
%% callbacks, and indicate to Cowboy whether you accept to handle the
%% request or want to shutdown without handling it, in which case the
%% receive loop and <em>info/3</em> calls will simply be skipped.
%%
%% <em>info/3</em> allows you to handle the messages this process will
%% receive. It receives the message and the state previously defined.
%% It can decide to stop the receive loop or continue receiving.
%%
%% <em>terminate/3</em> allows you to clean up. It receives the
%% termination reason and the state previously defined.
%%
%% There is no required operation to perform in any of these callbacks
%% other than returning the proper values. Make sure you always return
%% the last modified Req so that Cowboy has the up to date information
%% about the request.
%%
%% It is recommended to use hibernate if this process is not going to
%% receive a lot of messages. It is also recommended to use a timeout
%% value so that the connection gets closed after a long period of
%% inactivity.
-module(cowboy_loop_handler).

-type opts() :: any().
-type state() :: any().
-type terminate_reason() :: {normal, shutdown}
	| {normal, timeout}
	| {error, closed}
	| {error, overflow}
	| {error, atom()}.

-callback init({atom(), http}, Req, opts())
	-> {ok, Req, state()}
	| {loop, Req, state()}
	| {loop, Req, state(), hibernate}
	| {loop, Req, state(), timeout()}
	| {loop, Req, state(), timeout(), hibernate}
	| {shutdown, Req, state()}
	| {upgrade, protocol, module()}
	| {upgrade, protocol, module(), Req, opts()}
	when Req::cowboy_req:req().
-callback info(any(), Req, State)
	-> {ok, Req, State}
	| {loop, Req, State}
	| {loop, Req, State, hibernate}
	when Req::cowboy_req:req(), State::state().
-callback terminate(terminate_reason(), cowboy_req:req(), state()) -> ok.