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%% Excerpted from "Programming Erlang",
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%%---
-module(server).
-export([start/2, rpc/2, swap_code/2]).
start(Name, Mod) ->
register(Name, spawn(fun() -> loop(Name,Mod,Mod:init()) end)).
swap_code(Name, Mod) -> rpc(Name, {swap_code, Mod}).
rpc(Name, Request) ->
Name ! {self(), Request},
receive
{Name, crash} -> exit(rpc);
{Name, ok, Response} -> Response
end.
loop(Name, Mod, OldState) ->
receive
{From, {swap_code, NewCallbackMod}} ->
From ! {Name, ok, ack},
loop(Name, NewCallbackMod, OldState);
{From, Request} ->
try Mod:handle(From, Request, OldState) of
{Response, NewState} ->
From ! {Name, ok, Response},
loop(Name, Mod, NewState)
catch
_: Why ->
log_the_error(Name, Request, Why),
From ! {Name, crash},
loop(Name, Mod, OldState)
end
end.
log_the_error(Name, Request, Why) ->
io:format("Server ~p request ~p ~n"
"caused exception ~p~n",
[Name, Request, Why]).