et_viewer(3)

NAME
et_viewer - Displays a sequence chart for trace events (messages/actions)

DESCRIPTION

EXPORTS

file(FileName) -> {ok, ViewerPid} | {error, Reason}

    Types:

        FileName() = string()
        ViewerPid = pid()
        Reason = term()

    Start a new event viewer and a corresponding collector and load them with trace events from a trace file.

start() -> ok

    Simplified start of a sequence chart viewer with global tracing activated.

    Convenient to be used from the command line (erl -s et_viewer).

start(Options) -> ok

    Start of a sequence chart viewer without linking to the parent process.

start_link(Options) -> {ok, ViewerPid} | {error, Reason}

    Types:

        Options = [option() | collector_option()]
        option() = {parent_pid, extended_pid()} | {title, term()} | {detail_level, detail_level()} | {is_suspended, boolean()} | {scale, integer()} | {width, integer()} | {height, integer()} | {collector_pid, extended_pid()} | {event_order, event_order()} | {active_filter, atom()} | {max_actors, extended_integer()} | {trace_pattern, et_collector_trace_pattern()} | {trace_port, et_collector_trace_port()} | {trace_global, et_collector_trace_global()} | {trace_client, et_collector_trace_client()} | {dict_insert, {filter, filter_name()}, event_filter_fun()} | {dict_insert, et_collector_dict_key(), et_collector_dict_val()} | {dict_delete, {filter, filter_name()}} | {dict_delete, et_collector_dict_key()} | {actors, actors()} | {first_event, first_key()} | {hide_unknown, boolean()} | {hide_actions, boolean()} | {display_mode, display_mode()}
        extended_pid() = pid() | undefined
        detail_level() = min | max | integer(X) when X >=0, X =< 100
        event_order() = trace_ts | event_ts
        extended_integer() = integer() | infinity
        display_mode() = all | {search_actors, direction(), first_key(), actors()}
        direction() = forward | reverse
        first_key() = event_key()
        actors() = [term()]

        filter_name() = atom()
        filter_fun() = fun(Event) -> false | true | {true, NewEvent}
        Event = NewEvent = record(event)
        ViewerPid = pid()
        Reason = term()

    Start a sequence chart viewer for trace events (messages/actions)

    A filter_fun() takes an event record as sole argument and returns false | true | {true, NewEvent}.

    If the collector_pid is undefined a new et_collector will be started with the following parameter settings: parent_pid, event_order, trace_global, trace_pattern, trace_port, trace_max_queue, trace_client, dict_insert and dict_delete. The new et_viewer will register itself as an et_collector subscriber.

    Default values:

        *   parent_pid - self().

        *   title - "et_viewer".

        *   detail_level - max.

        *   is_suspended - false.

        *   scale - 2.

        *   width - 800.

        *   height - 600.

        *   collector_pid - undefined.

        *   event_order - trace_ts.

        *   active_filter - collector.

        *   max_actors - 5.

        *   actors - ["UNKNOWN"].

        *   first_event - first.

        *   hide_unknown - false.

        *   hide_actions - false.

        *   display_mode - all.

get_collector_pid(ViewerPid) -> CollectorPid

    Types:

        ViewerPid = pid()
        CollectorPid = pid()

    Returns the identifier of the collector process.

stop(ViewerPid) -> ok

    Types:

        ViewerPid = pid()

    Stops a viewer process.