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使用erlang:send_after()函数,代码如下:
-module(otp_test).
-behaviour(gen_server).
-export([start_link/0]).
%% gen_server callbacks
-export([init/1, handle_call/3, handle_cast/2, handle_info/2,
terminate/2, code_change/3]).
-define(INTERVAL, 5000).
start_link() ->
gen_server:start_link({local, ?MODULE}, ?MODULE, [], []).
init([]) ->
%% Note we must set trap_exit = true if we
%% want terminate/2 to be called when the application
%% is stopped
process_flag(trap_exit, true),
io:format("~p starting~n",[?MODULE]),
erlang:send_after(?INTERVAL, self(), {trigger, 0}),
{ok, 0}.
handle_call(_Msg, _From, State) ->
{noreply, State}.
handle_cast(_Msg, State) -> {noreply, State}.
handle_info({trigger, N}, State) ->
io:format("tick ~p~n", [N]),
erlang:send_after(?INTERVAL, self(), {trigger, N+1}),
{noreply, State}.
terminate(_Reason, _State) ->
io:format("~p stopping~n",[?MODULE]),
ok.
code_change(_OldVsn, State, _Extra) -> {ok, State}.
运行:
otp_test:start_link().
结果:
otp_test starting
{ok,<0.59.0>}
tick 0
tick 1
tick 2
tick 3
tick 4
tick 5
tick 6
tick 7
tick 8
tick 9
tick 10
...