gen_server

[Lennart Öhman]

A client making a request using gen_server:call (hopefully
hidden in an API function) waits until a response is sent
back from the gen_server process. That response (message)
makes the gen_server:call function return a return value.

/Lennart

Inswitch Solutions - Erlang Evaluation wrote:

> When calling gen_server:call, does it blocks the gen_server process?
> 
> From another point of view does gen_server solve the pattern of multiple
> clients requests calling in a synchronous way (gen_server:call)?
> For each client a process should be spawned.
> 
> Thanks,
> Eduardo Figoli
> 
> 

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