[erlang-questions] separating application from gen server

[Ludovic Coquelle]

Usually I let the application get the config variables, and start the
gen_server with the good params. So that only application manage its config
(through a dedicated module, such that it is easy to move the config from
env to DB or other file ... I did need to parse a ini file once :( ).
Something in the line of:

myapp.erl:
start() ->
  ThingCfg = config:server_of_things(),
  thingserver:start_link(ThingCfg).

config.erl:
server_of_things() ->
  {ok, Cfg} = application:get_value(things_key),
  Cfg.

thingserver.erl:
start_link(Args) ->
   gen_server:start_link({local,?MODULE},?MODULE,Args,[]).



On 11/28/07, Ulf Wiger (TN/EAB) <ulf.wiger@REDACTED> wrote:
>
> Tom Whitcomb skrev:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I want to use application:get_env in my gen_server but it feels wrong
> > to create a dependency between my gen_server and a specific application.
> >
> > Is there a recommended way for a gen_server to receive and reference
> > the application that contains it?
>
> application:get_application() -> {ok, AppName} | undefined
>
>    will return the name of the application which contains
>    the current process.
>
> application:get_env(Par) -> {ok, Val} | undefined
>
>    will get the environment variable Par from the current
>    application. get_env(AppName, Par) will get it from the
>    specified application.
>
>
> BR,
> Ulf W
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