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frequency.erl
%% Based on code from
%% Erlang Programming
%% Francecso Cesarini and Simon Thompson
%% O'Reilly, 2008
%% http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596518189/
%% http://www.erlangprogramming.org/
%% (c) Francesco Cesarini and Simon Thompson
-module(frequency).
-export([start/0,allocate/0,deallocate/1,stop/0]).
-export([init/0]).
-include_lib("eunit/include/eunit.hrl").
%% These are the start functions used to create and
%% initialize the server.
start() ->
case whereis(frequency) of
undefined -> ok;
_ -> unregister(frequency)
end,
register(frequency,
spawn(frequency, init, [])).
init() ->
Frequencies = {get_frequencies(), []},
loop(Frequencies).
% Hard Coded
get_frequencies() -> [10,11,12,13,14,15].
%% The Main Loop
loop(Frequencies) ->
timer:sleep(2500),
receive
{request, Pid, allocate} ->
{NewFrequencies, Reply} = allocate(Frequencies, Pid),
Pid ! {reply, Reply},
loop(NewFrequencies);
{request, Pid , {deallocate, Freq}} ->
NewFrequencies = deallocate(Frequencies, Freq),
Pid ! {reply, ok},
loop(NewFrequencies);
{request, Pid, stop} ->
Pid ! {reply, stopped}
end.
clear() ->
receive
Msg ->
io:format("removing message : ~p~n", [Msg]),
clear()
after 0 ->
ok
end.
%% Functional interface
allocate() ->
clear(),
frequency ! {request, self(), allocate},
receive
{reply, Reply} -> Reply
after 2000 ->
{error, server_overload}
end.
deallocate(Freq) ->
clear(),
frequency ! {request, self(), {deallocate, Freq}},
receive
{reply, Reply} -> Reply
after 2000 ->
{error, server_overload}
end.
stop() ->
clear(),
frequency ! {request, self(), stop},
receive
{reply, Reply} -> Reply
after 2000 ->
{error, server_overload}
end.
%% The Internal Help Functions used to allocate and
%% deallocate frequencies.
allocate({[], Allocated}, _Pid) ->
{{[], Allocated}, {error, no_frequency}};
allocate({[Freq|Free], Allocated}, Pid) ->
{{Free, [{Freq, Pid}|Allocated]}, {ok, Freq}}.
deallocate({Free, Allocated}, Freq) ->
NewAllocated=lists:keydelete(Freq, 1, Allocated),
{[Freq|Free], NewAllocated}.
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