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start() -> {ok,Pid} | {error,Reason}

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Starts the Cover server which owns the Cover internal database. This function is called automatically by the other functions in the module.

start(Nodes) -> {ok,StartedNodes} | {error,not_main_node}

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Starts a Cover server on the each of given nodes, and loads all cover compiled modules.

compile(ModFiles) -> Result | [Result]compile(ModFiles, Options) -> Result | [Result]compile_module(ModFiles) -> Result | [Result]compile_module(ModFiles, Options) -> Result | [Result]

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See compile:file/2.

Compiles a module for Cover analysis. The module is given by its module name Module or by its file name File. The .erl extension may be omitted. If the module is located in another directory, the path has to be specified.

Options is a list of compiler options which defaults to []. Only options defining include file directories and macros are passed to compile:file/2, everything else is ignored.

If the module is successfully Cover compiled, the function returns {ok,Module}. Otherwise the function returns {error,File}. Errors and warnings are printed as they occur.

If a list of ModFiles is given as input, a list of Result will be returned. The order of the returned list is undefined.

Note that the internal database is (re-)initiated during the compilation, meaning any previously collected coverage data for the module will be lost.

compile_directory() -> [Result] | {error,Reason}compile_directory(Dir) -> [Result] | {error,Reason}compile_directory(Dir, Options) -> [Result] | {error,Reason}

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See compile_module/1,2 See compile_module/1,2

Compiles all modules (.erl files) in a directory Dir for Cover analysis the same way as compile_module/1,2 and returns a list with the return values.

Dir defaults to the current working directory.

The function returns {error,eacces} if the directory is not readable or {error,enoent} if the directory does not exist.

compile_beam(ModFiles) -> Result | [Result]

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Does the same as compile/1,2, but uses an existing .beam file as base, i.e. the module is not compiled from source. Thus compile_beam/1 is faster than compile/1,2.

Note that the existing .beam file must contain abstract code, i.e. it must have been compiled with the debug_info option. If not, the error reason {no_abstract_code,BeamFile} is returned. If the abstract code is encrypted, and no key is available for decrypting it, the error reason {encrypted_abstract_code,BeamFile} is returned.

If only the module name (i.e. not the full name of the .beam file) is given to this function, the .beam file is found by calling code:which(Module). If no .beam file is found, the error reason non_existing is returned. If the module is already cover compiled with compile_beam/1, the .beam file will be picked from the same location as the first time it was compiled. If the module is already cover compiled with compile/1,2, there is no way to find the correct .beam file, so the error reason {already_cover_compiled,no_beam_found,Module} is returned.

{error,BeamFile} is returned if the compiled code can not be loaded on the node.

If a list of ModFiles is given as input, a list of Result will be returned. The order of the returned list is undefined.

compile_beam_directory() -> [Result] | {error,Reason}compile_beam_directory(Dir) -> [Result] | {error,Reason}

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Compiles all modules (.beam files) in a directory Dir for Cover analysis the same way as compile_beam/1 and returns a list with the return values.

Dir defaults to the current working directory.

The function returns {error,eacces} if the directory is not readable or {error,enoent} if the directory does not exist.

analyse() -> {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Modules) -> OneResult | {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Analysis) -> {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Level) -> {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Modules, Analysis) -> OneResult | {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Modules, Level) -> OneResult | {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Analysis, Level) -> {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse(Modules, Analysis, Level) -> OneResult | {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}

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Performs analysis of one or more Cover compiled modules, as specified by Analysis and Level (see above), by examining the contents of the internal database.

Analysis defaults to coverage and Level defaults to function.

If Modules is an atom (one module), the return will be OneResult, else the return will be {result,Ok,Fail}.

If Modules is not given, all modules that have data in the cover data table, are analysed. Note that this includes both cover compiled modules and imported modules.

If a given module is not Cover compiled, this is indicated by the error reason {not_cover_compiled,Module}.

analyse_to_file() -> {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse_to_file(Modules) -> Answer | {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse_to_file(Options) -> {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}analyse_to_file(Modules,Options) -> Answer | {result,Ok,Fail} | {error,not_main_node}

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Makes copies of the source file for the given modules, where it for each executable line is specified how many times it has been executed.

The output file OutFile defaults to Module.COVER.out, or Module.COVER.html if the option html was used.

If Modules is an atom (one module), the return will be Answer, else the return will be a list, {result,Ok,Fail}.

If Modules is not given, all modules that have data in the cover data table, are analysed. Note that this includes both cover compiled modules and imported modules.

If a module is not Cover compiled, this is indicated by the error reason {not_cover_compiled,Module}.

If the source file and/or the output file cannot be opened using file:open/2, the function returns {error,{file,File,Reason}} where File is the file name and Reason is the error reason.

If a module was cover compiled from the .beam file, i.e. using compile_beam/1 or compile_beam_directory/0,1, it is assumed that the source code can be found in the same directory as the .beam file, in ../src relative to that directory, or using the source path in Module:module_info(compile). When using the latter, two paths are examined: first the one constructed by joining ../src and the tail of the compiled path below a trailing src component, then the compiled path itself. If no source code is found, this is indicated by the error reason {no_source_code_found,Module}.

async_analyse_to_file(Module) ->async_analyse_to_file(Module,Options) ->async_analyse_to_file(Module, OutFile) ->async_analyse_to_file(Module, OutFile, Options) -> pid()

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This function works exactly the same way as analyse_to_file except that it is asynchronous instead of synchronous. The spawned process will link with the caller when created. If an Error occurs while doing the cover analysis the process will crash with the same error reason as analyse_to_file would return.

modules() -> [Module] | {error,not_main_node}

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Returns a list with all modules that are currently Cover compiled.

imported_modules() -> [Module] | {error,not_main_node}

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Returns a list with all modules for which there are imported data.

imported() -> [File] | {error,not_main_node}

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Returns a list with all imported files.

which_nodes() -> [Node] | {error,not_main_node}

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Returns a list with all nodes that are part of the coverage analysis. Note that the current node is not returned. This node is always part of the analysis.

is_compiled(Module) -> {file,File} | false | {error,not_main_node}

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Returns {file,File} if the module Module is Cover compiled, or false otherwise. File is the .erl file used by cover:compile_module/1,2 or the .beam file used by compile_beam/1.

reset(Module) ->reset() -> ok | {error,not_main_node}

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Resets all coverage data for a Cover compiled module Module in the Cover database on all nodes. If the argument is omitted, the coverage data will be reset for all modules known by Cover.

If Module is not Cover compiled, the function returns {error,{not_cover_compiled,Module}}.

export(ExportFile)export(ExportFile,Module) -> ok | {error,Reason}

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Exports the current coverage data for Module to the file ExportFile. It is recommended to name the ExportFile with the extension .coverdata, since other filenames can not be read by the web based interface to cover.

If Module is not given, data for all Cover compiled or earlier imported modules is exported.

This function is useful if coverage data from different systems is to be merged.

See also cover:import/1

import(ExportFile) -> ok | {error,Reason}

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Imports coverage data from the file ExportFile created with cover:export/1,2. Any analysis performed after this will include the imported data.

Note that when compiling a module all existing coverage data is removed, including imported data. If a module is already compiled when data is imported, the imported data is added to the existing coverage data.

Coverage data from several export files can be imported into one system. The coverage data is then added up when analysing.

Coverage data for a module can not be imported from the same file twice unless the module is first reset or compiled. The check is based on the filename, so you can easily fool the system by renaming your export file.

See also cover:export/1,2

stop() -> ok | {error,not_main_node}

Stops the Cover server and unloads all Cover compiled code.

stop(Nodes) -> ok | {error,not_main_node}

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Stops the Cover server and unloads all Cover compiled code on the given nodes. Data stored in the Cover database on the remote nodes is fetched and stored on the main node.

flush(Nodes) -> ok | {error,not_main_node}

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Fetch data from the Cover database on the remote nodes and stored on the main node.