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elixir-koans/lib/koans/17_agents.ex
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defmodule Agents do
use Koans
@intro "Agents"
koan "Agents maintain state, so you can ask them about it" do
{:ok, pid} = Agent.start_link(fn -> "Hi there" end)
assert Agent.get(pid, & &1) == ___
end
koan "Agents may also be named so that you don't have to keep the pid around" do
Agent.start_link(fn -> "Why hello" end, name: AgentSmith)
assert Agent.get(AgentSmith, & &1) == ___
end
koan "Update to update the state" do
Agent.start_link(fn -> "Hi there" end, name: __MODULE__)
Agent.update(__MODULE__, fn old ->
String.upcase(old)
end)
assert Agent.get(__MODULE__, & &1) == ___
end
koan "Use get_and_update when you need to read and change a value in one go" do
Agent.start_link(fn -> ["Milk"] end, name: __MODULE__)
old_list =
Agent.get_and_update(__MODULE__, fn old ->
{old, ["Bread" | old]}
end)
assert old_list == ___
assert Agent.get(__MODULE__, & &1) == ___
end
koan "Somebody has to switch off the light at the end of the day" do
{:ok, pid} = Agent.start_link(fn -> ["Milk"] end, name: __MODULE__)
Agent.stop(__MODULE__)
assert Process.alive?(pid) == ___
end
end