cowboy/src/cowboy.erl

%% Copyright (c) 2011, Loïc Hoguin <essen@dev-extend.eu>
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-module(cowboy).
-export([start_listener/6, stop_listener/1]). %% API.

%% API.

-spec start_listener(any(), non_neg_integer(), module(), any(), module(), any())
	-> {ok, pid()}.
start_listener(Ref, NbAcceptors, Transport, TransOpts, Protocol, ProtoOpts) ->
	supervisor:start_child(cowboy_sup,
		{{cowboy_listener_sup, Ref}, {cowboy_listener_sup, start_link, [
			NbAcceptors, Transport, TransOpts, Protocol, ProtoOpts
		]},
		permanent, 5000, supervisor, [cowboy_listener_sup]}).

-spec stop_listener(any()) -> ok | {error, not_found}.
stop_listener(Ref) ->
	case supervisor:terminate_child(cowboy_sup, {cowboy_listener_sup, Ref}) of
		ok ->
			supervisor:delete_child(cowboy_sup, {cowboy_listener_sup, Ref});
		{error, Reason} ->
			{error, Reason}
	end.