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29.Dd June 9, 2018
30.Dt HOOK.LUA 8
31.Os
32.Sh NAME
33.Nm hook.lua
34.Nd FreeBSD hook module
35.Sh DESCRIPTION
36.Nm
37contains functionality for defining hook types and attaching hooks.
38Hooks are functions used to attach custom behaviors at pre-defined points in
39loader execution.
40These pre-defined points are what we refer to as
41.Dq hook types .
42.Pp
43Before using the functionality provided by
44.Nm ,
45it must be included with a statement such as the following:
46.Pp
47.Dl local hook = require("hook")
48.Ss Exported functions
49The following functions are exported from
50.Nm :
51.Bl -tag -width hook.registerType -offset indent
52.It Fn hook.registerType hooktype
53Adds
54.Ev hooktype
55as a recognized hook type.
56This allows functions to be added to run when hooks of this type are invoked
57using
58.Fn hook.runAll hooktype .
59.It Fn hook.register hooktype hookfunc
60Register
61.Ev hookfunc
62to be run when hooks of type
63.Ev hooktype
64are invoked.
65.It Fn hook.runAll hooktype
66Invoke all hooks registered for type
67.Ev hooktype .
68Hooks are invoked in the order in which they are registered.
69.El
70.Ss Hook Naming Guidelines
71Hook names should consist of the name of the module they are defined in, as well
72as a verb describing when the hook is executed, separated by a period.
73For example,
74.Dq config.reloaded
75is defined in the
76.Xr config.lua 8
77module and run when the configuration is reloaded.
78.Sh EXAMPLES
79To register a hook to be run when configuration is reloaded:
80.Pp
81.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
82local hook = require("hook")
83
84local function configuration_was_reloaded()
85	print("Configuration was reloaded!")
86end
87
88hook.register("config.reloaded", configuration_was_reloaded)
89.Ed
90.Sh AUTHORS
91The
92.Nm
93file was originally written by
94.An Kyle Evans Aq Mt kevans@FreeBSD.org .
95