blisscs

blisscs

As I understand :application.get_key(:my_app, :module) lists all of compiled modules under the :my_app application. I have a question when we create a module during runtime. The created module is not listed as a result of running application.get_key(:my_app, :module)

Please see the case before -

defmodule MyAppTest do
  use ExUnit.Case
  doctest MyApp

  test "get modules" do
    defmodule MyApp.A do
      def a(), do: "a"
    end

    assert "a" == MyApp.A.a() # This one works

    {:ok, modules} = :application.get_key(:my_app, :modules)
    assert MyApp.A in modules # Why this line is failing. How can I get all the compiled modules at this time?

    after
    purge(MyApp.A)
  end

  defp purge(module) do
    :code.delete(module)
    :code.purge(module)
  end
end

Are there any other functions to fetch for the compiled modules at the current time?

I am doing as above, I only want this module during the test time and only for this specific test, i.e, I don’t want this module to be available during running other tests.

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NobbZ

NobbZ

The list returned from :application.get_key/2 is compiled from the applications manifest, which again is created by mix.

Runtime created modules do not belong to any application, and as far as I remember there is no way to get a list of them.

Though you might be able to use :code.all_loaded/0 to get a list of all currently loaded modules.

blisscs

blisscs OP

@NobbZ

Thank you for recommending of using :code.all_loaded/0. After I tried, I am seeing that some of modules that we got from :application.get_key(:my_app, :module) are still missing in the :code.all_loaded/0 also.

From what I understand that all module list that we get from :application.get_key(:my_app, :module) for a specific application should always exist in :code.all_loaded/0 also. But it is not.

NobbZ

NobbZ

Enable embedded mode in your mix.exs and try again. The default is to lazy load modules. Embedded mode will load all modules at VM boot time.

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