From 7237c7be74b09cd951ff000afb4087313e5c0025 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ali Ibrahim Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2019 13:20:32 -0400 Subject: Update instrumentation guides w/optional block --- guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md b/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md index 89e0e3afa8..d7dbc5cea8 100644 --- a/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md +++ b/guides/source/active_support_instrumentation.md @@ -692,5 +692,16 @@ ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe "my.custom.event" do |name, started, fini end ``` +You also have the option to call instrument without passing a block. This lets you leverage the +instrumentation infrastructure for other messaging uses. + +```ruby +ActiveSupport::Notifications.instrument "my.custom.event", this: :data + +ActiveSupport::Notifications.subscribe "my.custom.event" do |name, started, finished, unique_id, data| + puts data.inspect # {:this=>:data} +end +``` + You should follow Rails conventions when defining your own events. The format is: `event.library`. If your application is sending Tweets, you should create an event named `tweet.twitter`. -- cgit v1.2.3