Publicly document child_spec/1

Author: José Valim

lib/elixir/lib/agent.ex

@@ -139,7 +139,12 @@ defmodule Agent do
   @typedoc "The agent state"
   @type state :: term
 
-  @doc false
+  @doc """
+  Returns a specification to start an agent under a supervisor.
+
+  See `Supervisor`.
+  """
+  @since "1.5.0"
   def child_spec(arg) do
     %{
       id: Agent,
@@ -150,7 +155,11 @@ defmodule Agent do
   @doc false
   defmacro __using__(opts) do
     quote location: :keep, bind_quoted: [opts: opts] do
-      @doc false
+      @doc """
+      Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.
+
+      See `Supervisor`.
+      """
       def child_spec(arg) do
         default = %{
           id: __MODULE__,

lib/elixir/lib/dynamic_supervisor.ex

@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ defmodule DynamicSupervisor do
     restarts: []
   ]
 
-  @doc false
+  @doc """
+  Returns a specification to start a dynamic supervisor under a supervisor.
+
+  See `Supervisor`.
+  """
+  @since "1.6.1"
   def child_spec(arg) do
     %{
       id: DynamicSupervisor,
@@ -187,7 +192,11 @@ defmodule DynamicSupervisor do
     quote location: :keep, bind_quoted: [opts: opts] do
       @behaviour DynamicSupervisor
 
-      @doc false
+      @doc """
+      Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.
+
+      See `Supervisor`.
+      """
       def child_spec(arg) do
         default = %{
           id: __MODULE__,

lib/elixir/lib/gen_server.ex

@@ -570,7 +570,11 @@ defmodule GenServer do
     quote location: :keep, bind_quoted: [opts: opts] do
       @behaviour GenServer
 
-      @doc false
+      @doc """
+      Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.
+
+      See `Supervisor`.
+      """
       def child_spec(arg) do
         default = %{
           id: __MODULE__,

lib/elixir/lib/registry.ex

@@ -326,7 +326,12 @@ defmodule Registry do
     start_link([keys: keys, name: name] ++ options)
   end
 
-  @doc false
+  @doc """
+  Returns a specification to start a registry under a supervisor.
+
+  See `Supervisor`.
+  """
+  @since "1.5.0"
   def child_spec(opts) do
     %{
       id: Keyword.get(opts, :name, Registry),

lib/elixir/lib/supervisor.ex

@@ -461,7 +461,11 @@ defmodule Supervisor do
       import Supervisor.Spec
       @behaviour Supervisor
 
-      @doc false
+      @doc """
+      Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.
+
+      See `Supervisor`.
+      """
       def child_spec(arg) do
         default = %{
           id: __MODULE__,

lib/elixir/lib/task.ex

@@ -173,7 +173,12 @@ defmodule Task do
 
   @type t :: %__MODULE__{}
 
-  @doc false
+  @doc """
+  Returns a specification to start a task under a supervisor.
+
+  See `Supervisor`.
+  """
+  @since "1.5.0"
   def child_spec(arg) do
     %{
       id: Task,
@@ -185,7 +190,12 @@ defmodule Task do
   @doc false
   defmacro __using__(opts) do
     quote location: :keep, bind_quoted: [opts: opts] do
-      @doc false
+      @doc """
+      Returns a specification to start this module under a supervisor.
+
+      See `Supervisor`.
+      """
+      @since "1.5.0"
       def child_spec(arg) do
         default = %{
           id: __MODULE__,