akka.actor

ActorSystem

abstract class ActorSystem extends ActorRefFactory

An actor system is a hierarchical group of actors which share common configuration, e.g. dispatchers, deployments, remote capabilities and addresses. It is also the entry point for creating or looking up actors.

There are several possibilities for creating actors (see Props for details on props):

// Java or Scala
system.actorOf(props, "name")
system.actorOf(props)

// Scala
system.actorOf(Props[MyActor], "name")
system.actorOf(Props[MyActor])
system.actorOf(Props(new MyActor(...)))

// Java
system.actorOf(MyActor.class);
system.actorOf(Props(new Creator<MyActor>() {
  public MyActor create() { ... }
});
system.actorOf(Props(new Creator<MyActor>() {
  public MyActor create() { ... }
}, "name");

Where no name is given explicitly, one will be automatically generated.

Important Notice: This class is not meant to be extended by user code. If you want to actually roll your own Akka, it will probably be better to look into extending [[akka.actor.ExtendedActorSystem]] instead, but beware that you are completely on your own in that case!

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Instance Constructors

  1. new ActorSystem()

Abstract Value Members

  1. abstract def /(name: Iterable[String]): ActorPath

    Construct a path below the application guardian to be used with ActorSystem.actorFor.

  2. abstract def /(name: String): ActorPath

    Construct a path below the application guardian to be used with ActorSystem.actorFor.

  3. abstract def actorOf(props: Props, name: String): ActorRef

    Create new actor as child of this context with the given name, which must not be null, empty or start with “$”.

    Create new actor as child of this context with the given name, which must not be null, empty or start with “$”. If the given name is already in use, and InvalidActorNameException is thrown.

    See Props for details on how to obtain a Props object.

    When invoked on ActorSystem, this method sends a message to the guardian actor and blocks waiting for a reply, see akka.actor.creation-timeout in the reference.conf.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  4. abstract def actorOf(props: Props): ActorRef

    Create new actor as child of this context and give it an automatically generated name (currently similar to base64-encoded integer count, reversed and with “$” prepended, may change in the future).

    Create new actor as child of this context and give it an automatically generated name (currently similar to base64-encoded integer count, reversed and with “$” prepended, may change in the future).

    See Props for details on how to obtain a Props object.

    When invoked on ActorSystem, this method sends a message to the guardian actor and blocks waiting for a reply, see akka.actor.creation-timeout in the reference.conf.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  5. abstract def awaitTermination(): Unit

    Block current thread until the system has been shutdown.

    Block current thread until the system has been shutdown. This will block until after all on termination callbacks have been run.

  6. abstract def awaitTermination(timeout: Duration): Unit

    Block current thread until the system has been shutdown, or the specified timeout has elapsed.

    Block current thread until the system has been shutdown, or the specified timeout has elapsed. This will block until after all on termination callbacks have been run.

    Exceptions thrown
    TimeoutException

    in case of timeout

  7. abstract def deadLetters: ActorRef

    Actor reference where messages are re-routed to which were addressed to stopped or non-existing actors.

    Actor reference where messages are re-routed to which were addressed to stopped or non-existing actors. Delivery to this actor is done on a best effort basis and hence not strictly guaranteed.

  8. abstract def dispatcher: MessageDispatcher

    Default dispatcher as configured.

    Default dispatcher as configured. This dispatcher is used for all actors in the actor system which do not have a different dispatcher configured explicitly.

    Definition Classes
    ActorSystemActorRefFactory
  9. abstract def dispatchers: Dispatchers

    Helper object for looking up configured dispatchers.

  10. abstract def eventStream: EventStream

    Main event bus of this actor system, used for example for logging.

  11. abstract def extension[T <: Extension](ext: ExtensionId[T]): T

    Returns the payload that is associated with the provided extension throws an IllegalStateException if it is not registered.

    Returns the payload that is associated with the provided extension throws an IllegalStateException if it is not registered. This method can potentially block, waiting for the initialization of the payload, if is in the process of registration from another Thread of execution

  12. abstract def guardian: InternalActorRef

    Father of all children created by this interface.

    Father of all children created by this interface.

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  13. abstract def hasExtension(ext: akka.actor.ExtensionId[_ <: akka.actor.Extension]): Boolean

    Returns whether the specified extension is already registered, this method can potentially block, waiting for the initialization of the payload, if is in the process of registration from another Thread of execution

  14. abstract def isTerminated: Boolean

    Query the termination status: if it returns true, all callbacks have run and the ActorSystem has been fully stopped, i.

    Query the termination status: if it returns true, all callbacks have run and the ActorSystem has been fully stopped, i.e. awaitTermination(0 seconds) would return normally. If this method returns false, the status is actually unknown, since it might have changed since you queried it.

  15. abstract def log: LoggingAdapter

    Convenient logging adapter for logging to the ActorSystem.eventStream.

  16. abstract def logConfiguration(): Unit

    Log the configuration.

  17. abstract def lookupRoot: InternalActorRef

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  18. abstract def name: String

    The name of this actor system, used to distinguish multiple ones within the same JVM & class loader.

  19. abstract def provider: ActorRefProvider

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  20. abstract def registerExtension[T <: Extension](ext: ExtensionId[T]): T

    Registers the provided extension and creates its payload, if this extension isn't already registered This method has putIfAbsent-semantics, this method can potentially block, waiting for the initialization of the payload, if is in the process of registration from another Thread of execution

  21. abstract def registerOnTermination(code: Runnable): Unit

    Register a block of code (callback) to run after all actors in this actor system have been stopped.

    Register a block of code (callback) to run after all actors in this actor system have been stopped. Multiple code blocks may be registered by calling this method multiple times. The callbacks will be run sequentially in reverse order of registration, i.e. last registration is run first.

    Exceptions thrown
    a

    RejectedExecutionException if the System has already shut down or if shutdown has been initiated.

    Java API

  22. abstract def registerOnTermination[T](code: ⇒ T): Unit

    Register a block of code (callback) to run after all actors in this actor system have been stopped.

    Register a block of code (callback) to run after all actors in this actor system have been stopped. Multiple code blocks may be registered by calling this method multiple times. The callbacks will be run sequentially in reverse order of registration, i.e. last registration is run first.

    Exceptions thrown
    a

    RejectedExecutionException if the System has already shut down or if shutdown has been initiated.

    Scala API

  23. abstract def scheduler: Scheduler

    Light-weight scheduler for running asynchronous tasks after some deadline in the future.

    Light-weight scheduler for running asynchronous tasks after some deadline in the future. Not terribly precise but cheap.

  24. abstract def settings: Settings

    The core settings extracted from the supplied configuration.

  25. abstract def shutdown(): Unit

    Stop this actor system.

    Stop this actor system. This will stop the guardian actor, which in turn will recursively stop all its child actors, then the system guardian (below which the logging actors reside) and the execute all registered termination handlers (see ActorSystem.registerOnTermination).

  26. abstract def stop(actor: ActorRef): Unit

    Stop the actor pointed to by the given ActorRef; this is an asynchronous operation, i.

    Stop the actor pointed to by the given ActorRef; this is an asynchronous operation, i.e. involves a message send. When invoked on ActorSystem for a top-level actor, this method sends a message to the guardian actor and blocks waiting for a reply, see akka.actor.creation-timeout in the reference.conf.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  27. abstract def systemImpl: ActorSystemImpl

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory

Concrete Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  2. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  3. final def ##(): Int

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  4. final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  6. def actorFor(path: Iterable[String]): ActorRef

    Java API: Look-up an actor by applying the given path elements, starting from the current context, where ".." signifies the parent of an actor.

    Java API: Look-up an actor by applying the given path elements, starting from the current context, where ".." signifies the parent of an actor.

    Example:

    public class MyActor extends UntypedActor {
      public void onReceive(Object msg) throws Exception {
        ...
        final List<String> path = new ArrayList<String>();
        path.add("..");
        path.add("myBrother");
        path.add("myNephew");
        final ActorRef target = context().actorFor(path);
        ...
    }
    }
    

    For maximum performance use a collection with efficient head & tail operations.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  7. def actorFor(path: Iterable[String]): ActorRef

    Look-up an actor by applying the given path elements, starting from the current context, where ".." signifies the parent of an actor.

    Look-up an actor by applying the given path elements, starting from the current context, where ".." signifies the parent of an actor.

    Example:

    class MyActor extends Actor {
      def receive = {
        case msg =>
          ...
          val target = context.actorFor(Seq("..", "myBrother", "myNephew"))
          ...
    }
    }
    

    For maximum performance use a collection with efficient head & tail operations.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  8. def actorFor(path: String): ActorRef

    Look-up an actor by path represented as string.

    Look-up an actor by path represented as string.

    Absolute URIs like akka://appname/user/actorA are looked up as described for look-ups by actorOf(ActorPath).

    Relative URIs like /service/actorA/childB are looked up relative to the root path of the ActorSystem containing this factory and as described for look-ups by actorOf(Iterable[String]).

    Relative URIs like myChild/grandChild or ../myBrother are looked up relative to the current context as described for look-ups by actorOf(Iterable[String])

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  9. def actorFor(path: ActorPath): ActorRef

    Look-up an actor by path; if it does not exist, returns a reference to the dead-letter mailbox of the ActorSystem.

    Look-up an actor by path; if it does not exist, returns a reference to the dead-letter mailbox of the ActorSystem. If the path point to an actor which is not local, no attempt is made during this call to verify that the actor it represents does exist or is alive; use watch(ref) to be notified of the target’s termination, which is also signaled if the queried path cannot be resolved.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  10. def actorSelection(path: String): ActorSelection

    Construct an ActorSelection from the given path, which is parsed for wildcards (these are replaced by regular expressions internally).

    Construct an ActorSelection from the given path, which is parsed for wildcards (these are replaced by regular expressions internally). No attempt is made to verify the existence of any part of the supplied path, it is recommended to send a message and gather the replies in order to resolve the matching set of actors.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  11. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  12. def child(child: String): ActorPath

    Java API: Create a new child actor path.

  13. def clone(): AnyRef

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  14. def descendant(names: Iterable[String]): ActorPath

    Java API: Recursively create a descendant’s path by appending all child names.

  15. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  16. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  17. def finalize(): Unit

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  18. final def getClass(): java.lang.Class[_]

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  19. def hashCode(): Int

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  20. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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  21. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  22. final def notify(): Unit

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  23. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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  24. val startTime: Long

    Start-up time in milliseconds since the epoch.

  25. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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  26. def toString(): String

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  27. def uptime: Long

    Up-time of this actor system in seconds.

  28. final def wait(): Unit

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    @throws()
  29. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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    @throws()
  30. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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Inherited from ActorRefFactory

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