akka.actor

ActorContext

trait ActorContext extends ActorRefFactory

The actor context - the view of the actor cell from the actor. Exposes contextual information for the actor and the current message.

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

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

// Scala
context.actorOf(Props[MyActor])
context.actorOf(Props(classOf[MyActor], arg1, arg2), "name")

// Java
getContext().actorOf(Props.create(MyActor.class));
getContext().actorOf(Props.create(MyActor.class, arg1, arg2), "name");

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

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  1. 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 akka.actor.Props for details on how to obtain a Props object.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
    Exceptions thrown
    akka.ConfigurationException

    if deployment, dispatcher or mailbox configuration is wrong

    akka.actor.InvalidActorNameException

    if the given name is invalid or already in use

  2. 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 akka.actor.Props for details on how to obtain a Props object.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
    Exceptions thrown
    akka.ConfigurationException

    if deployment, dispatcher or mailbox configuration is wrong

  3. abstract def become(behavior: Receive, discardOld: Boolean = true): Unit

    Changes the Actor's behavior to become the new 'Receive' (PartialFunction[Any, Unit]) handler.

    Changes the Actor's behavior to become the new 'Receive' (PartialFunction[Any, Unit]) handler. This method acts upon the behavior stack as follows:

    • if discardOld = true it will replace the top element (i.e. the current behavior)
    • if discardOld = false it will keep the current behavior and push the given one atop

    The default of replacing the current behavior has been chosen to avoid memory leaks in case client code is written without consulting this documentation first (i.e. always pushing new closures and never issuing an unbecome())

  4. abstract def child(name: String): Option[ActorRef]

    Get the child with the given name if it exists.

  5. abstract def children: Iterable[ActorRef]

    Returns all supervised children; this method returns a view (i.

    Returns all supervised children; this method returns a view (i.e. a lazy collection) onto the internal collection of children. Targeted lookups should be using child instead for performance reasons:

    val badLookup = context.children find (_.path.name == "kid")
    // should better be expressed as:
    val goodLookup = context.child("kid")
  6. implicit abstract def dispatcher: ExecutionContext

    Returns the dispatcher (MessageDispatcher) that is used for this Actor.

    Returns the dispatcher (MessageDispatcher) that is used for this Actor. Importing this member will place a implicit ExecutionContext in scope.

    Definition Classes
    ActorContextActorRefFactory
  7. abstract def guardian: InternalActorRef

    Father of all children created by this interface.

    Father of all children created by this interface.

    INTERNAL API

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  8. abstract def lookupRoot: InternalActorRef

    INTERNAL API

    INTERNAL API

    Attributes
    protected
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    ActorRefFactory
  9. abstract def parent: ActorRef

    Returns the supervising parent ActorRef.

  10. abstract def props: Props

    Retrieve the Props which were used to create this actor.

  11. abstract def provider: ActorRefProvider

    INTERNAL API

    INTERNAL API

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  12. abstract def receiveTimeout: Duration

    Gets the current receive timeout.

    Gets the current receive timeout. When specified, the receive method should be able to handle a akka.actor.ReceiveTimeout message.

  13. abstract def self: ActorRef

  14. abstract def sender: ActorRef

    Returns the sender 'ActorRef' of the current message.

  15. abstract def setReceiveTimeout(timeout: Duration): Unit

    Defines the inactivity timeout after which the sending of a akka.actor.ReceiveTimeout message is triggered.

    Defines the inactivity timeout after which the sending of a akka.actor.ReceiveTimeout message is triggered. When specified, the receive function should be able to handle a akka.actor.ReceiveTimeout message. 1 millisecond is the minimum supported timeout.

    Please note that the receive timeout might fire and enqueue the ReceiveTimeout message right after another message was enqueued; hence it is not guaranteed that upon reception of the receive timeout there must have been an idle period beforehand as configured via this method.

    Once set, the receive timeout stays in effect (i.e. continues firing repeatedly after inactivity periods). Pass in Duration.Undefined to switch off this feature.

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

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

    Stop the actor pointed to by the given akka.actor.ActorRef; this is an asynchronous operation, i.e. involves a message send.

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  17. implicit abstract def system: ActorSystem

    The system that the actor belongs to.

    The system that the actor belongs to. Importing this member will place a implicit ExecutionContext in scope.

  18. abstract def systemImpl: ActorSystemImpl

    INTERNAL API

    INTERNAL API

    Attributes
    protected
    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
  19. abstract def unbecome(): Unit

    Reverts the Actor behavior to the previous one in the hotswap stack.

  20. abstract def unwatch(subject: ActorRef): ActorRef

    Unregisters this actor as Monitor for the provided ActorRef.

    Unregisters this actor as Monitor for the provided ActorRef.

    returns

    the provided ActorRef

  21. abstract def watch(subject: ActorRef): ActorRef

    Registers this actor as a Monitor for the provided ActorRef.

    Registers this actor as a Monitor for the provided ActorRef. This actor will receive a Terminated(subject) message when watched actor is terminated.

    returns

    the provided ActorRef

Concrete Value Members

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

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

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    Any
  3. final def ##(): Int

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    AnyRef → Any
  4. def +(other: String): String

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ActorContext to StringAdd performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    StringAdd
  5. def ->[B](y: B): (ActorContext, B)

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ActorContext to ArrowAssoc[ActorContext] performed by method any2ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
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  6. final def ==(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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

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  8. def actorSelection(path: ActorPath): ActorSelection

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

    Construct an akka.actor.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
  9. def actorSelection(path: String): ActorSelection

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

    Construct an akka.actor.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
  10. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  11. def clone(): AnyRef

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  12. def ensuring(cond: (ActorContext) ⇒ Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): ActorContext

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ActorContext to Ensuring[ActorContext] performed by method any2Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring
  13. def ensuring(cond: (ActorContext) ⇒ Boolean): ActorContext

    Implicit information
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  14. def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): ActorContext

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ActorContext to Ensuring[ActorContext] performed by method any2Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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  15. def ensuring(cond: Boolean): ActorContext

    Implicit information
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  16. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  17. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  18. def finalize(): Unit

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  19. def formatted(fmtstr: String): String

    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from ActorContext to StringFormat performed by method any2stringfmt in scala.Predef.
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    StringFormat
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    @inline()
  20. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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    AnyRef → Any
  21. def hashCode(): Int

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  22. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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

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  24. final def notify(): Unit

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  25. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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

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  27. def toString(): String

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  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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    @throws( ... )
  31. final def writeObject(o: ObjectOutputStream): Unit

    ActorContexts shouldn't be Serializable

    ActorContexts shouldn't be Serializable

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    protected
  32. def [B](y: B): (ActorContext, B)

    Implicit information
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    ArrowAssoc

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  1. val self: Any

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  2. val self: Any

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Deprecated Value Members

  1. 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 = getContext().actorFor(path);
      ...
    }
    }

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

    Definition Classes
    ActorRefFactory
    Annotations
    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.2) use actorSelection instead of actorFor

  2. 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
    Annotations
    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.2) use actorSelection instead of actorFor

  3. 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 akka.actor.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
    Annotations
    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.2) use actorSelection instead of actorFor

  4. 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 akka.actor.ActorSystem.

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

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    ActorRefFactory
    Annotations
    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.2) use actorSelection instead of actorFor

  5. def x: ActorContext

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    (Since version 2.10.0) Use leftOfArrow instead

  6. def x: ActorContext

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    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.10.0) Use resultOfEnsuring instead

Inherited from ActorRefFactory

Inherited from AnyRef

Inherited from Any

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringadd from ActorContext to StringAdd

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringfmt from ActorContext to StringFormat

Inherited by implicit conversion any2ArrowAssoc from ActorContext to ArrowAssoc[ActorContext]

Inherited by implicit conversion any2Ensuring from ActorContext to Ensuring[ActorContext]

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