akka.actor

ActorRefFactory

trait ActorRefFactory extends AnyRef

Interface implemented by ActorSystem and ActorContext, the only two places from which you can get fresh actors.

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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.

    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.

    Exceptions thrown
    akka.ConfigurationException

    if deployment, dispatcher or mailbox configuration is wrong

  3. implicit abstract def dispatcher: ExecutionContext

    Returns the default MessageDispatcher associated with this ActorRefFactory

  4. abstract def guardian: InternalActorRef

    Father of all children created by this interface.

    Father of all children created by this interface.

    INTERNAL API

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  5. abstract def lookupRoot: InternalActorRef

    INTERNAL API

    INTERNAL API

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  6. abstract def provider: ActorRefProvider

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    INTERNAL API

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  7. 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.

  8. abstract def systemImpl: ActorSystemImpl

    INTERNAL API

    INTERNAL API

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    protected

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. def +(other: String): String

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

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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.

  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.

  10. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  11. def clone(): AnyRef

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

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

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  14. def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): ActorRefFactory

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  15. def ensuring(cond: Boolean): ActorRefFactory

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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

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  20. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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

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

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  31. def [B](y: B): (ActorRefFactory, B)

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  1. 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.

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    @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.

    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])

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    @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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    @deprecated
    Deprecated

    (Since version 2.2) use actorSelection instead of actorFor

  5. def x: ActorRefFactory

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  6. def x: ActorRefFactory

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    (Since version 2.10.0) Use resultOfEnsuring instead

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Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringadd from ActorRefFactory to StringAdd

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringfmt from ActorRefFactory to StringFormat

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

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

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