Testing

For the Akka Classic documentation of this feature see Classic Testing.

Module info

To use Actor TestKit add the module to your project:

sbt

libraryDependencies += "com.typesafe.akka" %% "akka-actor-testkit-typed" % "2.6.3+74-23b45daf" % Test

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>com.typesafe.akka</groupId>
  <artifactId>akka-actor-testkit-typed_2.12</artifactId>
  <version>2.6.3+74-23b45daf</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Gradle

dependencies {
  test group: 'com.typesafe.akka', name: 'akka-actor-testkit-typed_2.12', version: '2.6.3+74-23b45daf'
}

We recommend using Akka TestKit with ScalaTest:

sbt

libraryDependencies += "org.scalatest" %% "scalatest" % "3.1.0" % Test

Maven

<dependency>
  <groupId>org.scalatest</groupId>
  <artifactId>scalatest_2.12</artifactId>
  <version>3.1.0</version>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

Gradle

dependencies {
  test group: 'org.scalatest', name: 'scalatest_2.12', version: '3.1.0'
}

Project Info: Akka Actor Testkit (typed)
Artifact	com.typesafe.akka akka-actor-testkit-typed 2.6.3+74-23b45daf
JDK versions	Adopt OpenJDK 8 Adopt OpenJDK 11
Scala versions	2.12.10, 2.13.1
JPMS module name	akka.actor.testkit.typed
License	Apache-2.0
Readiness level	Supported, Lightbend Platform Subscription provides support Since 2.6.0, 2019-11-06
Home page	https://akka.io/
API documentation	API (Scaladoc) API (Javadoc)
Forums	Lightbend Discuss akka/akka Gitter channel
Release notes	akka.io blog
Issues	Github issues
Sources	https://github.com/akka/akka

Introduction

Testing can either be done asynchronously using a real ActorSystemActorSystem or synchronously on the testing thread using the BehaviorTestKitBehaviorTestKit.

For testing logic in a BehaviorBehavior in isolation synchronous testing is preferred, but the features that can be tested are limited. For testing interactions between multiple actors a more realistic asynchronous test is preferred.

Those two testing approaches are described in: