Package akka.actor

Class TimerScheduler

java.lang.Object

akka.actor.TimerScheduler

public abstract class TimerScheduler
extends java.lang.Object

Support for scheduled self messages in an actor. It is used by mixing in trait Timers in Scala or extending AbstractActorWithTimers in Java.

Timers are bound to the lifecycle of the actor that owns it, and thus are cancelled automatically when it is restarted or stopped.

TimerScheduler is not thread-safe, i.e. it must only be used within the actor that owns it.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
TimerScheduler()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
abstract void	cancel(java.lang.Object key)	Cancel a timer with a given key.
abstract void	cancelAll()	Cancel all timers.
abstract boolean	isTimerActive(java.lang.Object key)	Check if a timer with a given key is active.
void	startPeriodicTimer(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, java.time.Duration interval)	Deprecated. Use startTimerWithFixedDelay or startTimerAtFixedRate instead.
abstract void	startPeriodicTimer(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration interval)	Deprecated. Use startTimerWithFixedDelay or startTimerAtFixedRate instead.
void	startSingleTimer(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, java.time.Duration timeout)	Start a timer that will send msg once to the self actor after the given timeout.
abstract void	startSingleTimer(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration timeout)	Start a timer that will send msg once to the self actor after the given timeout.
void	startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, java.time.Duration interval)	Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.
void	startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, java.time.Duration initialDelay, java.time.Duration interval)	Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.
abstract void	startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration interval)	Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.
abstract void	startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration initialDelay, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration interval)	Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.
void	startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, java.time.Duration delay)	Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages.
void	startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, java.time.Duration initialDelay, java.time.Duration delay)	Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages after the initialDelay.
abstract void	startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration delay)	Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages.
abstract void	startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key, java.lang.Object msg, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration initialDelay, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration delay)	Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages after the initialDelay.

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

TimerScheduler

public TimerScheduler()

Method Detail

cancel

public abstract void cancel(java.lang.Object key)

Cancel a timer with a given key. If canceling a timer that was already canceled, or key never was used to start a timer this operation will do nothing.

It is guaranteed that a message from a canceled timer, including its previous incarnation for the same key, will not be received by the actor, even though the message might already be enqueued in the mailbox when cancel is called.

cancelAll

public abstract void cancelAll()

Cancel all timers.

isTimerActive

public abstract boolean isTimerActive(java.lang.Object key)

Check if a timer with a given key is active.

startPeriodicTimer

public abstract void startPeriodicTimer(java.lang.Object key,
                                        java.lang.Object msg,
                                        scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration interval)

Deprecated.

Use startTimerWithFixedDelay or startTimerAtFixedRate instead. This has the same semantics as startTimerAtFixedRate, but startTimerWithFixedDelay is often preferred. Since 2.6.0.

Deprecated API: See startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration) or startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration).

startPeriodicTimer

public final void startPeriodicTimer(java.lang.Object key,
                                     java.lang.Object msg,
                                     java.time.Duration interval)

Deprecated.

Use startTimerWithFixedDelay or startTimerAtFixedRate instead. This has the same semantics as startTimerAtFixedRate, but startTimerWithFixedDelay is often preferred. Since 2.6.0.

Deprecated API: See startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration) or startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object, java.lang.Object, scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration).

startSingleTimer

public abstract void startSingleTimer(java.lang.Object key,
                                      java.lang.Object msg,
                                      scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration timeout)

Start a timer that will send msg once to the self actor after the given timeout.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startSingleTimer

public final void startSingleTimer(java.lang.Object key,
                                   java.lang.Object msg,
                                   java.time.Duration timeout)

Start a timer that will send msg once to the self actor after the given timeout.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerAtFixedRate

public abstract void startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key,
                                           java.lang.Object msg,
                                           scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration interval)

Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.

It will compensate the delay for a subsequent message if the sending of previous message was delayed more than specified. In such cases, the actual message interval will differ from the interval passed to the method.

If the execution is delayed longer than the interval, the subsequent message will be sent immediately after the prior one. This also has the consequence that after long garbage collection pauses or other reasons when the JVM was suspended all "missed" messages will be sent when the process wakes up again.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will be exactly the reciprocal of the specified interval.

Warning: startTimerAtFixedRate can result in bursts of scheduled messages after long garbage collection pauses, which may in worst case cause undesired load on the system. Therefore startTimerWithFixedDelay is often preferred.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerAtFixedRate

public abstract void startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key,
                                           java.lang.Object msg,
                                           scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration initialDelay,
                                           scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration interval)

Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.

It will compensate the delay for a subsequent message if the sending of previous message was delayed more than specified. In such cases, the actual message interval will differ from the interval passed to the method.

If the execution is delayed longer than the interval, the subsequent message will be sent immediately after the prior one. This also has the consequence that after long garbage collection pauses or other reasons when the JVM was suspended all "missed" messages will be sent when the process wakes up again.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will be exactly the reciprocal of the specified interval after initialDelay.

Warning: startTimerAtFixedRate can result in bursts of scheduled messages after long garbage collection pauses, which may in worst case cause undesired load on the system. Therefore startTimerWithFixedDelay is often preferred.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerAtFixedRate

public final void startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key,
                                        java.lang.Object msg,
                                        java.time.Duration interval)

Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.

It will compensate the delay for a subsequent message if the sending of previous message was delayed more than specified. In such cases, the actual message interval will differ from the interval passed to the method.

If the execution is delayed longer than the interval, the subsequent message will be sent immediately after the prior one. This also has the consequence that after long garbage collection pauses or other reasons when the JVM was suspended all "missed" messages will be sent when the process wakes up again.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will be exactly the reciprocal of the specified interval.

Warning: startTimerAtFixedRate can result in bursts of scheduled messages after long garbage collection pauses, which may in worst case cause undesired load on the system. Therefore startTimerWithFixedDelay is often preferred.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerAtFixedRate

public final void startTimerAtFixedRate(java.lang.Object key,
                                        java.lang.Object msg,
                                        java.time.Duration initialDelay,
                                        java.time.Duration interval)

Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a given frequency.

It will compensate the delay for a subsequent message if the sending of previous message was delayed more than specified. In such cases, the actual message interval will differ from the interval passed to the method.

If the execution is delayed longer than the interval, the subsequent message will be sent immediately after the prior one. This also has the consequence that after long garbage collection pauses or other reasons when the JVM was suspended all "missed" messages will be sent when the process wakes up again.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will be exactly the reciprocal of the specified interval.

Warning: startTimerAtFixedRate can result in bursts of scheduled messages after long garbage collection pauses, which may in worst case cause undesired load on the system. Therefore startTimerWithFixedDelay is often preferred.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerWithFixedDelay

public abstract void startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key,
                                              java.lang.Object msg,
                                              scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration delay)

Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages.

It will not compensate the delay between messages if scheduling is delayed longer than specified for some reason. The delay between sending of subsequent messages will always be (at least) the given delay.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will generally be slightly lower than the reciprocal of the specified delay.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerWithFixedDelay

public abstract void startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key,
                                              java.lang.Object msg,
                                              scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration initialDelay,
                                              scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration delay)

Scala API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages after the initialDelay.

It will not compensate the delay between messages if scheduling is delayed longer than specified for some reason. The delay between sending of subsequent messages will always be (at least) the given delay.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will generally be slightly lower than the reciprocal of the specified delay.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerWithFixedDelay

public final void startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key,
                                           java.lang.Object msg,
                                           java.time.Duration delay)

Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages.

It will not compensate the delay between messages if scheduling is delayed longer than specified for some reason. The delay between sending of subsequent messages will always be (at least) the given delay.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will generally be slightly lower than the reciprocal of the specified delay.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.

startTimerWithFixedDelay

public final void startTimerWithFixedDelay(java.lang.Object key,
                                           java.lang.Object msg,
                                           java.time.Duration initialDelay,
                                           java.time.Duration delay)

Java API: Schedules a message to be sent repeatedly to the self actor with a fixed delay between messages after the initialDelay.

It will not compensate the delay between messages if scheduling is delayed longer than specified for some reason. The delay between sending of subsequent messages will always be (at least) the given delay.

In the long run, the frequency of messages will generally be slightly lower than the reciprocal of the specified delay.

Each timer has a key and if a new timer with same key is started the previous is cancelled. It is guaranteed that a message from the previous timer is not received, even if it was already enqueued in the mailbox when the new timer was started.