akka.actor

Interface ActorPath

All Superinterfaces:

java.lang.Comparable<ActorPath>, java.io.Serializable

All Known Implementing Classes:

ChildActorPath, RootActorPath

public interface ActorPath
extends java.lang.Comparable<ActorPath>, scala.Serializable

Actor path is a unique path to an actor that shows the creation path up through the actor tree to the root actor.

ActorPath defines a natural ordering (so that ActorRefs can be put into collections with this requirement); this ordering is intended to be as fast as possible, which owing to the bottom-up recursive nature of ActorPath is sorted by path elements FROM RIGHT TO LEFT, where RootActorPath &gt; ChildActorPath in case the number of elements is different.

Two actor paths are compared equal when they have the same name and parent elements, including the root address information. That does not necessarily mean that they point to the same incarnation of the actor if the actor is re-created with the same path. In other words, in contrast to how actor references are compared the unique id of the actor is not taken into account when comparing actor paths.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
Address	address() The Address under which this path can be reached; walks up the tree to the RootActorPath.
ActorPath	child(java.lang.String child) Java API: Create a new child actor path.
ActorPath	descendant(java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String> names) Java API: Recursively create a descendant&rsquo;s path by appending all child names.
scala.collection.immutable.Iterable<java.lang.String>	elements() Sequence of names for this path from root to this.
java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String>	getElements() Java API: Sequence of names for this path from root to this.
java.lang.String	name() The name of the actor that this path refers to.
ActorPath	parent() The path for the parent actor.
RootActorPath	root() Walk up the tree to obtain and return the RootActorPath.
java.lang.String	toSerializationFormat() Generate full String representation including the uid for the actor cell instance as URI fragment.
java.lang.String	toSerializationFormatWithAddress(Address address) Generate full String representation including the uid for the actor cell instance as URI fragment, replacing the Address in the RootActor Path with the given one unless this path&rsquo;s address includes host and port information.
java.lang.String	toStringWithAddress(Address address) Generate String representation, replacing the Address in the RootActor Path with the given one unless this path&rsquo;s address includes host and port information.
java.lang.String	toStringWithoutAddress() String representation of the path elements, excluding the address information.
int	uid() INTERNAL API Unique identifier of the actor.
ActorPath	withUid(int uid) INTERNAL API Creates a new ActorPath with same elements but with the specified uid.

Methods inherited from interface java.lang.Comparable

compareTo

Method Detail

address

Address address()

The Address under which this path can be reached; walks up the tree to the RootActorPath.

Returns:

(undocumented)

name

java.lang.String name()

The name of the actor that this path refers to.

Returns:

(undocumented)

parent

ActorPath parent()

The path for the parent actor.

Returns:

(undocumented)

child

ActorPath child(java.lang.String child)

Java API: Create a new child actor path.

Parameters:

child - (undocumented)

Returns:

(undocumented)

descendant

ActorPath descendant(java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String> names)

Java API: Recursively create a descendant&rsquo;s path by appending all child names.

Parameters:

names - (undocumented)

Returns:

(undocumented)

elements

scala.collection.immutable.Iterable<java.lang.String> elements()

Sequence of names for this path from root to this. Performance implication: has to allocate a list.

Returns:

(undocumented)

getElements

java.lang.Iterable<java.lang.String> getElements()

Java API: Sequence of names for this path from root to this. Performance implication: has to allocate a list.

Returns:

(undocumented)

root

RootActorPath root()

Walk up the tree to obtain and return the RootActorPath.

Returns:

(undocumented)

toStringWithoutAddress

java.lang.String toStringWithoutAddress()

String representation of the path elements, excluding the address information. The elements are separated with "/" and starts with "/", e.g. "/user/a/b".

Returns:

(undocumented)

toStringWithAddress

java.lang.String toStringWithAddress(Address address)

Generate String representation, replacing the Address in the RootActor Path with the given one unless this path&rsquo;s address includes host and port information.

Parameters:

address - (undocumented)

Returns:

(undocumented)

toSerializationFormat

java.lang.String toSerializationFormat()

Generate full String representation including the uid for the actor cell instance as URI fragment. This representation should be used as serialized representation instead of toString.

Returns:

(undocumented)

toSerializationFormatWithAddress

java.lang.String toSerializationFormatWithAddress(Address address)

Generate full String representation including the uid for the actor cell instance as URI fragment, replacing the Address in the RootActor Path with the given one unless this path&rsquo;s address includes host and port information. This representation should be used as serialized representation instead of toStringWithAddress.

Parameters:

address - (undocumented)

Returns:

(undocumented)

uid

int uid()

INTERNAL API Unique identifier of the actor. Used for distinguishing different incarnations of actors with same path (name elements).

Returns:

(undocumented)

withUid

ActorPath withUid(int uid)

INTERNAL API Creates a new ActorPath with same elements but with the specified uid.

Parameters:

uid - (undocumented)

Returns:

(undocumented)