Package akka.pattern

Class StatusReply<T>

java.lang.Object

akka.pattern.StatusReply<T>

Type Parameters:

T - the type of value a successful reply would have

public final class StatusReply<T>
extends java.lang.Object

Generic top-level message type for replies that signal failure or success. Convenient to use together with the askWithStatus ask variants.

Create using the factory methods success(T) and error(java.lang.String).

Akka contains predefined serializers for the wrapper type and the textual error messages.

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Class	Description
static class	StatusReply.Error$	Scala API for creating and pattern matching an error response
static class	StatusReply.ErrorMessage	Carrier exception used for textual error descriptions.
static class	StatusReply.ErrorMessage$
static class	StatusReply.Success$	Scala API for creation and pattern matching a successful response.

Constructor Summary

Constructors

Constructor	Description
StatusReply()

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static StatusReply<Done>	ack()	Java API: A general purpose message for using as an Ack
static StatusReply<Done>	Ack()	Scala API: A general purpose message for using as an Ack
boolean	equals(java.lang.Object other)
static <T> StatusReply<T>	error(java.lang.String errorMessage)	Java API: Create an status response with a error message describing why the request was failed or denied.
static <T> StatusReply<T>	error(java.lang.Throwable exception)	Java API: Create an error response with a user defined Throwable.
java.lang.Throwable	getError()	Java API: returns the exception if the reply is a failure, or throws an exception if not.
T	getValue()	Java API: in the case of a successful reply returns the value, if the reply was not successful the exception the failure was created with is thrown
int	hashCode()
boolean	isError()
boolean	isSuccess()
static <T> StatusReply<T>	success(T value)	Java API: Create a successful reply containing value
java.lang.String	toString()

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, finalize, getClass, notify, notifyAll, wait, wait, wait

Constructor Detail

StatusReply

public StatusReply()

Method Detail

Ack

public static StatusReply<Done> Ack()

Scala API: A general purpose message for using as an Ack

ack

public static StatusReply<Done> ack()

Java API: A general purpose message for using as an Ack

success

public static <T> StatusReply<T> success(T value)

Java API: Create a successful reply containing value

error

public static <T> StatusReply<T> error(java.lang.String errorMessage)

Java API: Create an status response with a error message describing why the request was failed or denied.

error

public static <T> StatusReply<T> error(java.lang.Throwable exception)

Java API: Create an error response with a user defined Throwable.

Prefer the string based error response over this one when possible to avoid tightly coupled logic across actors and passing internal failure details on to callers that can not do much to handle them.

For cases where types are needed to identify errors and behave differently enumerating them with a specific set of response messages may be a better alternative to encoding them as generic exceptions.

Also note that Akka does not contain pre-build serializers for arbitrary exceptions.

getValue

public T getValue()

Java API: in the case of a successful reply returns the value, if the reply was not successful the exception the failure was created with is thrown

getError

public java.lang.Throwable getError()

Java API: returns the exception if the reply is a failure, or throws an exception if not.

isError

public boolean isError()

isSuccess

public boolean isSuccess()

equals

public boolean equals(java.lang.Object other)

Overrides:

equals in class java.lang.Object

hashCode

public int hashCode()

Overrides:

hashCode in class java.lang.Object

toString

public java.lang.String toString()

Overrides:

toString in class java.lang.Object