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Execute long running actor message in "other" thread using future and receive report when long running task is done.
01:35:12:632 Humming ...
01:35:12:633 manager: flush sent
01:35:12:633 worker: got command
01:35:12:633 manager alive
01:35:12:633 manager alive
01:35:12:633 manager alive
01:35:12:660 worker: started
01:35:12:662 worker: alive
01:35:12:662 manager: resource allocated
01:35:12:662 worker: alive
01:35:12:662 worker: alive
01:35:13:661 worker: done
01:35:13:663 manager: work is done
01:35:17:633 Shutdown!
import akka.actor.{Props, ActorSystem, ActorRef, Actor}
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
import java.text.SimpleDateFormat
import java.util.Date
import scala.concurrent._
import ExecutionContext.Implicits.global
object Sample {
private val fmt = new SimpleDateFormat("HH:mm:ss:SSS")
def printWithTime(msg: String) = {
println(fmt.format(new Date()) + " " + msg)
}
class WorkerActor extends Actor {
protected def receive = {
case "now" =>
val commander = sender
printWithTime("worker: got command")
future {
printWithTime("worker: started")
Thread.sleep(1000)
printWithTime("worker: done")
}(ExecutionContext.Implicits.global) onSuccess {
case _ => commander ! "done"
}
commander ! "working"
case "alive?" =>
printWithTime("worker: alive")
}
}
class ManagerActor(worker: ActorRef) extends Actor {
protected def receive = {
case "do" =>
worker ! "now"
printWithTime("manager: flush sent")
case "working" =>
printWithTime("manager: resource allocated")
case "done" =>
printWithTime("manager: work is done")
case "alive?" =>
printWithTime("manager alive")
worker ! "alive?"
}
}
def main(args: Array[String]) {
val config = ConfigFactory.parseString("" +
"akka.loglevel=DEBUG\n" +
"akka.debug.lifecycle=on\n" +
"akka.debug.receive=on\n" +
"akka.debug.event-stream=on\n" +
"akka.debug.unhandled=on\n" +
""
)
val system = ActorSystem("mine", config)
val actor1 = system.actorOf(Props[WorkerActor], "worker")
val actor2 = system.actorOf(Props(new ManagerActor(actor1)), "manager")
actor2 ! "do"
actor2 ! "alive?"
actor2 ! "alive?"
actor2 ! "alive?"
printWithTime("Humming ...")
Thread.sleep(5000)
printWithTime("Shutdown!")
system.shutdown()
}
}
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