co.paralleluniverse.actors (Quasar 0.8.0)

Quasar Actors

An actor implementation extends the Actor or BasicActor class, and is spawned like so:


 ActorRef actor = new MyActor().spawn();

You interact with actors through the ActorRef class.

Interface Summary
Interface	Description
ActorBuilder<Message,V>	An object that can construct a new actor
ActorLoaderMXBean
ActorMXBean	An MXBean monitoring a single actor.
ActorsMXBean	An MXBean that monitors all actors.
LifecycleMessage	A message that is automatically generated by an actor upon some lifecycle event (like death) and sent to its `watchers` or `linked actors`.
MessageProcessor<Message,T>	An interface that is used by `BasicActor.receive` for selective receive.
MigratingActor	A marker interface that must be implemented by actors wishing to support migration

Class Summary
Class	Description
Actor<Message,V>	An actor is a self-contained execution unit - an object running in its own strand and communicating with other actors via messages.
ActorImpl<Message>
ActorImpl.ActorLifecycleListener
ActorInfo	Information about an actor returned by `ActorsMXBean`.
ActorLoader	Loads actor, and actor-related classes for hot code-swapping.
ActorRef<Message>	An actor's external API (for use by code not part of the actor).
ActorRefDelegate<Message>	An `ActorRef` which delegates all operations to another `ActorRef`.
ActorRegistry	A registry used to find registered actors by name.
ActorSpec<T extends Actor<Message,V>,Message,V>	A specification of how to construct an actor
ActorUtil	Static utility methods for working with actors.
BasicActor<Message,V>	A subclass of `Actor` that provides selective receive capabilities.
ExitMessage	A `LifecycleMessage` signifying an actor's death.
FakeActor<Message>	An `ActorRef` which is not backed by any actual `Actor`.
LocalActor	Static methods that provide access to `Actor`'s functionality through an `ActorRef` if the actor is local.
Mailbox<Message>	A channel that is used as an actor's mailbox.
MailboxConfig	An actor mailbox configuration.
RemoteActor<Message>	This class should be extended by implementations of remote actors.
RemoteActor.RemoteActorAdminMessage
SelectiveReceiveHelper<Message>	Performs selective receive on behalf of an actor.
ShutdownMessage	A message requesting the receiving actor to shut itself down.

Exception Summary
Exception	Description
ConcurrencyException
LifecycleException	An exception that is generated by an actor's `handleLifecycle` method (and thrown by the `receive` method) if an `ExitMessage` is received from a `linked actor`.
RegistrationException

Annotation Types Summary
Annotation Type	Description
OnUpgrade	Specifies that a method is to be called after its class has been upgraded.
Upgrade	Marks an actor class as a code upgrade.