Package co.paralleluniverse.actors.behaviors

Standard behavior actors (Server, EventSource, Supervisor)

Interface Summary

Interface	Description
ErrorMessage	An actor message signifying some error
EventHandler<Event>	A handler that can be registered with an EventSource actor to receive all events sent to the actor.
FromMessage	An actor message that identifies its sender
IdMessage	An actor message with a unique (or unique with a high probability) ID (usually generated by ActorUtil.randtag() or RequestReplyHelper.makeId()).
Initializer	A delegate object that can be used instead of subclassing BehaviorActor and overriding its methods.
ServerHandler<CallMessage,V,CastMessage>	A delegate object that can be used instead of subclassing ServerActor and overriding its methods.

Class Summary

Class	Description
AbstractServerHandler<CallMessage,V,CastMessage>	A convenience class implementing the ServerHandler interface.
ActorMessage	A class extended by all standard actor messages in this package.
Behavior	A general behavior-actor interface
BehaviorActor	A general behavior-actor class, extended by all behaviors.
ErrorResponseMessage	A simple subclass of ResponseMessage that represents an error in processing the request.
EventSource<Event>	An interface to an EventSourceActor.
EventSourceActor<Event>	A behavior actor that can be notified of *event* messages, which are delivered to *event handlers* which may be registered with the actor.
FiniteStateMachineActor	A behavior implementing a finite-state-machine.
MessageSelector<M1,M2>	A fluent interface for creating MessageProcessors that select messages matching a few simple criteria.
ProxyServerActor	Wraps a Java object in a ServerActor that exposes the object's methods as an interface and processes them in an actor (on a dedicated strand).
ProxyServerActor.Invocation
RequestMessage<V>	A message that contains a sender reference (the from property} and a unique identifier (the id property) and may be used as a request by RequestReplyHelper.call().
RequestReplyHelper	This class contains static methods that implement a request-reply pattern with actors.
ResponseMessage	A message type used as a superclass by responses to RequestMessage.
Server<CallMessage,V,CastMessage>	An interface to a ServerActor.
ServerActor<CallMessage,V,CastMessage>	A behavior implementing a server that responds to request messages.
Supervisor	An interface to a SupervisorActor.
Supervisor.ChildSpec	Describes a child actor's configuration in a supervisor
SupervisorActor	An actor that supervises, and if necessary, restarts other actors.
ValueResponseMessage<V>	A simple subclass of ResponseMessage that encapsulates a single response value.

Enum Summary

Enum	Description
Supervisor.ChildMode	Determines whether a child (supervised) actor should be restarted if the supervisor's restart strategy states that it should be restarted.
SupervisorActor.RestartStrategy	Specifies a supervisor's strategy in the event a child dies.

Exception Summary

Exception	Description
SupervisorException