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akka.actor

Inbox

Related Docs: object Inbox | package actor

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abstract class Inbox extends AnyRef

An Inbox is an actor-like object which is interrogated from the outside. It contains an actor whose reference can be passed to other actors as usual and it can watch other actors’ lifecycle.

Source
ActorDSL.scala
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AnyRef, Any
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Inbox
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Instance Constructors

  1. new Inbox()

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Abstract Value Members

  1. abstract def getRef(): ActorRef

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    Obtain a reference to the internal actor, which can then for example be registered with the event stream or whatever else you may want to do with an ActorRef.

  2. abstract def receive(max: FiniteDuration): Any

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    Receive the next message from this Inbox.

    Receive the next message from this Inbox. This call will return immediately if the internal actor previously received a message, or it will block for up to the specified duration to await reception of a message. If no message is received a java.util.concurrent.TimeoutException will be raised.

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    @throws( ... )

  3. abstract def send(target: ActorRef, msg: AnyRef): Unit

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    Have the internal actor act as the sender of the given message which will be sent to the given target.

    Have the internal actor act as the sender of the given message which will be sent to the given target. This means that should the target actor reply then those replies will be received by this Inbox.

  4. abstract def watch(target: ActorRef): Unit

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    Have the internal actor watch the target actor.

    Have the internal actor watch the target actor. When the target actor terminates a Terminated message will be received.

Concrete Value Members

  1. final def !=(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  2. final def ##(): Int

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  3. def +(other: String): String

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    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to any2stringadd[Inbox] performed by method any2stringadd in scala.Predef.
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    any2stringadd

  4. def ->[B](y: B): (Inbox, B)

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    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to ArrowAssoc[Inbox] performed by method ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
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    ArrowAssoc
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    @inline()

  5. final def ==(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  6. final def asInstanceOf[T0]: T0

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  7. def clone(): AnyRef

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    protected[java.lang]
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    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate() @throws( ... )

  8. def ensuring(cond: (Inbox) ⇒ Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): Inbox

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    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to Ensuring[Inbox] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring

  9. def ensuring(cond: (Inbox) ⇒ Boolean): Inbox

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    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to Ensuring[Inbox] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring

  10. def ensuring(cond: Boolean, msg: ⇒ Any): Inbox

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    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to Ensuring[Inbox] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring

  11. def ensuring(cond: Boolean): Inbox

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    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to Ensuring[Inbox] performed by method Ensuring in scala.Predef.
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    Ensuring

  12. final def eq(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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  13. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

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  14. def formatted(fmtstr: String): String

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    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to StringFormat[Inbox] performed by method StringFormat in scala.Predef.
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    StringFormat
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    @inline()

  15. final def getClass(): Class[_]

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    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate()

  16. def hashCode(): Int

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    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate()

  17. final def isInstanceOf[T0]: Boolean

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    Any

  18. final def ne(arg0: AnyRef): Boolean

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    AnyRef

  19. final def notify(): Unit

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    AnyRef
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    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate()

  20. final def notifyAll(): Unit

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    AnyRef
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    @HotSpotIntrinsicCandidate()

  21. final def synchronized[T0](arg0: ⇒ T0): T0

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    AnyRef

  22. def toString(): String

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  23. final def wait(): Unit

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    AnyRef
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    @throws( ... )

  24. final def wait(arg0: Long, arg1: Int): Unit

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    AnyRef
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    @throws( ... )

  25. final def wait(arg0: Long): Unit

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    @throws( ... )

  26. def →[B](y: B): (Inbox, B)

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    Implicit information
    This member is added by an implicit conversion from Inbox to ArrowAssoc[Inbox] performed by method ArrowAssoc in scala.Predef.
    Definition Classes
    ArrowAssoc

Deprecated Value Members

  1. def finalize(): Unit

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    protected[java.lang]
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    @Deprecated @deprecated @throws( classOf[java.lang.Throwable] )
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    (Since version ) see corresponding Javadoc for more information.

Inherited from AnyRef

Inherited from Any

Inherited by implicit conversion any2stringadd from Inbox to any2stringadd[Inbox]

Inherited by implicit conversion StringFormat from Inbox to StringFormat[Inbox]

Inherited by implicit conversion Ensuring from Inbox to Ensuring[Inbox]

Inherited by implicit conversion ArrowAssoc from Inbox to ArrowAssoc[Inbox]

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