AtLeastOnceDelivery

Scala API: Mix-in this trait with your PersistentActor to send messages with at-least-once delivery semantics to destinations. It takes care of re-sending messages when they have not been confirmed within a configurable timeout. Use the AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike#deliver method to send a message to a destination. Call the AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike#confirmDelivery method when the destination has replied with a confirmation message.

At-least-once delivery implies that original message send order is not always retained and the destination may receive duplicate messages due to possible resends.

The interval between redelivery attempts can be defined by AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike#redeliverInterval. After a number of delivery attempts a AtLeastOnceDelivery.UnconfirmedWarning message will be sent to self. The re-sending will still continue, but you can choose to call AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike#confirmDelivery to cancel the re-sending.

The AtLeastOnceDelivery trait has a state consisting of unconfirmed messages and a sequence number. It does not store this state itself. You must persist events corresponding to the deliver and confirmDelivery invocations from your PersistentActor so that the state can be restored by calling the same methods during the recovery phase of the PersistentActor. Sometimes these events can be derived from other business level events, and sometimes you must create separate events. During recovery calls to deliver will not send out the message, but it will be sent later if no matching confirmDelivery was performed.

Support for snapshots is provided by AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike#getDeliverySnapshot and AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike#setDeliverySnapshot. The AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot contains the full delivery state, including unconfirmed messages. If you need a custom snapshot for other parts of the actor state you must also include the AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot. It is serialized using protobuf with the ordinary Akka serialization mechanism. It is easiest to include the bytes of the AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot as a blob in your custom snapshot.

See also:
Companion:
object
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

Type members

Inherited types

Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala

Value members

Concrete methods

def deliver(destination: ActorPath)(deliveryIdToMessage: Long => Any): Unit

Scala API: Send the message created by the deliveryIdToMessage function to the destination actor. It will retry sending the message until the delivery is confirmed with confirmDelivery. Correlation between deliver and confirmDelivery is performed with the deliveryId that is provided as parameter to the deliveryIdToMessage function. The deliveryId is typically passed in the message to the destination, which replies with a message containing the same deliveryId.

Scala API: Send the message created by the deliveryIdToMessage function to the destination actor. It will retry sending the message until the delivery is confirmed with confirmDelivery. Correlation between deliver and confirmDelivery is performed with the deliveryId that is provided as parameter to the deliveryIdToMessage function. The deliveryId is typically passed in the message to the destination, which replies with a message containing the same deliveryId.

The deliveryId is a strictly monotonically increasing sequence number without gaps. The same sequence is used for all destinations of the actor, i.e. when sending to multiple destinations the destinations will see gaps in the sequence if no translation is performed.

During recovery this method will not send out the message, but it will be sent later if no matching confirmDelivery was performed.

This method will throw AtLeastOnceDelivery.MaxUnconfirmedMessagesExceededException if numberOfUnconfirmed is greater than or equal to maxUnconfirmedMessages.

Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala
def deliver(destination: ActorSelection)(deliveryIdToMessage: Long => Any): Unit

Scala API: Send the message created by the deliveryIdToMessage function to the destination actor. It will retry sending the message until the delivery is confirmed with confirmDelivery. Correlation between deliver and confirmDelivery is performed with the deliveryId that is provided as parameter to the deliveryIdToMessage function. The deliveryId is typically passed in the message to the destination, which replies with a message containing the same deliveryId.

Scala API: Send the message created by the deliveryIdToMessage function to the destination actor. It will retry sending the message until the delivery is confirmed with confirmDelivery. Correlation between deliver and confirmDelivery is performed with the deliveryId that is provided as parameter to the deliveryIdToMessage function. The deliveryId is typically passed in the message to the destination, which replies with a message containing the same deliveryId.

The deliveryId is a strictly monotonically increasing sequence number without gaps. The same sequence is used for all destinations of the actor, i.e. when sending to multiple destinations the destinations will see gaps in the sequence if no translation is performed.

During recovery this method will not send out the message, but it will be sent later if no matching confirmDelivery was performed.

This method will throw AtLeastOnceDelivery.MaxUnconfirmedMessagesExceededException if numberOfUnconfirmed is greater than or equal to maxUnconfirmedMessages.

Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

Inherited methods

def confirmDelivery(deliveryId: Long): Boolean

Call this method when a message has been confirmed by the destination, or to abort re-sending.

Call this method when a message has been confirmed by the destination, or to abort re-sending.

Returns:

true the first time the deliveryId is confirmed, i.e. false for duplicate confirm

See also:

#deliver

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala
def defer[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit): Unit

Defer the handler execution until all pending handlers have been executed. It is guaranteed that no new commands will be received by a persistent actor between a call to defer and the execution of its handler. Allows to define logic within the actor, which will respect the invocation-order-guarantee in respect to persistAsync or persist calls. That is, if persistAsync or persist was invoked before defer, the corresponding handlers will be invoked in the same order as they were registered in.

Defer the handler execution until all pending handlers have been executed. It is guaranteed that no new commands will be received by a persistent actor between a call to defer and the execution of its handler. Allows to define logic within the actor, which will respect the invocation-order-guarantee in respect to persistAsync or persist calls. That is, if persistAsync or persist was invoked before defer, the corresponding handlers will be invoked in the same order as they were registered in.

This call will NOT result in event being persisted, use persist or persistAsync instead if the given event should possible to replay.

If there are no pending persist handler calls, the handler will be called immediately.

If persistence of an earlier event fails, the persistent actor will stop, and the handler will not be run.

Value parameters:
event

event to be handled in the future, when preceding persist operations have been processes

handler

handler for the given event

Inherited from:
PersistentActor
Source:
PersistentActor.scala
def deferAsync[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit): Unit

Defer the handler execution until all pending handlers have been executed. Allows to define logic within the actor, which will respect the invocation-order-guarantee in respect to persistAsync or persist calls. That is, if persistAsync or persist was invoked before deferAsync, the corresponding handlers will be invoked in the same order as they were registered in.

Defer the handler execution until all pending handlers have been executed. Allows to define logic within the actor, which will respect the invocation-order-guarantee in respect to persistAsync or persist calls. That is, if persistAsync or persist was invoked before deferAsync, the corresponding handlers will be invoked in the same order as they were registered in.

This call will NOT result in event being persisted, use persist or persistAsync instead if the given event should possible to replay.

If there are no pending persist handler calls, the handler will be called immediately.

If persistence of an earlier event fails, the persistent actor will stop, and the handler will not be run.

Value parameters:
event

event to be handled in the future, when preceding persist operations have been processes

handler

handler for the given event

Inherited from:
PersistentActor
Source:
PersistentActor.scala
def deleteMessages(toSequenceNr: Long): Unit

Permanently deletes all persistent messages with sequence numbers less than or equal toSequenceNr.

Permanently deletes all persistent messages with sequence numbers less than or equal toSequenceNr.

If the delete is successful a DeleteMessagesSuccess will be sent to the actor. If the delete fails a DeleteMessagesFailure will be sent to the actor.

The given toSequenceNr must be less than or equal to Eventsourced#lastSequenceNr, otherwise DeleteMessagesFailure is sent to the actor without performing the delete. All persistent messages may be deleted without specifying the actual sequence number by using Long.MaxValue as the toSequenceNr.

Value parameters:
toSequenceNr

upper sequence number (inclusive) bound of persistent messages to be deleted.

Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala
def deleteSnapshot(sequenceNr: Long): Unit

Deletes the snapshot identified by sequenceNr.

Deletes the snapshot identified by sequenceNr.

The PersistentActor will be notified about the status of the deletion via an DeleteSnapshotSuccess or DeleteSnapshotFailure message.

Inherited from:
Snapshotter
Source:
Snapshotter.scala

Deletes all snapshots matching criteria.

Deletes all snapshots matching criteria.

The PersistentActor will be notified about the status of the deletion via an DeleteSnapshotsSuccess or DeleteSnapshotsFailure message.

Inherited from:
Snapshotter
Source:
Snapshotter.scala

Full state of the AtLeastOnceDelivery. It can be saved with PersistentActor#saveSnapshot. During recovery the snapshot received in SnapshotOffer should be set with setDeliverySnapshot.

Full state of the AtLeastOnceDelivery. It can be saved with PersistentActor#saveSnapshot. During recovery the snapshot received in SnapshotOffer should be set with setDeliverySnapshot.

The AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot contains the full delivery state, including unconfirmed messages. If you need a custom snapshot for other parts of the actor state you must also include the AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot. It is serialized using protobuf with the ordinary Akka serialization mechanism. It is easiest to include the bytes of the AtLeastOnceDeliverySnapshot as a blob in your custom snapshot.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

The returned StashOverflowStrategy object determines how to handle the message failed to stash when the internal Stash capacity exceeded.

The returned StashOverflowStrategy object determines how to handle the message failed to stash when the internal Stash capacity exceeded.

Inherited from:
PersistenceStash
Source:
Persistence.scala

Configuration id of the journal plugin servicing this persistent actor. When empty, looks in akka.persistence.journal.plugin to find configuration entry path. When configured, uses journalPluginId as absolute path to the journal configuration entry. Configuration entry must contain few required fields, such as class. See src/main/resources/reference.conf.

Configuration id of the journal plugin servicing this persistent actor. When empty, looks in akka.persistence.journal.plugin to find configuration entry path. When configured, uses journalPluginId as absolute path to the journal configuration entry. Configuration entry must contain few required fields, such as class. See src/main/resources/reference.conf.

Inherited from:
PersistenceIdentity
Source:
Persistence.scala

Highest received sequence number so far or 0L if this actor hasn't replayed or stored any persistent events yet.

Highest received sequence number so far or 0L if this actor hasn't replayed or stored any persistent events yet.

Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala
def loadSnapshot(persistenceId: String, criteria: SnapshotSelectionCriteria, toSequenceNr: Long): Unit

Instructs the snapshot store to load the specified snapshot and send it via an SnapshotOffer to the running PersistentActor.

Instructs the snapshot store to load the specified snapshot and send it via an SnapshotOffer to the running PersistentActor.

Inherited from:
Snapshotter
Source:
Snapshotter.scala

Maximum number of unconfirmed messages that this actor is allowed to hold in memory. If this number is exceed #deliver will not accept more messages and it will throw AtLeastOnceDelivery.MaxUnconfirmedMessagesExceededException.

Maximum number of unconfirmed messages that this actor is allowed to hold in memory. If this number is exceed #deliver will not accept more messages and it will throw AtLeastOnceDelivery.MaxUnconfirmedMessagesExceededException.

The default value can be configured with the akka.persistence.at-least-once-delivery.max-unconfirmed-messages configuration key. This method can be overridden by implementation classes to return non-default values.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

Number of messages that have not been confirmed yet.

Number of messages that have not been confirmed yet.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala
def persist[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit): Unit

Asynchronously persists event. On successful persistence, handler is called with the persisted event. It is guaranteed that no new commands will be received by a persistent actor between a call to persist and the execution of its handler. This also holds for multiple persist calls per received command. Internally, this is achieved by stashing new commands and unstashing them when the event has been persisted and handled. The stash used for that is an internal stash which doesn't interfere with the inherited user stash.

Asynchronously persists event. On successful persistence, handler is called with the persisted event. It is guaranteed that no new commands will be received by a persistent actor between a call to persist and the execution of its handler. This also holds for multiple persist calls per received command. Internally, this is achieved by stashing new commands and unstashing them when the event has been persisted and handled. The stash used for that is an internal stash which doesn't interfere with the inherited user stash.

An event handler may close over persistent actor state and modify it. The sender of a persisted event is the sender of the corresponding command. This means that one can reply to a command sender within an event handler.

Within an event handler, applications usually update persistent actor state using persisted event data, notify listeners and reply to command senders.

If persistence of an event fails, onPersistFailure will be invoked and the actor will unconditionally be stopped. The reason that it cannot resume when persist fails is that it is unknown if the event was actually persisted or not, and therefore it is in an inconsistent state. Restarting on persistent failures will most likely fail anyway, since the journal is probably unavailable. It is better to stop the actor and after a back-off timeout start it again.

Value parameters:
event

event to be persisted

handler

handler for each persisted event

Inherited from:
PersistentActor
Source:
PersistentActor.scala
def persistAll[A](events: Seq[A])(handler: A => Unit): Unit

Asynchronously persists events in specified order. This is equivalent to calling persist[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit) multiple times with the same handler, except that events are persisted atomically with this method.

Asynchronously persists events in specified order. This is equivalent to calling persist[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit) multiple times with the same handler, except that events are persisted atomically with this method.

Value parameters:
events

events to be persisted

handler

handler for each persisted events

Inherited from:
PersistentActor
Source:
PersistentActor.scala
def persistAllAsync[A](events: Seq[A])(handler: A => Unit): Unit

Asynchronously persists events in specified order. This is equivalent to calling persistAsync[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit) multiple times with the same handler, except that events are persisted atomically with this method.

Asynchronously persists events in specified order. This is equivalent to calling persistAsync[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit) multiple times with the same handler, except that events are persisted atomically with this method.

Value parameters:
events

events to be persisted

handler

handler for each persisted events

Inherited from:
PersistentActor
Source:
PersistentActor.scala
def persistAsync[A](event: A)(handler: A => Unit): Unit

Asynchronously persists event. On successful persistence, handler is called with the persisted event.

Asynchronously persists event. On successful persistence, handler is called with the persisted event.

Unlike persist the persistent actor will continue to receive incoming commands between the call to persist and executing it's handler. This asynchronous, non-stashing, version of of persist should be used when you favor throughput over the "command-2 only processed after command-1 effects' have been applied" guarantee, which is provided by the plain persist method.

An event handler may close over persistent actor state and modify it. The sender of a persisted event is the sender of the corresponding command. This means that one can reply to a command sender within an event handler.

If persistence of an event fails, onPersistFailure will be invoked and the actor will unconditionally be stopped. The reason that it cannot resume when persist fails is that it is unknown if the event was actually persisted or not, and therefore it is in an inconsistent state. Restarting on persistent failures will most likely fail anyway, since the journal is probably unavailable. It is better to stop the actor and after a back-off timeout start it again.

Value parameters:
event

event to be persisted

handler

handler for each persisted event

Inherited from:
PersistentActor
Source:
PersistentActor.scala

Id of the persistent entity for which messages should be replayed.

Id of the persistent entity for which messages should be replayed.

Inherited from:
PersistenceIdentity
Source:
Persistence.scala
@throws(scala.Predef.classOf[scala.Exception])

User overridable callback: By default it calls preStart().

User overridable callback: By default it calls preStart().

Value parameters:
reason

the Throwable that caused the restart to happen Is called right AFTER restart on the newly created Actor to allow reinitialization after an Actor crash.

Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala
@throws(scala.Predef.classOf[scala.Exception])
override def postStop(): Unit

Overridden callback. Prepends all messages in the stash to the mailbox and clears the stash. Must be called when overriding this method, otherwise stashed messages won't be propagated to DeadLetters when actor stops.

Overridden callback. Prepends all messages in the stash to the mailbox and clears the stash. Must be called when overriding this method, otherwise stashed messages won't be propagated to DeadLetters when actor stops.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
UnrestrictedStash
Source:
Stash.scala
@throws(scala.Predef.classOf[scala.Exception])
override def preRestart(reason: Throwable, message: Option[Any]): Unit

Overridden callback. Prepends all messages in the stash to the mailbox, clears the stash, stops all children and invokes the postStop() callback.

Overridden callback. Prepends all messages in the stash to the mailbox, clears the stash, stops all children and invokes the postStop() callback.

Definition Classes
Inherited from:
UnrestrictedStash
Source:
Stash.scala
@throws(scala.Predef.classOf[scala.Exception])
def preStart(): Unit

User overridable callback.

User overridable callback.

Is called when an Actor is started. Actors are automatically started asynchronously when created. Empty default implementation.

Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala

Command handler. Typically validates commands against current state (and/or by communication with other actors). On successful validation, one or more events are derived from a command and these events are then persisted by calling persist.

Command handler. Typically validates commands against current state (and/or by communication with other actors). On successful validation, one or more events are derived from a command and these events are then persisted by calling persist.

Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala

Recovery handler that receives persisted events during recovery. If a state snapshot has been captured and saved, this handler will receive a SnapshotOffer message followed by events that are younger than the offered snapshot.

Recovery handler that receives persisted events during recovery. If a state snapshot has been captured and saved, this handler will receive a SnapshotOffer message followed by events that are younger than the offered snapshot.

This handler must not have side-effects other than changing persistent actor state i.e. it should not perform actions that may fail, such as interacting with external services, for example.

If there is a problem with recovering the state of the actor from the journal, the error will be logged and the actor will be stopped.

See also:
Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala

Called when the persistent actor is started for the first time. The returned Recovery object defines how the Actor will recover its persistent state before handling the first incoming message.

Called when the persistent actor is started for the first time. The returned Recovery object defines how the Actor will recover its persistent state before handling the first incoming message.

To skip recovery completely return Recovery.none.

Inherited from:
PersistenceRecovery
Source:
Persistence.scala

Returns true if this persistent actor has successfully finished recovery.

Returns true if this persistent actor has successfully finished recovery.

Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala

Returns true if this persistent actor is currently recovering.

Returns true if this persistent actor is currently recovering.

Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala

Interval between redelivery attempts.

Interval between redelivery attempts.

The default value can be configured with the akka.persistence.at-least-once-delivery.redeliver-interval configuration key. This method can be overridden by implementation classes to return non-default values.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

Maximum number of unconfirmed messages that will be sent at each redelivery burst (burst frequency is half of the redelivery interval). If there's a lot of unconfirmed messages (e.g. if the destination is not available for a long time), this helps to prevent an overwhelming amount of messages to be sent at once.

Maximum number of unconfirmed messages that will be sent at each redelivery burst (burst frequency is half of the redelivery interval). If there's a lot of unconfirmed messages (e.g. if the destination is not available for a long time), this helps to prevent an overwhelming amount of messages to be sent at once.

The default value can be configured with the akka.persistence.at-least-once-delivery.redelivery-burst-limit configuration key. This method can be overridden by implementation classes to return non-default values.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala
def saveSnapshot(snapshot: Any): Unit

Saves a snapshot of this snapshotter's state.

Saves a snapshot of this snapshotter's state.

The PersistentActor will be notified about the success or failure of this via an SaveSnapshotSuccess or SaveSnapshotFailure message.

Inherited from:
Snapshotter
Source:
Snapshotter.scala
final def sender(): ActorRef

The reference sender Actor of the last received message. Is defined if the message was sent from another Actor, else deadLetters in akka.actor.ActorSystem.

The reference sender Actor of the last received message. Is defined if the message was sent from another Actor, else deadLetters in akka.actor.ActorSystem.

WARNING: Only valid within the Actor itself, so do not close over it and publish it to other threads!

Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala

If snapshot from getDeliverySnapshot was saved it will be received during recovery in a SnapshotOffer message and should be set with this method.

If snapshot from getDeliverySnapshot was saved it will be received during recovery in a SnapshotOffer message and should be set with this method.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

Configuration id of the snapshot plugin servicing this persistent actor. When empty, looks in akka.persistence.snapshot-store.plugin to find configuration entry path. When configured, uses snapshotPluginId as absolute path to the snapshot store configuration entry. Configuration entry must contain few required fields, such as class. See src/main/resources/reference.conf.

Configuration id of the snapshot plugin servicing this persistent actor. When empty, looks in akka.persistence.snapshot-store.plugin to find configuration entry path. When configured, uses snapshotPluginId as absolute path to the snapshot store configuration entry. Configuration entry must contain few required fields, such as class. See src/main/resources/reference.conf.

Inherited from:
PersistenceIdentity
Source:
Persistence.scala

Returns lastSequenceNr.

Returns lastSequenceNr.

Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala
override def snapshotterId: String

Returns persistenceId.

Returns persistenceId.

Definition Classes
Eventsourced -> Snapshotter
Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala
override def stash(): Unit
Definition Classes
Eventsourced -> StashSupport
Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala

User overridable definition the strategy to use for supervising child actors.

User overridable definition the strategy to use for supervising child actors.

Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala
override def unhandled(message: Any): Unit
Definition Classes
Eventsourced -> Actor
Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala
override def unstashAll(): Unit
Definition Classes
Eventsourced -> StashSupport
Inherited from:
Eventsourced
Source:
Eventsourced.scala

After this number of delivery attempts an AtLeastOnceDelivery.UnconfirmedWarning message will be sent to self. The count is reset after a restart.

After this number of delivery attempts an AtLeastOnceDelivery.UnconfirmedWarning message will be sent to self. The count is reset after a restart.

The default value can be configured with the akka.persistence.at-least-once-delivery.warn-after-number-of-unconfirmed-attempts configuration key. This method can be overridden by implementation classes to return non-default values.

Inherited from:
AtLeastOnceDeliveryLike
Source:
AtLeastOnceDelivery.scala

Implicits

Inherited implicits

implicit val context: ActorContext

Scala API: Stores the context for this actor, including self, and sender. It is implicit to support operations such as forward.

Scala API: Stores the context for this actor, including self, and sender. It is implicit to support operations such as forward.

WARNING: Only valid within the Actor itself, so do not close over it and publish it to other threads!

akka.actor.ActorContext is the Scala API. getContext returns a akka.actor.AbstractActor.ActorContext, which is the Java API of the actor context.

Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala
final implicit val self: ActorRef

The 'self' field holds the ActorRef for this actor.

The 'self' field holds the ActorRef for this actor.

Can be used to send messages to itself:

self ! message
Inherited from:
Actor
Source:
Actor.scala