scala.actors

ReplyReactor

trait ReplyReactor extends Reactor with ReplyableReactor

The ReplyReactor trait extends the Reactor trait with methods to reply to the sender of a message. Sending a message to a ReplyReactor implicitly passes a reference to the sender together with the message.

known subclasses: Actor

Inherits

  1. ReplyableReactor
  2. Replyable
  3. Reactor
  4. OutputChannel
  5. AbstractReactor
  6. AnyRef
  7. Any

Value Members

  1. def !(msg: Any): Unit

    Sends msg to this actor (asynchronous)

    Sends msg to this actor (asynchronous).

  2. def !![A](msg: Any, f: PartialFunction[Any, A]): Future[A]

    Sends msg to this actor and immediately returns a future representing the reply value

    Sends msg to this actor and immediately returns a future representing the reply value. The reply is post-processed using the partial function f. This also allows to recover a more precise type for the reply value.

    msg

    the message to be sent

    f

    the function to be applied to the response

    returns

    the future

    definition classes: ReplyableReactor ⇐ Replyable

  3. def !!(msg: Any): Future[Any]

    Sends msg to this actor and immediately returns a future representing the reply value

    Sends msg to this actor and immediately returns a future representing the reply value.

    msg

    the message to be sent

    returns

    the future

    definition classes: ReplyableReactor ⇐ Replyable

  4. def !?(msec: Long, msg: Any): Option[Any]

    Sends msg to this actor and awaits reply (synchronous) within msec milliseconds

    Sends msg to this actor and awaits reply (synchronous) within msec milliseconds.

    msec

    the time span before timeout

    msg

    the message to be sent

    returns

    None in case of timeout, otherwise Some(x) where x is the reply

    definition classes: ReplyableReactor ⇐ Replyable

  5. def !?(msg: Any): Any

    Sends msg to this actor and awaits reply (synchronous)

    Sends msg to this actor and awaits reply (synchronous).

    msg

    the message to be sent

    returns

    the reply

    definition classes: ReplyableReactor ⇐ Replyable

  6. def act(): Unit

    The behavior of an actor is specified by implementing this abstract method

    The behavior of an actor is specified by implementing this abstract method.

    attributes: abstract
    definition classes: Reactor

  7. def equals(arg0: Any): Boolean

    This method is used to compare the receiver object (this) with the argument object (arg0) for equivalence

    This method is used to compare the receiver object (this) with the argument object (arg0) for equivalence.

    The default implementations of this method is an equivalence relation:

    • It is reflexive: for any instance x of type Any, x.equals(x) should return true.
    • It is symmetric: for any instances x and y of type Any, x.equals(y) should return true if and only if y.equals(x) returns true.
    • It is transitive: for any instances x, y, and z of type AnyRef if x.equals(y) returns true and y.equals(z) returns true, then x.equals(z) should return true.

    If you override this method, you should verify that your implementation remains an equivalence relation. Additionally, when overriding this method it is often necessary to override hashCode to ensure that objects that are "equal" (o1.equals(o2) returns true) hash to the same Int (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)).

    arg0

    the object to compare against this object for equality.

    returns

    true if the receiver object is equivalent to the argument; false otherwise.

    definition classes: AnyRef ⇐ Any

  8. def forward(msg: Any): Unit

    Forwards msg to this actor (asynchronous)

    Forwards msg to this actor (asynchronous).

  9. def hashCode(): Int

    Returns a hash code value for the object

    Returns a hash code value for the object.

    The default hashing algorithm is platform dependent.

    Note that it is allowed for two objects to have identical hash codes (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)) yet not be equal (o1.equals(o2) returns false). A degenerate implementation could always return 0. However, it is required that if two objects are equal (o1.equals(o2) returns true) that they have identical hash codes (o1.hashCode.equals(o2.hashCode)). Therefore, when overriding this method, be sure to verify that the behavior is consistent with the equals method.

    definition classes: AnyRef ⇐ Any

  10. def receiver: Actor

    Returns the Reactor that is receiving from this OutputChannel

    Returns the Reactor that is receiving from this OutputChannel.

    definition classes: Reactor ⇐ OutputChannel

  11. def send(msg: Any, replyTo: OutputChannel[Any]): Unit

    Sends msg to this actor (asynchronous) supplying explicit reply destination

    Sends msg to this actor (asynchronous) supplying explicit reply destination.

    msg

    the message to send

    replyTo

    the reply destination

    definition classes: Reactor ⇐ OutputChannel

  12. def start(): Reactor

  13. def toString(): String

    Returns a string representation of the object

    Returns a string representation of the object.

    The default representation is platform dependent.

    definition classes: AnyRef ⇐ Any