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11 API Overview

11.1 The actor traits Reactor, ReplyReactor, and Actor

11.2 Control structures

actor {
  {
    react {
      case "hello" => // processing "hello"
    }: Unit
  } andThen {
    println("hi there")
  }
}


  

11.3 Futures

11.4 Channels

actor {
  var out: OutputChannel[String] = null
  val child = actor {
    react {
      case "go" => out ! "hello"
    }
  }
  val channel = new Channel[String]
  out = channel
  child ! "go"
  channel.receive {
    case msg => println(msg.length)
  }
}


case class ReplyTo(out: OutputChannel[String])

val child = actor {
  react {
    case ReplyTo(out) => out ! "hello"
  }
}

actor {
  val channel = new Channel[String]
  child ! ReplyTo(channel)
  channel.receive {
    case msg => println(msg.length)
  }
}


  

11.5 Remote Actors API