net.ninjacat.drama
Interface ActorRef

public interface ActorRef

Method Summary

String	getName()
void	stop() Stops actor.
void	tell(Object message) Send a message to an actor represented by this reference.
void	tell(Object message, ActorRef sender) Send a message to an actor represented by this reference

Method Detail

tell

void tell(Object message,
          ActorRef sender)

Send a message to an actor represented by this reference

Parameters:

message - message instance

sender - reference to a sending actor

tell

void tell(Object message)

Send a message to an actor represented by this reference. Receiver method will see sender as null

Parameters:

message - message instance

stop

void stop()

Stops actor. No new messages will be received by the actor after this method is called.

getName

String getName()

Returns:

The name of the actor in its parent ActorSystem