Interface IActorRef

An actor reference. Acts as a handle to an actor. Used to send messages to an actor, whether an actor is local or remote. If you receive a reference to an actor, that actor is guaranteed to have existed at some point in the past. However, an actor can always be terminated in the future.

If you want to be notified about an actor terminating, call IActorContext.Watch on this actor and you'll receive a Terminated message when the actor dies or if it is already dead.

Inherited Members

ICanTell.Tell(Object, IActorRef)

IEquatable<IActorRef>.Equals(IActorRef)

IComparable<IActorRef>.CompareTo(IActorRef)

ISurrogated.ToSurrogate(ActorSystem)

IComparable.CompareTo(Object)

Namespace: Akka.Actor

Assembly: Akka.dll

Syntax

public interface IActorRef : ICanTell, IEquatable<IActorRef>, IComparable<IActorRef>, ISurrogated, IComparable

Remarks

Actor references can be serialized and passed over the network.

Properties

Path

The path of this actor. Can be used to extract information about whether or not this actor is local or remote.

Declaration

ActorPath Path { get; }

Property Value

Type	Description
ActorPath

Extension Methods

ObjectExtensions.IsDefaultForType<T>(T)

ActorRefImplicitSenderExtensions.Tell(IActorRef, Object)

ActorRefImplicitSenderExtensions.Forward(IActorRef, Object)

ActorRefExtensions.IsNobody(IActorRef)

ActorRefExtensions.GetOrElse(IActorRef, Func<IActorRef>)

Futures.Ask(ICanTell, Object, Nullable<TimeSpan>)

Futures.Ask(ICanTell, Object, CancellationToken)

Futures.Ask(ICanTell, Object, Nullable<TimeSpan>, CancellationToken)

Futures.Ask<T>(ICanTell, Object, Nullable<TimeSpan>)

Futures.Ask<T>(ICanTell, Object, CancellationToken)

Futures.Ask<T>(ICanTell, Object, Nullable<TimeSpan>, CancellationToken)

Futures.Ask<T>(ICanTell, Func<IActorRef, Object>, Nullable<TimeSpan>, CancellationToken)

GracefulStopSupport.GracefulStop(IActorRef, TimeSpan)

GracefulStopSupport.GracefulStop(IActorRef, TimeSpan, Object)

WatchAsyncSupport.WatchAsync(IActorRef, CancellationToken)

ObjectExtensions.AsOption<T>(T)

Extensions.AsInstanceOf<T>(Object)