Class TestActorRef<TActor>

This special ActorRef is exclusively for use during unit testing in a single-threaded environment. Therefore, it overrides the dispatcher to CallingThreadDispatcher and sets the receiveTimeout to None. Otherwise, it acts just like a normal ActorRef. You may retrieve a reference to the underlying actor to test internal logic. A TestActorRef<TActor> can be implicitly casted to an IActorRef or you can get the actual IActorRef from the Ref property.

Inheritance
object
TestActorRefBase<TActor>
TestActorRef<TActor>
Implements
Inherited Members
Namespace: Akka.TestKit
Assembly: Akka.TestKit.dll
Syntax
public class TestActorRef<TActor> : TestActorRefBase<TActor>, IActorRef, ICanTell, IEquatable<IActorRef>, IComparable<IActorRef>, ISurrogated, IComparable where TActor : ActorBase
Type Parameters
Name Description
TActor

The type of actor

Constructors

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TestActorRef(ActorSystem, Props, IActorRef, string)

Initializes a new instance of the TestActorRef<TActor> class.

Declaration
public TestActorRef(ActorSystem system, Props actorProps, IActorRef supervisor = null, string name = null)
Parameters
Type Name Description
ActorSystem system

The system.
Props actorProps

The actor props.
IActorRef supervisor

Optional: The supervisor.
string name

Optional: The name.

Operators

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operator ==(IActorRef, TestActorRef<TActor>)

Compares a specified IActorRef to an TestActorRef<TActor> for equality.

Declaration
public static bool operator ==(IActorRef actorRef, TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IActorRef actorRef

The actor used for comparison
TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef

The test actor used for comparison
Returns
Type Description
bool

true if both actors are equal; otherwise false
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operator ==(TestActorRef<TActor>, IActorRef)

Compares a specified TestActorRef<TActor> to an IActorRef for equality.

Declaration
public static bool operator ==(TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef, IActorRef actorRef)
Parameters
Type Name Description
TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef

The test actor used for comparison
IActorRef actorRef

The actor used for comparison
Returns
Type Description
bool

true if both actors are equal; otherwise false
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operator !=(IActorRef, TestActorRef<TActor>)

Compares a specified IActorRef to an TestActorRef<TActor> for inequality.

Declaration
public static bool operator !=(IActorRef actorRef, TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef)
Parameters
Type Name Description
IActorRef actorRef

The actor used for comparison
TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef

The test actor used for comparison
Returns
Type Description
bool

true if both actors are not equal; otherwise false
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operator !=(TestActorRef<TActor>, IActorRef)

Compares a specified TestActorRef<TActor> to an IActorRef for inequality.

Declaration
public static bool operator !=(TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef, IActorRef actorRef)
Parameters
Type Name Description
TestActorRef<TActor> testActorRef

The test actor used for comparison
IActorRef actorRef

The actor used for comparison
Returns
Type Description
bool

true if both actors are not equal; otherwise false

Implements

Extension Methods