Hi Christian, 30 apr 2014 kl. 12:10 skrev Christian Kreutzfeldt <mnx...@gmail.com>:
> Update: I just figured out how to implement the described behavior without a > mailbox but connecting directly with a source (eg. Kafka topic) and poll data > on regular base using self-issued timeout messages. > BUT :-) I find this one to be rather uncool as it somehow breaks a nice > design where data retrieval (mailbox) and data processing (actor) are clearly > separated. Or is it the way to handle but I don't see the solution? The characterization is not quite right: the mailbox is not about data retrieval, it is only a technical detail of how a message gets to an actor. Data retrieval sounds like an active task to me, which means that an Actor doing it is quite natural to me. Regards, Roland > > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: > >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to akka-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to akka-user@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. Dr. Roland Kuhn Akka Tech Lead Typesafe – Reactive apps on the JVM. twitter: @rolandkuhn -- >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Akka User List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to akka-user+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to akka-user@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.