Unhandled is mainly useful for troubleshooting. Akka won't check if you actually did something with the message or not. It also doesn't force you to call unhandled and probably (never tried this) does't prevent you from calling unhandled multiple times. The documentation goes into detail regarding what exactly happens when you call unhandled.
Akka likewise has no "black magic" that checks your logic (e.g. through byte code injection). If you've failed to call become or do anything else you should have done, the you have a bug and Akka provides the tools to help you track it down. For example, calls to unhandled can be translated to debug messages via configuration. -- >>>>>>>>>> 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.