I am creating my Akka actors via Spring integration as described here <https://github.com/typesafehub/activator-akka-java-spring>. When I look at my actors paths I always see the $ followed by the letter. For example If I create an actor and send the message as
rootActor = system.actorOf(SpringExtProvider.get(system).create("rootActor" ).withRouter(new RoundRobinPool(5)), "root"); rootActor.tell(new Integer(0), null); and then the log the path inside the actor public class RootActor extends UntypedActor { private static final Logger logger = LoggerFactory.getLogger(RootActor.class); @Override public void onReceive(Object message) throws Exception { logger.info("{} {} received the message", this.getClass().getSimpleName(), self().path()); } } The log entry would be RootActor akka://AkkaDemo/user/root/$a received the message I am wondering what $a signify? Another question is should the router be in the path? -- >>>>>>>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.