It's fine to create more than one in the same jvm. It can be useful for tests. Be careful to not pass ActorRef instances in a way that would not be possible if the ActorSystems were in different jvms. Only pass them with messages. Locate them initially with actorSelection.
/Patrik ons 21 sep. 2016 kl. 16:36 skrev Justin du coeur <jduco...@gmail.com>: > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Mark Kaberman <mkaber...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> I am wondering if it is possible to create multiple instances of >> ActorSystem within a single JVM? >> > > Possible, yes, but it's rarely a good idea -- ActorSystems are very > heavyweight, and there are almost no conventional circumstances where it is > appropriate to do so. I don't know offhand whether creating multiple > ActorSystems with the same name is safe; it certainly seems likely to cause > conflicts, especially if you have any remoting involved... > > -- > >>>>>>>>>> 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. > -- >>>>>>>>>> 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.
