don't know really. I take my words back :) what you wrote makes perfect
sense. thanks
On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 8:25:42 PM UTC+3, Rob Crawford wrote:
>
> What do you believe he meant?
>
> On Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 11:09:45 AM UTC-4, AL wrote:
>>
>> Thanks,
>> The scala API is different. but I am not sure that this is what he meant
>>
>> On Tuesday, October 17, 2017 at 4:34:17 PM UTC+3, Rob Crawford wrote:
>>>
>>> With the Java API, something like this:
>>>
>>> public class ComputeIntensiveChild extends AbstactActor {
>>> private final ActorRef realParent;
>>>
>>> public static Props create(ActorRef realParent) {
>>> return Props.create(ComputeIntensiveChild.class, realParent);
>>> }
>>>
>>> public ComputeIntensiveChild(ActorRef realParent) {
>>> this.realParent = realParent;
>>> }
>>>
>>> public Receive createReceive() {
>>> ...
>>> }
>>>
>>> }
>>>
>>> This way you send the answer to realParent instead of
>>> getContext().getParent(). Even if there's a router between the child and
>>> realParent, the intended recipient gets the message.
>>>
>>> BUT I'm not sure this isn't a premature optimization. Since there's a
>>> possibility of a router in the mix, that means the child is sending a
>>> response to a message it received. In that case, just
>>> send the response to the sender -- routers always forward messages,
>>> preserving the original sender.
>>>
>>> On Sunday, October 15, 2017 at 10:50:43 AM UTC-4, AL wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Reading tuning akka dispatchers
>>>> <http://letitcrash.com/post/40755146949/tuning-dispatchers-in-akka-applications>
>>>> article
>>>> by Jami allan. he writes:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If you suspect you will need to use a Router somewhere, Akka Team Lead
>>>> Roland Kuhn recommends that you pass around actor references from
>>>> supervisors to compute-intensive children so that the ‘context.parent’ of
>>>> their children are free to become a router later on with minimal impact.
>>>> But do not create Routers before you have proven at runtime under load
>>>> that
>>>> you absolutely need to.
>>>>
>>>> can anyone elaborate on that with a simple example ?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance
>>>>
>>>>
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