Re: [akka-user] Creating multiple instances of ActorSystem

2016-09-21 Thread Patrik Nordwall
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.

Re: [akka-user] Creating multiple instances of ActorSystem

2016-09-21 Thread Justin du coeur
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Mark Kaberman 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

[akka-user] Creating multiple instances of ActorSystem

2016-09-21 Thread Mark Kaberman
I am wondering if it is possible to create multiple instances of ActorSystem within a single JVM? I create my systems as ActorSystem actorSystem = ActorSystem.create("mySystem", ConfigFactory.load ().getConfig("mySystem")); and when I call startTime() of each system created it seems to