Actually I only need 3 entry instead of 5 and I need to name my routers 
differently:
/actor1/router1/
/actor1/router1/actor2/router2
/actor1/router1/actor3/router2

but the point is still valid: I need to accommodate for all possible path 
permutations in my routers definition.

On Friday, August 19, 2016 at 10:00:21 AM UTC-4, Mark Kaberman wrote:
>
> When I define a router in Akka's application.conf I always need to specify 
> the router path. If I have multiple possible routes the messages travel in 
> my application  the configuration file may become very complicated. An 
> example: I have three actors in my system: actor1, actor 2 and actor3. 
> Actor1 can send messages to 2 and 3. Actor 2 can send messages to 3 and 
> actor 3 to 1. My understanding it (and I may be completely wrong here) that 
> I need to define 4 routers in my application.conf to accommodate for all 
> paths:
>
> /actor1/router/actor2
> /actor1/router/actor3
> /actor1/router/actor2/router/actor3
> /actor1/router/actor3/router/actor1
>
> That will make my config file complex since I need to take into account 
> all possible path permutation. I can use a wildcard in order to avoid 
> specifying an actor name, but the number of elements in the path seems to 
> have to match the actual number of hops. Is there a way to define default 
> router(s) in order to avoid overly complex configuration file?
>
>
>

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