Function actress::spawn_with_handle [−] [src]

pub fn spawn_with_handle<T: Actor + Send + 'static>(
    contained: T
) -> (Sender<T::MessageType>, JoinHandle<()>)

Spawns an actor with the given struct instance. Returns a tuple of a channel Sender to communicate with the newly-spawned actor as well as a JoinHandle to later join the actor.

Examples

struct NullActor;

impl actress::Actor for NullActor {
    type MessageType = i32;
 
    fn recv(&mut self, msg: i32) -> bool { msg == 42 }
}

fn main() {
   let null_actor = NullActor;
   let (actor, handle) = actress::spawn_with_handle(null_actor);
}