Struct ActorRef

pub struct ActorRef<A: Actor> { /* private fields */ }

A handle to an actor, that allows messages to be sent to the actor.

As long as one ActorRef exists, the actor will continue to run.

Implementations

impl<A: Actor> ActorRef<A>

pub async fn send(&self, msg: A::Message) -> Result<(), A::Message>

Sends a message to the actor. If the mailbox is full, the message will be returned in Err.

pub fn stop(&self, stop: A::Message) -> Result<(), A::Message>

Stops the actor by sending a stop message to it. If a stop message has already been sent, the stop message will be returned in Err.

pub fn downgrade(&self) -> WeakActorRef<A>

Creates a WeakActorRef from this ActorRef, which can be used as a handle to the actor that doesn’t keep the actor alive, if it is the last handle to the actor.

Trait Implementations

impl<A: Actor> Clone for ActorRef<A>

fn clone(&self) -> Self

Returns a duplicate of the value.

fn clone_from(&mut self, source: &Self)

Performs copy-assignment from source.

impl<A: Debug + Actor> Debug for ActorRef<A>

where A::Message: Debug,

fn fmt(&self, f: &mut Formatter<'_>) -> Result

Formats the value using the given formatter.

impl<A: Actor> TryInto<ActorRef<A>> for WeakActorRef<A>

type Error = ()

The type returned in the event of a conversion error.

fn try_into(self) -> Result<ActorRef<A>, Self::Error>

Performs the conversion.