How to create an Active Objects pattern TypedActor in C#

Question

I am new to Akka.net and I want to create an Active Objects pattern TypedActor to bridge between my actor code and non-actor code.

I read the document for Java at http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.3.9/java/typed-actors.html

In the example above a TypedActor is created as follows:

Squarer mySquarer =
    TypedActor.get(system).typedActorOf(
        new TypedProps<SquarerImpl>(Squarer.class, SquarerImpl.class));

I wonder how to do this in C#. I try to find this in Akka.net document, but the link for TypedActor (http://getakka.net/docs/TypedActor) is not available. And there is no equivalent methods found in C#.

Can someone give a hand on this? Thanks a lot!

Answer 1

There's no implementation of TypedActor in Akka.NET that corresponds with what's in Akka at the moment. Our TypedActor implementation is deprecated and will be replaced with something else in the future.

For the time being, you can use the Inbox class to act as a bridge between your actor and non-actor code. http://api.getakka.net/docs/stable/html/E63D0210.htm

We're working on improving our docs, so sorry for the inconvenience :\