The reason is that actorOf returns an instance of ActorRef, not an instance
of your actor.
The documentation explains the concepts behind actors and their lifecycle
rather well: http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.3.4/scala/actors.html
Cheers,
Michael
Am Freitag, 1. August 2014 09:02:03 UTC+2 schrieb workingdog:
>
> I have the following test code:
>
> import akka.actor.{Props, Actor, ActorSystem}
>
> object TestString {
> def main(args: Array[String]) {
> implicit val context = ActorSystem("TestString")
> val doTest = context.actorOf(Props(classOf[TestMe], "test_name"))
> println("doTest: " + doTest.toString)
> }
> }
>
> class TestMe(name: String) extends Actor {
> def receive = { case _ => println("in TestMe") }
> override def toString(): String = name
> }
>
>
> which gives something like:
> doTest: Actor[akka://TestString/user/$a#-1774851695]
>
> I don't understand why my toString does not override the Actor toString.
> Any ideas?
>
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