Hi Richard,
> The route looks something like this:
>
> post {
>
> val result = (xyzService ?
> XYZService.CreateXYZ(xyzAttributes)).mapTo[Long]
>
> onComplete(result) {
>
> case Success(value) => complete(s"The result was $value")
>
> case Failure(ex) => complete(StatusCodes.InternalServerError, s"An
> error occurred: ${ex.getMessage}")
>
> }
>
>
Isn't there a version of complete() that take a Future directly? (maybe
called completeAsynch, but I think there should be one). I am not sure
calling complete() out of the context of the actor works or not.
-Endre
> }
>
> In this case the XYZService actor forwards a transformed message to the
> DbActor
>
> case msg @ XYZService. CreateXYZ(attributes) => {
>
> dbActor forward DbActor.AddXYZ(attributes) // Interesting that I
> can "forward" a new message
>
> }
>
> If the response needed transforming, presumably an additional ask would be
> needed within the XYZService.
>
> The DbActor replies with a result
>
> case AddXYZ(attributes) => db withSession { implicit session =>
>
> try {
>
> val result = XYZDAO.add(attributes)
>
> sender() ! result
>
> } catch {
>
> case e: Exception =>
>
> sender() ! akka.actor.Status.Failure(e)
>
> throw e
>
> }
>
> }
>
> Does this seem reasonable? Would it be considered better practice to use
> per-request actors for every route, to avoid the use of tell, or somehow
> pass the request context to the service actor for completion? I've read the
> Ian Forsey article, but am a bit unclear on whether to standardize on the
> per-request model. I did notice that the route I implemented using
> per-request is slow on all but the first request, and I haven't had time to
> look into that.
>
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