Thanks Björn, I finally got it sorted through the use of Futures. Cheers On Tuesday, 4 November 2014 13:15:18 UTC+1, Björn Antonsson wrote: > > Hi Syd, > > On 4 November 2014 at 11:45:40, Syd Gillani ([email protected] > <javascript:>) wrote: > > Hi, > > I am quite new to Akka (so it could be quite a naive question) and I was > wondering if its possible to get the final result from a Master actor (in > Master-Worker) configuration. > > > For Instance: > ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("System"); > ActorRef master = system.actorOf(Master.createMaster(), "master"); > master.tell(initiateProcess, ActorRef.noSender()); > > > So after the result is calculated by set of workers and transmitted to the > Master, is it possible to access the object from the Mater Class . Cheers > > > The only way to get things out of an actor is through messages. There is a > convenience pattern called ask that you can use to get back a reply to a > message. An example usage is here in the docs for futures > <http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.3.6/java/futures.html#Use_with_Actors>. > > B/ > > > Syd > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > Björn Antonsson > Typesafe <http://typesafe.com/> – Reactive Apps on the JVM > twitter: @bantonsson <http://twitter.com/#!/bantonsson> > >
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