Hello Soumya! For materializing a stream from within another Actor you should use the ImplicitFlowMaterializer helper trait we provide: https://github.com/akka/akka/blob/release-2.3-dev/akka-stream/src/main/scala/akka/stream/scaladsl/ImplicitFlowMaterializer.scala This saves you from a number of pitfals around closing over “not the materializer I expected” etc.
As for actually running - I wouldn’t use the wording “inside an actor”, as the stream is a bunch of actors itself - and they’re not child actors of the actor, but of the stream materializer. Instead let’s use the wording of “materializing a stream from within an actor”. I just noticed we didn’t (yet!) document this trait. We’ll add it to the docs which we will be still improving after the holiday-break.. Happy hakking! -- Konrad 'ktoso' Malawski hAkker @ typesafe http://akka.io On 26 December 2014 at 05:00:18, Soumya Simanta ([email protected]) wrote: My understanding is that a "running" stream is a bunch of actors underneath executing the flow. Assuming this to be true, is there any restriction or concerns of running a stream inside a normal Akka actor ? Thanks -Soumya -- >>>>>>>>>> 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- >>>>>>>>>> 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
