Hi Alexander,

On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 7:28 PM, Alexander Semenov <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hello dear community.
>
> Is it okay to wrap a blocking iterator when creating a Source? I have a
> blocking API, which I want to hide behind the Source. Here is an example (I
> suspect I might need to put blocking code on another executor, is this the
> case?):
>

Yes, if you just use default dispatcher and put blocking code in a stream
processing element (like a Source) then you take the risk of stalling the
threadpool of the dispatcher. The solution is to assign a dedicated
dispatcher for this blocking Source, so it cannot interfere with the rest
of the actors:

val mySafeSource =
myBlockingSource.withAttributes(ActorAttributes.dispatcher("name-of-your-dispatcher-for-blocking-stuff"))

-Endre


>
> object playground extends App {
>
>   implicit val system = ActorSystem()
>   implicit val materializer = ActorMaterializer()
>
>   val blockingIterator: Iterator[Int] =
>     new Iterator[Int] {
>       override def next(): Int = {
>         Thread.sleep(1000)
>         Random.nextInt(10)
>       }
>       override def hasNext: Boolean = true
>     }
>
>   val source = Source(() => blockingIterator)
>
>   source.runWith(Sink.foreach(println))
>
> }
>
>
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