As `requestCheckingBalances` returns a `Future`, it hopefully catches any non-fatal `Throwable`s and returns a failed `Future` – in that case you don’t have to catch the exception yourself.
Heiko -- Heiko Seeberger Home: heikoseeberger.de <http://heikoseeberger.de/> Twitter: @hseeberger <https://twitter.com/hseeberger> Public key: keybase.io/hseeberger <https://keybase.io/hseeberger> > On 24 Sep 2015, at 21:55, Gary Struthers <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have an actor that makes a call returning a Future and it works > def receive = { > > case GetAccountBalances(id: Long) ⇒ { > > try { > > val f = requestCheckingBalances(id, > CheckingBalancesClient.configBaseUrl(hostConfig)) > > f pipeTo sender > > } catch { > > case e: Exception => > > sender() ! akka.actor.Status.Failure(e) > > } > > } > > } > > Before I write similar actors I want to know if using ask is preferred and if > so why? > > > > Gary > > > > -- > >>>>>>>>>> Read the docs: http://akka.io/docs/ <http://akka.io/docs/> > >>>>>>>>>> Check the FAQ: > >>>>>>>>>> http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html > >>>>>>>>>> <http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/additional/faq.html> > >>>>>>>>>> Search the archives: https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > >>>>>>>>>> <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user > <http://groups.google.com/group/akka-user>. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout > <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.
