It is OK I guess remember BackoffSupervisor is a proxy actor which happens to be the parent of your child actor hence you have to do:
I'm not Scala developer so excuse my syntax. - parent.parent ! ImDone - parent ! poison Otherwise you have to create a SupervisorStrategy and use within the parent creators, meaning that the overwritten supervisorStrategy() method applies to the children actor not to the actor itself. On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:14:09 PM UTC, Guido Medina wrote: > > Hmmm, that shouldn't happen, I poison self all the time no problem, I > think maybe is a bug on the akka.patterns, instead try creating your own > supervisor strategy with time in mind: > > http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.4.2-RC2/scala/fault-tolerance.html > > Then read a bit there what the default supervisor does, etc, that should > be enough, remember the supervisor is set at the parent actor > > On Friday, February 5, 2016 at 7:03:27 PM UTC, Paul Cleary wrote: >> >> I just got this... >> >> When using the *BackoffSupervisor* for a child, calling >> *context.stop(self)* or *self ! PoisonPill* from *the child* will invoke >> supervision and force a restart. >> >> Therefore, when using the *BackoffSupervisor*, in order to terminate the >> child normally, you MUST do a *context.parent ! PoisonPill* >> >> I wonder if there is a better way. I want to say from the child "I am >> done, and I want to terminate successfully" >> > -- >>>>>>>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/akka-user. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
