Use ActorSelection:
http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.4/java/untyped-actors.html#Identifying_Actors_via_Actor_Selection

On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 7:30 PM, Harinath Mallepally <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I am using this deprecated method for referencing existing actor, is this
> the right approach? given that I have created a actor with a unique name, I
> want to reference is so that I can use it.
>
>  ActorRef actor = actorSystem.actorFor(actorSystem.child(<actor name>)
>
> I always get not null value even if the actor doesn't exist.
>
> Thanks
> Hari
>
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