Thanks for the response, another question: How will I know that message is not delivered to the actor?
On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 2:55 PM, Justin du coeur <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 1, 2016 at 5:18 PM, Harinath Mallepally <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> ActorSelection selection = system.actorSelection("/user/h >> elloWorld_wrong"); >> >> //this is not null, shouldn't this be null? >> System.out.println(selection); >> > > No, I think you're misunderstanding. An ActorSelection is (effectively) > an *address*. It will never be null -- by and large, Akka tries to avoid > nulls. You can always try sending a message to it, which means "send this > message to the Actor that has this address"; that will fail to be delivered > if the address doesn't point to an actual Actor. > > -- > >>>>>>>>>> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Akka User List" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/akka-user/_nOT9QbkcbA/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- >>>>>>>>>> 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.
