Good day
Does Akka provide functionality to empty an actor's mailbox? I need all
message processing in an actor to immediately stop after receiving a
specific message. I have tried something like this:
@Override
public void onReceive(Object msg) throws Throwable {
if (msg instanceof SomeMessage){
if (!running){
return;
}
// Process message
} else if (msg instanceof SomeOtherMessage){
if (!running){
return;
}
// Process message
} else if (msg instanceof Stop){
running = false;
} else if (msg instanceof Start){
running = true;
} else {
unhandled(msg);
}
}
This approach works for the most part, but if there are too many messages
queued, the actor's mailbox is not empty by the time the "Start" message is
received, and this causes issues with data structures etc. held by the
actor.
Thanks in advance.
Marc
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