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Dave
Dave

Reputation: 2073

How do I create a child Akka2 actor when all I have is an ActorRef to the parent?

In need to create an Akka2 actor (derived from UntypedActor) as a child of an existing actor (also derived from UntypedActor). The only reference I have to the parent actor is an ActorRef. Is there any way to do this? I'd like to call the parent's UntypedActorContext.actorOf() method, but don't know how to get a reference to it using the Akka API. Is there a better way of accomplishing my goal?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 109

Answers (2)

Viktor Klang
Viktor Klang

Reputation: 26597

You cannot force someone to conceive against their will. Your actor needs to receive a message to which it responds by creating a new actor and send you the ref to that actor.

Upvotes: 3

drexin
drexin

Reputation: 24403

Can you change the code of the parent actor? You could for example add a handler for a message of type Props in your parent and create the child there. It is not possible to get the context outside of the actor class.

Upvotes: 2

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