org.agilewiki.jactor.factory

Interface Factory

All Superinterfaces:

Actor, TargetActor

All Known Implementing Classes:

JAFactory

public interface Factory
extends TargetActor

Defines actor types and instantiating

Method Summary

Methods

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
void	defineActorType(String actorType, Class clazz) Bind an actor type to a Class.
ActorFactory	getActorFactory(String actorType) Returns the requested actor factory.
Actor	newActor(String actorType) Creates a new actor.
Actor	newActor(String actorType, Mailbox mailbox) Creates a new actor.
Actor	newActor(String actorType, Mailbox mailbox, Actor parent) Creates a new actor.
void	registerActorFactory(ActorFactory actorFactory) Register an actor factory.

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.lpc.TargetActor

setExceptionHandler

Methods inherited from interface org.agilewiki.jactor.Actor

acceptEvent, acceptRequest, getActorType, getAncestor, getFactory, getMailbox, getMatch, getParent, hasDataItem, setInitialBufferCapacity

Method Detail

defineActorType

void defineActorType(String actorType,
                   Class clazz)
                     throws Exception

Bind an actor type to a Class.

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

clazz - The class of the actor.

Throws:

Exception

registerActorFactory

void registerActorFactory(ActorFactory actorFactory)
                          throws Exception

Register an actor factory.

Parameters:

actorFactory - An actor factory.

Throws:

Exception

getActorFactory

ActorFactory getActorFactory(String actorType)
                             throws Exception

Returns the requested actor factory.

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

Returns:

The registered actor factory.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

Actor newActor(String actorType)
               throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

Actor newActor(String actorType,
             Mailbox mailbox)
               throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

mailbox - A mailbox which may be shared with other actors, or null.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception

newActor

Actor newActor(String actorType,
             Mailbox mailbox,
             Actor parent)
               throws Exception

Creates a new actor.

Parameters:

actorType - The actor type.

mailbox - A mailbox which may be shared with other actors, or null.

parent - The parent actor to which unrecognized requests are forwarded, or null.

Returns:

The new actor.

Throws:

Exception