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March 27, 2014 14:49
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Akka Actor per request in Play2 Controller
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object BlackListController extends Controller { | |
val myActor = Akka.system.actorOf(Props[LicenceBlackList], name = "LicenceBlackListActor") | |
type OptionalBlacklistEntry = Option[BlacklistEntry] | |
def get(key: String) = Action.async { | |
//we will use this promise to create a future (read handle) which will be returned from this action. This future will complete when the promise is successfully populated with value | |
val p = Promise[Option[BlacklistEntry]] | |
//create a new actor per request instance to handle this particular request | |
val replyTo = Akka.system.actorOf( Props( new Actor { | |
def receive = { | |
case reply: OptionalBlacklistEntry => | |
p.success(reply) | |
context.stop(self) //terminate this actor instance | |
} | |
})) | |
//send message to another actor | |
myActor.tell(msg = ReadEntry(key), sender = replyTo) | |
//transforming the actor response to Play result | |
p.future.map(response => { | |
response match { | |
case Some(blackListEntry) => Ok(Json.toJson( blackListEntry )) | |
case None => NotFound | |
} | |
}) | |
} | |
} |
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