PlayAkkaExample.scala

package controllers

import play.api.mvc._
import scala.concurrent._
import akka.actor.{Props, Actor}
import play.api.Play.current
import play.api.libs.concurrent.Akka
import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext.Implicits._

object Application extends Controller {

  val computeActor = Akka.system.actorOf(Props[BizActor])

  def index = Action.async {
    //using Promise as a write handle for the response from actor. 
    //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[String]
    val replyTo = Akka.system.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
      def receive = {
        case reply: String =>
           p.success(reply)
           context.stop(self)
      }
    }))
    computeActor.tell(msg = "do work for me", sender = replyTo)
    //transforming the actor response to Play result
    p.future.map(response => Ok(response))
  }

}


class BizActor extends Actor {
  def receive = {
    case _ => sender ! "I am done with work"
  }
}