Custom Scala execution context

CustomEC.scala

  

// Create a custom threadpool and execution context for Akka to use
  val executor: ExecutorService = Executors.newFixedThreadPool(4, new ThreadFactory() {
    override def newThread(r: Runnable): Thread = {
      val t = Executors.defaultThreadFactory.newThread(r)
      t.setDaemon(true)
      t
    }
  })

  implicit val akkaEc: ExecutionContext = ExecutionContext.fromExecutor(executor)