actors.scala

package eg
import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
import akka.actor.{ ActorRef, Props, Deploy, Actor, ActorSystem, Address, AddressFromURIString }
import akka.remote.RemoteScope

class HelloActor extends Actor {
  def receive = {
    case _ => println("hello")
  }
}


object Test {
  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val system = ActorSystem("testing")

    val address = Address("akka", "testing", "127.0.0.1", 2553)
    // pragmatic way
    val actor = system.actorOf(Props[HelloActor].withDeploy(Deploy(scope = RemoteScope(address))))
    // why doesn't the actor path just include it?? if it was deployed with a remote scpe?
    println("path is " + actor.path.toStringWithAddress(address))

    system.shutdown
  }
}