GPARS Actor DSL

GPARS Actor DSL

import groovyx.gpars.actor.*
import org.codehaus.groovy.runtime.NullObject
import groovy.time.TimeCategory

// use the DSL to create our actor instead of
def actor = Actors.actor {
	loop {
		// NOTE the actor's message handler can only take 0 or 1 args
		react { String word -> 
			println "Actor received $word" 
			if (word == 'hello') {
                reply 'hola' 
            } else if (word == 'goodbye') {
                reply 'adios'
            } else {
                reply 'no idea'
            }
		}
	}
}

println actor.sendAndWait("hello")
println actor.sendAndWait("ciao")
println actor.sendAndWait("goodbye")