groovyx.gpars.actor
Class Actor.RemoteActor

java.lang.Object
  groovyx.gpars.serial.WithSerialId
      groovyx.gpars.actor.impl.MessageStream
          groovyx.gpars.actor.Actor
              groovyx.gpars.actor.Actor.RemoteActor

All Implemented Interfaces:

RemoteSerialized, java.io.Serializable

Enclosing class:

Actor

public static class Actor.RemoteActor
extends Actor
implements RemoteSerialized

See Also:

Serialized Form

Nested Class Summary

static class	Actor.RemoteActor.StopActorMsg
static class	Actor.RemoteActor.TerminateActorMsg

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class groovyx.gpars.actor.Actor

Actor.MyRemoteHandle, Actor.RemoteActor

Nested classes/interfaces inherited from class groovyx.gpars.actor.impl.MessageStream

MessageStream.RemoteMessageStream, MessageStream.SendTo

Field Summary

private RemoteHost	remoteHost
private static long	serialVersionUID

Fields inherited from class groovyx.gpars.actor.Actor

ACTOR_HAS_ALREADY_BEEN_STARTED, CANNOT_SEND_REPLIES_NO_SENDER_HAS_BEEN_REGISTERED, currentThread, parallelGroup, START_MESSAGE, STOP_MESSAGE, TERMINATE_MESSAGE, TIMEOUT, TIMEOUT_MESSAGE, timer

Fields inherited from class groovyx.gpars.serial.WithSerialId

serialHandle

Constructor Summary

Actor.RemoteActor(SerialContext host, DataflowExpression<java.lang.Object> jointLatch)

Method Summary

protected boolean	hasBeenStopped()
boolean	isActive() Checks the current status of the Actor.
MessageStream	send(java.lang.Object message) Send message to stream and return immediately
Actor	silentStart() Starts the Actor without sending the START_MESSAGE message to speed the start-up.
Actor	start() Starts the Actor and sends it the START_MESSAGE to run any afterStart handlers.
Actor	stop() Send message to stop to the Actor.
protected ActorMessage	sweepNextMessage() Removes the head of the message queue
Actor	terminate() Terminates the Actor.

Methods inherited from class groovyx.gpars.actor.Actor

createActorMessage, createRemoteHandle, deregisterCurrentActorWithThread, getJoinLatch, getParallelGroup, handleException, handleInterrupt, handleStart, handleTermination, handleTimeout, isActorThread, join, join, join, join, onStop, registerCurrentActorWithThread, sendAndContinue, setParallelGroup, sweepQueue, threadBoundActor

Methods inherited from class groovyx.gpars.actor.impl.MessageStream

call, getRemoteClass, leftShift, send, send, sendAndWait, sendAndWait, sendAndWait

Methods inherited from class groovyx.gpars.serial.WithSerialId

getOrCreateSerialHandle, writeReplace

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Field Detail

remoteHost

private final RemoteHost remoteHost

serialVersionUID

private static final long serialVersionUID

See Also:

Constant Field Values

Constructor Detail

Actor.RemoteActor

public Actor.RemoteActor(SerialContext host,
                         DataflowExpression<java.lang.Object> jointLatch)

Method Detail

silentStart

public Actor silentStart()

Description copied from class: Actor

Starts the Actor without sending the START_MESSAGE message to speed the start-up. The potential custom afterStart handlers won't be run. No messages can be sent or received before an Actor is started.

Specified by:

silentStart in class Actor

Returns:

same actor

start

public Actor start()

Description copied from class: Actor

Starts the Actor and sends it the START_MESSAGE to run any afterStart handlers. No messages can be sent or received before an Actor is started.

Specified by:

start in class Actor

Returns:

same actor

stop

public Actor stop()

Description copied from class: Actor

Send message to stop to the Actor. The actor will finish processing the current message and all unprocessed messages will be passed to the afterStop method, if such exists. No new messages will be accepted since that point. Has no effect if the Actor is not started.

Specified by:

stop in class Actor

Returns:

same actor

terminate

public Actor terminate()

Description copied from class: Actor

Terminates the Actor. Unprocessed messages will be passed to the afterStop method, if exists. No new messages will be accepted since that point. Has no effect if the Actor is not started.

Specified by:

terminate in class Actor

Returns:

same actor

isActive

public boolean isActive()

Description copied from class: Actor

Checks the current status of the Actor.

Specified by:

isActive in class Actor

Returns:

current status of the Actor.

hasBeenStopped

protected boolean hasBeenStopped()

Specified by:

hasBeenStopped in class Actor

sweepNextMessage

protected ActorMessage sweepNextMessage()

Description copied from class: Actor

Removes the head of the message queue

Specified by:

sweepNextMessage in class Actor

Returns:

The head message, or null, if the message queue is empty

send

public MessageStream send(java.lang.Object message)

Description copied from class: MessageStream

Send message to stream and return immediately

Specified by:

send in class MessageStream

Parameters:

message - message to send

Returns:

always return message stream itself