Renaming TestActorRef.apply to receive, in order to get forwarders generated & improve Java API

akka-docs/scala/code/akka/docs/testkit/TestkitDocSpec.scala

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ class TestkitDocSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
     import akka.testkit.TestActorRef
     system.eventStream.subscribe(testActor, classOf[UnhandledMessage])
     val ref = TestActorRef[MyActor]
-    ref(Unknown)
+    ref.receive(Unknown)
     expectMsg(1 second, UnhandledMessage(Unknown, system.deadLetters, ref))
     //#test-unhandled
   }
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ class TestkitDocSpec extends AkkaSpec with DefaultTimeout with ImplicitSender {
         case boom ⇒ throw new IllegalArgumentException("boom")
       }
     })
-    intercept[IllegalArgumentException] { actorRef("hello") }
+    intercept[IllegalArgumentException] { actorRef.receive("hello") }
     //#test-expecting-exceptions
   }
 

akka-docs/scala/testing.rst

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ Expecting Exceptions
 --------------------
 
 Testing that an expected exception is thrown while processing a message sent to
-the actor under test can be done by using a :class:`TestActorRef` :meth:`apply` based
+the actor under test can be done by using a :class:`TestActorRef` :meth:`receive` based
 invocation:
 
 .. includecode:: code/akka/docs/testkit/TestkitDocSpec.scala#test-expecting-exceptions
@@ -144,7 +144,7 @@ The Way In-Between
 If you want to test the actor behavior, including hotswapping, but without
 involving a dispatcher and without having the :class:`TestActorRef` swallow
 any thrown exceptions, then there is another mode available for you: just use
-the :meth:`apply` method :class:`TestActorRef`, which will be forwarded to the
+the :meth:`receive` method :class:`TestActorRef`, which will be forwarded to the
 underlying actor:
 
 .. includecode:: code/akka/docs/testkit/TestkitDocSpec.scala#test-unhandled

akka-testkit/src/main/scala/akka/testkit/TestActorRef.scala

@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class TestActorRef[T <: Actor](
    * thrown will be available to you, while still being able to use
    * become/unbecome.
    */
-  def apply(o: Any) { underlyingActor.apply(o) }
+  def receive(o: Any) { underlyingActor.apply(o) }
 
   /**
    * Retrieve reference to the underlying actor, where the static type matches the factory used inside the

akka-testkit/src/test/scala/akka/testkit/TestActorRefSpec.scala

@@ -224,9 +224,9 @@ class TestActorRefSpec extends AkkaSpec with BeforeAndAfterEach with DefaultTime
       a.underlying.dispatcher.getClass must be(classOf[CallingThreadDispatcher])
     }
 
-    "proxy apply for the underlying actor" in {
+    "proxy receive for the underlying actor" in {
       val ref = TestActorRef[WorkerActor]
-      ref("work")
+      ref.receive("work")
       ref.isTerminated must be(true)
     }