Fixed bug in remote actors + improved scaladoc

akka-core/src/main/scala/actor/ActorRef.scala

@@ -300,22 +300,6 @@ trait ActorRef extends TransactionManagement {
         "Actor has not been started, you need to invoke 'actor.start' before using it")
   }
 
-  /**
-   * Sends a message asynchronously and waits on a future for a reply message.
-   * Uses the time-out defined in the Actor.
-   * <p/>
-   * It waits on the reply either until it receives it (in the form of <code>Some(replyMessage)</code>)
-   * or until the timeout expires (which will return None). E.g. send-and-receive-eventually semantics.
-   * <p/>
-   * <b>NOTE:</b>
-   * Use this method with care. In most cases it is better to use '!' together with the 'sender' member field to
-   * implement request/response message exchanges.
-   * <p/>
-   * If you are sending messages using <code>!!</code> then you <b>have to</b> use <code>self.reply(..)</code>
-   * to send a reply message to the original sender. If not then the sender will block until the timeout expires.
-   */
-//  def !![T](message: Any)(implicit sender: Option[ActorRef] = None): Option[T] = !![T](message, timeout)
-
   /**
    * Sends a message asynchronously returns a future holding the eventual reply message.
    * <p/>
@@ -349,13 +333,14 @@ trait ActorRef extends TransactionManagement {
    * Use <code>self.reply(..)</code> to reply with a message to the original sender of the message currently
    * being processed.
    * <p/>
-   * Throws an IllegalStateException if unable to determine what to reply to
+   * Throws an IllegalStateException if unable to determine what to reply to.
    */
   def reply(message: Any) = if(!reply_?(message)) throw new IllegalStateException(
     "\n\tNo sender in scope, can't reply. " +
     "\n\tYou have probably: " +
     "\n\t\t1. Sent a message to an Actor from an instance that is NOT an Actor." +
-    "\n\t\t2. Invoked a method on an Active Object from an instance NOT an Active Object.")
+    "\n\t\t2. Invoked a method on an Active Object from an instance NOT an Active Object." +
+    "\n\tElse you might want to use 'reply_?' which returns Boolean(true) if succes and Boolean(false) if no sender in scope")
 
   /**
    * Use <code>reply_?(..)</code> to reply with a message to the original sender of the message currently

akka-core/src/main/scala/dispatch/Dispatchers.scala

@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ import se.scalablesolutions.akka.config.Config.config
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
 object Dispatchers {
-  val THROUGHPUT = config.getInt("akka.dispatcher.throughput", 5)
+  val THROUGHPUT = config.getInt("akka.actor.throughput", 5)
 
   object globalExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher extends ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher("global") {
     override def register(actor: ActorRef) = {

akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteClient.scala

@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ object RemoteClient extends Logging {
 /**
  * @author <a href="http://jonasboner.com">Jonas Bon&#233;r</a>
  */
-class RemoteClient(val hostname: String, val port: Int, loader: Option[ClassLoader]) extends Logging {
+class RemoteClient private[akka] (val hostname: String, val port: Int, loader: Option[ClassLoader]) extends Logging {
   val name = "RemoteClient@" + hostname + "::" + port
 
   @volatile private[remote] var isRunning = false
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ class RemoteClient(val hostname: String, val port: Int, loader: Option[ClassLoad
     }
   }
 
+  def registerListener(actorRef: ActorRef) = listeners.add(actorRef)
+
+  def deregisterListener(actorRef: ActorRef) = listeners.remove(actorRef)
+
   def send[T](request: RemoteRequestProtocol, senderFuture: Option[CompletableFuture[T]]): Option[CompletableFuture[T]] = if (isRunning) {
     if (request.getIsOneWay) {
       connection.getChannel.write(request)
@@ -222,17 +226,13 @@ class RemoteClient(val hostname: String, val port: Int, loader: Option[ClassLoad
     throw exception
   }
 
-  def registerSupervisorForActor(actorRef: ActorRef) =
+  private[akka] def registerSupervisorForActor(actorRef: ActorRef) =
     if (!actorRef.supervisor.isDefined) throw new IllegalStateException("Can't register supervisor for " + actorRef + " since it is not under supervision")
     else supervisors.putIfAbsent(actorRef.supervisor.get.uuid, actorRef)
 
-  def deregisterSupervisorForActor(actorRef: ActorRef) =
+  private[akka] def deregisterSupervisorForActor(actorRef: ActorRef) =
     if (!actorRef.supervisor.isDefined) throw new IllegalStateException("Can't unregister supervisor for " + actorRef + " since it is not under supervision")
     else supervisors.remove(actorRef.supervisor.get.uuid)
-
-  def registerListener(actorRef: ActorRef) = listeners.add(actorRef)
-
-  def deregisterListener(actorRef: ActorRef) = listeners.remove(actorRef)
 }
 
 /**

akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteProtocolBuilder.scala

@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ object RemoteProtocolBuilder {
   }
 
   def setMessage(message: Any, builder: RemoteReplyProtocol.Builder) = {
+    (new Exception).printStackTrace
     if (message.isInstanceOf[Serializable.SBinary[_]]) {
       val serializable = message.asInstanceOf[Serializable.SBinary[_ <: Any]]
       builder.setProtocol(SerializationProtocol.SBINARY)

akka-core/src/main/scala/remote/RemoteServer.scala

@@ -364,12 +364,12 @@ class RemoteServerHandler(
     val actorRef = createActor(request.getTarget, request.getUuid, request.getTimeout)
     actorRef.start
     val message = RemoteProtocolBuilder.getMessage(request)
-    if (request.hasSender) {
+    val sender = if (request.hasSender) Some(ActorRef.fromProtobuf(request.getSender, applicationLoader))
-      val sender = request.getSender
+                 else None
-      if (sender ne null) actorRef.!(message)(Some(ActorRef.fromProtobuf(sender, applicationLoader)))
+    if (request.getIsOneWay) actorRef.!(message)(sender)
-    } else {
+    else {
       try {
-        val resultOrNone = actorRef !! message
+        val resultOrNone = actorRef.!!(message)(sender)
         val result: AnyRef = if (resultOrNone.isDefined) resultOrNone.get else null
         log.debug("Returning result from actor invocation [%s]", result)
         val replyBuilder = RemoteReplyProtocol.newBuilder

config/akka-reference.conf

@@ -27,11 +27,8 @@
   <actor>
     timeout = 5000           # default timeout for future based invocations
     serialize-messages = off # does a deep clone of (non-primitive) messages to ensure immutability
-  </actor>
-
-  <dispatcher>
     throughput = 5           # default throughput for ExecutorBasedEventDrivenDispatcher
-  </dispatcher>
+  </actor>
 
   <stm>
     service = on

deploy/root/page.html

@@ -1,65 +0,0 @@
-<html>
-<head>
-  <title>Push Services Demo</title>
-  <script language="javascript" src="jquery-1.3.2.min.js">
-  </script>
-  <style>
-    .hide {
-      visibility: hidden;
-    }
-  </style>
-</head>
-<body id="body">
-<div id="container">
-  <div id="chat">
-    <div id="chatwindow">
-    </div>
-    <div>
-      <input type="text" name="name" id="name"/>
-      <input type="button" name="login" value="Login" id="login"/>
-      <textarea id="msg" class="hide" name="message" rows="10" cols="150"></textarea>
-      <input type="button" name="Send" id="send" value="Send" class="hide"/>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</div>
-<script language="javascript">
-  $(function() {
-    window.app = {
-      update : function(data) {
-        if (data && data.name)
-          $('#chatwindow').append('<p>' + data.name + (data.message ? (': ' + data.message) : '') + '</p>');
-        else
-          alert(data);
-      }
-    };
-
-    $('#send').click(function(e) {
-      var message = $('#msg').val();
-      $('#msg').val('');
-
-      $.post('/chat',
-      {
-        'action'  : 'post',
-        'name'    : $('#name').val(),
-        'message' : message
-      });
-    });
-
-    $('#login').click(function(e) {
-      $.post('/chat',
-      {
-        'action' : 'login',
-        'name' : $('#name').val()
-      },
-          function(data) {
-            $('#login').hide();
-            $('#name').attr('disabled', 'disabled');
-            $('#msg').removeClass('hide');
-            $('#send').removeClass('hide');
-            $('<iframe style="display:hidden;" id="comet" src="/chat"></iframe>').appendTo('#body');
-          });
-    });
-  });
-</script>
-</body>
-</html>