add akka.pattern.pipeTo, see #1582

- move code from akka.actor package to akka.pattern
- add Java API in akka.pattern.Patterns.pipeTo()
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Roland 2012-01-18 13:01:24 +01:00
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@ -100,4 +100,22 @@ object Patterns {
* }}}
*/
def ask(actor: ActorRef, message: Any, timeoutMillis: Long): Future[AnyRef] = scalaAsk(actor, message)(new Timeout(timeoutMillis)).asInstanceOf[Future[AnyRef]]
/**
* Register an onComplete callback on this [[akka.dispatch.Future]] to send
* the result to the given actor reference. Returns the original Future to
* allow method chaining.
*
* <b>Recommended usage example:</b>
*
* {{{
* val f = ask(worker, request)(timeout)
* flow {
* EnrichedRequest(request, f())
* } pipeTo nextActor
* }}}
*
* [see [[akka.dispatch.Future]] for a description of `flow`]
*/
def pipeTo[T](future: Future[T], actorRef: ActorRef): Future[T] = akka.pattern.pipeTo(future, actorRef)
}