+act #2075 Added possibility to pass an ExecutionContext to an ActorSystem

akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystemSpec.scala

@@ -7,12 +7,11 @@ import language.postfixOps
 import akka.testkit._
 import org.scalatest.junit.JUnitSuiteLike
 import com.typesafe.config.ConfigFactory
-import scala.concurrent.Await
+import scala.concurrent.{ ExecutionContext, Await, Future }
 import scala.concurrent.duration._
 import java.util.concurrent.{ RejectedExecutionException, ConcurrentLinkedQueue }
 import akka.util.Timeout
 import akka.japi.Util.immutableSeq
-import scala.concurrent.Future
 import akka.pattern.ask
 import akka.dispatch._
 import com.typesafe.config.Config
@@ -110,6 +109,19 @@ object ActorSystemSpec {
     override def dispatcher(): MessageDispatcher = instance
   }
 
+  class TestExecutionContext(testActor: ActorRef, underlying: ExecutionContext) extends ExecutionContext {
+
+    def execute(runnable: Runnable): Unit = {
+      testActor ! "called"
+      underlying.execute(runnable)
+    }
+
+    def reportFailure(t: Throwable): Unit = {
+      testActor ! "failed"
+      underlying.reportFailure(t)
+    }
+  }
+
   val config = s"""
       akka.extensions = ["akka.actor.TestExtension"]
       slow {
@@ -305,6 +317,54 @@ class ActorSystemSpec extends AkkaSpec(ActorSystemSpec.config) with ImplicitSend
       }
     }
 
+    "work with a passed in ExecutionContext" in {
+      val ecProbe = TestProbe()
+      val ec = new ActorSystemSpec.TestExecutionContext(ecProbe.ref, ExecutionContexts.global())
+
+      val system2 = ActorSystem(name = "default", defaultExecutionContext = Some(ec))
+
+      try {
+        val ref = system2.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+          def receive = {
+            case "ping" ⇒ sender ! "pong"
+          }
+        }))
+
+        val probe = TestProbe()
+
+        ref.tell("ping", probe.ref)
+
+        ecProbe.expectMsg(1.second, "called")
+        probe.expectMsg(1.second, "pong")
+      } finally {
+        shutdown(system2)
+      }
+    }
+
+    "not use passed in ExecutionContext if executor is configured" in {
+      val ecProbe = TestProbe()
+      val ec = new ActorSystemSpec.TestExecutionContext(ecProbe.ref, ExecutionContexts.global())
+
+      val config = ConfigFactory.parseString("akka.actor.default-dispatcher.executor = \"fork-join-executor\"")
+      val system2 = ActorSystem(name = "default", config = Some(config), defaultExecutionContext = Some(ec))
+
+      try {
+        val ref = system2.actorOf(Props(new Actor {
+          def receive = {
+            case "ping" ⇒ sender ! "pong"
+          }
+        }))
+
+        val probe = TestProbe()
+
+        ref.tell("ping", probe.ref)
+
+        ecProbe.expectNoMsg()
+        probe.expectMsg(1.second, "pong")
+      } finally {
+        shutdown(system2)
+      }
+    }
   }
 
 }

akka-actor-tests/src/test/scala/akka/config/ConfigSpec.scala

@@ -72,13 +72,19 @@ class ConfigSpec extends AkkaSpec(ConfigFactory.defaultReference(ActorSystem.fin
 
         {
           c.getString("type") should equal("Dispatcher")
-          c.getString("executor") should equal("fork-join-executor")
+          c.getString("executor") should equal("default-executor")
           c.getDuration("shutdown-timeout", TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) should equal(1 * 1000)
           c.getInt("throughput") should equal(5)
           c.getDuration("throughput-deadline-time", TimeUnit.MILLISECONDS) should equal(0)
           c.getBoolean("attempt-teamwork") should equal(true)
         }
 
+        //Default executor config
+        {
+          val pool = c.getConfig("default-executor")
+          pool.getString("fallback") should equal("fork-join-executor")
+        }
+
         //Fork join executor config
 
         {

akka-actor/src/main/resources/reference.conf

@@ -238,10 +238,23 @@ akka {
 
       # Which kind of ExecutorService to use for this dispatcher
       # Valid options:
+      #  - "default-executor" requires a "default-executor" section
       #  - "fork-join-executor" requires a "fork-join-executor" section
       #  - "thread-pool-executor" requires a "thread-pool-executor" section
       #  - A FQCN of a class extending ExecutorServiceConfigurator
-      executor = "fork-join-executor"
+      executor = "default-executor"
+
+      # This will be used if you have set "executor = "default-executor"".
+      # If an ActorSystem is created with a given ExecutionContext, this
+      # ExecutionContext will be used as the default executor for all
+      # dispatchers in the ActorSystem configured with
+      # executor = "default-executor". Note that "default-executor"
+      # is the default value for executor, and therefore used if not
+      # specified otherwise. If no ExecutionContext is given,
+      # the executor configured in "fallback" will be used.
+      default-executor {
+        fallback = "fork-join-executor"
+      }
 
       # This will be used if you have set "executor = "fork-join-executor""
       fork-join-executor {

akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorSystem.scala

@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ object ActorSystem {
   def create(name: String): ActorSystem = apply(name)
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the name "default", and the specified Config, then
+   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the specified name, and the specified Config, then
    * obtains the current ClassLoader by first inspecting the current threads' getContextClassLoader,
    * then tries to walk the stack to find the callers class loader, then falls back to the ClassLoader
    * associated with the ActorSystem class.
@@ -66,12 +66,29 @@ object ActorSystem {
   def create(name: String, config: Config): ActorSystem = apply(name, config)
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the name "default", the specified Config, and specified ClassLoader
+   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the specified name, the specified Config, and specified ClassLoader
    *
    * @see <a href="http://typesafehub.github.io/config/v1.2.0/" target="_blank">The Typesafe Config Library API Documentation</a>
    */
   def create(name: String, config: Config, classLoader: ClassLoader): ActorSystem = apply(name, config, classLoader)
 
+  /**
+   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the specified name, the specified Config, the specified ClassLoader,
+   * and the specified ExecutionContext. The ExecutionContext will be used as the default executor inside this ActorSystem.
+   * If [[null]] is passed in for the Config, ClassLoader and/or ExecutionContext parameters, the respective default value
+   * will be used. If no Config is given, the default reference config will be obtained from the ClassLoader.
+   * If no ClassLoader is given, it obtains the current ClassLoader by first inspecting the current
+   * threads' getContextClassLoader, then tries to walk the stack to find the callers class loader, then
+   * falls back to the ClassLoader associated with the ActorSystem class. If no ExecutionContext is given, the
+   * system will fallback to the executor configured under "akka.actor.default-dispatcher.default-executor.fallback".
+   * Note that the given ExecutionContext will be used by all dispatchers that have been configured with
+   * executor = "default-executor", including those that have not defined the executor setting and thereby fallback
+   * to the default of "default-dispatcher.executor".
+   *
+   * @see <a href="http://typesafehub.github.io/config/v1.2.0/" target="_blank">The Typesafe Config Library API Documentation</a>
+   */
+  def create(name: String, config: Config, classLoader: ClassLoader, defaultExecutionContext: ExecutionContext): ActorSystem = apply(name, Option(config), Option(classLoader), Option(defaultExecutionContext))
+
   /**
    * Creates a new ActorSystem with the name "default",
    * obtains the current ClassLoader by first inspecting the current threads' getContextClassLoader,
@@ -88,27 +105,41 @@ object ActorSystem {
    * associated with the ActorSystem class.
    * Then it loads the default reference configuration using the ClassLoader.
    */
-  def apply(name: String): ActorSystem = {
+  def apply(name: String): ActorSystem = apply(name, None, None, None)
-    val classLoader = findClassLoader()
-    apply(name, ConfigFactory.load(classLoader), classLoader)
-  }
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the name "default", and the specified Config, then
+   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the specified name, and the specified Config, then
    * obtains the current ClassLoader by first inspecting the current threads' getContextClassLoader,
    * then tries to walk the stack to find the callers class loader, then falls back to the ClassLoader
    * associated with the ActorSystem class.
    *
    * @see <a href="http://typesafehub.github.io/config/v1.2.0/" target="_blank">The Typesafe Config Library API Documentation</a>
    */
-  def apply(name: String, config: Config): ActorSystem = apply(name, config, findClassLoader())
+  def apply(name: String, config: Config): ActorSystem = apply(name, Option(config), None, None)
 
   /**
-   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the name "default", the specified Config, and specified ClassLoader
+   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the specified name, the specified Config, and specified ClassLoader
    *
    * @see <a href="http://typesafehub.github.io/config/v1.2.0/" target="_blank">The Typesafe Config Library API Documentation</a>
    */
-  def apply(name: String, config: Config, classLoader: ClassLoader): ActorSystem = new ActorSystemImpl(name, config, classLoader).start()
+  def apply(name: String, config: Config, classLoader: ClassLoader): ActorSystem = apply(name, Option(config), Option(classLoader), None)
+
+  /**
+   * Creates a new ActorSystem with the specified name,
+   * the specified ClassLoader if given, otherwise obtains the current ClassLoader by first inspecting the current
+   * threads' getContextClassLoader, then tries to walk the stack to find the callers class loader, then
+   * falls back to the ClassLoader associated with the ActorSystem class.
+   * If an ExecutionContext is given, it will be used as the default executor inside this ActorSystem.
+   * If no ExecutionContext is given, the system will fallback to the executor configured under "akka.actor.default-dispatcher.default-executor.fallback".
+   * The system will use the passed in config, or falls back to the deafult reference configuration using the ClassLoader.
+   *
+   * @see <a href="http://typesafehub.github.io/config/v1.2.0/" target="_blank">The Typesafe Config Library API Documentation</a>
+   */
+  def apply(name: String, config: Option[Config] = None, classLoader: Option[ClassLoader] = None, defaultExecutionContext: Option[ExecutionContext] = None): ActorSystem = {
+    val cl = classLoader.getOrElse(findClassLoader())
+    val appConfig = config.getOrElse(ConfigFactory.load(cl))
+    new ActorSystemImpl(name, appConfig, cl, defaultExecutionContext).start()
+  }
 
   /**
    * Settings are the overall ActorSystem Settings which also provides a convenient access to the Config object.
@@ -454,7 +485,7 @@ abstract class ExtendedActorSystem extends ActorSystem {
   private[akka] def printTree: String
 }
 
-private[akka] class ActorSystemImpl(val name: String, applicationConfig: Config, classLoader: ClassLoader) extends ExtendedActorSystem {
+private[akka] class ActorSystemImpl(val name: String, applicationConfig: Config, classLoader: ClassLoader, defaultExecutionContext: Option[ExecutionContext]) extends ExtendedActorSystem {
 
   if (!name.matches("""^[a-zA-Z0-9][a-zA-Z0-9-]*$"""))
     throw new IllegalArgumentException(
@@ -552,7 +583,7 @@ private[akka] class ActorSystemImpl(val name: String, applicationConfig: Config,
   val mailboxes: Mailboxes = new Mailboxes(settings, eventStream, dynamicAccess, deadLetters)
 
   val dispatchers: Dispatchers = new Dispatchers(settings, DefaultDispatcherPrerequisites(
-    threadFactory, eventStream, scheduler, dynamicAccess, settings, mailboxes))
+    threadFactory, eventStream, scheduler, dynamicAccess, settings, mailboxes, defaultExecutionContext))
 
   val dispatcher: ExecutionContextExecutor = dispatchers.defaultGlobalDispatcher
 

akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/dispatch/AbstractDispatcher.scala

@@ -5,11 +5,11 @@
 package akka.dispatch
 
 import java.util.concurrent._
-import akka.event.Logging.{ Error, LogEventException }
+import akka.event.Logging.{ Debug, Error, LogEventException }
 import akka.actor._
 import akka.dispatch.sysmsg._
-import akka.event.EventStream
+import akka.event.{ BusLogging, EventStream }
-import com.typesafe.config.Config
+import com.typesafe.config.{ ConfigFactory, Config }
 import akka.util.{ Unsafe, Index }
 import scala.annotation.tailrec
 import scala.concurrent.forkjoin.{ ForkJoinTask, ForkJoinPool }
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContextExecutor
 import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration
 import scala.util.control.NonFatal
 import scala.util.Try
+import java.{ util ⇒ ju }
 
 final case class Envelope private (val message: Any, val sender: ActorRef)
 
@@ -318,7 +319,7 @@ abstract class MessageDispatcherConfigurator(_config: Config, val prerequisites:
   def dispatcher(): MessageDispatcher
 
   def configureExecutor(): ExecutorServiceConfigurator = {
-    config.getString("executor") match {
+    def configurator(executor: String): ExecutorServiceConfigurator = executor match {
       case null | "" | "fork-join-executor" ⇒ new ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator(config.getConfig("fork-join-executor"), prerequisites)
       case "thread-pool-executor"           ⇒ new ThreadPoolExecutorConfigurator(config.getConfig("thread-pool-executor"), prerequisites)
       case fqcn ⇒
@@ -332,6 +333,11 @@ abstract class MessageDispatcherConfigurator(_config: Config, val prerequisites:
               .format(fqcn, config.getString("id"), classOf[Config], classOf[DispatcherPrerequisites]), exception)
         }).get
     }
+
+    config.getString("executor") match {
+      case "default-executor" ⇒ new DefaultExecutorServiceConfigurator(config.getConfig("default-executor"), prerequisites, configurator(config.getString("default-executor.fallback")))
+      case other              ⇒ configurator(other)
+    }
   }
 }
 
@@ -423,3 +429,26 @@ class ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrer
         config.getInt("parallelism-max")))
   }
 }
+
+class DefaultExecutorServiceConfigurator(config: Config, prerequisites: DispatcherPrerequisites, fallback: ExecutorServiceConfigurator) extends ExecutorServiceConfigurator(config, prerequisites) {
+  val provider: ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider =
+    prerequisites.defaultExecutionContext match {
+      case Some(ec) ⇒
+        prerequisites.eventStream.publish(Debug("DefaultExecutorServiceConfigurator", this.getClass, s"Using passed in ExecutionContext as default executor for this ActorSystem. If you want to use a different executor, please specify one in akka.actor.default-dispatcher.default-executor."))
+
+        new AbstractExecutorService with ExecutorServiceFactory with ExecutorServiceFactoryProvider {
+          def createExecutorServiceFactory(id: String, threadFactory: ThreadFactory): ExecutorServiceFactory = this
+          def createExecutorService: ExecutorService = this
+          def shutdown(): Unit = ()
+          def isTerminated: Boolean = false
+          def awaitTermination(timeout: Long, unit: TimeUnit): Boolean = false
+          def shutdownNow(): ju.List[Runnable] = ju.Collections.emptyList()
+          def execute(command: Runnable): Unit = ec.execute(command)
+          def isShutdown: Boolean = false
+        }
+      case None ⇒ fallback
+    }
+
+  def createExecutorServiceFactory(id: String, threadFactory: ThreadFactory): ExecutorServiceFactory =
+    provider.createExecutorServiceFactory(id, threadFactory)
+}

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

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration
 import akka.ConfigurationException
 import akka.actor.Deploy
 import akka.util.Helpers.ConfigOps
+import scala.concurrent.ExecutionContext
 
 /**
  * DispatcherPrerequisites represents useful contextual pieces when constructing a MessageDispatcher
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ trait DispatcherPrerequisites {
   def dynamicAccess: DynamicAccess
   def settings: ActorSystem.Settings
   def mailboxes: Mailboxes
+  def defaultExecutionContext: Option[ExecutionContext]
 }
 
 /**
@@ -35,7 +37,8 @@ private[akka] case class DefaultDispatcherPrerequisites(
   val scheduler: Scheduler,
   val dynamicAccess: DynamicAccess,
   val settings: ActorSystem.Settings,
-  val mailboxes: Mailboxes) extends DispatcherPrerequisites
+  val mailboxes: Mailboxes,
+  val defaultExecutionContext: Option[ExecutionContext]) extends DispatcherPrerequisites
 
 object Dispatchers {
   /**

akka-docs/rst/java/dispatchers.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ Default dispatcher
 ------------------
 
 Every ``ActorSystem`` will have a default dispatcher that will be used in case nothing else is configured for an ``Actor``.
-The default dispatcher can be configured, and is by default a ``Dispatcher`` with a "fork-join-executor", which gives excellent performance in most cases.
+The default dispatcher can be configured, and is by default a ``Dispatcher`` with the specified ``default-executor``.
+If an ActorSystem is created with an ExecutionContext passed in, this ExecutionContext will be used as the default executor for all
+dispatchers in this ActorSystem. If no ExecutionContext is given, it will fallback to the executor specified in
+``akka.actor.default-dispatcher.default-executor.fallback``. By default this is a "fork-join-executor", which
+gives excellent performance in most cases.
 
 .. _dispatcher-lookup-java:
 

akka-docs/rst/scala/dispatchers.rst

@@ -11,7 +11,11 @@ Default dispatcher
 ------------------
 
 Every ``ActorSystem`` will have a default dispatcher that will be used in case nothing else is configured for an ``Actor``.
-The default dispatcher can be configured, and is by default a ``Dispatcher`` with a "fork-join-executor", which gives excellent performance in most cases.
+The default dispatcher can be configured, and is by default a ``Dispatcher`` with the specified ``default-executor``.
+If an ActorSystem is created with an ExecutionContext passed in, this ExecutionContext will be used as the default executor for all
+dispatchers in this ActorSystem. If no ExecutionContext is given, it will fallback to the executor specified in
+``akka.actor.default-dispatcher.default-executor.fallback``. By default this is a "fork-join-executor", which
+gives excellent performance in most cases.
 
 .. _dispatcher-lookup-scala: