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Added more dispatcher info.

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Vibul Imtarnasan 2012-03-28 17:54:40 +12:00
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akka-docs/scala/dispatchers.rst
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@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ There are 4 different types of message dispatchers:
* Dispatcher
- This is an event-based dispatcher that binds a set of Actors to a thread pool. It is the default dispatcher
used if one is not specified.
- Sharability: Unlimited
- Mailboxes: Any, creates one per Actor
@ -55,6 +58,8 @@ There are 4 different types of message dispatchers:
* PinnedDispatcher
- This dispatcher dedicates a unique thread for each actor passed in as reference.
- Sharability: None
- Mailboxes: Any, creates one per Actor
@ -66,6 +71,10 @@ There are 4 different types of message dispatchers:
* BalancingDispatcher
- This is an executor based event driven dispatcher that will try to redistribute work from busy actors to idle actors.
- It is assumed that all actors using the same instance of this dispatcher can process all messages that have been sent to one of the actors; i.e. the actors belong to a pool of actors, and to the client there is no guarantee about which actor instance actually processes a given message.
- Sharability: Actors of the same type only
- Mailboxes: Any, creates one for all Actors
@ -79,6 +88,9 @@ There are 4 different types of message dispatchers:
* CallingThreadDispatcher
- This dispatcher runs invocations on the current thread only. This dispatcher does not create any new threads,
but it can be used from different threads concurrently for the same actor.
- Sharability: Unlimited
- Mailboxes: Any, creates one per Actor per Thread (on demand)
@ -87,6 +99,7 @@ There are 4 different types of message dispatchers:
- Driven by: The calling thread (duh)
More dispatcher configuration examples
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
@ -98,6 +111,10 @@ And then using it:
.. includecode:: ../scala/code/akka/docs/dispatcher/DispatcherDocSpec.scala#defining-pinned-dispatcher
Note that ``thread-pool-executor`` configuration as per the above ``my-thread-pool-dispatcher`` exmaple is
NOT applicable. This is because every actor will have its own thread pool when using ``PinnedDispatcher``,
and that pool will have only one thread.
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