+act #15163 allows to suppress certain messages from being dead-letter-ed

Conflicts:
	akka-actor/src/main/scala/akka/actor/ActorRef.scala

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

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+/**
+ * Copyright (C) 2014 Typesafe Inc. <http://www.typesafe.com>
+ */
+package akka.actor
+
+import akka.event.Logging
+import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
+import akka.testkit.ImplicitSender
+import akka.testkit.TestActors
+import akka.testkit.TestProbe
+
+import scala.concurrent.duration._
+
+object DeadLetterSupressionSpec {
+
+  case object NormalMsg
+
+  case object SuppressedMsg extends DeadLetterSuppression
+
+}
+
+class DeadLetterSupressionSpec extends AkkaSpec with ImplicitSender {
+  import DeadLetterSupressionSpec._
+
+  val deadActor = system.actorOf(TestActors.echoActorProps)
+  watch(deadActor)
+  deadActor ! PoisonPill
+  expectTerminated(deadActor)
+
+  s"must suppress message from default dead-letters logging (sent to dead: ${Logging.simpleName(deadActor)})" in {
+    val deadListener = TestProbe()
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(deadListener.ref, classOf[DeadLetter])
+
+    val suppressedListener = TestProbe()
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(suppressedListener.ref, classOf[SuppressedDeadLetter])
+
+    val allListener = TestProbe()
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(allListener.ref, classOf[AllDeadLetters])
+
+    deadActor ! SuppressedMsg
+    deadActor ! NormalMsg
+
+    deadListener.expectMsg(DeadLetter(NormalMsg, testActor, deadActor))
+    deadListener.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
+
+    suppressedListener.expectMsg(SuppressedDeadLetter(SuppressedMsg, testActor, system.deadLetters))
+    suppressedListener.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
+
+    allListener.expectMsg(SuppressedDeadLetter(SuppressedMsg, testActor, system.deadLetters))
+    allListener.expectMsg(DeadLetter(NormalMsg, testActor, deadActor))
+    allListener.expectNoMsg(200.millis)
+  }
+
+  s"must suppress message from default dead-letters logging (sent to dead: ${Logging.simpleName(system.deadLetters)})" in {
+    val deadListener = TestProbe()
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(deadListener.ref, classOf[DeadLetter])
+
+    val suppressedListener = TestProbe()
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(suppressedListener.ref, classOf[SuppressedDeadLetter])
+
+    val allListener = TestProbe()
+    system.eventStream.subscribe(allListener.ref, classOf[AllDeadLetters])
+
+    system.deadLetters ! SuppressedMsg
+    system.deadLetters ! NormalMsg
+
+    deadListener.expectMsg(200.millis, DeadLetter(NormalMsg, testActor, system.deadLetters))
+
+    suppressedListener.expectMsg(200.millis, SuppressedDeadLetter(SuppressedMsg, testActor, system.deadLetters))
+
+    allListener.expectMsg(200.millis, SuppressedDeadLetter(SuppressedMsg, testActor, system.deadLetters))
+    allListener.expectMsg(200.millis, DeadLetter(NormalMsg, testActor, system.deadLetters))
+
+    Thread.sleep(200)
+    deadListener.expectNoMsg(Duration.Zero)
+    suppressedListener.expectNoMsg(Duration.Zero)
+    allListener.expectNoMsg(Duration.Zero)
+  }
+}
+

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

@@ -459,12 +459,37 @@ private[akka] trait MinimalActorRef extends InternalActorRef with LocalRef {
   protected def writeReplace(): AnyRef = SerializedActorRef(this)
 }
 
+/** Subscribe to this class to be notified about all DeadLetters (also the supressed ones). */
+sealed trait AllDeadLetters {
+  def message: Any
+  def sender: ActorRef
+  def recipient: ActorRef
+}
+
 /**
  * When a message is sent to an Actor that is terminated before receiving the message, it will be sent as a DeadLetter
  * to the ActorSystem's EventStream
  */
 @SerialVersionUID(1L)
-final case class DeadLetter(message: Any, sender: ActorRef, recipient: ActorRef) {
+final case class DeadLetter(message: Any, sender: ActorRef, recipient: ActorRef) extends AllDeadLetters {
+  require(sender ne null, "DeadLetter sender may not be null")
+  require(recipient ne null, "DeadLetter recipient may not be null")
+}
+
+/**
+ * Use with caution: Messages extending this trait will not be logged by the default dead-letters listener.
+ * Instead they will be wrapped as [[SuppressedDeadLetter]] and may be subscribed for explicitly.
+ */
+trait DeadLetterSuppression
+
+/**
+ * Similar to [[DeadLetter]] with the slight twist of NOT being logged by the default dead letters listener.
+ * Messages which end up being suppressed dead letters are internal messages for which ending up as dead-letter is both expected and harmless.
+ *
+ * It is possible to subscribe to suppressed dead letters on the ActorSystem's EventStream explicitly.
+ */
+@SerialVersionUID(1L)
+final case class SuppressedDeadLetter(message: DeadLetterSuppression, sender: ActorRef, recipient: ActorRef) extends AllDeadLetters {
   require(sender ne null, "DeadLetter sender may not be null")
   require(recipient ne null, "DeadLetter recipient may not be null")
 }
@@ -523,6 +548,9 @@ private[akka] class EmptyLocalActorRef(override val provider: ActorRefProvider,
           eventStream.publish(DeadLetter(sel.msg, if (sender eq Actor.noSender) provider.deadLetters else sender, this))
       }
       true
+    case m: DeadLetterSuppression ⇒
+      eventStream.publish(SuppressedDeadLetter(m, if (sender eq Actor.noSender) provider.deadLetters else sender, this))
+      true
     case _ ⇒ false
   }
 }

akka-docs/rst/java/code/docs/event/LoggingDocTest.java

@@ -4,6 +4,10 @@
 package docs.event;
 
 //#imports
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import akka.actor.ActorSystem;
+import akka.actor.AllDeadLetters;
+import akka.actor.SuppressedDeadLetter;
 import akka.event.Logging;
 import akka.event.LoggingAdapter;
 
@@ -64,7 +68,30 @@ public class LoggingDocTest {
     //#deadletters
     JavaTestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system);
   }
-  
+
+  @Test
+  public void subscribeToSuppressedDeadLetters() {
+    final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("SuppressedDeadLetters");
+    final ActorRef actor = system.actorOf(Props.create(DeadLetterActor.class));
+    
+    //#suppressed-deadletters
+    system.eventStream().subscribe(actor, SuppressedDeadLetter.class);
+    //#suppressed-deadletters
+
+    JavaTestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system);
+  }
+  @Test
+  public void subscribeToAllDeadLetters() {
+    final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("AllDeadLetters");
+    final ActorRef actor = system.actorOf(Props.create(DeadLetterActor.class));
+
+    //#all-deadletters
+    system.eventStream().subscribe(actor, AllDeadLetters.class);
+    //#all-deadletters
+
+    JavaTestKit.shutdownActorSystem(system);
+  }
+
   @Test
   public void demonstrateMultipleArgs() {
     final ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("multiArg");

akka-docs/rst/java/event-bus.rst

@@ -187,6 +187,19 @@ which by default will publish the messages wrapped in :class:`DeadLetter`. This
 wrapper holds the original sender, receiver and message of the envelope which
 was redirected.
 
+Some internal messages (marked with the :class:`DeadLetterSuppression` trait) will not end up as
+dead letters like normal messages. These are by design safe and expected to sometimes arrive at a terminated actor
+and since they are nothing to worry about, they are suppressed from the default dead letters logging mechanism.
+
+However, in case you find yourself in need of debugging these kinds of low level suppressed dead letters,
+it's still possible to subscribe to them explicitly:
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/event/LoggingDocTest.java#suppressed-deadletters
+
+or all dead letters (including the suppressed ones):
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/event/LoggingDocTest.java#all-deadletters
+
 Other Uses
 ----------
 

akka-docs/rst/scala/code/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala

@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  */
 package docs.event
 
+import akka.actor.AllDeadLetters
 import akka.testkit.AkkaSpec
 import akka.actor.Actor
 import akka.actor.Props
@@ -149,6 +150,23 @@ class LoggingDocSpec extends AkkaSpec {
     }
   }
 
+  "allow registration to suppressed dead letters" in {
+    new AnyRef {
+      import akka.actor.Props
+      val listener = system.actorOf(Props[MyActor])
+
+      //#suppressed-deadletters
+      import akka.actor.SuppressedDeadLetter
+      system.eventStream.subscribe(listener, classOf[SuppressedDeadLetter])
+      //#suppressed-deadletters
+
+      //#all-deadletters
+      import akka.actor.AllDeadLetters
+      system.eventStream.subscribe(listener, classOf[AllDeadLetters])
+      //#all-deadletters
+    }
+  }
+
   "demonstrate logging more arguments" in {
     //#array
     val args = Array("The", "brown", "fox", "jumps", 42)

akka-docs/rst/scala/event-bus.rst

@@ -182,6 +182,19 @@ which by default will publish the messages wrapped in :class:`DeadLetter`. This
 wrapper holds the original sender, receiver and message of the envelope which
 was redirected.
 
+Some internal messages (marked with the :class:`DeadLetterSuppression` trait) will not end up as
+dead letters like normal messages. These are by design safe and expected to sometimes arrive at a terminated actor
+and since they are nothing to worry about, they are suppressed from the default dead letters logging mechanism.
+
+However, in case you find yourself in need of debugging these kinds of low level suppressed dead letters,
+it's still possible to subscribe to them explicitly:
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala#suppressed-deadletters
+
+or all dead letters (including the suppressed ones):
+
+.. includecode:: code/docs/event/LoggingDocSpec.scala#all-deadletters
+
 Other Uses
 ----------