Updated docs with changes to 'actorOf(Props(..))'

Signed-off-by: Jonas Bonér <jonas@jonasboner.com>

akka-docs/disabled/clustering.rst

@@ -328,7 +328,7 @@ created actor::
 
     val clusterNode = Cluster.newNode(NodeAddress("test-cluster", "node1")).start
 
-    val hello = actorOf(Props[HelloActor].start.asInstanceOf[LocalActorRef]
+    val hello = actorOf(Props[HelloActor]).asInstanceOf[LocalActorRef]
 
     val serializeMailbox = false
     val nrOfInstances = 5

akka-docs/disabled/examples/Pi.scala

@@ -117,8 +117,7 @@ object Pi extends App {
     val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
 
     // create the master
-    val master = actorOf(
-      new Master(nrOfWorkers, nrOfMessages, nrOfElements, latch))
+    val master = actorOf(Props(new Master(nrOfWorkers, nrOfMessages, nrOfElements, latch)))
 
     // start the calculation
     master ! Calculate

akka-docs/general/event-handler.rst

@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ Example of creating a listener from Scala (from Java you just have to create an
       case EventHandler.Debug(instance, message) => ...
       case genericEvent => ...
     }
-  })
+  }))
 
 To add the listener:
 

akka-docs/intro/getting-started-first-java.rst

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ We start by creating a ``Pi.java`` file and adding these import statements at th
     import static akka.actor.Actors.poisonPill;
     import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 
+    import akka.actor.Props;
     import akka.actor.ActorRef;
     import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
     import akka.actor.UntypedActorFactory;
@@ -337,15 +338,15 @@ The master actor is a little bit more involved. In its constructor we need to cr
         // create the workers
         final ActorRef[] workers = new ActorRef[nrOfWorkers];
         for (int i = 0; i < nrOfWorkers; i++) {
-          workers[i] = actorOf(Worker.class);
+          workers[i] = actorOf(new Props(Worker.class));
         }
 
         // wrap them with a load-balancing router
-        ActorRef router = actorOf(Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+        ActorRef router = actorOf(new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
           public UntypedActor create() {
             return new PiRouter(workers);
           }
-        });
+        }));
       }
     }
 
@@ -404,15 +405,15 @@ Here is the master actor::
         // create the workers
         final ActorRef[] workers = new ActorRef[nrOfWorkers];
         for (int i = 0; i < nrOfWorkers; i++) {
-          workers[i] = actorOf(Worker.class);
+          workers[i] = actorOf(new Props(Worker.class));
         }
 
         // wrap them with a load-balancing router
-        router = actorOf(Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+        router = actorOf(new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
           public UntypedActor create() {
             return new PiRouter(workers);
           }
-        });
+        }));
       }
 
       // message handler
@@ -495,11 +496,11 @@ Now the only thing that is left to implement is the runner that should bootstrap
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
         // create the master
-        ActorRef master = actorOf(Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+        ActorRef master = actorOf(new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
           public UntypedActor create() {
             return new Master(nrOfWorkers, nrOfMessages, nrOfElements, latch);
           }
-        });
+        }));
 
         // start the calculation
         master.tell(new Calculate());
@@ -519,6 +520,7 @@ Before we package it up and run it, let's take a look at the full code now, with
     import static akka.actor.Actors.poisonPill;
     import static java.util.Arrays.asList;
 
+    import akka.actor.Props;
     import akka.actor.ActorRef;
     import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
     import akka.actor.UntypedActorFactory;
@@ -629,15 +631,15 @@ Before we package it up and run it, let's take a look at the full code now, with
           // create the workers
           final ActorRef[] workers = new ActorRef[nrOfWorkers];
           for (int i = 0; i < nrOfWorkers; i++) {
-            workers[i] = actorOf(Worker.class);
+            workers[i] = actorOf(new Props(Worker.class));
           }
 
           // wrap them with a load-balancing router
-          router = actorOf(Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+          router = actorOf(new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
             public UntypedActor create() {
               return new PiRouter(workers);
             }
-          });
+          }));
         }
 
         // message handler
@@ -691,11 +693,11 @@ Before we package it up and run it, let's take a look at the full code now, with
         final CountDownLatch latch = new CountDownLatch(1);
 
         // create the master
-        ActorRef master = actorOf(Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
+        ActorRef master = actorOf(new Props(new UntypedActorFactory() {
           public UntypedActor create() {
             return new Master(nrOfWorkers, nrOfMessages, nrOfElements, latch);
           }
-        });
+        }));
 
         // start the calculation
         master.tell(new Calculate());

akka-docs/intro/getting-started-first-scala-eclipse.rst

@@ -364,8 +364,7 @@ The ``Pi`` object is a perfect container module for our actors and messages, so
         val latch = new CountDownLatch(1)
 
         // create the master
-        val master = actorOf(
-          new Master(nrOfWorkers, nrOfMessages, nrOfElements, latch))
+        val master = actorOf(Props(new Master(nrOfWorkers, nrOfMessages, nrOfElements, latch)))
 
         // start the calculation
         master ! Calculate

akka-docs/intro/getting-started-first-scala.rst

@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Erlang actor's PID.
 
 The actor's life-cycle is:
 
-- Created & Started -- ``Actor.actorOf(Props[MyActor]`` -- can receive messages
+- Created & Started -- ``Actor.actorOf(Props[MyActor])`` -- can receive messages
 - Stopped -- ``actorRef.stop()`` -- can **not** receive messages
 
 Once the actor has been stopped it is dead and can not be started again.

akka-docs/java/actor-registry.rst

@@ -73,13 +73,14 @@ So your listener Actor needs to be able to handle these two messages. Example:
   import akka.actor.TypedActorRegistered;
   import akka.actor.TypedActorUnregistered;
   import akka.actor.UntypedActor;
+  import akka.actor.Props;
   import akka.event.EventHandler;
 
   public class RegistryListener extends UntypedActor {
     public void onReceive(Object message) throws Exception {
       if (message instanceof ActorRegistered) {
         ActorRegistered event = (ActorRegistered) message;
-        EventHandler.info(this, String.format("Actor registered: %s - %s", 
+        EventHandler.info(this, String.format("Actor registered: %s - %s",
             event.actor().actorClassName(), event.actor().getUuid()));
           event.actor().actorClassName(), event.actor().getUuid()));
       } else if (message instanceof ActorUnregistered) {
@@ -94,5 +95,5 @@ The above actor can be added as listener of registry events:
 
   import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
 
-  ActorRef listener = actorOf(RegistryListener.class);
+  ActorRef listener = actorOf(new Props(RegistryListener.class));
   registry().addListener(listener);

akka-docs/java/dispatchers.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Dispatchers (Java)
 .. sidebar:: Contents
 
    .. contents:: :local:
-   
+
 Module stability: **SOLID**
 
 The Dispatcher is an important piece that allows you to configure the right semantics and parameters for optimal performance, throughput and scalability. Different Actors have different needs.
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ should have, as shown above. This defines the number of messages for a specific
 Actor the dispatcher should process in one single sweep; in other words, the
 dispatcher will bunch up to ``throughput`` message invocations together when
 having elected an actor to run.  Setting this to a higher number will increase
-throughput but lower fairness, and vice versa. If you don't specify it explicitly 
+throughput but lower fairness, and vice versa. If you don't specify it explicitly
 then it uses the value (5) defined for ``default-dispatcher`` in the :ref:`configuration`.
 
 Browse the :ref:`scaladoc` or look at the code for all the options available.
@@ -145,10 +145,10 @@ Creating a Dispatcher with a priority mailbox using PriorityGenerator:
 .. code-block:: java
 
   package some.pkg;
-  
+
   import akka.actor.*;
   import akka.dispatch.*;
-  
+
   public class Main {
       // A simple Actor that just prints the messages it processes
       public static class MyActor extends UntypedActor {
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ Creating a Dispatcher with a priority mailbox using PriorityGenerator:
     }
 
     public static void main(String[] args) {
-        // Create a new PriorityGenerator, lower prio means more important 
+        // Create a new PriorityGenerator, lower prio means more important
         PriorityGenerator gen = new PriorityGenerator() {
           public int gen(Object message) {
             if (message.equals("highpriority")) return 0;       // "highpriority" messages should be treated first if possible
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ Creating a Dispatcher with a priority mailbox using PriorityGenerator:
         };
         // We create an instance of the actor that will print out the messages it processes
         // We create a new Priority dispatcher and seed it with the priority generator
-      ActorRef ref = Actors.actorOf((new Props()).withCreator(MyActor.class).withDispatcher(new Dispatcher("foo", 5, new UnboundedPriorityMailbox(gen))));
+      ActorRef ref = Actors.actorOf(new Props(MyActor.class).withDispatcher(new Dispatcher("foo", 5, new UnboundedPriorityMailbox(gen))));
 
     }
   }

akka-docs/java/routing.rst

@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ An UntypedDispatcher is an actor that routes incoming messages to outbound actor
   }
 
   public class MyRouter extends UntypedRouter {
-    private ActorRef pinger = actorOf(Pinger.class);
-    private ActorRef ponger = actorOf(Ponger.class);
+    private ActorRef pinger = actorOf(new Props(Pinger.class));
+    private ActorRef ponger = actorOf(new Props(Ponger.class));
 
     //Route Ping-messages to the pinger, and Pong-messages to the ponger
     public ActorRef route(Object message) {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ An UntypedDispatcher is an actor that routes incoming messages to outbound actor
     }
   }
 
-  ActorRef router = actorOf(MyRouter.class);
+  ActorRef router = actorOf(new Props(MyRouter.class));
   router.tell("Ping"); //Prints "Pinger: Ping"
   router.tell("Pong"); //Prints "Ponger: Pong"
 
@@ -71,8 +71,8 @@ An UntypedLoadBalancer is an actor that forwards messages it receives to a bound
   //Our load balancer, sends messages to a pinger, then a ponger, rinse and repeat.
   public class MyLoadBalancer extends UntypedLoadBalancer {
     private InfiniteIterator<ActorRef> actors = new CyclicIterator<ActorRef>(asList(
-      actorOf(Pinger.class),
-      actorOf(Ponger.class)
+      actorOf(new Props(Pinger.class)),
+      actorOf(new Props(Ponger.class))
     ));
 
     public InfiniteIterator<ActorRef> seq() {
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ An UntypedLoadBalancer is an actor that forwards messages it receives to a bound
     }
   }
 
-  ActorRef balancer = actorOf(MyLoadBalancer.class);
+  ActorRef balancer = actorOf(new Props(MyLoadBalancer.class));
   balancer.tell("Pong"); //Prints "Pinger: Pong"
   balancer.tell("Ping"); //Prints "Ponger: Ping"
   balancer.tell("Ping"); //Prints "Pinger: Ping"

akka-docs/java/stm.rst

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ Software Transactional Memory (Java)
 .. sidebar:: Contents
 
    .. contents:: :local:
-   
+
 Module stability: **SOLID**
 
 Overview of STM
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ Here is an example of using ``retry`` to block until an account has enough money
       final Ref<Double> account1 = new Ref<Double>(100.0);
       final Ref<Double> account2 = new Ref<Double>(100.0);
 
-      ActorRef transferer = Actors.actorOf(Transferer.class);
+      ActorRef transferer = Actors.actorOf(new Props(Transferer.class));
 
       transferer.tell(new Transfer(account1, account2, 500.0));
       // Transferer: not enough money - retrying
@@ -410,7 +410,7 @@ You can also have two alternative blocking transactions, one of which can succee
       final Ref<Integer> left = new Ref<Integer>(100);
       final Ref<Integer> right = new Ref<Integer>(100);
 
-      ActorRef brancher = Actors.actorOf(Brancher.class);
+      ActorRef brancher = Actors.actorOf(new Props(Brancher.class));
 
       brancher.tell(new Branch(left, right, 500));
       // not enough on left - retrying

akka-docs/java/transactors.rst

@@ -102,8 +102,8 @@ Here is an example of coordinating two simple counter UntypedActors so that they
 
 .. code-block:: java
 
-  ActorRef counter1 = actorOf(Counter.class);
-  ActorRef counter2 = actorOf(Counter.class);
+  ActorRef counter1 = actorOf(new Props(Counter.class));
+  ActorRef counter2 = actorOf(new Props(Counter.class));
 
   counter1.tell(new Coordinated(new Increment(counter2)));
 

akka-docs/java/typed-actors.rst

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Typed Actors (Java)
 .. sidebar:: Contents
 
    .. contents:: :local:
-   
+
 Module stability: **SOLID**
 
 The Typed Actors are implemented through `Typed Actors <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_object>`_. It uses AOP through `AspectWerkz <http://aspectwerkz.codehaus.org/>`_ to turn regular POJOs into asynchronous non-blocking Actors with semantics of the Actor Model. Each method dispatch is turned into a message that is put on a queue to be processed by the Typed Actor sequentially one by one.
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ If you have a POJO with an interface implementation separation like this:
 .. code-block:: java
 
   import akka.actor.TypedActor;
-  
+
   public class RegistrationServiceImpl extends TypedActor implements RegistrationService {
     public void register(User user, Credentials cred) {
       ... // register user
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ Here is an example:
     }
   }
 
-  MathTypedActor math = TypedActor.actorOf(MathTypedActor .class, MathTypedActorImpl.class);
+  MathTypedActor math = TypedActor.typedActorOf(MathTypedActor.class, MathTypedActorImpl.class);
 
   // This method will return immediately when called, caller should wait on the Future for the result
   Future<Integer> future = math.square(10);

akka-docs/modules/camel.rst

@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ one-liner. Here's an example.
    }
 
    // start and expose actor via tcp
-   val myActor = actorOf(Props[MyActor]
+   val myActor = actorOf(Props[MyActor])
 
 The above example exposes an actor over a tcp endpoint on port 6200 via Apache
 Camel's `Mina component`_. The actor implements the endpointUri method to define
@@ -362,7 +362,7 @@ after the ActorRef method returned.
 
    import akka.actor.Actor._
 
-   val actor = actorOf(Props[Consumer1] // create Consumer actor and activate endpoint in background
+   val actor = actorOf(Props[Consumer1]) // create Consumer actor and activate endpoint in background
 
 **Java**
 
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ after the ActorRef method returned.
    import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
    import akka.actor.ActorRef;
 
-   ActorRef actor = actorOf(Consumer1.class); // create Consumer actor and activate endpoint in background
+   ActorRef actor = actorOf(new Props(Consumer1.class)); // create Consumer actor and activate endpoint in background
 
 
 Typed actors
@@ -544,7 +544,7 @@ still in progress after the ``ActorRef.stop`` method returned.
 
    import akka.actor.Actor._
 
-   val actor = actorOf(Props[Consumer1] // create Consumer actor
+   val actor = actorOf(Props[Consumer1]) // create Consumer actor
    actor                    // activate endpoint in background
    // ...
    actor.stop                     // deactivate endpoint in background
@@ -556,7 +556,7 @@ still in progress after the ``ActorRef.stop`` method returned.
    import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
    import akka.actor.ActorRef;
 
-   ActorRef actor = actorOf(Consumer1.class); // create Consumer actor and activate endpoint in background
+   ActorRef actor = actorOf(new Props(Consumer1.class)); // create Consumer actor and activate endpoint in background
    // ...
    actor.stop();                              // deactivate endpoint in background
 
@@ -872,7 +872,7 @@ actor and register it at the remote server.
    // ...
    startCamelService
 
-   val consumer = val consumer = actorOf(Props[RemoteActor1]
+   val consumer = val consumer = actorOf(Props[RemoteActor1])
 
    remote.start("localhost", 7777)
    remote.register(consumer) // register and start remote consumer
@@ -888,7 +888,7 @@ actor and register it at the remote server.
    // ...
    CamelServiceManager.startCamelService();
 
-   ActorRef actor = actorOf(RemoteActor1.class);
+   ActorRef actor = actorOf(new Props(RemoteActor1.class));
 
    remote().start("localhost", 7777);
    remote().register(actor); // register and start remote consumer
@@ -1028,7 +1028,7 @@ used.
    import akka.actor.Actor._
    import akka.actor.ActorRef
 
-   val producer = actorOf(Props[Producer1]
+   val producer = actorOf(Props[Producer1])
    val response = (producer ? "akka rocks").get
    val body = response.bodyAs[String]
 
@@ -1040,7 +1040,7 @@ used.
    import static akka.actor.Actors.*;
    import akka.camel.Message;
 
-   ActorRef producer = actorOf(Producer1.class);
+   ActorRef producer = actorOf(new Props(Producer1.class));
    Message response = (Message)producer.sendRequestReply("akka rocks");
    String body = response.getBodyAs(String.class)
 
@@ -1156,7 +1156,7 @@ argument.
    import akka.actor.ActorRef;
 
    ActorRef target = ...
-   ActorRef producer = actorOf(Props(new Producer1Factory(target));
+   ActorRef producer = actorOf(Props(new Producer1Factory(target)));
    producer;
 
 Before producing messages to endpoints, producer actors can pre-process them by
@@ -1946,7 +1946,7 @@ ends at the target actor.
    import akka.camel.{Message, CamelContextManager, CamelServiceManager}
 
    object CustomRouteExample extends Application {
-     val target = actorOf(Props[CustomRouteTarget]
+     val target = actorOf(Props[CustomRouteTarget])
 
      CamelServiceManager.startCamelService
      CamelContextManager.mandatoryContext.addRoutes(new CustomRouteBuilder(target.uuid))
@@ -1982,7 +1982,7 @@ ends at the target actor.
 
    public class CustomRouteExample {
        public static void main(String... args) throws Exception {
-           ActorRef target = actorOf(CustomRouteTarget.class);
+           ActorRef target = actorOf(new Props(CustomRouteTarget.class));
            CamelServiceManager.startCamelService();
            CamelContextManager.getMandatoryContext().addRoutes(new CustomRouteBuilder(target.getUuid()));
        }
@@ -2545,9 +2545,9 @@ as shown in the following snippet (see also `sample.camel.Boot`_).
    }
 
    // Wire and start the example actors
-   val httpTransformer = actorOf(Props(new HttpTransformer)
-   val httpProducer = actorOf(Props(new HttpProducer(httpTransformer))
-   val httpConsumer = actorOf(Props(new HttpConsumer(httpProducer))
+   val httpTransformer = actorOf(Props(new HttpTransformer))
+   val httpProducer = actorOf(Props(new HttpProducer(httpTransformer)))
+   val httpConsumer = actorOf(Props(new HttpConsumer(httpProducer)))
 
 The `jetty endpoints`_ of HttpConsumer and HttpProducer support asynchronous
 in-out message exchanges and do not allocate threads for the full duration of
@@ -2637,9 +2637,9 @@ follows.
      CamelContextManager.init()
      CamelContextManager.mandatoryContext.addRoutes(new CustomRouteBuilder)
 
-     val producer = actorOf(Props[Producer1]
-     val mediator = actorOf(Props(new Transformer(producer))
-     val consumer = actorOf(Props(new Consumer3(mediator))
+     val producer = actorOf(Props[Producer1])
+     val mediator = actorOf(Props(new Transformer(producer)))
+     val consumer = actorOf(Props(new Consumer3(mediator)))
    }
 
    class CustomRouteBuilder extends RouteBuilder {
@@ -2741,11 +2741,11 @@ Wiring these actors to implement the above example is as simple as
 
      // Setup publish/subscribe example
      val jmsUri = "jms:topic:test"
-     val jmsSubscriber1 = actorOf(Props(new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-1", jmsUri))
-     val jmsSubscriber2 = actorOf(Props(new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-2", jmsUri))
-     val jmsPublisher   = actorOf(Props(new Publisher("jms-publisher", jmsUri))
+     val jmsSubscriber1 = actorOf(Props(new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-1", jmsUri)))
+     val jmsSubscriber2 = actorOf(Props(new Subscriber("jms-subscriber-2", jmsUri)))
+     val jmsPublisher   = actorOf(Props(new Publisher("jms-publisher", jmsUri)))
 
-     val jmsPublisherBridge = actorOf(Props(new PublisherBridge("jetty:http://0.0.0.0:8877/camel/pub/jms", jmsPublisher))
+     val jmsPublisherBridge = actorOf(Props(new PublisherBridge("jetty:http://0.0.0.0:8877/camel/pub/jms", jmsPublisher)))
    }
 
 To publish messages to subscribers one could of course also use the JMS API
@@ -2838,10 +2838,10 @@ to be changed.
 
      // Setup publish/subscribe example
      val cometdUri = "cometd://localhost:8111/test/abc?resourceBase=target"
-     val cometdSubscriber = actorOf(Props(new Subscriber("cometd-subscriber", cometdUri))
-     val cometdPublisher  = actorOf(Props(new Publisher("cometd-publisher", cometdUri))
+     val cometdSubscriber = actorOf(Props(new Subscriber("cometd-subscriber", cometdUri)))
+     val cometdPublisher  = actorOf(Props(new Publisher("cometd-publisher", cometdUri)))
 
-     val cometdPublisherBridge = actorOf(Props(new PublisherBridge("jetty:http://0.0.0.0:8877/camel/pub/cometd", cometdPublisher))
+     val cometdPublisherBridge = actorOf(Props(new PublisherBridge("jetty:http://0.0.0.0:8877/camel/pub/cometd", cometdPublisher)))
    }
 
 
@@ -2884,7 +2884,7 @@ seconds:
            startCamelService
 
            // create and start a quartz actor
-           val myActor = actorOf(Props[MyQuartzActor]
+           val myActor = actorOf(Props[MyQuartzActor])
 
        } // end main
 

akka-docs/scala/actor-registry.rst

@@ -102,5 +102,5 @@ The above actor can be added as listener of registry events:
   import akka.actor._
   import akka.actor.Actor._
 
-  val listener = actorOf(Props[RegistryListener]
+  val listener = actorOf(Props[RegistryListener])
   registry.addListener(listener)

akka-docs/scala/actors.rst

@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ Creating Actors with default constructor
 ----------------------------------------
 
 .. includecode:: code/ActorDocSpec.scala
-   :include: imports2,system-actorOf
+:include: imports2,system-actorOf
 
 The call to :meth:`actorOf` returns an instance of ``ActorRef``. This is a handle to
 the ``Actor`` instance which you can use to interact with the ``Actor``. The
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ Creating Actors with non-default constructor
 --------------------------------------------
 
 If your Actor has a constructor that takes parameters then you can't create it
-using ``actorOf(Props[TYPE]``. Instead you can use a variant of ``actorOf`` that takes
+using ``actorOf(Props[TYPE])``. Instead you can use a variant of ``actorOf`` that takes
 a call-by-name block in which you can create the Actor in any way you like.
 
 Here is an example:

akka-docs/scala/code/ActorDocSpec.scala

@@ -253,7 +253,5 @@ class ActorDocSpec extends AkkaSpec(Map("akka.loglevel" -> "INFO")) {
     //#hot-swap-actor
 
     val actor = system.actorOf(Props(new HotSwapActor))
-
   }
-
 }

akka-docs/scala/routing.rst

@@ -26,8 +26,8 @@ To use it you can either create a Router through the ``routerActor()`` factory m
 
   //Two actors, one named Pinger and one named Ponger
   //The actor(pf) method creates an anonymous actor and starts it
-  val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } })
-  val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } })
+  val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } }))
+  val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } }))
 
   //A router that dispatches Ping messages to the pinger
   //and Pong messages to the ponger
@@ -53,8 +53,8 @@ Or by mixing in akka.routing.Router:
 
   class MyRouter extends Actor with Router {
     //Our pinger and ponger actors
-    val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } })
-    val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } })
+    val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } }))
+    val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } }))
     //When we get a ping, we dispatch to the pinger
     //When we get a pong, we dispatch to the ponger
     def routes = {
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ Or by mixing in akka.routing.Router:
   }
 
   //Create an instance of our router, and start it
-  val d = actorOf(Props[MyRouter]
+  val d = actorOf(Props[MyRouter])
 
   d ! Ping //Prints "Pinger: Ping"
   d ! Pong //Prints "Ponger: Pong"
@@ -90,8 +90,8 @@ Example using the ``loadBalancerActor()`` factory method:
   //Two actors, one named Pinger and one named Ponger
   //The actor(pf) method creates an anonymous actor and starts it
 
-  val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } })
-  val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } })
+  val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } }))
+  val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } }))
 
   //A load balancer that given a sequence of actors dispatches them accordingly
   //a CyclicIterator works in a round-robin-fashion
@@ -117,14 +117,14 @@ Or by mixing in akka.routing.LoadBalancer
 
   //A load balancer that balances between a pinger and a ponger
   class MyLoadBalancer extends Actor with LoadBalancer {
-    val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } })
-    val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } })
+    val pinger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Pinger: " + x) } }))
+    val ponger = actorOf(Props(new Actor { def receive = { case x => println("Ponger: " + x) } }))
 
     val seq = new CyclicIterator[ActorRef](List(pinger,ponger))
   }
 
   //Create an instance of our loadbalancer, and start it
-  val d = actorOf(Props[MyLoadBalancer]
+  val d = actorOf(Props[MyLoadBalancer])
 
   d ! Pong //Prints "Pinger: Pong"
   d ! Pong //Prints "Ponger: Pong"

akka-docs/scala/stm.rst

@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ Here is an example of using ``retry`` to block until an account has enough money
   val account1 = Ref(100.0)
   val account2 = Ref(100.0)
 
-  val transferer = Actor.actorOf(Props(new Transferer)
+  val transferer = Actor.actorOf(Props(new Transferer))
 
   transferer ! Transfer(account1, account2, 500.0)
   // INFO Transferer: not enough money - retrying
@@ -427,7 +427,7 @@ You can also have two alternative blocking transactions, one of which can succee
   val ref1 = Ref(0)
   val ref2 = Ref(0)
 
-  val brancher = Actor.actorOf(Props(new Brancher)
+  val brancher = Actor.actorOf(Props(new Brancher))
 
   brancher ! Branch(ref1, ref2, 1)
   // INFO Brancher: not enough on left - retrying

akka-docs/scala/testing.rst

@@ -236,7 +236,7 @@ common task easy:
 
        "send back messages unchanged" in {
 
-         val echo = Actor.actorOf(Props[EchoActor]
+         val echo = Actor.actorOf(Props[EchoActor])
          echo ! "hello world"
          expectMsg("hello world")
 
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@ maximum time bound, the overall block may take arbitrarily longer in this case.
   class SomeSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers with TestKit {
     "A Worker" must {
       "send timely replies" in {
-        val worker = actorOf(...)
+        val worker = ActorSystem().actorOf(...)
         within (500 millis) {
           worker ! "some work"
           expectMsg("some result")
@@ -471,7 +471,7 @@ simply mix in `ÌmplicitSender`` into your test.
   class SomeSpec extends WordSpec with MustMatchers with TestKit with ImplicitSender {
     "A Worker" must {
       "send timely replies" in {
-        val worker = actorOf(...)
+        val worker = ActorSystem().actorOf(...)
         within (500 millis) {
           worker ! "some work" // testActor is the "sender" for this message
           expectMsg("some result")
@@ -506,7 +506,7 @@ using a small example::
 
   val probe1 = TestProbe()
   val probe2 = TestProbe()
-  val actor = Actor.actorOf(Props[MyDoubleEcho]
+  val actor = ActorSystem().actorOf(Props[MyDoubleEcho])
   actor ! (probe1.ref, probe2.ref)
   actor ! "hello"
   probe1.expectMsg(50 millis, "hello")
@@ -553,8 +553,9 @@ concerning volume and timing of the message flow while still keeping the
 network functioning::
 
   val probe = TestProbe()
-  val source = Actor.actorOf(Props(new Source(probe))
-  val dest = Actor.actorOf(Props[Destination]
+  val system = ActorSystem()
+  val source = system.actorOf(Props(new Source(probe)))
+  val dest = system.actorOf(Props[Destination])
   source ! "start"
   probe.expectMsg("work")
   probe.forward(dest)
@@ -613,7 +614,7 @@ or from the client code
 
 .. code-block:: scala
 
-   val ref = Actor.actorOf(Props[MyActor].withDispatcher(CallingThreadDispatcher.global))
+   val ref = system.actorOf(Props[MyActor].withDispatcher(CallingThreadDispatcher.global))
 
 As the :class:`CallingThreadDispatcher` does not have any configurable state,
 you may always use the (lazily) preallocated one as shown in the examples.

akka-docs/scala/testkit-example.rst

@@ -24,14 +24,16 @@ Ray Roestenburg's example code from `his blog <http://roestenburg.agilesquad.com
     */
 
    class TestKitUsageSpec extends WordSpec with BeforeAndAfterAll with ShouldMatchers with TestKit {
-     val echoRef = actorOf(Props(new EchoActor)
-     val forwardRef = actorOf(Props(new ForwardingActor(testActor))
-     val filterRef = actorOf(Props(new FilteringActor(testActor))
+     val system = ActorSystem()
+     import system._
+     val echoRef = actorOf(Props(new EchoActor))
+     val forwardRef = actorOf(Props(new ForwardingActor(testActor)))
+     val filterRef = actorOf(Props(new FilteringActor(testActor)))
      val randomHead = Random.nextInt(6)
      val randomTail = Random.nextInt(10)
      val headList = List().padTo(randomHead, "0")
      val tailList = List().padTo(randomTail, "1")
-     val seqRef = actorOf(Props(new SequencingActor(testActor, headList, tailList))
+     val seqRef = actorOf(Props(new SequencingActor(testActor, headList, tailList)))
 
      override protected def afterAll(): scala.Unit = {
        stopTestActor

akka-docs/scala/transactors.rst

@@ -64,8 +64,8 @@ Here is an example of coordinating two simple counter Actors so that they both i
     }
   }
 
-  val counter1 = Actor.actorOf(Props[Counter]
-  val counter2 = Actor.actorOf(Props[Counter]
+  val counter1 = Actor.actorOf(Props[Counter])
+  val counter2 = Actor.actorOf(Props[Counter])
 
   counter1 ! Coordinated(Increment(Some(counter2)))