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---
title: "Actor Model Pattern in Java: Building Concurrent Systems with Elegance"
shortTitle: Actor Model
description: "Explore the Actor Model pattern in Java with real-world examples and practical implementation. Learn how to build scalable, message-driven systems using actors, messages, and asynchronous communication."
category: Concurrency
language: en
tag:
- Concurrency
- Messaging
- Isolation
- Asynchronous
- Distributed Systems
- Actor Model
---
## Also Known As
- Message-passing concurrency
- Actor-based concurrency
---
## Intent of Actor Model Pattern
The Actor Model pattern enables the construction of highly concurrent, distributed, and fault-tolerant systems by using isolated components (actors) that interact exclusively through asynchronous message passing.
---
## Detailed Explanation of Actor Model Pattern with Real-World Examples
### 📦 Real-world Example
Imagine a customer service system:
- Each **customer support agent** is an **actor**.
- Customers **send questions (messages)** to agents.
- Each agent handles one request at a time and can **respond asynchronously** without interfering with other agents.
---
### 🧠 In Plain Words
> "Actors are like independent workers that never share memory and only communicate through messages."
---
### 📖 Wikipedia Says
> [Actor model](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor_model) is a mathematical model of concurrent computation that treats "actors" as the universal primitives of concurrent computation.
---
### 🧹 Architecture Diagram
![UML Class Diagram](./etc/Actor_Model_UML_Class_Diagram.png)
---
## Programmatic Example of Actor Model Pattern in Java
### Actor.java
```java
public abstract class Actor implements Runnable {
@Setter @Getter private String actorId;
private final BlockingQueue<Message> mailbox = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
private volatile boolean active = true;
public void send(Message message) {
mailbox.add(message);
}
public void stop() {
active = false;
}
@Override
public void run() {
}
protected abstract void onReceive(Message message);
}
```
### Message.java
```java
@AllArgsConstructor
@Getter
@Setter
public class Message {
private final String content;
private final String senderId;
}
```
### ActorSystem.java
```java
public class ActorSystem {
public void startActor(Actor actor) {
String actorId = "actor-" + idCounter.incrementAndGet(); // Generate a new and unique ID
actor.setActorId(actorId); // assign the actor it's ID
actorRegister.put(actorId, actor); // Register and save the actor with it's ID
executor.submit(actor); // Run the actor in a thread
}
public Actor getActorById(String actorId) {
return actorRegister.get(actorId); // Find by Id
}
public void shutdown() {
executor.shutdownNow(); // Stop all threads
}
}
```
### App.java
```java
public class App {
public static void main(String[] args) {
ActorSystem system = new ActorSystem();
Actor srijan = new ExampleActor(system);
Actor ansh = new ExampleActor2(system);
system.startActor(srijan);
system.startActor(ansh);
ansh.send(new Message("Hello ansh", srijan.getActorId()));
srijan.send(new Message("Hello srijan!", ansh.getActorId()));
Thread.sleep(1000); // Give time for messages to process
srijan.stop(); // Stop the actor gracefully
ansh.stop();
system.shutdown(); // Stop the actor system
}
}
```
---
## When to Use the Actor Model Pattern in Java
- When building **concurrent or distributed systems**
- When you want **no shared mutable state**
- When you need **asynchronous, message-driven communication**
- When components should be **isolated and loosely coupled**
---
## Actor Model Pattern Java Tutorials
- [Baeldung Akka with Java](https://www.baeldung.com/java-akka)
- [Vaughn Vernon Reactive Messaging Patterns](https://vaughnvernon.co/?p=1143)
---
## Real-World Applications of Actor Model Pattern in Java
- [Akka Framework](https://akka.io/)
- [Erlang and Elixir concurrency](https://www.erlang.org/)
- [Microsoft Orleans](https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/orleans/)
- JVM-based game engines and simulators
---
## Benefits and Trade-offs of Actor Model Pattern
### ✅ Benefits
- High concurrency support
- Easy scaling across threads or machines
- Fault isolation and recovery
- Message ordering within actors
### ⚠️ Trade-offs
- Harder to debug due to asynchronous behavior
- Slight performance overhead due to message queues
- More complex to design than simple method calls
---
## Related Java Design Patterns
- [Command Pattern](../command)
- [Mediator Pattern](../mediator)
- [Event-Driven Architecture](../event-driven-architecture)
- [Observer Pattern](../observer)
---
## References and Credits
- *Programming Erlang*, Joe Armstrong
- *Reactive Design Patterns*, Roland Kuhn
- *The Actor Model in 10 Minutes*, [InfoQ Article](https://www.infoq.com/articles/actor-model/)
- [Akka Documentation](https://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/current/index.html)
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@startuml actor-model
title Actor Model - UML Class Diagram
class ActorSystem {
+actorOf(actor: Actor): Actor
+shutdown(): void
}
class Actor {
-mailbox: BlockingQueue<Message>
-active: boolean
+send(message: Message): void
+stop(): void
+run(): void
#onReceive(message: Message): void
}
class ExampleActor {
+onReceive(message: Message): void
}
class Message {
-content: String
-sender: Actor
+getContent(): String
+getSender(): Actor
}
ActorSystem --> Actor : creates
Actor <|-- ExampleActor : extends
Actor --> Message : processes
ExampleActor --> Message : uses
@enduml
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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<!--
This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
The MIT License
Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
THE SOFTWARE.
-->
<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0
http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
<parent>
<groupId>com.iluwatar</groupId>
<artifactId>java-design-patterns</artifactId>
<version>1.26.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
</parent>
<artifactId>actor-model</artifactId>
<name>Actor Model</name>
<!-- Force unified JUnit version to avoid classpath mismatches -->
<dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-bom</artifactId>
<version>5.11.0</version>
<type>pom</type>
<scope>import</scope>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
</dependencyManagement>
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-api</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.jupiter</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-jupiter-engine</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.junit.platform</groupId>
<artifactId>junit-platform-launcher</artifactId>
<scope>test</scope>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
<artifactId>slf4j-api</artifactId>
</dependency>
<dependency>
<groupId>ch.qos.logback</groupId>
<artifactId>logback-classic</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>
<build>
<plugins>
<!-- Assembly plugin for creating fat JARs -->
<plugin>
<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
<artifactId>maven-assembly-plugin</artifactId>
<version>3.3.0</version>
<configuration>
<descriptorRefs>
<descriptorRef>jar-with-dependencies</descriptorRef>
</descriptorRefs>
<archive>
<manifest>
<mainClass>com.iluwatar.actormodel.App</mainClass>
</manifest>
</archive>
</configuration>
<executions>
<execution>
<id>make-assembly</id>
<phase>package</phase>
<goals>
<goal>single</goal>
</goals>
</execution>
</executions>
</plugin>
</plugins>
</build>
</project>
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actormodel;
import java.util.concurrent.BlockingQueue;
import java.util.concurrent.LinkedBlockingQueue;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.Setter;
public abstract class Actor implements Runnable {
@Setter @Getter private String actorId;
private final BlockingQueue<Message> mailbox = new LinkedBlockingQueue<>();
private volatile boolean active =
true; // always read from main memory and written back to main memory,
// rather than being cached in a thread's local memory. To make it consistent to all Actors
public void send(Message message) {
mailbox.add(message); // Add message to queue
}
public void stop() {
active = false; // Stop the actor loop
}
@Override
public void run() {
while (active) {
try {
Message message = mailbox.take(); // Wait for a message
onReceive(message); // Process it
} catch (InterruptedException e) {
Thread.currentThread().interrupt();
}
}
}
// Child classes must define what to do with a message
protected abstract void onReceive(Message message);
}
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actormodel;
import java.util.concurrent.ConcurrentHashMap;
import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
import java.util.concurrent.atomic.AtomicInteger;
public class ActorSystem {
private final ExecutorService executor = Executors.newCachedThreadPool();
private final ConcurrentHashMap<String, Actor> actorRegister = new ConcurrentHashMap<>();
private final AtomicInteger idCounter = new AtomicInteger(0);
public void startActor(Actor actor) {
String actorId = "actor-" + idCounter.incrementAndGet(); // Generate a new and unique ID
actor.setActorId(actorId); // assign the actor it's ID
actorRegister.put(actorId, actor); // Register and save the actor with it's ID
executor.submit(actor); // Run the actor in a thread
}
public Actor getActorById(String actorId) {
return actorRegister.get(actorId); // Find by Id
}
public void shutdown() {
executor.shutdownNow(); // Stop all threads
}
}
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
/**
* The Actor Model is a design pattern used to handle concurrency in a safe, scalable, and
* message-driven way.
*
* <p>In the Actor Model: - An **Actor** is an independent unit that has its own state and behavior.
* - Actors **communicate only through messages** — they do not share memory. - An **ActorSystem**
* is responsible for creating, starting, and managing the lifecycle of actors. - Messages are
* delivered asynchronously, and each actor processes them one at a time.
*
* <p>💡 Key benefits: - No shared memory = no need for complex thread-safety - Easy to scale with
* many actors - Suitable for highly concurrent or distributed systems
*
* <p>🔍 This example demonstrates the Actor Model: - `ActorSystem` starts two actors: `srijan` and
* `ansh`. - `ExampleActor` and `ExampleActor2` extend the `Actor` class and override the
* `onReceive()` method to handle messages. - Actors communicate using `send()` to pass `Message`
* objects that include the message content and sender's ID. - The actors process messages
* **asynchronously in separate threads**, and we allow a short delay (`Thread.sleep`) to let them
* run. - The system is shut down gracefully at the end.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actormodel;
public class App {
public static void main(String[] args) throws InterruptedException {
ActorSystem system = new ActorSystem();
Actor srijan = new ExampleActor(system);
Actor ansh = new ExampleActor2(system);
system.startActor(srijan);
system.startActor(ansh);
ansh.send(new Message("Hello ansh", srijan.getActorId()));
srijan.send(new Message("Hello srijan!", ansh.getActorId()));
Thread.sleep(1000); // Give time for messages to process
srijan.stop(); // Stop the actor gracefully
ansh.stop();
system.shutdown(); // Stop the actor system
}
}
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actormodel;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@Slf4j
public class ExampleActor extends Actor {
private final ActorSystem actorSystem;
@Getter private final List<String> receivedMessages = new ArrayList<>();
public ExampleActor(ActorSystem actorSystem) {
this.actorSystem = actorSystem;
}
// Logger log = Logger.getLogger(getClass().getName());
@Override
protected void onReceive(Message message) {
LOGGER.info(
"[{}]Received : {} from : [{}]", getActorId(), message.getContent(), message.getSenderId());
Actor sender = actorSystem.getActorById(message.getSenderId()); // sender actor id
// Reply of the message
if (sender != null && !message.getSenderId().equals(getActorId())) {
sender.send(new Message("I got your message ", getActorId()));
}
}
}
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actormodel;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import lombok.Getter;
import lombok.extern.slf4j.Slf4j;
@Slf4j
public class ExampleActor2 extends Actor {
private final ActorSystem actorSystem;
@Getter private final List<String> receivedMessages = new ArrayList<>();
public ExampleActor2(ActorSystem actorSystem) {
this.actorSystem = actorSystem;
}
@Override
protected void onReceive(Message message) {
receivedMessages.add(message.getContent());
LOGGER.info("[{}]Received : {}", getActorId(), message.getContent());
}
}
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actormodel;
import lombok.AllArgsConstructor;
import lombok.Getter;
@AllArgsConstructor
@Getter
public class Message {
private final String content;
private final String senderId;
}
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/*
* This project is licensed under the MIT license. Module model-view-viewmodel is using ZK framework licensed under LGPL (see lgpl-3.0.txt).
*
* The MIT License
* Copyright © 2014-2022 Ilkka Seppälä
*
* Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy
* of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal
* in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights
* to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell
* copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is
* furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:
*
* The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in
* all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
*
* THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR
* IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY,
* FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE
* AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER
* LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM,
* OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN
* THE SOFTWARE.
*/
package com.iluwatar.actor;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
import com.iluwatar.actormodel.ActorSystem;
import com.iluwatar.actormodel.App;
import com.iluwatar.actormodel.ExampleActor;
import com.iluwatar.actormodel.ExampleActor2;
import com.iluwatar.actormodel.Message;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
public class ActorModelTest {
@Test
void testMainMethod() throws InterruptedException {
App.main(new String[] {});
}
@Test
public void testMessagePassing() throws InterruptedException {
ActorSystem system = new ActorSystem();
ExampleActor srijan = new ExampleActor(system);
ExampleActor2 ansh = new ExampleActor2(system);
system.startActor(srijan);
system.startActor(ansh);
// Ansh recieves a message from Srijan
ansh.send(new Message("Hello ansh", srijan.getActorId()));
// Wait briefly to allow async processing
Thread.sleep(200);
// Check that Srijan received the message
assertTrue(
ansh.getReceivedMessages().contains("Hello ansh"),
"ansh should receive the message from Srijan");
}
}