ActorRef class

A reference to an actor. The only way to communicate with an actor is to send messages to it using the API of the ActorRef.

Properties

hashCode → int

The hash code for this object.

no setter, inherited

path → Uri

final

runtimeType → Type

A representation of the runtime type of the object.

no setter, inherited

Methods

noSuchMethod(Invocation invocation) → dynamic

Invoked when a nonexistent method or property is accessed.

inherited

send(Object? message, {ActorRef? replyTo, String? correlationId}) → Future<void>

Sends a message to the actor referenced by this ActorRef. It is guaranteed, that an actor processes only one message at a time.

shutdown() → Future<void>

Sends a shutdownMsg to the actor. After the shutdown message was processed, the actor is stopped and its mailbox is cleared. Sending new message to a stopped actor leads to an exception.

toString() → String

A string representation of this object.

override

Operators

operator ==(Object other) → bool

The equality operator.

inherited