actor_system 0.7.1

An implementation of the actor model in the Dart language. An actor processes only one message at a time, even if the processing is asynchronous.

Changelog

0.7.1

• It is now possible to get metrics of an actor system by using ActorSystem.metrics.
• It is now possbile to get a list of all available actor paths by using ActorSystem.actorPaths.

0.7.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: parameter path of lookupActor() and lookupActors() must be absolute.
• BREAKING CHANGE: parameter path of createActor() and lookupActor() must not end with a slash.
• Bugfix: it was possible to create more than one actor on the same path.
• Improved handling of an empty fragment in validActorPath() and copyWith() of UriExtension.

0.6.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: renamed UriExtension.copy() to UriExtension.copy() and renamed parameter fragment to tag.
• Added named parameter tag to actorPath().

0.5.1

• Added helper to copy an Uri.

0.5.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: renamed ExternalActorCreate to CreateActor.
• BREAKING CHANGE: renamed ExternalActorLookup to LookupActor.
• BREAKING CHANGE: renamed ActorSyste.externalCreate to ActorSyste.externalCreateActor.
• BREAKING CHANGE: renamed ActorSyste.externalLookup to ActorSyste.externalLlookupActor.
• Added BaseContext.lookupActors()

0.4.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: moved cluster functionality to an separate package.
• BREAKING CHANGE: renamed library actor_builder to actor_system_helper.
• BREAKING CHANGE: reaname class WhenLikeActorBuilder to ActorBuilder.
• BREAKING CHANGE: class ActorBuilder no longer has a method actor(). Use orActor(), orSkip() or orThrow() instead.
• BREAKING CHANGE: replaced ActorSystem.registerFactory(Pattern, ActorFactory) by ActorSystem.addActorFactory(PathMatcher, ActoryFactory).
• It is now possible to stop an actor. This can be done by calling ActorRef.shutdown() or sending the constant shutdownMsg to the actor.
• An actor can now throw a SkipMessage while executing a message. In contrast to all other exceptions thrown by an actor, the actor is not restarted.
• Added ActorContextExtension on ActorContext with getters senderOrSkip, replyToOrSkip and correlationIdOrSkip. Use these methods to get null safe versions of sender, replyTo and correlationId. If a value is null, a SkipMessage is thrown.

0.3.0

• BREAKING CHANGE: removed parameter useExistingActor from BaseContext.createActor().
• BaseContext.createActor() has a new parameter sendInit. If set to true, an initMsg is sent after the actor is created.
• ActorRef.send() now has a new parameter correlationId. An actor can read the correlation id from its context.
• WhenLikeActorBuilder has new methods isTrue() and isInit().

0.2.2

• ActorRef.send() now has a new parameter sender.

0.2.1

• Prefixed all logger names in library actor_system with actor_system.system. and all logger names in library actor_cluster with actor_system.cluster..

0.2.0

• Improved package score on pub.dev
• More useful version of README.md
• BREAKING CHANGE: Refactored WhenLikeActorBuilder.equals(Object?, Actor) to WhenLikeActorBuilder.isEqual<T>(T, FutureOr<void> Function(ActorContext, T))

0.1.1

• Changed dependency from msgpack_dart to msgpack_dart_with_web to support web

0.1.0

• Initial release