langley · March 31, 2016 07:25 · Dec 22, 2013 · Dec 22, 2013
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+import akka.actor._
+// need an actor system, make it implicit to it's used by all our repl based actors
+implicit val system = ActorSystem("replActorSystem")
+
+// this gives us an easy way to define simple actors
+import ActorDSL._
+
+// here's a simple example of creating an actor
+// Also, this will give us a simple actor that is used to print the 
+// results sent back to us from the other actors.
+implicit val sender = actor(new Act { become { case msg => println(msg) } } )
+
+// Another actor to talk to 
+val anotherActor = actor(new Act { become { case msg => sender ! s"I heard you say: $msg" }})
+
+// Now send the other actor something 
+anotherActor ! "a simple string message"
+
+// And you'll see the below, shown in a comment so you can copy & paste all of this into your repl window
+// scala> I heard you say: a simple string message
+// Note you see the response because of our implicit sender defined above.