Scala隐式转换为Akka ActorRef阻止访问Akka的发送操作符“!”,为什么?

时间:2012-09-06 12:11:43

标签: scala akka implicit-conversion

我正在使用Akka进行使用Scala的actor模型编程,为了完全充分地使用我的结构的某些功能,我决定使用从Scala抽象类到Akka ActorRef的隐式转换。它是这样的:

abstract class A {
   val actor = system.actorOf(Props(new C),"dummy")
   def send(msg: String) = actor ! msg // This compiles fine
}

class C extends akka.actor.Actor {
   def receive = {case msg => println(msg)}
}

implicit def AtoC(a:  A) = a.actor

然后我这样用它:

class D extends A

val d = new D

通常情况下,由于转换工作正常,我应该能够通过这样做向D中的演员发送消息:

d ! message // This does not compile

但显然不允许这样做,这不是一个大问题,因为我仍然可以使用tell方法:

d.tell(message)

我仍然可以使用“!”改为使用此转换:

implicit def AtoC(a:  A) = a.actor.asInstanceOf[ScalaActorRef]

但是,如果我这样做,我将无法使用任何ActorRef方法。我可以忍受不能使用“!”但是我想理解为什么转换会导致这种行为,或者我错过了什么?

谢谢!

1 个答案:

答案 0 :(得分:2)

因为Scala不进行多次隐式转换。 !是从ActorRef到ScalaActorRef的隐式转换(从Java API隐藏符号方法):

/**
 * This trait represents the Scala Actor API
 * There are implicit conversions in ../actor/Implicits.scala
 * from ActorRef -> ScalaActorRef and back
 */
trait ScalaActorRef { ref: ActorRef ⇒

  /**
   * Sends a one-way asynchronous message. E.g. fire-and-forget semantics.
   * <p/>
   *
   * If invoked from within an actor then the actor reference is implicitly passed on as the implicit 'sender' argument.
   * <p/>
   *
   * This actor 'sender' reference is then available in the receiving actor in the 'sender' member variable,
   * if invoked from within an Actor. If not then no sender is available.
   * <pre>
   *   actor ! message
   * </pre>
   * <p/>
   */
  def !(message: Any)(implicit sender: ActorRef = null): Unit

}