How to write a timer actor in Scala?

Question

I need an actor to send a message every minute. How do I best achieve this behaviour? I am afraid of using java.lang.Thread.sleep(long millis) as a thread can b

Answer 1

You can use Akka FSM to model an actor that stays forMax millis in a waiting state and then sends a message, e.g. by switching to another state while using onTransition and staying there for 0 millis to switch back to waiting state. There is a good example at the akka page.