How can I get the name of an Akka actor from within the actor itself?

Question

So, if I have an actor, I can give it a name. But, can I access that name internally? Example:

class Actorz extends Actor with ActorLogging {
   val actorNam         


        

Answer 1

From an Actor you can use self to get the ActorRef.

val actorName = self.path.name

http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.2.3/#akka.actor.Actor

http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.2.3/#akka.actor.ActorRef

http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.2.3/#akka.actor.ActorPath