To avoid messing up the scheduler:
class SimpleActor extends Actor with ActorLogging {
private var cancellable: Option[Cancellable] = None
override def preStart() = {
//schedule a message to self every second
cancellable = Option(context.system.scheduler.schedule(0 seconds, 1 seconds, self, MessageToSelf))
}
override def postStop() = {
cancellable.foreach(_.cancel())
cancellable = None
}
...
To correctly handle exceptions (akka.actor.Status.Failure is for correct answer to an ask in case of Ask pattern usage by sender):
...
def receive: Receive = {
case MessageA => {
try {
log.info("[SimpleActor] Got MessageA at %d".format(count))
} catch {
case e: Exception =>
sender ! akka.actor.Status.Failure(e)
log.error(e.getMessage, e)
}
}
...