What is the difference between Typed and UnTyped Actors in Akka? When to use what?

Question

I have tried to read the Akka documentation to find out the exact difference between Typed and Untyped actors. When to use what? I am not sure what I'm missing. Can somebody point me to something relevant or provide an answer to this question here itself?

Answer 1

UntypedActor is simply the name for Actor but as the Java API.

Here are some links to documentation:

Java:

• http://akka.io/docs/akka/1.2/java/typed-actors.html
• http://akka.io/docs/akka/1.2/java/untyped-actors.html

Scala:

• http://akka.io/docs/akka/1.2/scala/typed-actors.html
• http://akka.io/docs/akka/1.2/scala/actors.html

The difference is that TypedActors have a static interface, and the invocations of the methods on that interface is transformed into message sends. UntypedActors can receive any message.

Hope that helps.

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