In Akka Toolkit, an Actor is an object (instance). Unlike an OOP (Object-Oriented Programming) object, it is not a simple or plain object. Internally, an Akka's Actor contains many components to perform its job or computation easily.
An Akka's Actor contains the following main components under-the-hood:
- ActorRef
- Dispatcher
- MailBox
- Actor
The following diagram shows the internal components of an Actor and how they work with one another:
In the Akka Toolkit, an Actor is not just a normal OOP's object. It contains many components under-the-hood to perform its job. Unlike an OOP's object, an Actor does many things using ...
