Module: Celluloid::Registry

Included in:
Actor
Defined in:
lib/celluloid/registry.rb

Overview

The Registry allows us to refer to specific actors by human-meaningful names

Constant Summary collapse

@@registry = 
{}
@@registry_lock = 
Mutex.new

Instance Method Summary collapse

Instance Method Details

#[](name) ⇒ Object

Retrieve an actor by name



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# File 'lib/celluloid/registry.rb', line 24

def [](name)
  @@registry_lock.synchronize do
    @@registry[name.to_sym]
  end
end

#[]=(name, actor) ⇒ Object

Register an Actor



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# File 'lib/celluloid/registry.rb', line 10

def []=(name, actor)
  actor_singleton = class << actor; self; end
  unless actor_singleton.ancestors.include? ActorProxy
    raise TypeError, "not an actor"
  end

  @@registry_lock.synchronize do
    @@registry[name.to_sym] = actor
  end
  
  actor.mailbox.system_event NamingRequest.new(name.to_sym)
end

#registered ⇒ Object

List all registered actors by name



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# File 'lib/celluloid/registry.rb', line 31

def registered
  @@registry_lock.synchronize { @@registry.keys }
end