@Test
public void serializeActorRefs() {
final ActorSystem theActorSystem = ActorSystem.create("whatever");
final ActorRef theActorRef = theActorSystem.deadLetters(); // Of course this should be you
// #actorref-serializer
// Serialize
// (beneath toBinary)
final Address transportAddress = Serialization.currentTransportAddress().value();
String identifier;
// If there is no transportAddress,
// it means that either this Serializer isn't called
// within a piece of code that sets it,
// so either you need to supply your own,
// or simply use the local path.
if (transportAddress == null) identifier = theActorRef.path().toString();
else identifier = theActorRef.path().toStringWithAddress(transportAddress);
// Then just serialize the identifier however you like
// Deserialize
// (beneath fromBinary)
final ActorRef deserializedActorRef = theActorSystem.actorFor(identifier);
// Then just use the ActorRef
// #actorref-serializer
theActorSystem.shutdown();
}
@Test
public void demonstrateTheProgrammaticAPI() {
// #programmatic
ActorSystem system = ActorSystem.create("example");
// Get the Serialization Extension
Serialization serialization = SerializationExtension.get(system);
// Have something to serialize
String original = "woohoo";
// Find the Serializer for it
Serializer serializer = serialization.findSerializerFor(original);
// Turn it into bytes
byte[] bytes = serializer.toBinary(original);
// Turn it back into an object,
// the nulls are for the class manifest and for the classloader
String back = (String) serializer.fromBinary(bytes);
// Voilá!
assertEquals(original, back);
// #programmatic
system.shutdown();
}
@After
public void tearDown() {
system.shutdown();
}
@AfterClass
public static void tearDown() {
system.shutdown();
}
