Class CompSpaceActor

Return a negative integer, zero, or a positive integer if this object is less than, equal to, or greater than the specified object:

this < that   =>  <0
this == that  =>  0
this > that   =>  >0
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This method may also be accessed via the < <= <=> >= and > shortcut operators. If not overridden the default implementation compares the toStr representations. Also see docLang.

Examples:

3.compare(8)  =>  -1
8.compare(3)  =>  1
8.compare(8)  =>  0
3 <=> 8       =>  -1  // shortcut for 3.compare(8)
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Compare this object to the specified for equality. This method may be accessed via the == and != shortcut operators. If not overridden the default implementation compares for reference equality using the === operator. If this method is overridden, then hash() must also be overridden such that any two objects which return true for equals() must return the same value for hash(). This method must accept null and return false.

Return a unique hashcode for this object. If a class overrides hash() then it must ensure if equals() returns true for any two objects then they have same hash code.

Return if this Obj is immutable and safe to share between threads:

• an instance of a const class
• the result of toImmutable on List, Map, or Buf
• a Func object may or may not be immutable - see sys::Func.
• other instances are assumed mutable and return false

The pool used to control execution of this actor.

Asynchronously send a message to this actor for processing. If msg is not immutable, then NotImmutableErr is thrown. Throw Err if this actor's pool has been stopped. Return a future which may be used to obtain the result once it the actor has processed the message. If the message is coalesced then this method returns the original message's future reference. Also see sendLater and sendWhenComplete.

Schedule a message for delivery after the specified period of duration has elapsed. Once the period has elapsed the message is appended to the end of this actor's queue. Accuracy of scheduling is dependent on thread coordination and pending messages in the queue. Scheduled messages are not guaranteed to be processed if the actor's pool is stopped. Scheduled messages are never coalesced. Also see send and sendWhenComplete.

Schedule a message for delivery after the given future has completed. Completion may be due to the future returning a result, throwing an exception, or cancellation. Send-when-complete messages are never coalesced. The given future must be an actor based future. Also see send and sendLater.

Get an immutable representation of this instance or throw NotImmutableErr if this object cannot be represented as an immutable:

• if type is const, return this
• if already an immutable List, Map, Buf, or Func return this
• if a List, then attempt to perform a deep clone by calling toImmutable on all items
• if a Map, then attempt to perform a deep clone by calling toImmutable on all values (keys are already immutable)
• some Funcs can be made immutable - see sys::Func
• if a Buf create immutable copy, see sys::Buf
• any other object throws NotImmutableErr

Return a string representation of this object.

Trap a dynamic call for handling. Dynamic calls are invoked with the -> shortcut operator:

a->x        a.trap("x", null)
a->x()      a.trap("x", null)
a->x = b    a.trap("x", [b])
a->x(b)     a.trap("x", [b])
a->x(b, c)  a.trap("x", [b, c])
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The default implementation provided by Obj attempts to use reflection. If name maps to a method, it is invoked with the specified arguments. If name maps to a field and args.size is zero, get the field. If name maps to a field and args.size is one, set the field and return args[0]. Otherwise throw UnknownSlotErr.

Get the Type instance which represents this object's class. Also seeType.of or Pod.of.

This method called whenever an it-block is applied to an object. The default implementation calls the function with this, and then returns this.

Write x.toStr to standard output followed by newline. If x is null then print "null". If no argument is provided then print an empty line.

Return the map of "global" variables visibile only to the current actor (similar to how thread locals work in Java). These variables are keyed by a string name - by convention use a dotted notation beginning with your pod name to avoid naming collisions.

Create an actor with a coalescing message loop. This constructor follows the same semantics as make, but has the ability to coalesce the messages pending in the thread's message queue. Coalesced messages are merged into a single pending message with a shared Future.

The toKey function is used to derive a key for each message, or if null then the message itself is used as the key. If the toKey function returns null, then the message is not considered for coalescing. Internally messages are indexed by key for efficient coalescing.

If an incoming message has the same key as a pending message in the queue, then the coalesce function is called to coalesce the messages into a new merged message. If coalesce function itself is null, then we use the incoming message (last one wins). The coalesced message occupies the same position in the queue as the original and reuses the original message's Future instance.

Both the toKey and coalesce functions are called while holding an internal lock on the queue. So the functions must be efficient and never attempt to interact with other actors.

Put the currently executing actor thread to sleep for the specified period. If the thread is interrupted for any reason while sleeping, then InterruptedErr is thrown.