Akka and Distributed Systems

  1. Akka Fundamentals: The Actor System
    1. The ActorSystem
      1. Role and Responsibilities
        1. Actor Lifecycle Management
          1. Resource Coordination
            1. Configuration Management
              1. Thread Pool Management
              2. Configuration with HOCON
                1. Configuration File Structure
                  1. Environment-Specific Configs
                    1. Overriding Default Settings
                      1. Configuration Validation
                      2. Lifecycle Management
                        1. System Startup Process
                          1. Graceful Shutdown
                            1. Resource Cleanup
                              1. Termination Hooks
                              2. Multiple Actor Systems
                                1. Use Cases for Multiple Systems
                                  1. System Isolation
                                    1. Resource Partitioning
                                  2. Actor Fundamentals
                                    1. What is an Actor
                                      1. State Management
                                        1. Mutable State Handling
                                          1. Immutable State Patterns
                                            1. State Encapsulation
                                            2. Behavior Definition
                                              1. Message Handler Implementation
                                                1. Behavior Switching
                                                  1. State Machine Patterns
                                                  2. Mailbox Mechanics
                                                    1. Message Queue Implementation
                                                      1. Mailbox Types and Selection
                                                        1. Message Prioritization
                                                      2. Actor Identity and References
                                                        1. The ActorRef Abstraction
                                                          1. Immutable Reference Semantics
                                                            1. Thread Safety Guarantees
                                                              1. Reference Equality
                                                              2. Location Transparency
                                                                1. Local Actor References
                                                                  1. Remote Actor References
                                                                    1. Transparent Message Routing
                                                                  2. Actor Creation
                                                                    1. Using Props
                                                                      1. Actor Property Definition
                                                                        1. Dependency Injection Patterns
                                                                          1. Props Validation
                                                                          2. The actorOf Method
                                                                            1. Actor Instantiation Process
                                                                              1. Actor Naming Strategies
                                                                                1. Name Conflicts and Resolution
                                                                                2. Actor Factory Patterns
                                                                                3. Actor Paths and Addressing
                                                                                  1. Logical Path Structure
                                                                                    1. Hierarchical Naming Scheme
                                                                                      1. Path Resolution Rules
                                                                                        1. Path Validation
                                                                                        2. Physical Addressing
                                                                                          1. Network Address Mapping
                                                                                            1. Serialization of Addresses
                                                                                              1. Address Translation
                                                                                              2. Actor Selection
                                                                                                1. Path-Based Selection
                                                                                                  1. Wildcard Pattern Matching
                                                                                                    1. Selection vs. Reference

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                                                                                              3. Akka Framework Overview

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                                                                                              5. Actor Communication