Akka ActorSystem

In this section, we will discuss one of the important components or building blocks of the Akka Toolkit—the ActorSystem.

The ActorSystem is the key component of the Akka Toolkit and plays a very important role in any Akka Actor-based application/system.

What is the ActorSystem?

In the Akka Toolkit, the ActorSystem is the root of the Actors Hierarchy. It acts as a runtime environment for the Akka Actors and provides many features to help them perform their job.

In the Akka Toolkit, the ActorSystem is the entry point and manages all Actors that are created using it. The ActorSystem is placed at the root of the Actor Hierarchy. It acts as a root Actor for all Actors created, using that ActorSystem instance...