Summary

In this chapter, we learned about the reactor model, and its implementation in the Reactors framework. We saw how to define and instantiate reactors, compose event streams, customize reactor names and assign schedulers, use reactor system services, and define custom ones. Importantly, we saw how to use a few basic low-level protocols such as the server-client, router, and the two-way connection protocol.

To learn more about reactors, you can find a lot of information on the website of the Reactors framework, at http://reactors.io. The Reactors framework is relatively new, but it is under constant development. As the framework matures and gains more features, you will find more and more information on the website. To learn more about the reactor programming model itself, the paper Reactors, Channels, and Event Streams for Composable Distributed Programming is worth taking a look at.