ActorSystem

casty.ActorSystem

Main entry point for creating and managing actors.

Use as an async context manager for automatic shutdown.

name property

event_stream property

scheduler property

__init__(name='casty-system', *, config=None)

__make_ref__(id, deliver)

__aenter__() async

__aexit__(*exc) async

spawn(behavior, name, *, mailbox=None)

Spawn a root-level actor in this system.

region_ref(key, factory, *, num_shards)

Not supported on plain ActorSystem — use ClusteredActorSystem.

entity_ask(ref, msg_factory, *, timeout) async

Send a message and wait for a reply (EntityGateway protocol).

ask(ref, msg_factory, *, timeout) async

Send a message and wait for a reply (request-reply pattern).

ask_or_none(ref, msg_factory, *, timeout) async

Like ask(), but returns None on timeout instead of raising.

lookup(path)

Look up an actor by its path in the actor tree.

shutdown() async

Shut down the actor system, stopping all root actors.