Timeouts for actors

timeout.scala

/*
The general idea is to handle timeouts as a message instead of using callbacks or worse yet, blocking
the actor (as I do below)
*/

val system = ActorSystem()
val myactor = system.actorOf(Props[MyActor])
val someotheractor = system.actorOf(Props[SomeotherActor])

class MyActor extends Actor with ActorLogging {
  def receive = {
    case d: DoSomething =>
      (someotheractor ! DoSomething) orTimeout(duration = 200.millis, timeoutMessage = Timeout)
      // vs.
      /*
      val f = someotheractor ? DoSomething
      val value = Await.result(f, 200.millis)
      */
    case t: Timeout =>
      sender ! Timeout
  } 
}

class SomeotherActor extends Actor with ActorLogging {
  def recieve = {
    case d: DoSomething =>
      Thread.sleep(2000)
      sender ! d
  }
}

class DoSomething {}
class Timeout {}