testing akka poisonpill

poisonpill.scala

#!/bin/sh
exec scala "$0" "$@"
!#

import akka.actor._

object Venom

class Child extends Actor {
  override def postStop {
    println("child dying")
  }

  def receive = {
    case Venom => context.stop(self)
  }
}

class Parent extends Actor {

  val child = context.actorOf(Props(new Child))

  override def postStop {
    println("parent dying")
  }

  def receive = {
    case Venom =>
      println("Kill all my children mwahahaha")
      context.children.foreach( _ ! Venom)
      context.stop(self)
  }
}

object Main {

  def main(args: Array[String]) {
    val system = ActorSystem("LALA")

    val parent = system.actorOf(Props(new Parent))

    parent ! Venom
  }

}

Main.main(args)