Akka Cookbook

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For this recipe, we need to perform the following steps:

1. Let's start with the worker actors. These actors are the children that you want to terminate in order. Create a file named ServiceHandler.scala inside package com.packt.chapter10 with the following content:

        package com.packt.chapter10        import akka.actor.{Actor, ActorLogging}        class ServiceHandler extends Actor with ActorLogging {          def receive = Actor.ignoringBehavior          override def preStart() = log.info(s"${self.path.name} is             running")          override def postStop() = log.info(s"${self.path.name} has              stopped")        }

2. Second, let's create the ServicesManager actor. This actor will act as the parent of the workers but it will receive the children from the real actor parent. Create ...