Can an Akka anonymous actor have access to self? In my particular case I'm wondering if I can reply back to the sender with code similar to this (does not compile due to self not being found):
val xmlLoader = Actor.init {
println("xml loader started")
} receive {
case LoadResource(url) => {
try {
val xml = XML.load( URL("content.xml") )
self.senderFuture.foreach(_.completeWithResult(xml))
} catch {
case e => self.senderFuture.foreach(_.completeWithException(e))
}
}
case _ =>
}