kilim

If you want to leverage "plain Jane" Java actors, then your best bet might be Kilim or a similar framework (see Resources).

Like the DeferredDivision actor defined in Listing 2, Calculator also extends from Kilim's Task and implements the execute method.

As you can see from Listing 2, the DeferredDivision class extends from Kilim's Task type, which essentially emulates the actor model.

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Lastly, Kilim's magic is enabled by a post process, called a weaver, that alters the bytecode of classes.

Methods containing the Pausable throws clause are processed at runtime by a scheduler, which is part of the Kilim library.

Kilim's approach to the actor model is intuitive, and as you'll soon see, the library makes building concurrent applications a breeze.

The actor model (and thus Kilim) makes it easier and safer to write asynchronous-acting objects that depend on similar objects.

Earlier, I mentioned that Kilim works by byte-code manipulation via its weaver.

After the code has been altered, I'm free to start leveraging Kilim at runtime provided I've included its . jar file in my classpath.

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execute's actions will therefore be under the control of Kilim's scheduler.

Kilim is a little foreign at first, but it has a big payoff.

That is, Kilim will make sure that execute acts concurrently in a safe manner.