+ core: allow dispatcher configuration to core components

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/kamon-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf b/kamon-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
index b1e5309d..9abfd26a 100644
--- a/kamon-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
+++ b/kamon-core/src/main/resources/reference.conf
@@ -3,22 +3,26 @@
 # ================================== #
 
 kamon {
+
+  # Default dispatcher for all Kamon components, unless a more specific one is configured.
+  default-dispatcher = "akka.actor.default-dispatcher"
+
   metrics {
 
-    # Time interval at which Kamon will collect all metrics and send them to all subscribed actors.
+    # Time interval for collecting all metrics and send the snapshots to all subscribed actors.
     tick-interval = 1 second
 
-    # Time interval at which Kamon will record values for all registered gauges.
+    # Time interval for recording values on all registered gauges.
     gauge-recording-interval = 100 milliseconds
 
+
     dispatchers {
 
-      # All Gauges record values periodically according to the `kamon.metrics.gauge-recording-interval` setting.
-      # This dispatcher is the one to be used to execute the recording code.
-      gauge-recordings = "akka.actor.default-dispatcher"
+      # Dispatcher for periodical gauge value recordings.
+      gauge-recordings = ${kamon.default-dispatcher}
 
-      # Dispatcher for the actor managing all subscriptions and metrics collection.
-      metric-subscriptions = "akka.actor.default-dispatcher"
+      # Dispatcher for subscriptions and metrics collection actors.
+      metric-subscriptions = ${kamon.default-dispatcher}
     }