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    <h1>Serial communication for Akka</h1>
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	<h2>Highlights</h2>
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	  <li>Reactive: only does work when required (no constant polling of ports or blocking IO)</li>
	  <li>Integrates seamlessly with Akka</li>
	  <li>Portable to POSIX systems</li>
	  <li>Watchable ports: react to connection of new devices</li>
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	<h2>Getting Started</h2>
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      <figure class="highlight"><pre><code class="language-scala" data-lang="scala"><span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">akka.actor.</span><span class="o">{</span><span class="nc">Actor</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">ActorLogging</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">ActorRef</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">Props</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">Terminated</span><span class="o">}</span>
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">akka.io.IO</span>
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">akka.util.ByteString</span>
<span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">com.github.jodersky.flow.</span><span class="o">{</span><span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="nc">SerialSettings</span><span class="o">}</span>

<span class="cm">/**
 *  Sample actor representing a simple terminal.
 */</span>
<span class="k">class</span> <span class="nc">Terminal</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">settings</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">SerialSettings</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="k">extends</span> <span class="nc">Actor</span> <span class="k">with</span> <span class="nc">ActorLogging</span> <span class="o">{</span>
  <span class="k">import</span> <span class="nn">context._</span>

  <span class="k">override</span> <span class="k">def</span> <span class="n">preStart</span><span class="o">()</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="o">{</span>
    <span class="n">log</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="s">"Requesting manager to open port: ${port}, baud: ${settings.baud}"</span><span class="o">)</span>
    <span class="nc">IO</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="o">!</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">Open</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">settings</span><span class="o">)</span>
  <span class="o">}</span>

  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="n">receive</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Receive</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">{</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">CommandFailed</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">cmd</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">reason</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="k">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">log</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">error</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="s">"Connection failed, stopping terminal. Reason: ${reason}"</span><span class="o">)</span>
      <span class="n">context</span> <span class="n">stop</span> <span class="n">self</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">Opened</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="k">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">log</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="s">"Port ${port} is now open."</span><span class="o">)</span>
      <span class="n">context</span> <span class="n">become</span> <span class="n">opened</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">sender</span><span class="o">)</span>
      <span class="n">context</span> <span class="n">watch</span> <span class="n">sender</span> <span class="c1">// get notified in the event the operator crashes
</span>
  <span class="o">}</span>

  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="n">opened</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">operator</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">ActorRef</span><span class="o">)</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">Receive</span> <span class="o">=</span> <span class="o">{</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">Received</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">data</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="k">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">log</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">s</span><span class="s">"Received data: "</span> <span class="o">+</span> <span class="n">data</span><span class="o">)</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">Closed</span> <span class="k">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">log</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">info</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"Operator closed normally, exiting terminal."</span><span class="o">)</span>
      <span class="n">context</span> <span class="n">stop</span> <span class="n">self</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="nc">Terminated</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">`operator`</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="k">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">log</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="n">error</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="s">"Operator crashed unexpectedly, exiting terminal."</span><span class="o">)</span>
      <span class="n">context</span> <span class="n">stop</span> <span class="n">self</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="s">":q"</span> <span class="k">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">operator</span> <span class="o">!</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">Close</span>

    <span class="k">case</span> <span class="n">str</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">String</span> <span class="o">=&gt;</span>
      <span class="n">operator</span> <span class="o">!</span> <span class="nc">Serial</span><span class="o">.</span><span class="nc">Write</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="nc">ByteString</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">str</span><span class="o">))</span>

  <span class="o">}</span>

<span class="o">}</span>

<span class="k">object</span> <span class="nc">Terminal</span> <span class="o">{</span>
  <span class="k">def</span> <span class="n">apply</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">port</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">String</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">settings</span><span class="k">:</span> <span class="kt">SerialSettings</span><span class="o">)</span> <span class="k">=</span> <span class="nc">Props</span><span class="o">(</span><span class="n">classOf</span><span class="o">[</span><span class="kt">Terminal</span><span class="o">],</span> <span class="n">port</span><span class="o">,</span> <span class="n">settings</span><span class="o">)</span>
<span class="o">}</span></code></pre></figure>

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