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| -rw-r--r-- | src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala | 14 |
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diff --git a/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala b/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala index cfb2041d64..bf1917afbf 100644 --- a/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala +++ b/src/actors/scala/actors/Actor.scala @@ -43,6 +43,20 @@ object Actor { } /** + * Resets an actor proxy associated with the current thread. + * It replaces the implicit <code>ActorProxy</code> instance + * of the current thread (if any) with a new instance. + * + * This permits to re-use the current thread as an actor + * even if its <code>ActorProxy</code> has died for some reason. + */ + def resetProxy: unit = synchronized { + val a = tl.get.asInstanceOf[Actor] + if ((null ne a) && a.isInstanceOf[ActorProxy]) + tl.set(new ActorProxy(currentThread)) + } + + /** * <p>This function is used for the definition of actors.</p> * <p>The following example demonstrates its usage:</p><pre> * import scala.actors.Actor._ |