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Table of Contents

• constructor
• mintCap
• queue
• create
• shutdown
• startup
• runMessage
• incrementTicks
• createActor
• send

constructor

actor.js:16-33

the Actor manages the varous message passing functions and provides an interface for the containers to use

Parameters

• opts Object
  • opts.id Object the UUID of the Actor
  • opts.state Object the state of the container
  • opts.hypervisor Object the instance of the hypervisor
  • opts.container Object the container constuctor and argments

mintCap

actor.js:40-45

Mints a new capabilitly with a given tag

Parameters

• tag any a tag which can be used to identify caps (optional, default 0)

Returns Object

queue

actor.js:52-55

adds a message to this actor's message queue

Parameters

• message object
• portName string

create

actor.js:62-68

runs the creation routine for the actor

Parameters

• message object

Returns Promise

shutdown

actor.js:97-99

Runs the shutdown routine for the actor

startup

actor.js:104-106

Runs the startup routine for the actor

runMessage

actor.js:114-134

run the Actor with a given message

Parameters

• message object the message to run
• method String which method to run (optional, default 'onMessage')

Returns Promise

incrementTicks

actor.js:140-143

updates the number of ticks that the actor has run

Parameters

• count Number the number of ticks to add

createActor

actor.js:150-153

creates an actor

Parameters

• type Integer the type id for the container
• message Object an intial message to send newly created actor

send

actor.js:170-177

sends a message to a given port

Parameters

• cap
• message Message the message
• portRef Object the port