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### Table of Contents

-   [constructor](#constructor)
-   [mintCap](#mintcap)
-   [queue](#queue)
-   [create](#create)
-   [shutdown](#shutdown)
-   [startup](#startup)
-   [runMessage](#runmessage)
-   [incrementTicks](#incrementticks)
-   [createActor](#createactor)
-   [send](#send)

## constructor

[actor.js:16-33](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L16-L33 "Source code on GitHub")

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

**Parameters**

-   `opts` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** 
    -   `opts.id` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the UUID of the Actor
    -   `opts.state` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the state of the container
    -   `opts.hypervisor` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the instance of the hypervisor
    -   `opts.container` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the container constuctor and argments

## mintCap

[actor.js:40-45](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L40-L45 "Source code on GitHub")

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](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** 

## queue

[actor.js:52-55](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L52-L55 "Source code on GitHub")

adds a message to this actor's message queue

**Parameters**

-   `message` **[object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** 
-   `portName` **[string](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** 

## create

[actor.js:62-68](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L62-L68 "Source code on GitHub")

runs the creation routine for the actor

**Parameters**

-   `message` **[object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** 

Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** 

## shutdown

[actor.js:97-99](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L97-L99 "Source code on GitHub")

Runs the shutdown routine for the actor

## startup

[actor.js:104-106](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L104-L106 "Source code on GitHub")

Runs the startup routine for the actor

## runMessage

[actor.js:114-134](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L114-L134 "Source code on GitHub")

run the Actor with a given message

**Parameters**

-   `message` **[object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the message to run
-   `method` **[String](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String)** which method to run (optional, default `'onMessage'`)

Returns **[Promise](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Promise)** 

## incrementTicks

[actor.js:140-143](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L140-L143 "Source code on GitHub")

updates the number of ticks that the actor has run

**Parameters**

-   `count` **[Number](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number)** the number of ticks to add

## createActor

[actor.js:150-153](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L150-L153 "Source code on GitHub")

creates an actor

**Parameters**

-   `type` **Integer** the type id for the container
-   `message` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** an intial [message](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-message) to send newly created actor

## send

[actor.js:170-177](https://github.com/primea/js-primea-hypervisor/blob/46c11229b2dac84739660d8242a0eaa65697f8bc/actor.js#L170-L177 "Source code on GitHub")

sends a message to a given port

**Parameters**

-   `cap`  
-   `message` **Message** the message
-   `portRef` **[Object](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object)** the port