Is it possible to serialize an ActorRef into JSON using Play-JSON?

[Chris Ridmann]

Hello,

I'm using akka persistence and am serializing all of my events into JSON using the play-json library.  For the most part this has been smooth sailing, however I can't seem to figure how to do this with ActorRef's - it may not be possible with how I'm trying to do it.

Here is what I have thus far:

  implicit val actorRefFormat: Format[ActorRef] = new Format[ActorRef] {

    def reads(json: JsValue): JsResult[ActorRef] = {

      JsSuccess(Actor.noSender) // ???

    }

    def writes(o: ActorRef): JsValue = {

      val identifier = Serialization.serializedActorPath(o)

      Writes.StringWrites.writes(identifier)

    }

  }

 It seems the `Writes` will work because it doesn't depend on having an `ActorSystem` in scope.  How would I do this for the `Read`?

Thanks!

-Chris