Can LiftActor be garbage collected before processing all scheduled messages?

[Mikhail Strebkov]

Hi all,

In my Lift application I have code that looks like this (this is executed in response to ajax button click):

     if (someCondition) {   
        val actor = new MyLiftActor(someDependencies)

        actor ! DoLongRunningJob(arguments)
     }

someDependencies - unique for each session (they are stored in session state)

arguments - unique for each request (each button click)

I'm wondering if I use LiftActor correctly or there is a potential problem, since I don't store the reference to actor object anywhere.

Can it be garbage collected while processing my long running job?

Kind regards,

Mikhail

[David Pollak]

The LiftActor cannot be GCed if it's running because the running thread will have a reference to the instance of the LiftActor. 

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[Mikhail Strebkov]

Great! Thank you for the response.