Pykka: get the base class of an Actor

Question

I use pykka python library. I would like to create an actor, and later test if the actor created is of the proper class.

class MyActor( ThreadingActor ):
  # ...

actor = MyActor.start().proxy()

assert actor.__class__ == MyActor # check here?

Here actor.__class__ is pykka.actor.ActorRef. How to check if it refers to MyActor class? I need it for a unit test suite.

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 12 '12 at 08:51

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To get the actor class from an pykka.actor.ActorRef:

ref = MyActor.start()
assert ref.actor_class == MyActor

To get the actor class from an pykka.proxy.ActorProxy:

proxy = MyActor.start().proxy()
assert proxy.actor_ref.actor_class == MyActor

I've forgotten to document the actor_class field on ActorRef objects, but all fields that are not made "private" by prefixing with underscore will continue to be supported in the future.

answered Oct 12 '12 at 08:51

jodal

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I've updated the [documentation](http://pykka.readthedocs.org/en/latest/api/#pykka.actor.ActorRef.actor_class). It now includes the `ActorRef.actor_class` attribute. – jodal Oct 12 '12 at 09:04

Pykka: get the base class of an Actor

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