Obtaining ActorRef's Name

Question

How is it possible to obtain the name of an ActorRef?

Suppose the following actor is declared:

val a = system.actorOf(Props(new X(false)), name = "a")

How the name("a") can be retrieved from an ActorRef of typeX?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19887419/how-can-i-get-the-name-of-an-akka-actor-from-within-the-actor-itself — smk, Dec 18 '13 at 19:05

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '13 at 20:04

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ActorPath.name has it:

a.path.name

answered Dec 18 '13 at 20:04

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