pub struct Mailbox<A: Actor> { /* private fields */ }
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A mailbox is the object that makes it possible to send a message to an actor.

It is lightweight to clone.

The actor holds its Inbox counterpart.

The mailbox can accept:

  • Regular messages wrapped in envelopes. Their type depend on the actor and is defined when implementing the actor trait. (See [Envelope])
  • Commands (See Command). Commands have a higher priority than messages: whenever a command is available, it is guaranteed to be processed as soon as possible regardless of the presence of pending regular messages.

If all mailboxes are dropped, the actor will process all of the pending messages and gracefully exit with crate::actor::ActorExitStatus::Success.

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Sends a message to the actor owning the associated inbox.

From an actor context, use the ActorContext::send_message method instead.

SendError is returned if the actor has already exited.

Similar to send_message, except this method waits asynchronously for the actor reply.

From an actor context, use the ActorContext::ask method instead.

Similar to send_message, except this method waits asynchronously for the actor reply.

From an actor context, use the ActorContext::ask method instead.

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