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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2014 Cisco Systems, Inc. and others. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * This program and the accompanying materials are made available under the
+ * terms of the Eclipse Public License v1.0 which accompanies this distribution,
+ * and is available at http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
+ *
+ */
+package org.opendaylight.controller.remote.rpc.utils;
+
+import akka.actor.ActorRef;
+import akka.actor.ActorSelection;
+import akka.util.Timeout;
+import scala.concurrent.Await;
+import scala.concurrent.Future;
+import scala.concurrent.duration.Duration;
+import scala.concurrent.duration.FiniteDuration;
+
+import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit;
+
+import static akka.pattern.Patterns.ask;
+
+public class ActorUtil {
+ public static final FiniteDuration LOCAL_ASK_DURATION = Duration.create(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+ public static final FiniteDuration REMOTE_ASK_DURATION = Duration.create(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+ public static final FiniteDuration ASK_DURATION = Duration.create(17, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+ public static final FiniteDuration LOCAL_AWAIT_DURATION = Duration.create(2, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+ public static final FiniteDuration REMOTE_AWAIT_DURATION = Duration.create(15, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+ public static final FiniteDuration AWAIT_DURATION = Duration.create(17, TimeUnit.SECONDS);
+
+ /**
+ * Executes an operation on a local actor and wait for it's response
+ * @param actor
+ * @param message
+ * @param askDuration
+ * @param awaitDuration
+ * @return The response of the operation
+ */
+ public static Object executeLocalOperation(ActorRef actor, Object message,
+ FiniteDuration askDuration, FiniteDuration awaitDuration) throws Exception{
+ Future<Object> future =
+ ask(actor, message, new Timeout(askDuration));
+
+ return Await.result(future, awaitDuration);
+ }
+
+ /**
+ * Execute an operation on a remote actor and wait for it's response
+ * @param actor
+ * @param message
+ * @param askDuration
+ * @param awaitDuration
+ * @return
+ */
+ public static Object executeRemoteOperation(ActorSelection actor, Object message,
+ FiniteDuration askDuration, FiniteDuration awaitDuration) throws Exception{
+ Future<Object> future =
+ ask(actor, message, new Timeout(askDuration));
+ return Await.result(future, awaitDuration);
+ }
+
+}