Akka pipe play promise

Question

http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/2.0.2/java/untyped-actors.html#Ask_Send-And-Receive-Future

I want to use this pattern.

I make a WS call in my Actor which returns a F.Promise. Now I want to pipe this promise to another actor. Patterns.pipe works with Akka future. How can I achieve this pattern using F.Promise?

Answer 1

In Akka 2.0.2 a Promise IS-A Future, so just: promise pipeTo actor

http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.0.3/#akka.dispatch.Promise

Answer 2

You can use the "sender" command if you are traversing in 3 layer of actor system. it will send back a data to the actor who is using the future and by this you can pipe it to another actor you want.