How can I get the name of an Akka actor from within the actor itself?
Solution 1:
From an Actor you can use self to get the ActorRef.
val actorName = self.path.name
http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.2.3/#akka.actor.Actor
http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.2.3/#akka.actor.ActorRef
http://doc.akka.io/api/akka/2.2.3/#akka.actor.ActorPath