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 *                       ____    _    _____                                   *
 *                      / ___|  / \  |  ___|    C++                           *
 *                     | |     / _ \ | |_       Actor                         *
 *                     | |___ / ___ \|  _|      Framework                     *
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 * Copyright (C) 2011 - 2015                                                  *
 * Dominik Charousset <dominik.charousset (at) haw-hamburg.de>                *
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 ******************************************************************************/

#ifndef CAF_ACTOR_PROXY_HPP
#define CAF_ACTOR_PROXY_HPP

#include <atomic>
#include <cstdint>

#include "caf/abstract_actor.hpp"
#include "caf/monitorable_actor.hpp"

#include "caf/detail/shared_spinlock.hpp"

namespace caf {

/// Represents an actor running on a remote machine,
/// or different hardware, or in a separate process.
class actor_proxy : public monitorable_actor {
public:
  explicit actor_proxy(actor_config& cfg);

  ~actor_proxy();

  /// Establishes a local link state that's
  /// not synchronized back to the remote instance.
  virtual void local_link_to(abstract_actor* other) = 0;

  /// Removes a local link state.
  virtual void local_unlink_from(abstract_actor* other) = 0;

  /// Invokes cleanup code.
  virtual void kill_proxy(execution_unit* ctx, error reason) = 0;
};

} // namespace caf

#endif // CAF_ACTOR_PROXY_HPP
