Scala Akka Actors act() function
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All the tutorials that I have read work like this:

    class HelloWorldActor extends Actor {
      def receive = {
        case "Hello" => self.reply("World")
      }
    }

    val myActor = system.actorOf(Props[MyActor], name = "myactor")


I am wondering if AKKA supports the act() function inside an Actor class like this:


    class HelloWorldActor extends Actor {
      def act() = {

      }
    }

    And then you can call:
  
    myActor = new HelloWorldActor
    myActor.start()


I want to do this because my actor won't be receieving any messages. It just works on its own. So can I use the act() function inside my AKKA actor? 