v0.1.2 - ActorRef Interface & Type Improvements

What's New

✨ New Features

• ActorRef<M, R> Interface: Added proper TypeScript interface for actor references
  • Generic message type M and requirements type R
  • send(message: M): Effect.Effect<void, Error, R> method
  • Full Effect integration for type-safe messaging

🏗️ Architecture Improvements

• Enhanced Type Safety: Better TypeScript inference across the actor system
• Module Organization: Improved export structure in actor/index.ts
• Effect Integration: Proper Effect imports and usage patterns

📦 Package

• Published to npm as effect-actor-pauljphilp@0.1.2

🧪 Testing

• All 34 tests passing
• Comprehensive coverage of actor functionality

Usage Example

import { Actor } from 'effect-actor-pauljphilp'

const actor: ActorRef<{ type: 'increment' }> = await Actor.make({
  initialState: 0,
  receive: (count, msg) => 
    msg.type === 'increment' 
      ? Effect.succeed(count + 1)
      : Effect.succeed(count)
}).pipe(Effect.runPromise)

await actor.send({ type: 'increment' })

v0.1.1 - Actor.make() High-Level API

Added Actor.make() high-level API for simpler actor creation. Published to npm as effect-actor-pauljphilp@0.1.1

Release v0.1.0

What's New

Added

• Initial release of effect-actor
• Effect-native state machine orchestration framework
• Actor service with state persistence and audit trails
• State machine specification builder with guards and actions
• Storage and compute provider interfaces
• Content production workflow example
• Comprehensive test suite
• TypeScript declarations and ES modules support

Features

• Hierarchical state machines with entry/exit actions
• Guard conditions for state transitions
• Action execution during transitions
• Schema validation with Effect.Schema
• Audit trail recording
• Actor state persistence
• Effect service integration
• Type-safe actor specifications

Dependencies

• Effect ^3.18.4 (peer dependency)