new GetActorFactory request

src/main/java/org/agilewiki/jactor/components/factory/Factory.java

@@ -75,6 +75,24 @@ public void initializationProcessRequest(Internals internals, DefineActorType de
                     }
                 });
 
+        thisActor.bind(
+                GetActorFactory.class.getName(),
+                new ConcurrentMethodBinding<GetActorFactory, ActorFactory>() {
+                    @Override
+                    public ActorFactory concurrentProcessRequest(RequestReceiver requestReceiver,
+                                                                 GetActorFactory request)
+                            throws Exception {
+                        String actorType = request.getActorType();
+                        ActorFactory af = types.get(actorType);
+                        if (af == null) {
+                            if (parentHasSameComponent())
+                                return request.call(requestReceiver.getParent());
+                            throw new IllegalArgumentException("Unknown actor type: " + actorType);
+                        }
+                        return af;
+                    }
+                });
+
         thisActor.bind(
                 NewActor.class.getName(),
                 new ConcurrentMethodBinding<NewActor, Actor>() {

src/main/java/org/agilewiki/jactor/components/factory/GetActorFactory.java

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+package org.agilewiki.jactor.components.factory;
+
+import org.agilewiki.jactor.bind.JBConcurrentRequest;
+
+/**
+ * Returns the actor factory assigned to a given actor type.
+ */
+public class GetActorFactory extends JBConcurrentRequest<ActorFactory> {
+    /**
+     * An actor type name.
+     */
+    private String actorType;
+
+    /**
+     * Create a request.
+     *
+     * @param actorType An actor type name.
+     */
+    public GetActorFactory(String actorType) {
+        this.actorType = actorType;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns an actor type name.
+     *
+     * @return An actor type name.
+     */
+    public String getActorType() {
+        return actorType;
+    }
+}