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- Track currently executing actor in ThreadLocal to auto-propagate sender in tell()
- Change MessageWithSender from public record to package-private class with utility methods
- Add static methods to ActorSystem for wrapping/unwrapping messages with sender context
- Update README to clarify when getSender() returns empty vs present Optional
- Replace StructuredTaskScope with CompletableFuture in shutdown for Java 21 compatibility
- Add test
… configuration

- Add childBuilder() method to ActorContext interface for fluent child actor creation
- Implement childBuilder() in ActorContextImpl and StatefulHandlerActor contexts
- Refactor createChild() methods to use childBuilder() internally
- Fix ConcurrentModificationException in RESTART supervision by scheduling restart asynchronously
- Add test coverage for childBuilder() with supervision strategy configuration
- Update README
…onException and message loss

- Add stopForRestart() method to Actor that preserves mailbox messages during restart
- Implement requestRestart() in Actor and MailboxProcessor for safe restart scheduling
- Modify MailboxProcessor to check for restart requests between batches instead of during processing
- Update Supervisor
- Add ask(message, timeout) method to Pid that returns Reply<T> instead of CompletableFuture
- Update README to document 3-tier Reply API (Simple/Safe/Advanced) as recommended approach
- Add examples showing get(), await() with Result pattern matching, and future() access
- Document key benefits: clean blocking API, explicit error handling, monadic operations
- Add reference to new Reply Pattern Usage Guide documentation
- Relabel
…e Pid rehydration

- Add comprehensive "Functional Actors with Effects" section to README with quick example and common patterns
- Document Effect benefits: composability, type-safety, testability, error handling
- Add links to Effect Monad Guide, API Reference, and Functional Actor Evolution docs
- Add KVEffectExample.java to examples list showcasing LSM Tree Key-Value store
- Add withSystem() method to Pid for rehydrating Pids after deserialization
…idation, and parallel execution features

- Add comprehensive error channel documentation (attempt, handleErrorWith, handleError, tapError)
- Document filterOrElse() for validation with custom fallback effects
- Add parallel execution operators (parZip, parSequence, sequence, race, withTimeout)
- Document Effect.identity() for no-op state transformations
- Add Pid rehydration documentation for persistence mode
- Include best practices for error handling an
Implements trampolining for the Effect monad to prevent stack overflow
when chaining many map/flatMap operations. This allows effects to be
composed deeply (10,000+ operations) without running out of stack space.

Changes:
- Add EffectTrampoline sealed interface (Pure, Map, FlatMap cases)
- Add TrampolinedEffect class with stack-safe map/flatMap implementations
- Update all Effect factory methods to return trampolined effects by default
- Add comprehensive stack safety test suite

The implementation builds up a data structure instead of nested lambdas,
then evaluates it iteratively using an explicit stack. This prevents
deep recursion while maintaining the same API.

Performance impact is minimal - 50,000 chained maps complete in < 5 seconds.

Backward compatible: lambda-based effects still work, they just won't be
stack-safe unless they use the factory methods.
BREAKING CHANGE: Effect signature changed from Effect<State, Message, Result>
to Effect<State, Error, Result> with typed error channel (similar to ZIO).

This change provides several improvements:
1. **Typed error channel**: Errors are now type-safe (Effect<State, AppError, Result>)
2. **Cleaner signatures**: Message type only appears in pattern matching
3. **Less verbose**: Most code doesn't need Message type parameter
4. **More flexible**: Can use Throwable, custom error types, or String

Changes:
- Effect: State, Message, Result → State, Error, Result
- EffectResult: State, Result → State, Error, Result
- EffectMatcher: State, Message, Result → State, Error, Result, Message
- Effect.run() now accepts Object message instead of typed Message
- EffectMatcher.match() returns EffectMatcher<S, E, R, M> where M is local
- All factory methods updated to use Error parameter
- Trampolining classes updated for new signatures

Migration guide:
- Old: Effect<Integer, CounterMsg, Void>
- New: Effect<Integer, Throwable, Void>

- Old pattern matching was implicit through Message type param
- New: Effect.<Integer, Throwable, Void, CounterMsg>match()

Benefits:
- Compile-time error type safety
- Pattern matching on error types
- Simpler type signatures for non-pattern-matched effects
- Consistent with functional effect systems (ZIO, cats-effect)

Backward compatibility: None - this is a breaking API change.
Existing code needs to update Effect type signatures.
Updates documentation to reflect the new Effect<State, Error, Result> signature
with typed error channels and stack safety.

Changes to docs/effect_monad_guide.md:
- Add "What's New: Typed Error Channels" section
- Update all code examples to use new signatures
- Add section on typed error handling with custom error types
- Add "Stack Safety: No More Stack Overflows!" section
- Add "Migrating from Old Syntax" guide
- Update pattern matching examples to show Message type in match()
- Update quick reference with new signatures

Changes to README.md:
- Update Functional Actors with Effects section
- Highlight new features: typed errors and stack safety
- Update counter example with new Effect signature
- Add typed errors and stack safety to "Why Use Effects?"
- Show explicit type parameters in Effect.match()

Key messaging:
- Effect<State, Message, Result> → Effect<State, Error, Result>
- Message type now local to pattern matching
- Typed error channels like ZIO/cats-effect
- Stack-safe with trampolining (10,000+ operations)
- Better IDE support and error handling
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Greptile Summary

This PR introduces a comprehensive Effect monad implementation for functional actor programming, along with improvements to the supervision system and a new Reply API for the ask pattern.

Major Changes:

  • Added Effect<State, Error, Result> monad with stack-safe trampolining for composable actor behaviors
  • Added EffectResult sealed interface with Success/NoResult/Failure variants for typed error channels
  • Added EffectMatcher for pattern-matching message dispatch
  • Added Reply<T> interface with 3-tier API (simple, safe, advanced) for ask pattern responses
  • Added Result<T> sealed type for general error handling
  • Improved supervision system with deferred restart mechanism to avoid ConcurrentModificationException
  • Changed shutdown from StructuredTaskScope to virtual thread executor

Critical Issues:

  • EffectTrampoline.java has multiple compile errors: undefined type parameter M used in method signatures (lines 65, 126, 193) and missing E type parameter on applyMap
  • TrampolinedEffect.java line 39 has wrong return type (missing Error parameter)
  • Effect.java line 1047 uses undefined type M in Predicate<M>

These compilation errors will prevent the code from building.

Confidence Score: 1/5

  • This PR will not compile due to multiple undefined type parameter errors in the core Effect monad implementation.
  • Score of 1 reflects critical compilation errors that prevent the code from building. The undefined type parameter M appears in 4 locations across EffectTrampoline.java and Effect.java, and there are additional type parameter mismatches. The design and architecture are sound, but these errors must be fixed before merge.
  • EffectTrampoline.java (4 compile errors), TrampolinedEffect.java (1 compile error), Effect.java (1 compile error)

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File Analysis

Filename Score Overview
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectTrampoline.java 1/5 New file with critical compile errors: undefined type parameter M used in method signatures at lines 65, 126, 193. Also missing Error type parameter E on applyMap signature.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/TrampolinedEffect.java 1/5 New trampolined Effect implementation. Line 39 returns EffectResult<State, Result> but should return EffectResult<State, Error, Result> - missing Error type parameter.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/Effect.java 2/5 New Effect monad interface. Line 1047 uses undefined type M in Predicate<M>. Multiple switch case patterns use 2-param records but EffectResult has 3 params.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectResult.java 3/5 New sealed interface for Effect results with three variants. Line 127 pattern match uses 2 type params but records have 3 type params.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectMatcher.java 4/5 New pattern-matching builder for Effects. Implementation looks correct for type-safe message dispatching.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/Actor.java 4/5 Added ThreadLocal for tracking executing actor, new stopForRestart() and requestRestart() methods for supervision system improvements.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/ActorSystem.java 4/5 Changed MessageWithSender from record to class, replaced StructuredTaskScope with virtual thread executor for shutdown, added sender tracking in routeMessage.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/MailboxProcessor.java 4/5 Added restart request mechanism and improved batch processing with message preservation during restarts. Good design for handling supervision restarts.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/Reply.java 5/5 New 3-tier Reply interface for ask pattern: simple (get), safe (await with Result), and advanced (future) APIs. Clean design.
lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/Result.java 5/5 New sealed Result type for error handling with pattern matching support. Well-designed monadic operations.

Sequence Diagram

sequenceDiagram
    participant User as Actor Code
    participant Effect as Effect<S,E,R>
    participant Trampoline as TrampolinedEffect
    participant EffectTrampoline as EffectTrampoline
    participant Result as EffectResult<S,E,R>

    User->>Effect: Effect.of(value) / Effect.modify(f)
    Effect->>Trampoline: TrampolinedEffect.trampoline(effect)
    Trampoline->>EffectTrampoline: new Pure(baseEffect)
    
    User->>Effect: effect.map(f)
    Effect->>Trampoline: new Map(source, mapper)
    
    User->>Effect: effect.flatMap(f)
    Effect->>Trampoline: new FlatMap(source, binder)
    
    User->>Effect: effect.run(state, msg, ctx)
    Effect->>EffectTrampoline: evaluate(trampoline, state, msg, ctx)
    EffectTrampoline->>EffectTrampoline: Unwind to Pure, collect transforms
    EffectTrampoline->>Result: Apply transforms iteratively
    Result-->>User: EffectResult (Success/NoResult/Failure)
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static <S, E, R> EffectResult<S, E, R> evaluate(
EffectTrampoline<S, E, R> trampoline,
S state,
M message,
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syntax: Compile error: M is not a declared type parameter. Should be Object message since the Effect interface uses Object for the message parameter.

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M message,
Object message,
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Path: lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectTrampoline.java
Line: 65:65

Comment:
**syntax:** Compile error: `M` is not a declared type parameter. Should be `Object message` since the Effect interface uses `Object` for the message parameter.

```suggestion
        Object message,
```

How can I resolve this? If you propose a fix, please make it concise.

EffectResult<S, E, ?> baseResult,
Deque<Function<Object, Object>> transformStack,
S state,
M message,
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syntax: Compile error: M is not a declared type parameter.

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M message,
Object message,
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Path: lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectTrampoline.java
Line: 126:126

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**syntax:** Compile error: `M` is not a declared type parameter.

```suggestion
        Object message,
```

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/**
* Applies a map transformation to a result.
*/
private static <S, R1, R2> EffectResult<S, E, R2> applyMap(
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syntax: Compile error: E is not a declared type parameter for applyMap. Should use the error type from the enclosing context.

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private static <S, R1, R2> EffectResult<S, E, R2> applyMap(
private static <S, E, R1, R2> EffectResult<S, E, R2> applyMap(
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Path: lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectTrampoline.java
Line: 150:150

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**syntax:** Compile error: `E` is not a declared type parameter for `applyMap`. Should use the error type from the enclosing context.

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    private static <S, E, R1, R2> EffectResult<S, E, R2> applyMap(
```

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*/
private record FlatMapMarker<S, E, R1, R2>(
Function<R1, Effect<S, E, R2>> binder,
M message,
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syntax: Compile error: M is not a declared type parameter.

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M message,
Object message,
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Path: lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/EffectTrampoline.java
Line: 193:193

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**syntax:** Compile error: `M` is not a declared type parameter.

```suggestion
        Object message,
```

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}

@Override
public EffectResult<State, Result> run(State state, Object message, ActorContext context) {
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syntax: Compile error: Return type missing Error type parameter. Should be EffectResult<State, Error, Result>.

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public EffectResult<State, Result> run(State state, Object message, ActorContext context) {
public EffectResult<State, Error, Result> run(State state, Object message, ActorContext context) {
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Path: lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/TrampolinedEffect.java
Line: 39:39

Comment:
**syntax:** Compile error: Return type missing `Error` type parameter. Should be `EffectResult<State, Error, Result>`.

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    public EffectResult<State, Error, Result> run(State state, Object message, ActorContext context) {
```

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* @return A conditional effect
*/
static <S, E, R> Effect<S, E, R> when(
Predicate<M> condition,
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syntax: Compile error: M is not a declared type parameter. Should add a type parameter for the message type or use Object.

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Predicate<M> condition,
Predicate<Object> condition,
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Path: lib/src/main/java/com/cajunsystems/functional/Effect.java
Line: 1047:1047

Comment:
**syntax:** Compile error: `M` is not a declared type parameter. Should add a type parameter for the message type or use `Object`.

```suggestion
        Predicate<Object> condition,
```

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Implemented in #26 so closing this

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