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Akka.NETClusterShardingStart Method (String, Props, ClusterShardingSettings, IdExtractor, ShardResolver, IShardAllocationStrategy, Object)
Register a named entity type by defining the Props of the entity actor and functions to extract entity and shard identifier from messages. The ShardRegion actor for this type can later be retrieved with the ShardRegion(String) method.

Namespace:  Akka.Cluster.Sharding
Assembly:  Akka.Cluster.Sharding (in Akka.Cluster.Sharding.dll) Version: 1.2.3.42 (1.2.3.42)
Syntax
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public IActorRef Start(
	string typeName,
	Props entityProps,
	ClusterShardingSettings settings,
	IdExtractor idExtractor,
	ShardResolver shardResolver,
	IShardAllocationStrategy allocationStrategy,
	Object handOffStopMessage
)

Parameters

typeName
Type: SystemString
The name of the entity type
entityProps
Type: Akka.ActorProps
The Props of the entity actors that will be created by the ShardRegion
settings
Type: Akka.Cluster.ShardingClusterShardingSettings
Configuration settings, see ClusterShardingSettings
idExtractor
Type: Akka.Cluster.ShardingIdExtractor
Partial function to extract the entity id and the message to send to the entity from the incoming message, if the partial function does not match the message will be `unhandled`, i.e.posted as `Unhandled` messages on the event stream
shardResolver
Type: Akka.Cluster.ShardingShardResolver
Function to determine the shard id for an incoming message, only messages that passed the `extractEntityId` will be used
allocationStrategy
Type: Akka.Cluster.ShardingIShardAllocationStrategy
Possibility to use a custom shard allocation and rebalancing logic
handOffStopMessage
Type: SystemObject
The message that will be sent to entities when they are to be stopped for a rebalance or graceful shutdown of a ShardRegion, e.g. PoisonPill.

Return Value

Type: IActorRef
The actor ref of the ShardRegion that is to be responsible for the shard.
Exceptions
ExceptionCondition
IllegalStateException This exception is thrown when the cluster member doesn't have the role specified in settings.
See Also