Orbit is a modern Java framework that makes it easier to build and maintain distributed, secure and scalable online services.

Orbit contains two primary components:

• Orbit Actors, a framework to write distributed systems using virtual actors.
• Orbit Container, a minimal inversion of control container for building online services.

It was developed by BioWare, a division of Electronic Arts. Check out the announcement at the BioWare blog.

Documentation is located here.

Orbit is licensed under the BSD 3-Clause License.

public interface IHello extends IActor
{
    Task<String> sayHello(String greeting);
}
 
public class HelloActor extends OrbitActor implements IHello
{
    public Task<String> sayHello(String greeting)
    {
        getLogger().info("Here: " + greeting);
        return Task.fromValue("Hello There");
    }
}
 
HelloFactory.getReference("0").sayHello("Meep Meep");