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Clients should send "list-contexts" requests only to root actors that have identified themselves as browsers. | Clients should send "list-contexts" requests only to root actors that have identified themselves as browsers. | ||
Actor names given in a list-contexts reply | Actor names given in a list-contexts reply have the root actor as their parent. They remain valid at least until the next list-contexts request is received. If the client attaches to a context actor, its name is valid until the client detaches from the context and receives a "detached" packet from the context, or until the client receives an "exited" packet from the context. See "Interacting with Thread-Like Actors" for details. | ||
For example, upon connection to a web browser visiting two pages at example.com, the root actor's introductory packet might look like this: | For example, upon connection to a web browser visiting two pages at example.com, the root actor's introductory packet might look like this: |