Double wildcard implementation for ActorSelection

src/core/Akka.Tests/Actor/ActorSelectionSpec.cs

@@ -453,6 +453,41 @@ public void An_ActorSelection_must_identify_actors_with_wildcard_selection_corre
             probe.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
         }
 
+        [Fact]
+        public void An_ActorSelection_must_identify_actors_with_double_wildcard_selection_correctly()
+        {
+            var creator = CreateTestProbe();
+            var top = Sys.ActorOf(Props, "a");
+            var b1 = top.Ask<IActorRef>(new Create("b1"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)).Result;
+            var b2 = top.Ask<IActorRef>(new Create("b2"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)).Result;
+            var b3 = top.Ask<IActorRef>(new Create("b3"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)).Result;
+            var c1 = b2.Ask<IActorRef>(new Create("c1"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)).Result;
+            var c2 = b2.Ask<IActorRef>(new Create("c2"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)).Result;
+            var d = c1.Ask<IActorRef>(new Create("d"), TimeSpan.FromSeconds(3)).Result;
+
+            var probe = CreateTestProbe();
+
+            // grab everything below /user/a
+            Sys.ActorSelection("/user/a/**").Tell(new Identify(1), probe.Ref);
+            probe.ReceiveN(6)
+                .Cast<ActorIdentity>()
+                .Select(i => i.Subject)
+                .ShouldAllBeEquivalentTo(new[] { b1, b2, b3, c1, c2, d });
+            probe.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+
+            // grab everything below /user/a/b2
+            Sys.ActorSelection("/user/a/b2/**").Tell(new Identify(2), probe.Ref);
+            probe.ReceiveN(3)
+                .Cast<ActorIdentity>()
+                .Select(i => i.Subject)
+                .ShouldAllBeEquivalentTo(new[] { c1, c2, d });
+            probe.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+
+            // nothing under /user/a/b2/c1/d
+            Sys.ActorSelection("/user/a/b2/c1/d/**").Tell(new Identify(3), probe.Ref);
+            probe.ExpectNoMsg(TimeSpan.FromMilliseconds(500));
+        }
+
         [Fact]
         public void An_ActorSelection_must_forward_to_selection()
         {

src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorRef.cs

@@ -646,6 +646,23 @@ public abstract class ActorRefWithCell : InternalActorRefBase
         /// <returns>If the child exists, it returns the child actor. Otherwise, we return <see cref="ActorRefs.Nobody"/>.</returns>
         public abstract IInternalActorRef GetSingleChild(string name);
 
+        private IEnumerable<IActorRef> SelfAndChildren()
+        {
+            yield return this;
+            foreach(var child in Children.SelectMany(x =>
+            {
+                switch(x)
+                {
+                    case ActorRefWithCell cell:
+                        return cell.SelfAndChildren();
+                    default:
+                        return new[] { x };
+                }
+            }))
+            {
+                yield return child;
+            }
+        }
     }
 
     /// <summary>

src/core/Akka/Actor/ActorSelection.cs

@@ -75,18 +75,34 @@ public ActorSelection(IActorRef anchor, string path)
         public ActorSelection(IActorRef anchor, IEnumerable<string> elements)
         {
             Anchor = anchor;
-
-            Path = elements
-                .Where(s => !string.IsNullOrWhiteSpace(s))
-                .Select<string, SelectionPathElement>(e =>
+
+            var list = new List<SelectionPathElement>();
+            var iter = elements.Iterator();
+            while(!iter.IsEmpty())
+            {
+                var s = iter.Next();
+                switch(s)
                 {
-                    if (e.Contains("?") || e.Contains("*"))
-                        return new SelectChildPattern(e);
-                    if (e == "..")
-                        return new SelectParent();
-                    return new SelectChildName(e);
-                })
-                .ToArray();
+                    case null:
+                    case "":
+                        break;
+                    case "**":
+                        if(!iter.IsEmpty())
+                            throw new IllegalActorNameException("Double wildcard can only appear at the last path entry");
+                        list.Add(new SelectChildRecursive());
+                        break;
+                    case string e when e.Contains("?") || e.Contains("*"):
+                        list.Add(new SelectChildPattern(e));
+                        break;
+                    case string e when e == "..":
+                        list.Add(new SelectParent());
+                        break;
+                    default:
+                        list.Add(new SelectChildName(s));
+                        break;
+                }
+            }
+            Path = list.ToArray();
         }
 
         /// <summary>
@@ -212,6 +228,18 @@ void Rec(IInternalActorRef actorRef)
                                     Rec(child);
                                 }
 
+                                break;
+                            case SelectChildRecursive _:
+                                var allChildren = refWithCell.Children.ToList();
+                                if (allChildren.Count == 0)
+                                    return;
+
+                                var msg = new ActorSelectionMessage(sel.Message, new[] { new SelectChildRecursive() }, true);
+                                foreach (var c in allChildren)
+                                {
+                                    c.Tell(sel.Message, sender);
+                                    DeliverSelection(c as IInternalActorRef, sender, msg);
+                                }
                                 break;
                             case SelectChildPattern pattern:
                                 // fan-out when there is a wildcard
@@ -435,6 +463,24 @@ public override bool Equals(object obj)
         public override string ToString() => PatternStr;
     }
 
+    public class SelectChildRecursive : SelectionPathElement
+    {
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override bool Equals(object obj)
+        {
+            if (obj is null) return false;
+            if (ReferenceEquals(this, obj)) return true;
+            if(!(obj is SelectChildRecursive)) return false;
+            return true;
+        }
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override int GetHashCode() => "**".GetHashCode();
+
+        /// <inheritdoc/>
+        public override string ToString() => "**";
+
+    }
 
     /// <summary>
     /// Class SelectParent.