title: akka error : play framework (2.3.3) and spark (1.0.2)
body: <p>I am trying to connect to Spark from Play framework.
  Getting the following Akka error...</p>
  
  <pre><code>ERROR] [08/16/2014 17:12:05.249] [spark-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-3] [ActorSystem(spark)] Uncaught fatal error from thread [spark-akka.actor.default-dispatcher-3] shutting down ActorSystem [spark]
  java.lang.AbstractMethodError
    at akka.actor.dungeon.FaultHandling$class.akka$actor$dungeon$FaultHandling$$finishTerminate(FaultHandling.scala:210)
    at akka.actor.dungeon.FaultHandling$class.terminate(FaultHandling.scala:172)
    at akka.actor.ActorCell.terminate(ActorCell.scala:369)
    at akka.actor.ActorCell.invokeAll$1(ActorCell.scala:462)
    at akka.actor.ActorCell.systemInvoke(ActorCell.scala:478)
    at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.processAllSystemMessages(Mailbox.scala:263)
    at akka.dispatch.Mailbox.run(Mailbox.scala:219)
    at akka.dispatch.ForkJoinExecutorConfigurator$AkkaForkJoinTask.exec(AbstractDispatcher.scala:393)
    at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinTask.doExec(ForkJoinTask.java:260)
    at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool$WorkQueue.runTask(ForkJoinPool.java:1339)
    at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinPool.runWorker(ForkJoinPool.java:1979)
    at scala.concurrent.forkjoin.ForkJoinWorkerThread.run(ForkJoinWorkerThread.java:107)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>full exception trace : <a href="https://gist.github.com/sujee/ff14fd602b76314e693d" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://gist.github.com/sujee/ff14fd602b76314e693d</a></p>
  
  <p>source code here : <a href="https://github.com/sujee/play-spark-test" rel="nofollow noreferrer">https://github.com/sujee/play-spark-test</a></p>
  
  <p>I have also found this thread mentioning Akka in-compatibility
  <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/22779882/how-to-run-play-2-2-x-with-akka-2-3-x">How to run Play 2.2.x with Akka 2.3.x?</a></p>
  
  <p>any suggestions?</p>
  
  <p>thanks!</p>