title: How to "ask" an ActorSelection
body: <p>How do I "ask" an actor that should be provided by its path? </p>
  
  <pre class="lang-scala prettyprint-override"><code>ask(context.actorSelection("../foo"), GetInfoMessage)
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  <p>…results in an <code>ActorSelection</code> but only <code>ActorRef</code>s can be "asked".
  Alternatively, <code>context.actorFor</code> returns an <code>ActorRef</code>, but this function is deprecated according to the <a href="http://doc.akka.io/docs/akka/snapshot/general/addressing.html#What_is_the_Difference_Between_Actor_Reference_and_Path_" rel="noreferrer">documentation</a>.</p>