Example of Play Framework 2.1 Akka scheduled tasks

gistfile1.scala

import akka.actor.{Props, Actor}
import concurrent.duration.{Duration, FiniteDuration}
import play.api.{Application, Logger}
import play.libs.Akka
import scala.concurrent.duration._
import java.util.concurrent.TimeUnit

case object Tick

class MonitorLoad extends Actor {
  private val log = Logger(classOf[MonitorLoad])

  def receive = {
    case Tick => {
      log.info("Got tick")
    }
  }
}

Logger(classOf[MonitorLoad]).info("Test code")

val monitorActor = Akka.system.actorOf(Props[MonitorLoad], name = "monitorLoad")

Akka.system.scheduler.schedule(0.seconds, 20.seconds, monitorActor, Tick)