Full example code

Here below is the complete source code from the three classes, Greeter, GreeterBot, GreeterMain and AkkaQuickstart, that creates the sample application:

Greeter.java

package $package$;

import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef;
import akka.actor.typed.Behavior;
import akka.actor.typed.javadsl.*;

import java.util.Objects;

// #greeter
public class Greeter extends AbstractBehavior<Greeter.Greet> {

  public static record Greet(String whom, ActorRef<Greeted> replyTo) {}
  public static record Greeted(String whom, ActorRef<Greet> from) {}

  public static Behavior<Greet> create() {
    return Behaviors.setup(Greeter::new);
  }

  private Greeter(ActorContext<Greet> context) {
    super(context);
  }

  @Override
  public Receive<Greet> createReceive() {
    return newReceiveBuilder().onMessage(Greet.class, this::onGreet).build();
  }

  private Behavior<Greet> onGreet(Greet command) {
    getContext().getLog().info("Hello {}!", command.whom());
    //#greeter-send-message
    command.replyTo().tell(new Greeted(command.whom(), getContext().getSelf()));
    //#greeter-send-message
    return this;
  }
}
// #greeter

GreeterBot.java

package $package$;

import akka.actor.typed.Behavior;
import akka.actor.typed.javadsl.*;

public class GreeterBot extends AbstractBehavior<Greeter.Greeted> {

    public static Behavior<Greeter.Greeted> create(int max) {
        return Behaviors.setup(context -> new GreeterBot(context, max));
    }

    private final int max;
    private int greetingCounter;

    private GreeterBot(ActorContext<Greeter.Greeted> context, int max) {
        super(context);
        this.max = max;
    }

    @Override
    public Receive<Greeter.Greeted> createReceive() {
        return newReceiveBuilder().onMessage(Greeter.Greeted.class, this::onGreeted).build();
    }

    private Behavior<Greeter.Greeted> onGreeted(Greeter.Greeted message) {
        greetingCounter++;
        getContext().getLog().info("Greeting {} for {}", greetingCounter, message.whom());
        if (greetingCounter == max) {
            return Behaviors.stopped();
        } else {
            message.from().tell(new Greeter.Greet(message.whom(), getContext().getSelf()));
            return this;
        }
    }
}

GreeterMain.java

package $package$;

import akka.actor.typed.ActorRef;
import akka.actor.typed.Behavior;
import akka.actor.typed.javadsl.*;

public class GreeterMain extends AbstractBehavior<GreeterMain.SayHello> {

    public static class SayHello {
        public final String name;

        public SayHello(String name) {
            this.name = name;
        }
    }

    private final ActorRef<Greeter.Greet> greeter;

    public static Behavior<SayHello> create() {
        return Behaviors.setup(GreeterMain::new);
    }

    private GreeterMain(ActorContext<SayHello> context) {
        super(context);
        //#create-actors
        greeter = context.spawn(Greeter.create(), "greeter");
        //#create-actors
    }

    @Override
    public Receive<SayHello> createReceive() {
        return newReceiveBuilder().onMessage(SayHello.class, this::onSayHello).build();
    }

    private Behavior<SayHello> onSayHello(SayHello command) {
        //#create-actors
        ActorRef<Greeter.Greeted> replyTo =
                getContext().spawn(GreeterBot.create(3), command.name);
        greeter.tell(new Greeter.Greet(command.name, replyTo));
        //#create-actors
        return this;
    }
}

AkkaQuickstart.java

package $package$;

import akka.actor.typed.ActorSystem;

import java.io.IOException;
public class AkkaQuickstart {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    //#actor-system
    final ActorSystem<GreeterMain.SayHello> greeterMain = ActorSystem.create(GreeterMain.create(), "helloakka");
    //#actor-system

    //#main-send-messages
    greeterMain.tell(new GreeterMain.SayHello("Charles"));
    //#main-send-messages

    try {
      System.out.println(">>> Press ENTER to exit <<<");
      System.in.read();
    } catch (IOException ignored) {
    } finally {
      greeterMain.terminate();
    }
  }
}

As another best practice we should provide some test coverage.