Invoke child actor with higher order actor logic

[adamterlson]

I would like to dynamically create the actor logic based on a value in my parent machine's context. I'm wishing for something like this:

const machine = createMachine({
  initial: 'idle',
  states: {
    execute: {
      invoke: {
        // Wishful thinking—A "higher order" function that returns new actor logic based on
        // current machine context
        src: ({ context }) => {
          let actor
          if (context.something) {
              actor = createMachine({ ... })
           } else {
              actor = createMachine({ ... })
           }
           return actor
        },
        onDone: ({ output }) => console.log('child actor output: ', output)
      }
    }
  }
})

I found the documentation on higher order actor logic, however I cannot access context using this method.

I did get it to work as expected using spawn, however I have found that route harder to send and receive events, and the inspector doesn't seem to work with spawned actors.

Appreciate any tips/advice!