ndler to
        perform the requested state-change, it is persisted by eventuate to the
        event-log (represented by the member <code>eventLog</code>).
    </p>
    <p>
        This reflects the core principle of eventsourced applications. Instead of
        persisting the current state, state-changes are persisted. When the application (or just the actor)
        is restarted all persisted events are replayed (i.e. the <code>onEvent</code>-handler
        is called for each of them) to reconstruct th