Paths Architecture

• Paths package provides services to facilitate locating and chaining together of operators

• Creator

  • Builds paths, verifies operator compatibility

• Instantiator

  • Finds specific operators to host each path service.

• Implementer

  • Runs paths

• Operator Authors Have It Easy

  • Fault tolerance, advertisement to Paths package for free
  • Connectors set up automatically
  • Creator guarantees neighbors in path send compatible data.

• Path Clients Specify

  • Destination Service
  • I/O Type Descriptions
  • Any other required operators

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