Stream Interconnect is a feature in that enables in Usage Engine that enables the user to forward output data from one stream to be used as the input for a second processed by another stream. This feature can help a user avoid the complexity of helps with flexibility in reusing streams with a common logic and avoid having large streams with complex business logic and have flexibility in reusing streams with a common logic.
The Stream Interconnect feature comprises a Forwarder function and a Collector functiontwo functions, one which acts as a collector and the other as a forwarder. The names of the collector and forwarder functions are:
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To use Stream Interconnect, the collector stream must be created before the forwarder stream. |
Interconnect Receiver
As mentioned above, you must create the collector stream containing an Interconnect Receiver in order to connect it to the forwarder stream containing an Interconnect Sender.
For example, consider a stream shown below containing an Interconnect Receiver, Map and Log functions. This stream acts as the Collector stream collecting incoming data from a Forwarder stream.
The Interconnect Receiver function does not need to be configured separately but instead the name of the Collector stream must be copied to the clipboard and pasted in the configuration of the Interconnect Sender function to connect to the Forwarder stream.
Interconnect Sender
The Interconnect Sender function is used in the Forwarder stream to forward output data to be collected by the Collector stream containing the Interconnect Receiver function.
For example, consider a stream shown below containing a Data Generator, Map and Interconnect Sender functions. This stream acts as the Forwarder stream.
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