Part II — Architecture Styles

Chapter 12 — Pipeline Architecture Style

Core ideas

Technically partitioned, monolithic (classically). Pipes and filters: unidirectional pipes connect stateless filters of four types — producer, transformer, tester, consumer. Each filter is single-purpose and independent.
The model behind Unix shell pipes, ETL tools, and many stream-processing flows.

Trade-offs / when to use

Great for compositional, staged data processing/transformation. Simple and low-cost, decent modularity/testability at the filter level; weak on elasticity/scalability as a monolith.

Self-check

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Name the four filter types.
Why must filters be self-contained/stateless?
Give a real system that fits this style.