October 2002
Intermediate to advanced
384 pages
10h 27m
English
CHAPTER SYNOPSIS
This chapter describes the design and use of the ACE Streams framework. This framework implements the Pipes and Filters pattern [POSA1], which is an architectural pattern that provides a structure for systems that process streams of data. We illustrate how the ACE Streams framework can be used to develop a utility program that formats and prints files of log records stored by our logging servers.
The Pipes and Filters architectural pattern is a common way of organizing layered/modular applications [SG96]. This pattern defines an architecture for processing a stream of data in which each processing step is encapsulated in some type of filter component. Data is passed between ...
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