Pipeline Setup File Format

This page describes the XML format of the PipeT pipeline setup file.

The general layout of the file is as follows:

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<pipelineConfiguration>
        <cachePolicies/>
        <modules/>
        <pipelines/>
</pipelineConfiguration>

Elements

Element: <cache>

Prescribes the cache policy of a module.

Scope:
<module>
Contains:
none

Attributes

policy (reference to //cachePolicy/@name)
The cache policy for this module.

Element: <cachePolicies>

Contains cache policy definitions.

Scope:
<pipelineConfiguration>
Contains:
<cachePolicy>*

Attributes

default (reference to //cachePolicy/@name)
The default cache policy.

Element: <export>

Defines if (and how) the module is exported as a web service.

Scope:
<module>
Contains:
none

Attributes

path
The path name which can be used to access this module.

Element: <module>

Defines a module, or -when used in a pipeline- extends a module.

Scope:
<modules>, <pipeline>
Contains:
<param>* <cache> <export>

Attributes

id
A unique identifier.
url
The URL of the resource which does the work for this module.

Element: <modules>

Contains module definitions.

Scope:
<pipelineConfiguration>.
Contains:
<module>*

Element: <pipelines>

Contains pipeline definitions.

Scope:
<pipelineConfiguration>.
Contains:
<pipeline>*

Element: <pipeline>

Defines a pipeline.

Scope:
<pipelines>
Contains:
<module>*

Element: <pipelineConfiguration>

The root element of a configuration file: defines a pipeline configuration.

Scope:
root element
Contains:
<cachePolicies> <modules> <pipelines>

Attributes

version
The configuration format version of this file (0).