/// <summary>
/// Merge one or more streams (T) into a single stream (Message{T}) interleaved in wall-clock time.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>Messages are produced in the order they arrive, in wall-clock time; potentially out of originating-time order.</remarks>
/// <typeparam name="T">Type of messages.</typeparam>
/// <param name="inputs">Collection of homogeneous inputs.</param>
/// <param name="deliveryPolicy">An optional delivery policy.</param>
/// <param name="name">An optional name for this stream operator.</param>
/// <returns>Stream of merged messages.</returns>
public static IProducer <Message <T> > Merge <T>(IEnumerable <IProducer <T> > inputs, DeliveryPolicy <T> deliveryPolicy = null, string name = nameof(Merge))
{
if (inputs.Count() == 0)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Merge requires one or more inputs.");
}
var merge = new Merge <T>(inputs.First().Out.Pipeline, name);
foreach (var i in inputs)
{
i.PipeTo(merge.AddInput($"Receiver{i.Out.Id}"), deliveryPolicy);
}
return(merge.Out);
}
