/// <summary>
/// Creates a connector that exposes the messages it receives as a stream rather than calling a delegate.
/// This allows the owning component to apply stream operators to this input.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of messages accepted by this connector</typeparam>
/// <param name="self">The subpipeline</param>
/// <param name="pipeline">The pipeline to which to connect.</param>
/// <param name="owner">The owning component</param>
/// <param name="name">The name of this connector</param>
/// <returns>The newly created connector.</returns>
public static Connector <T> CreateOutputConnector <T>(this Subpipeline self, Pipeline pipeline, object owner, string name)
{
if (self == pipeline)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Output connections should be from be from a subpipeline to a parent pipeline.");
}
return(new Connector <T>(self, pipeline, owner, name));
}
/// <summary>
/// Creates a connector that exposes the messages it receives as a stream rather than calling a delegate.
/// This allows the owning component to apply stream operators to this input.
/// </summary>
/// <typeparam name="T">The type of messages accepted by this connector</typeparam>
/// <param name="parent">The pipeline</param>
/// <param name="subpipeline">The pipeline to which to connect.</param>
/// <param name="owner">The owning component</param>
/// <param name="name">The name of this connector</param>
/// <returns>The newly created connector.</returns>
public static Connector <T> CreateInputConnector <T>(this Pipeline parent, Subpipeline subpipeline, object owner, string name)
{
if (parent == subpipeline)
{
throw new ArgumentException("Input connections should be from be from a parent pipeline to a subpipeline.");
}
return(new Connector <T>(parent, subpipeline, owner, name));
}
