Buffers all data sent to it. When shut down, sends all data it has received as collated as a list in a single message.
Read a file, in small chunks, then collate them into a single chunk:
Pipeline( RateControlledFileReader("big_file", ... ), Collate(), ... )
Send data items to its "inbox" inbox to be collated.
Send a producerFinished or shutdownMicroprocess message to the "control" inbox to terminate this component.
All collated data items will be sent out of the "outbox" outbox as a list in a single message. The items are collated in the same order they first arrived.
The component will then send on the shutdown message to its "signal" outbox and immediately terminate.
Collate() -> new Collate component.
Buffers all data sent to it. When shut down, sends all data it has received as a single message.
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