Pipelines & Nodes

This chapter covers nodes and pipelines in more depth — the NodeInput/NodeOutput traits, the Pipeline struct for grouping nodes, and pipeline validation.

• Nodes — NodeInput, NodeOutput, CompatibleOutput, and side-effect nodes
• Pipeline — the Pipeline struct for grouping nodes with input/output contracts
• Dynamic Pipelines — runtime step composition with StepVec
• Split & Join — fan-out/fan-in patterns with TemplatedCatalog
• Check — runtime validation of pipeline structure