In this chapter, we will review a useful paradigm architecture named Pipe-and-Filter, and you will learn how to implement an application using the Spring Framework.

We will also explain how to build a pipeline that encapsulates an independent chain of tasks aimed at filtering and processing large amounts of data, focusing on the use of Spring Batch.

The following topics will be covered in this chapter:

• An introduction to Pipe-and-Filter concepts
• Boarding Pipe-and-Filter architectures
• Use cases for Pipe-and-Filter architecture
• Spring Batch
• Implementing pipes with Spring Batch

We’ll start by providing an introduction to Pipe-and-Filter architecture and the concepts associated with it.