Method for sharing processing modules between pipelines

A computer program product for sharing processing modules between one or more pipelines, the computer program product comprising:

• one or more non-transitory computer-readable storage media and program instructions stored on the one or more computer readable storage media, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to acquire information relating to an existing pipeline;
• program instructions to detect one or more activated processing modules from among a plurality of processing modules in a newly activated pipeline, wherein the one or more detected processing modules are shared with an existing pipeline;
• and
• program instructions to connect a non-shared processing module to the one or more detected shared processing modules.

A computer system for sharing processing modules between one or more pipelines, the computer system comprising:

• one or more computer processors, one or more computer-readable storage media, and program instructions stored on the one or more computer-readable storage media for execution by at least one of the one or more computer processors, the program instructions comprising:
• program instructions to acquire information relating to an existing pipeline;
• program instructions to detect one or more activated processing modules from among a plurality of processing modules in a newly activated pipeline, wherein the one or more detected processing modules are shared with an existing pipeline;
• and
• program instructions to connect a non-shared processing module to the one or more detected shared processing modules.